CBS Corp. and Viacom are united once again. The merger of the two halves of the Redstone family media empire into ViacomCBS was completed Wednesday, just four months after the boards of CBS and Viacom reached an agreement on an all stock-swap transaction. The combined company’s shares will begin trading Thursday on the NASDAQ index
Month: December 2019
In 91 years of Academy Awards, there have only been three occasions when a producer had two best picture nominees simultaneously: Francis Coppola and Fred Roos, with 1974’s “The Godfather Part II” and “The Conversation”; Scott Rudin, with 2010’s “The Social Network” and “True Grit”; and Megan Ellison, with 2013’s “American Hustle” and “Her.” That
Over a long career that stretches back 25 years, stuntman and stunt coordinator-turned-second-unit-director and actor Darrin Prescott has choreographed many a spectacular car chase and race in such testosterone-fueled movies as “Drive,” “Deadpool 2,” “Baby Driver” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,” which won him a Screen Actors Guild award as part of the stunt ensemble. But
December 4, 2019 1:21PM PT With Taylor Swift’s Netflix documentary “Miss Americana” set to open the Sundance Film Festival in Jan. 2020 comes word that all of her older material has been cleared for use in the film. The documentary was a flashpoint in the latest public flare-up over Scooter Braun’s acquisition of Big Machine
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION The 16 films in this section are all world premieres. The 40-Year-Old Version (Director and screenwriter: Radha Blank, Producers: Lena Waithe, Radha Blank, Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jennifer Semler, Rishi Rijani) —A down-on-her-luck New York playwright decides to reinvent herself and salvage her artistic voice the only way she knows how: by becoming a
The shake-out in media and entertainment after a few years of mergers, cost-cutting initiatives and massive restructurings has thrust many experienced executives back onto the job market — but they’re not all landing at mainstream Hollywood companies. A growing number of them are making their way into new roles as partners, advisers or entrepreneurs-in-residence at private
December 4, 2019 12:58PM PT Parker Young has been cast to star opposite Adhir Kalyan in Chuck Lorre’s “United States of Al” comedy pilot, which is in the works in CBS. The show is a multi-camera comedy about the friendship between Riley (Young), a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio,
Instagram will finally begin enforcing its policy to allow only users 13 or older to sign up for the service in most countries — or, at any rate, people who claim they’re at least 13. Starting Wednesday (Dec. 4), the Facebook-owned photo and video platform will ask for date of birth when someone creates an
December 4, 2019 12:52PM PT One of the four planned Marvel animated series at Hulu is experiencing a major behind the scenes shakeup, Variety has confirmed. “Tigra & Dazzler” has parted ways with showrunner Erica Rivinoja and the show’s entire writing staff. According to sources, Marvel and the writing team differed on the creative direction of
Nicolas Celis’ TV series “Perfect Monsters” has found its home. The “Roma” producer and his Mexico City-based production company Pimienta Films have inked an exclusive first-look deal with Exile and Endeavour Content, which announced a scripted television partnership in the spring. “Perfect Monsters,” an epic western created by Celis, Marion d’Ornano and Enrique M. Rizo,
AEG Presents announced today that Debra Rathwell has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Touring and Talent. The appointment was made by Gary Gersh, President of Global Touring and Talent for AEG Presents. She will continue to be based in New York. “Debra continues to bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise and deep relationships
The American Film Institute has announced the recipients of the AFI Awards for 2019, the top ten films and TV shows “deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.” Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” was honored with an AFI Special Award along with “Fleabag,” both works
From mega-smash “Big Bank” featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj to TikTok favorite “Go Loko” with Tyga and Jon Z, 2019 belonged to YG who, in his team-up with producer and fellow West Coaster Mustard, was the soundtrack of the streets. And a multicultural one at that: “Go Loko” features Spanish guitar (played
“Anything Could Happen” was the title of Ellie Goulding’s seventh single, released in 2012, but those three words could double as a mantra for the British singer-songwriter’s entire career. In fact, Goulding was back in her hometown of Hereford, England, the previous year, and she had just finished writing that song (the first single from
Kaia Gerber, Selena Gomez, and Naomi Campbell are all sources of fashion inspiration. [Side note: Kaia Gerber has no business dressing so well for an eighteen-year-old. At that age, especially if you grew up in the 2000s, we all struggled though waist-slung belts and statement necklaces like sad extras on Gossip Girl. End rant.] And
The Image Direct Chrishell Stause is making the next big move in her divorce from “This Is Us” star Justin Hartley … by packing up her stuff and leaving their home. The “Selling Sunset” star was seen talking to movers at her L.A. residence Wednesday, and it looks like she’s staying positive through the rough
Tiffany Haddish rang in her 40th birthday Tuesday night by celebrating her black and Jewish heritage with a star-studded “Black Mitzvah” party. One of Haddish’s famous friends, Barbra Streisand, was noticeably absent from the festivities, but sent the comedian a special memento for the occasion. “She got me this beautiful Star of David,” Haddish told
Megan Thee Stallion needs a moment. “I’m going from coast to coast, and it’s cold some places and hot some places,” she says after letting loose a wracking cough. “It’s really messing with me.” She’s calling from Indianapolis but soon will head to her hometown of Houston to perform at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival. “We’re
Pete Townshend, guitarist and main songwriter of The Who, revealed he’s always regretted not staying to mourn after a stampede at one of the band’s concerts. The stampede, which left 11 people dead and 23 injured in Cincinnati, occurred 40 years ago at the Riverfront Coliseum on Dec. 3, 1979. Instead of staying around, the
Oh my my my! From the giant stages of a sold-out stadium tour — including two nights at London’s 90,000-capacity Wembley Stadium — to the intimacy of a “Saturday Night Live” performance, BTS was everywhere in 2019. Consistently reaching the top of the U.S. charts singing in their native Korean, band members RM, Jin, Suga,
Gender is a construct but red carpets are very real. That’s the lesson from today’s Dior Homme show in Miami, where Kim Jones showed a range of surf-waxed suiting ostensibly for men… but also (and maybe more so?) for Kim Kardashian, Bella Hadid, and more women who took the runway clothes and leveled-up their own
Many of the most memorable movie families don’t rely on looking alike. Intimate family dramas are testaments to the power of great acting, where sensitivity, emotional perceptiveness and imitation create a bond that resembles the real thing. The directors behind some of 2019’s most acclaimed ensemble-driven films used several strategies to create believable family ties.
Label heads are not an uncommon sight at West Hollywood’s Soho House, but judging by the surreptitious security guard who trails us discreetly as we walk to the private club’s roof garden restaurant, one begins to comprehend that 10K Projects founder-CEO Elliot Grainge isn’t your ordinary executive. 10K’s new suite of offices at the fabled
While the cinematic fare of 2019 casts a wide-ranging net, a largely male-centric line-up dominates the awards season buzz. But from Martin Scorsese’s mature mobster saga “The Irishman” (Netflix) to Todd Phillips’ dark comic-book spinoff “Joker” (Warner Bros.), many of the year’s masculine-leaning picks were either led or significantly aided by women storytellers’ vision and
Cute and quirky gifts are fun, but sometimes you’re on the hunt for a present you already know will be a crowd-pleaser—something that’s exciting, yet doesn’t involve a deep-dive into your giftee’s upcoming astrological alignment. Need some inspiration? We’ve rounded up seven gift ideas that are sure to win anyone over—bosses, in-laws, and best friends
Toby Keith once wrote and recorded a song called “I’ll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again.” Whether he kept true to that word in subsequent years or not is unknown, but it will definitely hold true going into the figure, because no one will smoke weed with Willie Nelson again. Put down “Willie’s smoke-free bus”
As the amount of premium content continues to steadily grow across the small screen, so too does the demand for casting directors to fill new roles with the best performers, be they big names or fresh faces. But because of the high volume of series in production at the same time, tying up actors’ availability,
When all is said and done, the fact that a mute, missing appendage has become one of the year’s standout characters might not be the single most surprising development of 2019, but it sure comes close. Give a round of (one-handed) applause to “I Lost My Body” director Jérémy Clapin, who spent nearly eight years
Play video content AP For President Trump, the gloves are off with Justin Trudeau after the Canadian Prime Minister was caught talking smack about Trump during a NATO Summit event. The incriminating vid plays like a “Mean Girls” scene, but at Buckingham Palace instead of a school cafeteria. Trudeau, British PM Boris Johnson, French Prez
Everything was so glamorous and cool,” sighs “Hustlers” star Constance Wu of the last lucrative night her character spends working in the strip club before the 2008 stock market crash. The camera agrees. In slow motion, it gawks as 300 people collide like electrons. Men fling money, slide cash into spandex and gaze in awe
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