In the late 1930s, prior to emigrating to the United States, Lithuanian geographer Kazys Pakstas proposed a radical solution to what he saw as the inevitable eradication of the nation through its assimilation into the German and Russian spheres of influence: The purchase and annexation of a large tract of land on the African or
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In today’s film news roundup, Mark Damon receives an investment from Cinevideotech, Hollywood publicists set their awards show, Rob Zombie’s “3 From Hell” and a 9/11 documentary “You Are Here” get release dates. INVESTMENT Mark Damon’s DCR Finance Corp., co-headed with financer Adi Cohen and producer Jordi Rediu, has received a $25 million investment from
Exclusive TMZ Taylor Swift‘s VERY public war with Scooter Braun over rights to her masters has backfired for the singer — ’cause people are playing those old tracks … which only helps her enemy. We monitored Amazon’s ‘Movers and Shakers’ music chart all day Monday — following Taylor lashing out at Scooter Sunday for buying
As if it weren’t enough that Mustard — formerly DJ Mustard, one of hip-hop’s hottest hitmakers and owner of the 10 Summers label — dropped the hit of the spring season with “100 Bands,” featuring Quavo, 21 Savage, YG and Meek Mill, he had to go and follow it up with Friday’s release of “Perfect
In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu drops the first trailer for Mindy Kaling’s “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and Netflix has released official art from the upcoming “Witcher” series. FIRST LOOKS Netflix has released first look images from its upcoming “The Witcher” series, based on the video game of the same name. Below (from left to
July 1, 2019 4:01PM PT Citing the rising cost of TV programming, Sony said the PlayStation Vue internet-delivered pay TV service will be increasing by $5 per month. It’s deja vue for PS Vue customers: The price hikes come almost exactly one year after Sony raised rates by the same amount in July 2018. The
A TV series based on the “The Sandman” comic books created by Neil Gaiman has officially been ordered to series at Netflix. Allan Heinberg will write and serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series, with Gaiman and David S. Goyer also writing and executive producing. Gaiman, Heinberg and Goyer will co-write the first
Oscar winners Lady Gaga, Annie Lennox and Adele are among the 28 composers, songwriters and music editors invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year. The three multiplatinum pop stars are probably the best-known of this year’s crop. Gaga won for “A Star Is Born,” Adele for “Skyfall,” and Lennox
July 1, 2019 2:55PM PT Six weeks ahead of a new Sleater-Kinney album release, drummer Janet Weiss has exited the band. In a post on social media captioned “Big changes,” Weiss wrote, “after intense deliberation and with heavy sadness, I have decided to leave Sleater-Kinney. … it is time for me to move on.” Signed to
Paris Couture Week is where designers (and Celine Dion) get wild. Iris Van Herpen brought her signature futurism to a stunned crowd, Giambattista Valli’s gargantuan evening wear is bound to be seen on a red carpet, and Christian Dior brought down the house. Literally. There was a model wearing a house down the runway. Click
July 1, 2019 2:01PM PT Facebook evacuated four buildings at its Menlo Park, Calif., campus Monday after equipment at the company’s mail-processing facility detected a package that might have contained sarin, a potentially lethal nerve agent, according to reports. Two individuals may have been exposed to sarin but are not currently showing signs or symptoms
July 1, 2019 2:00PM PT Sam Claflin has signed on to join the cast of Millie Bobby Brown’s detective mystery “Enola Holmes.” The cast includes Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw and Adeel Akhtar. Directed by Harry Bradbeer, the film is based on Nancy Springer’s book series, “The Enola Holmes Mysteries.” The script was
There is no such thing as “too extra” when Haute Couture season rolls around each year, so when Dior’s held its autumn/winter 2019 Dior Couture show, the brand brought its House of Dior to life—literally. Set against a floral backdrop at 30 Avenue Montaigne, the luxury house’s design atelier in Paris, the show opened with
NBC News Now, five weeks after the free streaming service’s launch, has a full-time anchor: Alison Morris, who most recently was with Fox Corp.’s Fox 5 in New York. Since launching May 29, NBC News Now has operated without an anchor, with a rotation of various reporters and talent to host each day. The free,
Meredith Stiehm, co-chair of the Writers Guild of America’s agent negotiating committee, has signed with Verve talent agency. She’s the second high-profile WGA leader to sign with Verve in recent days. “Big Fish” screenwriter and WGA West board member John August announced on June 28 that he had signed with Verve, which had agreed to
July 1, 2019 12:52PM PT [embedded content] A few of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes paid a visit to the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles. “Spider-Man: Far From Home” stars Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jake Gyllenhaal signed autographs, took selfies and hung out with patients on Thursday. The surprise visit came after an exclusive screening of the
The tempest in a tea cup that took over the news cycle on Sunday continues into the holiday week, as Taylor Swift supporters like Haim and Allesia Cara add their name to the social media squad, while Scooter Braun defenders include clients Demi Lovato and Justin Bieber. Braun’s SB Projects is home to such artists
After a spell of underperforming sequels, Tom Holland’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is swinging by to hopefully salvage the box office. “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” from Sony’s arsenal of Marvel characters, should prove an exception to a summer otherwise plagued with a contagious case of franchise fatigue. Overall, the domestic box office is pacing almost 10%
July 1, 2019 12:22PM PT “Master of None” star Aziz Ansari is returning to Netflix with a new stand-up special, four years after his previous special streamed on the platform and two years after the second season of “Master of None” ended. The new special, titled “Aziz Ansari: Right Now,” is set to drop July
July 1, 2019 12:10PM PT Jacob Tremblay and Awkwafina have signed on to play Flounder and Scuttle, respectively, in Disney’s live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.” Variety first reported that Melissa McCarthy would be taking on the role of Ursula the Sea Witch. Over the weekend, journalist Kris Tapley announced on Twitter that Tremblay and
The “Gremlins” animated series is officially moving forward at the WarnerMedia streaming service. The series, which Variety exclusively reported back in February, will be titled “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.” Set in 1920s Shanghai, the series will tell the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the
July 1, 2019 11:47AM PT The third season of the HBO series “Divorce” will be the show’s last. Season 3, which will consist of six episodes, will debut tonight. The series is described as the story of a very, very long divorce. It stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church as Frances and Robert,
July 1, 2019 11:22AM PT Netflix has put out an order for a new horror series from Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy, the creators of “The Haunting of Hill House.” The seven-episode series, titled “Midnight Mass,” will follow an isolated island community which experiences miraculous events – and frightening omens – after the arrival of
Half of the 842 new members invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are women, the group announced on Monday. The organization behind the Oscars also disclosed that 29% of the new invitees are people of color. Should those people accept, and they almost universally do, the Academy will have doubled the
CAA has become the latest top talent agency to file a federal lawsuit against the Writers Guild of America, accusing the union of “stunning overreach” in its quest to ban packaging fees and agency-affiliated production operations. CAA’s suit comes a week after WME filed a similar complaint, followed on June 27 by UTA. The three
RIP, WatchESPN. ESPN has officially killed off WatchESPN, first launched in April 2011 to provide pay-TV customers authenticated access to live games, in a move to simplify its app portfolio and consolidate access to all content into one service. On Monday, the Disney-owned sports programmer pulled WatchESPN from Apple’s App Store, Google Play and other
July 1, 2019 10:31AM PT Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 have co-acquired the North American distribution rights to the documentary “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.” Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman directed the movie with James Keach, Michele Farinola and CNN Films producing. The film was co-financed by PCH Films and CNN Films. CNN Films
A new Leon Bridges song will premiere in the final episode of Season 2 of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and be featured on the second soundtrack for the series. “He had great timing,” says music supervisor Simon Astall. “We got this demo for a song that’s going to be on his next album and it
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 sees the highly anticipated return of “Stranger Things,” with season 3 dropping on