“If you’re interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things happen in the middle.” So opens the first volume of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” As
Month: April 2020
Venice Film Festival still plans to proceed on the Lido in the event’s customary early September slot. Roberto Cicutto, president of the Venice Biennale, the fest’s parent organization, said Monday in an interview with Italian news agency ANSA that the September 2-12 dates of the 77th edition of Venice are confirmed. Cicutto in the interview with
Three of China’s leading platforms have acquired the second season of HBO and Rai drama “My Brilliant Friend.” iQIYI, Alibaba’s Youku and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of the show, entitled “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name,” from distributor Fremantle, as well as re-licensing the first. This marks the
London and Los Angeles-based “The Little Drummer Girl” producer The Ink Factory has appointed former Big Light Productions executive Maggie Boden as director of development. Working out of the London office, Boden will report into Ink Factory creative director Katherine Butler, former scripted creative director for Raw and deputy head of film at Film4. Boden
Legendary comedian Peter Sellers is to be the subject of an in-depth BBC Two single documentary from acclaimed factual producer Brook Lapping, whose credits include “Trump’s First 100 Days” and “The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair.” Commissioned by BBC Arts, the 75-minute documentary has the working title of “Peter Sellers: A State Of Comic
An average of 5.4 million viewers tuned in to see the BBC’s coverage of the “One World: Together at Home” concert, which saw artists such as Lady Gaga and The Rolling Stones perform from their living rooms to celebrate healthcare workers. The U.K. version also introduced extra performances from British artists like Sir Tom Jones,
Atlantic Records UK is continuing to fortify its executive ranks naming Liz Goodwin general manager. Reporting into label co-presidents Briony Turner and Ed Howard, she starts at the end of April. Atlantic UK is home to a roster that includes Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie, Charli XCX, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora and Stormzy, among others. Goodwin arrives
French entertainment and advertising giant Vivendi provided an update on the impact of coronavirus on its wide-ranging business interests this morning, as it posted quarterly results showing 4.4% revenue growth on a fixed currency basis to €3.87 billion ($4.2 billion) for the period from January to March. Universal Music Group (UMG) and Canal Plus Group
Cannes Lions has launched digital education platform ‘Lions Live,’ weeks after organizers called off this year’s event. The platform will run throughout June under the theme ‘Creativity Matters,’ and activity will coincide with the original dates of the Lions, June 22-26. The initiative will be free to use for all. The Lions postponed to October
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to end all ties with the U.K.’s tabloids — the latest step in an unrelenting war with the British media. The couple, which has now relocated to California from Canada, on Sunday night sent a letter to the editors of outlets The Sun, The Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express
You can sometimes get what you want — even an attention-grabbing appearance by the separate-but-united Rolling Stones — when you’re Global Citizen and there is seemingly no global superstar too big to turn down “One World: Together at Home.” Saturday night’s prime-time show included turns from a Beatle, Paul McCartney, too, as well as currently
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the sixth episode of “Westworld” Season 3. This week’s episode of “Westworld” was essentially one long therapy session. William (Ed Harris) found himself in an asylum, surrounded by previous versions of himself, while Maeve (Thandie Newton) sat down for a heart-to-heart with her old pal
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Monsters and Heroes,” the ninth episode of “Outlander” Season 5. On the latest episode of “Outlander,” the running theme for the main characters was that some of them were looking for a purpose, while others realized their lives could have multiple purposes. What kicked
Crime thriller, “The Unknown Man” has been confirmed to shoot in South Australia, when film productions resume after the coronavirus crisis. The film is produced by and co-stars Joel Edgerton opposite the U.K.’s Sean Harris (The King, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation). “The Unknown Man” is written and directed by Thomas M Wright, director
Exclusive The families of four of the victims who perished in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, have filed wrongful death lawsuits themselves — this after Vanessa Bryant has already gone after the chopper company in court. The surviving members of the Altobelli family and Mauser family — the remaining
The wild finale of Alex Garland’s sci-fi series “Devs” managed to do the impossible and reveal the full capabilities for the mysterious super computer. But like all good Garland creations, the answers only lead to more questions from the audience. Looking for clarity, we turned to the woman who runs the Devs operation, Katie, played
Movies traditionally are released in theaters on Wednesdays and Fridays, but come Monday, April 20, “4/20” the movie will be released on Vimeo on the date that’s considered a perennial stoner holiday — it has even greater significance this month seeing as the year is 2020. Producer Corey Moss, a veteran of MTV and management
Saturday’s star-studded “One World: Together at Home” virtual concert raised $127.9 million for health care workers and coronavirus relief, according to Global Citizen. The globally broadcasted performances were organized by the World Health Organization and Global Citizen, in collaboration with Lady Gaga, who sang during the two-hour livestream. Dozens of famous artists performed from home
Baldassare (Barney) Ales, a key executive at Motown Records during its 1960s prime and later its president, died of natural causes on Friday in Malibu, California, according to an announcement from his family. He was 85. Ales — pictured above right, with Marvin Gaye — was born May 13, 1934 in Detroit and as a
Matthew Seligman, who played bass for David Bowie, died of coronavirus complications on Friday. He was 64. His longtime friend and fellow musician Thomas Dolby shared details about Seligman’s death in a Facebook post, saying he suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke on Friday. He had also been in an induced coma for two weeks after
Andy Richter is getting used to the idea of working from home… and it’s not so bad. Variety spoke to the “Conan” sidekick on Friday as he prepared to launch a new online series, the “Anidom Beyond Show,” which will air on the social broadcasting platform Caffeine over the next five Sunday nights at 10
Michelle Obama is cracking open some of her favorite children’s picture books — which the former First Lady will read aloud in free live-streams over the next four weeks for kids stuck at home. In “Mondays With Michelle Obama,” she’ll read aloud from a different classic children’s book every Monday at noon ET, starting April
Breaking news alert: Some time between the first prime-time coronavirus relief special three weeks ago (“Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America”) and Saturday night’s “One World: Together at Home,” Elton John has gotten himself to a piano. Or a piano has gotten to him. The superstar on that earlier show that he’d
Jennifer Lopez joined a host of musicians for the “One World: Together at Home” concert, channeling Barbra Streisand for a cover of her 1964 song “People.” Lopez sang a subtle rendition of the classic while illuminated by a tree covered with strings of lights. Her performance was just one of the many highlights of the
The artists performing on Global Citizen’s “Together at Home” concert reached far and wide for thematically appropriate songs to sing, ranging from Stevie Wonder singing the late Bill Withers’ “Lean on Me” as a medley with “Love’s in Need of Love Today” to Lizzo singing Sam Cooke’s classic “A Change Is Gonna Come.” Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga, John Legend, Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli brought “One World: Together at Home” to a close with soaring four-part harmony — and accompaniment by piano virtuoso Lang Lang — with “The Prayer,” the song that became an inspirational standard after Dion and Bocelli recorded it separately and together 21 years ago. It was
Nearly 60 years into their collective existence, it’s rare for the Rolling Stones to do something musically that they haven’t really done before — but that certainly happened on Saturday night for their performance of their 1969 classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” on Global Citizen’s “Together at Home” concert. Performing via a
Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” has practically become a hymn in the six decades since it was written, and it’s safe to say Lizzo took the song to church when performing it on Global Citizen’s “Together at Home” concert on Saturday night. She actually kept it low-key for the first half of the
The thing about standards is that it’s easy to do them badly — but that wasn’t the case on Saturday night when Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello teamed up for a cover of “What a Wonderful World,” which is probably best known in Louis Armstrong’s classic 1967 version. The two of them sat closely together
Lady Gaga kicked off the “One World: Together at Home” telecast with a soulful performance of “Smile,” a classic popularized by Nat King Cole and Jimmy Durante. Gaga, who coordinated with World Health Organization leaders, corporations and musicians for the virtual concert, opened the special, saying, “Tonight is not a fundraiser so put your wallets
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