January 9, 2020 8:47AM PT “La Fortaleza,” Jorge Thielen Armand’s Venezuelan film which is set to compete at Rotterdam, has been acquired by Paris-based Reel Suspects for world sales. “La Fortaleza” is the first feature film produced by the Blockchain-powered platform Breaker, and is co-produced by Louise Bellicaud and Claire Charles Gervais of In Vivo
Month: January 2020
January 9, 2020 8:30AM PT Underscore? Try overscore. The co-star of “Uncut Gems” is undoubtedly the film’s music. The result of a second collaboration between composer Daniel Lopato, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, and director Josh Safdie, the cosmically synthesized score blends multiple Moog tones for a sonic identity to accompany Adam Sandler’s role as Manny.
Variety‘s Strictly Business podcast hits the road this week to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show conference. Hosts Cynthia Littleton and Andrew Wallenstein walk through CES’ C Space installation at Aria Las Vegas while discussing the seismic shifts under way for media and entertainment thanks to the onslaught of competition from digital streaming
Courtni Asbury, a 10-year veteran of Def Jam Recordings, where she most recently held the position of vice president of media and artist relations, has joined The Lede Company’s music department. She will be based in the public relation firm’s Los Angeles office. The Lede Company was launched in June 2018 by Amanda Silverman, Meredith
Harvey Weinstein struck out in his attempt on Thursday to get a new judge assigned to his rape trial in New York. Attorneys for the movie mogul accused Justice James Burke of being prejudicial after he threatened Weinstein earlier this week with jail time for using his cell phone in court. However, Burke was having
The Secret Sisters, the acoustically based sibling duo out of Alabama, have typically walked down the less sunny side of the street in their Grammy-nominated past work. But they’re uncharacteristically full of healing good cheer in “Hand Over My Heart,” a track from their forthcoming album “Saturn Return,” which was produced by Brandi Carlile and
The star-studded National Board of Review gala, held Wednesday at midtown Manhattan’s Cipriani 42nd, honored A-listers like Brad Pitt for best supporting actor (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Renee Zellweger for best actress (“Judy”), Quentin Tarantino for best director (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) and Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino
January 9, 2020 7:00AM PT Saban Music Group (SMG), the music company bearing the name of entertainment mogul Haim Saban, has entered into a strategic alliance for global distribution and marketing with Universal Music Group (UMG). Caroline, a subsidiary of UMG’s Capitol Music Group, will handle distribution for the U.S. and globally, where it operates
News Licensing / MEGA Happy birthday, Kate Middleton — and for your gift … a bright, shiny box of REALLY CRAPPY TIMING!!! Enjoy it. The Duchess of Cambridge’s dour face said it all as she pulled into Kensington Palace Thursday. Yes, it’s her 38th birthday, but no one in the royal family’s in the mood
John Prine and Alejandro Escovedo will be featured performers at the 2020 Libera Awards, which celebrate independent artists and labels and are hosted by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The annual awards show will take place at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom on June 18, and also will celebrate A2IM’s 15 th anniversary. Prine will
Imperative Entertainment’s podcast division and “Broken Harts” creator Justine Harman are teaming up on “The Baron of Botox,” a new 10-part weekly series about the late “dermatologist to the stars,” Dr. Fredric Brandt. The series charts Brandt’s rise, following him from his small dermatology practice in Miami to being Madonna’s personal skincare consultant and the
January 18: Save the date in your G-cal, set a reminder on your phone, and notify the group chat, because it’s the day Beyoncé’s Ivy Park x Adidas range officially debuts. She initially teased the line in her ELLE January 2020 cover story, and I, for one, was READY. Then, in the wee hours of
Prince will receive an all-star tribute after the 2020 Grammy Awards featuring Alicia Keys, John Legend, Beck, Usher, Chris Martin, H.E.R., St. Vincent, and others, according to an official announcement published by Rolling Stone. “Let’s Go Crazy: The show will be held January 28th, two days after the Grammys, at the Los Angeles Convention Center
ESPN’s next potential superstar hasn’t thrown fancy passes on the field, and isn’t known for his prowess on the court, at the rink, in the ring or even on the track. Omar Raja’s game is figuring out how to get sports fans chatting about, liking and passing along the video clips he makes of top
British actor Jeremy Irons, who plays Ozymandias in the HBO series “Watchmen” and won an Oscar in 1991 for “Reversal of Fortune,” will serve as president of the International Jury at the 70th Berlin Intl. Film Festival, the event revealed Thursday. Berlinale artistic director Carlo Chatrian said: “With his distinctive style Jeremy Irons has embodied
Showcasing the wide scope and many nuances of French comedies, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Lost Prince,” “Mama Weed” with Isabelle Huppert (pictured), “The Lion” with Dany Boon, and “Welcome to the Jungle” with Catherine Deneuve are set to have their market premieres at the 22nd edition of the UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in
There will be a root and branch review of how the BAFTA Film Awards are voted on in the wake of this week’s nominations, which saw no people of color nominated in the acting categories and, again, no female helmers get a nod for best director. The head of BAFTA’s film committee, Marc Samuelson, told
MADRID — Berlin-based Pluto Film has acquired international sales rights to “Las Mil y Una” (“One in a Thousand”), the second feature by Argentina’s Clarisa Navas and one of the first titles ti be announced for the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale. A world premiere at the Berlinale, “One in a Thousand” marks the
Verizon — feeling the pain of customer cancellations over high pay-TV prices — is killing off bundles and contracts for its Fios line of TV, broadband and phone services. Instead, it’s introducing “Mix & Match on Fios,” a new pricing plan under which it is selling pay-TV, internet and phone as standalone products. For Verizon,
A judge in Rio de Janeiro has ordered that Netflix remove Christmas comedy special “The First Temptation of Christ,” in which Jesus is depicted as a gay man, from the service, saying that, “The right to freedom of expression… is not absolute.” The series has been the focus of extreme criticism in Brazil, including a
Discovery is launching its home and lifestyle channel HGTV, one of its most prominent and successful cable brands, as a free-to-air channel in Italy and in 11 pay-TV markets across Europe including Romania, Hungary and Serbia. The European roll out of HGTV is part of Discovery’s international strategy to expand the reach of this former Scripps
MADRID — Giant network TF1, pubcaster France Televisions, upscale channel Arte France, free-to-air network M6 and European TV-film force Studiocanal, owned by Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group, are among companies confirmed for June’s Conecta Fiction in Spain, where France has been chosen as its European Country Focus. A much appreciated Europe-Latin America production forum and networking
European Film Promotion has unveiled the 10 Shooting Stars, up-and-coming acting talents set to break out internationally, who will be honored at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. The selection comprises Bartosz Bielenia from Poland, star of Jan Komasa’s “Corpus Christi,” among films shortlisted for this year’s best international feature film Oscar; France’s Zita Hanrot, the voice talent of Zunaira in
Exclusive TMZ.com Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli have a secret weapon in their college admissions criminal case — the former head of the USC athletics department, who made it clear during his tenure — the school gave him a clear directive to raise money, and lots of it. As we reported, our sources say
LAS VEGAS — The steady rise in listenership for high-end podcasts is opening up a host of opportunities for creatives in the comedy arena, director-producer Paul Feig and internet star Lele Pons told CES attendees on Wednesday. Feig, the multihyphenate behind “Bridesmaids” and other hits, invoked the era of great radio dramas thriving as theater
LAS VEGAS — The flood of streaming services that have entered the pay TV marketplace in the past decade have been viewed as signs of the apocalypse for the traditional MVPDs. But in practice, the track record to date shows that most subscribers to streaming services also continue to pay for regular MVPD services. That’s
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Death and the Serpent,” the sixth episode of the sixth season of “Vikings.” When Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) first appeared on History’s “Vikings” she was a character ahead of her time. She fought for equality, battled alongside the men as a famous shield maiden, and
January 8, 2020 7:46PM PT My Chemical Romance’s Dec. 20 show at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles raked in record box office for the venue, the band’s agency, Paradigm, reveals. A full and instant sell-out at 4,993, its total gross was $1,451,745, the highest-grossing ever at the downtown L.A. landmark, which
LAS VEGAS — Maverick investor Mark Cuban sees the development of AI technology as a national priority that is on a par with the urgency to invest in the space program in the 1950s and ’60s. Speaking at Variety’s annual Entertainment Summit at CES, Cuban offered his views on the imperative of AI for the
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Steve Harvey is calling BS on Mark Curry‘s claim he’s stolen jokes from him — and he’s issuing a challenge to the guy … gimme specifics or STFU. The legendary comedian/host was chilling Wednesday in Bev Hills — on Rodeo Drive, naturally — and told us there’s simply no truth
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