January 6, 2020 12:54PM PT Three years ago, Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope” crash-landed onto American airwaves. The Italian auteur’s series, which envisioned a sharp-tongued New Yorker bringing the Holy See to heel, was so surreal that it tended to elicit responses of confusion and revulsion from mainstream observers, but for those on its wavelength,
Month: January 2020
January 6, 2020 12:53PM PT “The Act” actress Joey King did not take home a Golden Globe statue Sunday night, but she did take home an honorary battle scar. Sunday night’s Golden Globe celebrations concluded with King getting whacked in the head with a Golden Globe statue. “Not everyone can say Patricia Arquette accidentally hit
Christian Bale Circling ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ – Variety You will be redirected back to your article in seconds January 6, 2020 12:45PM PT Christian Bale is in negotiations to join Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Love and Thunder,” Variety has confirmed. Should the deal happen, it would be Bale’s first big franchise movie since his final performance
In celebration of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s 20th anniversary, YouTube Originals today announced it is partnering with the fest for a feature-length documentary called “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert,” set to premiere March 31 on YouTube. The news comes on the heels of the announcement of Coachella’s official 2020 lineup —
Often, the best moments at the Golden Globes don’t even make the telecast. When you’re inside the Beverly Hilton, where the ceremony takes place, Hollywood’s first awards show of the year can feel like attending a high school homecoming game. There’s free-flowing booze. There’s lots of hugging and talking between the plays. And there’s a
FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” dominated the first round of Directors Guild of America TV nominations, landing three in the TV movie/limited series — for directors Jessica Yu, Minkie Spiro and Thomas Kail. Yu, Spiro and Kail will face off against “Chernobyl” director Johan Renck, who won the Emmy for that HBO limited series in September. Also up
The VSCO girls are killing again. According to a story in Fortune, contouring is their latest victim: The financial magazine reports that they’ve “traded in heavy makeup for Carmex lip balm, Mario Badescu rosewater facial spray and single-item, multi-use products from Glossier.” It’s just the latest evidence of the fashion and beauty industries bowing before
Fox has put the animated comedy series “Temporary Humans” into development, Variety has learned exclusively. The series hails from the writing and executive producing team of Marc Sloboda, Evan Hill, and Nick Bailey. It follows Jake, a hapless twenty something who rescues a naked amnesiac, Sammy, from an explosion in a lake and makes him his
The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2019. Among the nominees are Greta Gerwig for “Little Women,” Noah Baumbach for “Marriage Story” as well as Bong Joon Ho for “Parasite.” Todd Phillips and Scott Silver picked up a nom for “Joker.”
Top creators and platform execs will discuss the ways that technology and innovation are transforming Hollywood during Variety’s annual Entertainment Summit at CES, set for Jan. 8 during the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, CBS Interactive CEO Marc Debevoise, Imax president Megan Colligan, Fox Entertainment’s SideCar Content Accelerator chair Gail
The Golden Globes are known for being one of awards season’s best parties and after the broadcast wrapped, stars and executives were ready to loosen their bow ties, kick off their heels and celebrate. Variety reporters and editors were inside all the best bashes to deliver what went down after everyone left the Beverly Hilton
Entertainment has always been a key component of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, but the explosive growth of subscription streaming is arguably making the technology showcased there more integral to Hollywood’s future than ever. The new breed of 8K TVs, expected to be on ample display at the Jan. 7-10 event in Las Vegas, not
Ad-supported free VOD streamer Tubi announced a deal with Vidaa International, a subsidiary of Hisense — the world’s third-largest TV maker — to bring its service to Hisense’s Vidaa platform. Beginning in the spring of 2020, Tubi users will be able to watch the company’s library of over 20,000 movies and TV shows on new
Whether you believe, as I do, that the Golden Globes, for a dozen years now, have been noodging their way up the chain of respectability, to the point that many viewers at home now take them nearly as seriously as the Academy Awards; or whether you believe that the Globes have, and deserve, no more
Miley Cyrus has settled a $300 million copyright-infringement lawsuit from a Jamaican songwriter Michael May, who claimed the singer took elements from one of his compositions for her 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop,” Reuters reported late Friday. May, who performs under the name Flourgon, sued Cyrus in March 2018, claiming that “We Can’t Stop” closely
The judge in Harvey Weinstein’s rape case on Monday denied a defense request to keep the jury sequestered for the entirety of the eight-week trial. Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, argued that the unusual move would be necessary to ensure a fair trial. Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi called the request “laughable” and Justice James Burke denied it.
Ricky Gervais returned to host the Golden Globes for a fifth time last night, but the awards show appears to have slipped in the TV ratings versus previous years. Last night’s awards ceremony drew 14.76 million viewers and a 3.8 rating among adults 19-49 according to early Nielsen estimates. That’s down roughly 6% in total
The Museum of Modern Art has unveiled its full festival lineup of 28 features and shorts for Doc Fortnight 2020, its annual showcase of the best of nonfiction film, on Monday. The list includes the latest works from the likes of Michael Almereyda, Terrence Nance, Denis Côté, Sky Hopinka, Lucretia Martel, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Ben
BottleRock Napa Valley announced more than 75 acts that have been booked for the eighth annual edition of the California festival in May, with headliners that include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, the Dave Matthews Band, Khalid and Anderson .Paak. Other draws on the bill for the May 22-24 gathering include
Coldplay, Brittany Howard, Brandi Carlile and the Jonas Brothers will headline the Citi Sound Vault concert series during Grammy Week in Los Angeles later this month, the company announced today. The concerts, which are “powered” by Live Nation, will take place at the Hollywood Palladium beginning on Jan. 21. The full schedule of Citi Sound
Rosanna Arquette, Rose McGowan and other women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault hailed the start of his rape trial on Monday as an important step in the MeToo Movement. “Today is a day for us to honor how far we’ve come and how much we’ve endured to get here,” McGowan told a
The “Saved by the Bell” revival has found its lead. Josie Totah, who previously starred in Mindy Kaling’s short-lived “Champions” series at NBC, has been cast to lead the series in the works at Peacock. The forthcoming NBCU streamer, set to launch in April, announced the revival back in Sept. 2019, along with the news
For the second year running, the “Oscars All Access” official red-carpet pre-show will be live-streamed exclusively on Twitter. The 90-minute show, broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, will be available at @TheAcademy account on Oscars Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. Produced by
The 2020 Golden Globes red carpet was host to several memorable looks, with celebrities turning out for a celebration of the year’s top movies and TV shows. But the real runway was undeniably the exclusive afterparties. Some stars underwent full outfit changes, while others made their stunning debuts at events from Netflix, HBO, and Warner
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U.K. broadcasters and producers have toasted the success of British talent at the Golden Globes. With numerous wins on Sunday night, including multiple victories for Sam Mendes’ WWI movie “1917,” and TV series “Succession” and “Fleabag,” the Brits featured heavily in the roster of winners. Other British winners on the night included Taron Egerton, who
LiveRamp, an identity-tracking and measurement company serving the advertising industry, tapped Jay Prasad, formerly chief strategy officer at ad-tech firm VideoAmp, to lead strategy for its LiveRamp TV division. Prasad had moved into an advisory consulting role for VideoAmp earlier in 2019; he officially starts at LiveRamp this week. He comes on board after LiveRamp’s
The BBC and Amazon Studios are teaming on a series from Stephen Merchant, co-creator of “The Office,” and Elgin James, co-creator of “Mayans M.C.” With a working title of “The Offenders,” the six-part series will follow a group of seven strangers from different walks of life who are forced to together to complete a community
The South Korean cultural industry reacted strongly as “Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho’s dark drama about class struggle, earned the country’s first ever Golden Globes best foreign-language film award on Sunday Released in the 100th year of Korean cinema, “Parasite” had previously amassed numerous international awards, including a Palme d’Or win at the Cannes festival in May.
In the days since the brief New Year’s Eve “copyright dump” of at least 75 rare Rolling Stones songs onto YouTube just hours before their European copyright was to expire, insiders and (especially) fans have speculated at length about the origins of the tracks and the legal ramifications of the move. While reps for both
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