Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Rudy Giuliani‘s seen the writing on the wall — about President Trump possibly rolling over on him — and it makes him laugh, because he insists he has an impeccable track record. We got Trump’s attorney Monday evening at Reagan National, and remained defiant after the reports of a new
Month: November 2019
In today’s TV news roundup, Freeform’s “Grown-ish” hints at a potential pregnancy in Season 3, and Netflix releases the official trailer for Michelle Wolf’s new comedy special. DATES “Call the Midwife” will return to PBS for a holiday special on Dec. 25. The series follows nurses, midwives and nuns who visit poor, expectant mothers. Paramount
Loath as one is to make even a glancing comparison, it’s hard not to think of Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” for at least one short scene in “La Mami”: The camera observes calmly as a tiled floor is mopped by a pair of caretakers, sudsy water splashing across the surface in scalloped waves, only to be
Island Records, the legendary label founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica on July 4, 1959 with a series of local reggae hits, continued its yearlong 60th anniversary celebration on Saturday with an afternoon reception at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. Blackwell and current Island Records President Darcus Beese sat for a wide-ranging conversation
How do you define heroism? For more than a century, movies have shaped our collective idea of the individuals and actions that qualify, often making the word appear out of reach to ordinary mortals. Now, along comes Sam Mendes’ “1917” to smash those assumptions, revisiting a day in World War I when two ordinary British
Celine Dion’s first album in three years and Billie Eilish’s first new song in six months have soared to the top of the Rolling Stone Album and Songs charts, respectively. “Courage,” Dion’s first album since 2016’s “Encore un Soir,” racked up more than 120,000 album-equivalent units, pushed along by sales of the album that accompanied
Brazil-based Habanero Film Sales has snagged the international sales rights to “In a Whisper” (A Media Voz), a moving autoethnographic documentary about two childhood friends who, as part of the Cuban diaspora, find themselves far away from home and from each other. Docu had its world premiere on Saturday at IDFA where it received a standing
November 25, 2019 2:08PM PT Moviegoers will have to wait a little longer to see cinema’s two fiercest monsters duke it out. Warner Bros. and Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” has been delayed eight months and will now hit theaters Nov. 20, 2020. The film was previously dated for March 13, 2020. Directed by Adam Wingard,
If there was a Grammy Award for baby-making R&B album of the year, it would be Troy Lanez’s race to lose. The Brampton, Ontario native’s highly-anticipated “Chixtape 5” project arrives nine years after the inaugural Chixtape, a mixtape series laced with skits and samples of favorite R&B classics. It’s an ode to the early 2000s
Not many shows would come panting out the gate with explicit, bloody period sex, but “The L Word: Generation Q” isn’t trying to be most shows. A sequel companion to Ilene Chaiken’s groundbreaking lesbian drama “The L Word,” which premiered 15 years ago on Showtime, Marja-Lewis Ryan’s new iteration aims to both honor the original
The theatrical market for documentary films is in “robust shape,” with 2019 proving to be a strong year for the genre after an exceptional 2018, reports Oli Harbottle, head of distribution and acquisitions at leading U.K. documentary outfit Dogwoof. Harbottle says 2019 was always going to struggle to match 2018’s “blockbuster” year, which saw the
You don’t just glance at a Johanna Ortiz dress and walk away—you stare intently at the bold floral prints, the frothy ruffles, and billowy feminine silhouettes that salute Ortiz’s Colombian roots and picture yourself in one of her designs, salsa dancing on an island. (The city she is from, Cali, is known as the world
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will be shorter than previously reported. But its runtime — clocking in at two hours and 21 minutes, according to director J.J. Abrams — still makes it the second-longest “Star Wars” film behind “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” It was originally reported that “The Rise of Skywalker” would be two
November 25, 2019 12:11PM PT Arclight Films has sold North American rights for “Twist,” a modern-retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic “Oliver Twist,” to Saban Films. The updated version — starring Michael Caine and Lena Headey — was directed by Martin Owen and written by John Wrathall. The cast also includes Rita Ora, Raff Law and
“Bombshell,” a drama about Fox News journalists who set to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, will be honored the Producers Guild of America’s Stanley Kramer Award. The award, established in 2002, recognizes a production, producer or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues. “Bombshell” will
Few shows have changed the way we watch television like “The Sopranos.” As one of the most critically and commercially successful TV shows in history, “The Sopranos” has also maintained a cult-like following that has lasted since its literal abrupt ending in 2007. So it makes sense that fans would rally together to commemorate 10
It took Italian director Valentina Pedicini more than a decade to make observational documentary “Faith,” about a reclusive spiritual sect of kung fu practitioners led by a domineering man known as the Master. Or rather. Eleven years went by between the time when Pedicini made a short doc about the sect and when she then
Frank Biondi Jr., the seasoned entertainment business executive who served tenures as the CEO of HBO, Viacom and Universal Studios, died Monday of cancer. The Los Angeles Times reported he died at his home in Los Angeles. He was 74. Biondi was the consummate example of the kind of polished, Ivy League-trained business executives who rose through
November 25, 2019 11:36AM PT “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds has taken on a new gig as part owner — and pitchman — for low-cost mobile carrier Mint Mobile. Mint Mobile, whose prepaid plans start as low as $15 per month for 3 gigabytes of wireless data, announced that Reynolds purchased an ownership stake in the
November 25, 2019 11:16AM PT The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has reached a tentative two-year deal covering studio musicians with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). An AMPTP spokesman confirmed Monday that the pact had been signed on Nov. 22 but released no details. The AFM had no comment. Negotiations began
After a lot of hype, Prada and Adidas dropped their first collaboration with two limited edition releases. Talks of a collaboration first started in October, and was finally confirmed earlier this month, with the powerhouse brands teasing a possible sneaker release on Instagram. The first piece from Prada x Adidas is a take on the
November 25, 2019 10:42AM PT Netflix has announced that it will keep the New York City’s Paris Theater open through a lease agreement. The venue, one of the oldest art movie houses in the United States and the last single-screen theater in New York, was shuttered earlier this year. It was re-opened earlier this month
Courtesy Wool Trousers Frankie Shop thefrankieshop.com $189.00 When you think of style icons, Bernie Sanders is probably low on your list. I’m not referencing campaign trail Bernie, with his hypebeast parka and sleek navy suit. I’m all about Bernie off-duty: the one who visits Ariana Grande concerts or walks around in stained button downs. His
Films from Africa and the Middle East have enjoyed significant festival presence this year – such as Mati Diop’s French-Senegalese pic “Atlantics,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. “In 2019 we saw a new generation of filmmakers emerging on the scene,” says Rémi Bonhomme program manager of Critics’ Week in
Disney bucked box office tradition this year, opting for the first time since 2014 not to release a movie the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. But that doesn’t mean the studio won’t still gobble up the competition around Turkey Day. Disney unveiled “Frozen 2,” which debuted to a stellar $130 million in North America, a week earlier
November 25, 2019 10:17AM PT Images of the adorable Baby Yoda character from Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian” Star Wars series are back on Giphy — after the GIF-sharing site briefly pulled them down over a mix-up about copyrights. “Last week, there was some confusion around certain content uploaded to Giphy and we temporarily removed these
November 25, 2019 10:15AM PT The Chainsmokers are set to executive produce a drama series currently in development at Freeform, Variety has learned. The series is titled “Demo.” It follows a 20-something musician who dares to leave behind her struggling indie rock band and her working class family to try writing pop songs in Los Angeles.
FX’s science-fiction series “Legion” scored a leading two nominations for the American Society of Cinematographers Awards. “Legion” received nods in the commercial television category, along with “Project Blue Book,” “Vikings” and “Gotham.” Non-commercial TV series recognition went to “Das Boot,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Carnival Row,” “Titans” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Winners will be announced
In the nearly four years since Prince’s untimely death, his estate has done an exhaustive job of archiving his vast “Vault,” which, considering the artist’s legendary workaholism and sleeplessness over his 40-year-plus career, may contain the most voluminous trove of recorded music by a major solo artist in history. The question now is how they
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, M. Night Shyamalan’s “Servant” drops on Apple TV Plus, and Martin Scorsese’s “The
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