April 1, 2019 3:01PM PT “Green Book” has driven past the $300 million mark at the worldwide box office, thanks to its best picture Academy Award win and a stellar performance in China. The road-trip drama from Universal Pictures has grossed $84.5 million domestically and $219.6 million internationally in 62 markets via Amblin and Lionsgate,
Month: April 2019
April 1, 2019 2:53PM PT Chaka Zulu has joined Spotify as Head of Artist and Talent Relations, the company confirmed today. Zulu, the longtime manager of Ludacris and cofounder of the Disturbing Tha Peace label, made the announcement in an Instagram post. “I am excited to share that I am joining the Spotify team as
April 1, 2019 2:25PM PT From Litchfield to Central Park. “Orange Is the New Black” star Danielle Brooks exclusively tells Variety that she is going to make her Shakespeare in the Park debut this summer, starring as Beatrice in “Much Ado About Nothing.” “I haven’t done Shakespeare in nine years, [but] I’m ready,” Brooks said
April 1, 2019 2:04PM PT Although the midseason premiere of “Empire” was one of the show’s lowest rated episodes ever, it faired better in delayed viewing. In Live+7 the show went from a 1.2 to a 1.9 rating, a 58% bump which is slightly above the 53% increase that season 5 episodes of the show
April 1, 2019 1:59PM PT The Rolling Stones’ tour postponement, officially attributed last week to an unspecific health concern for Mick Jagger, is due to the need for heart surgery for the singer, according to multiple reports. Jagger, 75, is set to have heart valve replacement surgery Friday in New York City, with the expectation
Amazon Prime Video is returning to the Hollywood Athletic Club for its annual Emmy for Your Consideration activation — and once again, it’s also opening the space up to fans as well. The “Prime Experience FYC” displays and events, which run from April 12 to May 5, focus on promoting the streaming service’s Emmy contenders,
Stitch Fix has changed the shopping game with its picked-by-a-stylist selection of apparel and accessories. Whether you’re intrigued because you’re constantly pressed for time or just looking to introduce new pieces into your wardrobe, it’s definitely something to consider. ELLE’s Digital Style Director Nikki Ogunnaike tested the waters for you in our latest episode of
April 1, 2019 12:53PM PT Tom Conrad has joined Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi to lead product and customer support, becoming the latest addition to the ambitious short-form video venture’s senior management team. Conrad, a former Snap and Pandora exec, had been serving as a board adviser to Quibi since late last year. He was tapped as
WASHINGTON — The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press is seeking an order to release the grand jury material in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, after Attorney General William Barr indicated that information would not be part of the public release of the report. Barr has said that he is bound by
If the events recounted in “Tread” had not occurred in real life, you might mistake any synopsis of its storyline for a treatment written by some grindhouse-cinema aficionado as a tribute to ‘70s rural-revenge thrillers. Indeed, Paul Solet’s remarkably absorbing and suspenseful documentary often plays like the dark flip side of that audience-stoking subgenre —
Mark Boal, the former journalist who wrote and produced “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” is returning to the espionage arena and dipping his toe into television for the first time, Variety has learned. Showtime has made a series commitment for “Intelligence,” a spy thriller series which Boal will write, direct and executive produce. The show,
Horror fans now have the chance to binge their scares like never before. CBS All Access’ new iteration of “The Twilight Zone, which premieres Monday, boasts modern horror maestro Jordan Peele as executive producer and narrator. It is one of many horror anthology shows to make it to air in recent years. In addition to
Ripping from the headlines is nothing new. For years, film and television have looked to real-world scenarios for inspiration. While HBO’s “Veep” does not have direct parallels to the real-life happenings of President Donald Trump’s White House, actor Sam Richardson, who plays Richard Splett on the Emmy-winning comedy, has a theory about how the political
April 1, 2019 11:17AM PT Ai Weiwei follows ‘Human Flow’ with a second, shorter documentary on the European migrant crisis that aims squarely for the heart. Something that tends to get lost in the political discourse around the European migrant crisis — as right-wing gatekeepers promote myths of hungry foreign invaders, countered by left-wing checking
The Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees last week met with and voted upon candidates to succeed outgoing chairman/president Neil Portnow — however, the vote was a silent ballot and few people will be informed of the result until a contract is signed, a source close to the situation tells Variety. No time frame was given
After more than two years of bitter litigation, a Pennsylvania judge has decided that he does not have the power to adjudicate a fight between the nation’s radio stations and Global Music Rights, an upstart licensing company founded by Irving Azoff. U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones II issued a ruling on Friday transferring
Not many, if any, of the great music documentaries or concert films have ever screened in the exact location where they were shot: “Woodstock” did not show at Woodstock, and “Wattstax” did not premiere at the L.A. Coliseum, needless to say. But Sunday night, “Amazing Grace” had its official southern California premiere right where the
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Paramount Television and Anonymous Content, in association with Brillstein Entertainment, have acquired the TV rights to Susan Orlean’s best-seller “The Library Book,” Variety has learned exclusively. Published in October by Simon & Schuster, “The Library Book” tells the true story of the fire that nearly destroyed the Los Angeles Public Library on April 28, 1986.
There’s an undeniable “cool factor” Nicolas Ghesquière brings to his Louis Vuitton shows, from models walking down the picturesque metal bridge runway at the MiHo Museum in Japan for LV Resort 2018 to LV’s Cruise 2019 at the French Riviera. Next up on Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton globetrotting tour? New York City’s John F. Kennedy
Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz will produce and star in STXfilms’ comedy caper “Crime After Crime.” Awkwafina will portray a millennial podcast host who agrees to help a convict that she has devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house. Dan Gurewitch and David Young are
Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Chloe Sevigny are bespectacled — and deadpan — small-town sheriff’s deputies battling an army of zombies in the first trailer for Jim Jarmusch’s “The Dead Don’t Die.” “In this peaceful town, on these quiet streets, something terrifying, something horrifying is coming,” a voiceover intones, followed by the town’s cafe getting
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, “Killing Eve” returns for season 2, and “This Is Us” season 3 comes
Facebook wants to launch a dedicated tab within its app to aggregate content from news publishers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during a conversation with Springer CEO Mathias Doepfner Monday morning. Plans for the news section are still in early stages, according to Zuckerberg, who said that the company was looking for input from the news
As it prepares to launch a fully staffed Paris office and beefs up its roster of French series and movies originals, Netflix commissioners Sara May, Damien Couvreur, Dominique Bazay and Diego Buñuel discussed the particularities of their development process and deal-making with the French industry, as well as their diversity-friendly approach, at Series Mania. Although
Jason Rubin can envision an Oculus Rift 2, how Facebook’s virtual reality headset would need to evolve to earn a number, rather than a letter after its name. And it’s clearly much more than what the Oculus Rift S will deliver this spring. Rubin, vice president in charge of content at Oculus, tells Variety that
Queen Latifah will appear in and produce the teen comedy “Paper Chase” movie through her Flavor Unit production company along with Gunpowder & Sky. Latifah and Shakim Compere, who founded Flavor Unit in 1995, will executive produce with Gunpowder & Sky’s Van Toffler. “Paper Chase” was created by writers Angela Tucker and Lauren Domino. Tucker
CBS has the drama “Bull” in primetime and now more of a sport for bulls at other times of the day. CBS Sports has extended its rights pact with Professional Bull Riders through 2028, ensuring CBS has exclusive access to the sport through 2028. The new agreement will increase the number of hours of bull-riding
British actress and model Tania Mallet, who played Tilly Masterson in the 1964 James Bond classic “Goldfinger,” has died. She was 77. The official James Bond Twitter account announced her death on Sunday. “We are very sorry to hear that Tania Mallet who played Tilly Masterson in ‘Goldfinger’ has passed away,” the tweet reads. “Our
Check out the official The Dead Don’t Die Trailer starring Adam Driver! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to The Dead Don’t Die: https://www.fandango.com/the-dead-dont-die-218154/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date.