September 5, 2019 12:05PM PT Kylie Rae Harris, a country singer, died on Wednesday in a three-vehicle car crash near Taos, New Mexico. She was 30. Harris and a 16-year-old girl were killed and a third driver was uninjured, reported the Associated Press. The Taos Sheriff’s Office suspects alcohol played a role in the crash.
Month: September 2019
Nicki Minaj claims she’s retiring to “have my family,” according to a tweet she posted Thursday afternoon. “I’ve decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, [X] in the box- cuz ain’t nobody checkin me. Love
Fans of the Howard Stern Show are all too familiar with the host’s distaste for air travel, but Stern will have to brave a cross-country flight next month as he jets off to Los Angeles in order to celebrate the opening of Sirius XM’s new Hollywood studio complex. His Oct. 7 appearance at the complex
Television executive Morgan Hertzan is joining the Vice media family as executive vice president and general manager of Viceland as the company expands its news coverage and programming. Hertzan, who will report to Vice’s global news and entertainment president Jesse Angelo, will oversee programming strategy and operations for the Vice television network and integrate Vice
September 5, 2019 11:47AM PT Matt Damon’s untitled thriller drama, directed by Tom McCarthy, has been scheduled for an awards season release date of Nov. 6, 2020. The project, which had been titled “Stillwater,” centers on an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter who is in prison for
Revenues are up 18% to $5.4 billion and streaming accounts for 80% of that revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s mid-year report released today. Paid streaming services added more than 1 million new subscriptions a month, pushing the U.S. total past 60 million. The trends continue the double-digit growth the industry has
Lenovo has once again teamed up with Disney to bring one of the studio’s iconic franchises to augmented reality (AR). After first launching the “Star Wars: Jedi Challenges” AR headset in 2017, the two companies are back with a new “Marvel Dimension of Heroes” experience running on slightly revamped hardware. News of Lenovo and Disney
Forty-one years after the theatrical release of “The Last Waltz,” Robbie Robertson gets the last word on that era in “Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band,” a documentary picked by the Toronto Int’l Film Festival as its opening night gala premiere. It covers Robertson’s tenure in the Band from the group’s early ’60s
Jon Favreau gave some more insight into the scale of his forthcoming Disney Plus “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” at Variety‘s Entertainment & Technology summit. The prolific multi-hyphenate likened the series, which takes place after the events of “Return of the Jedi,” to the original George Lucas trilogy in terms of scale and tone. “For
It was a stand-up comic’s worst nightmare: Taking the stage a while back for the first of four shows that would be recorded for a TV special, the comic cracked under the pressure, mispronouncing a word at a pivotal moment in the joke and screwing up the punchline. Gaffes like this are exactly why comics
The National Football League’s regular season kicks off Thursday night with a mouth-watering encounter between the Green Bay Packers, led by Aaron Rodgers who has a point to prove, and the Chicago Bears, boasting a formidable defense. However, while fans won’t have to wait long to find out whether offense or defense will come out
Done+Dusted partner Guy Carrington was in the production truck last year at the Emmys when director Glenn Weiss, who had just won the Emmy for helming the Oscars, surprised the Microsoft Theater audience by proposing to his girlfriend. “For me in the truck, it was a horrifying moment,” says Carrington, who told me it added
The streaming-video battlefield is about to get some major new combatants — and fresh research suggests that Disney is best equipped to grab new territory. Once Disney, WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal launch their direct-to-consumer services, customers’ perceived value of incumbent players Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video will drop significantly, according to a study conducted by
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is back to wreaking havoc in Derry, Maine. The Losers’ Club returns home for a final standoff. Will you see ‘IT: Chapter Two’ in theaters this weekend? ► Buy Your Tickets Now: https://www.fandango.com?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Tune-in to Weekend Ticket every Thursday to help you decide what to watch in theaters this weekend! ►
A group of friends hang out in a bar. It’s a typical sitcom setup. But “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has never been typical — and FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier can attest to that. He was one of the executives “laughing our asses off” a decade and a half ago at a screening of
September 5, 2019 9:43AM PT Amazon Studios has snapped up global rights to the big screen adaptation of “Alice + Freda Forever,” Variety has confirmed. The deal for the film comes as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off and could signal that the streaming service will be an active buyer. That should be welcome
We were all “the new kid” once—in school, on a soccer team, at the first day of work. These 12 designers are no different, except instead of cafeteria jitters or office floor plans, they’ll have to conquer the famously fickle runways at New York Fashion Week. (No pressure!) Let’s meet the new class of 2019,
With the concluding chapter of Stephen King’s “It” remake floating into theaters this week – and with new versions of “Firestarter,” “Salem’s Lot,” and “The Stand” on the horizon – here are 10 terrifying King films that might benefit from a fresh adaptation. The Dead Zone (1983) It’s impossible to imagine another actor playing Johnny
Eleven more women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against opera star Placido Domingo, according to the Associated Press. The news follows an article by the organization published last month in which nine women made similar claims against the singer. The women accuse Domingo of unwanted touching, persistent requests for private meetings, late-night
September 5, 2019 9:14AM PT CBS has renewed its long-running reality competition series “Big Brother” for a 22nd season. In addition, Julie Chen Moonves has signed a new deal to return as the host of the series. The new season will air in summer 2020. “Big Brother” is produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan
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Veteran “CSI: NY” and “Forrest Gump” actor Gary Sinise is joining the cast of “13 Reasons Why” for its fourth and final season. Sinise will play Dr. Robert Ellman in the Netflix YA drama. Season 4 is currently in production and will feature the core cast’s graduation from Liberty High. Dr. Ellman is described as
Participant Media has promoted longtime executive Diane Weyermann to the newly created post of chief content officer. In her new role, Weyermann will focus on documentary film and TV, alongside department senior VPs Elise Pearlstein (film) and Miura Kite (TV), while working with CEO David Linde and the company’s newly announced heads of narrative film,
“Spy Kids” and “Predators” producer Elizabeth Avellan has acquired remake rights to supernatural thriller “The Whistler,” pacting with production-distribution Alief which is world premiering “Zana” at Toronto. Gisberg Bermúdez, who co-wrote, directed, co-produced and edited the original movie, will now helm the English-language adaptation. Aiming to launch an English-language franchise, Avellán will produce the remake
Beta Cinema has boarded “Nowhere Special” and will sell the Uberto Pasolini film internationally. “The Full Monty” producer Pasolini directs from his own screenplay. Based on true events, the movie stars James Norton (“McMafia”) as, John, a window cleaner who has dedicated his life to bringing up his son on his own. When John is
There’s a good reason why the upcoming movie “Hustlers” may remind audiences of a Martin Scorsese film. The stripper crime drama, based on a true story and written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, stars Jennifer Lopez as Ramona, a New York City stripper who takes a newbie (Constance Wu) under her wing. But when business
September 5, 2019 8:35AM PT “America’s Got Talent” came out on top on a quiet Wednesday night for TV ratings. Last night’s results episode came in at a 1.2 in the key 18-49 demographic and was watched by around 8.4 million total viewers. “AGT” pipped “Big Brother” to first place, with the CBS unscripted stalwart
While curating a retrospective on Arab women filmmakers at the TIFF Cinematheque in Toronto earlier this summer, programmer Kiva Reardon considered how the foregrounding of marginalized and underrepresented cinematic voices could make an impact in 2019. “We’ll always have tent-pole, staple retrospectives for big familiar names in North America that tend to be European, white
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band this morning announced what they say are “the last shows to their very successful ‘Roll Me Away Tour’” — although surprisingly there is no date listed for his hometown of Detroit. There was no immediate comment from a rep; Seger played six shows in Detroit back in June. Tickets for
For about three years, Billy Bush has listened, apologized and explained. Now he’s doing the talking. “It’s a relaunch. It’s a comeback,” he said of his new celebrity newsmagazine, “Extra, Extra,” slated to debut next week. It’s a retooling of Warner Brothers’ long-running “Extra,” which is moving over to Fox-owned stations in seven major U.S.
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