“Harriet” director Kasi Lemmons has come on board to write and direct World War II drama “The Shadow King,” set during Benito Mussolini’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia. The Atlas Entertainment project is based on Maaza Mengiste’s historical fiction novel, set during the first real conflict of World War II and spotlighting the Ethiopian women soldiers
Month: April 2020
Tribeca Film Institute announced on Thursday the 43 projects that will participate in this year’s TFI Network film market, to be held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. A traditional TFI Network three-day event would see emerging filmmakers and creators from across the globe coming together in New York City to embark on a day
Saturday night’s “One World: Together at Home” special will mark one of the few times in history that three top U.S. broadcast networks have joined together to air the same charity-focused entertainment special — and the first there’ve also been so many ancillary digital platforms on board, too, from Apple Music to Twitter to YouTube.
Exclusive R. Kelly‘s first attempt to get out of jail due to coronavirus fears didn’t work, but he’s going back to the well — claiming his medical crisis is even worse now, and insisting he won’t skip town. The disgraced singer filed a renewed emergency motion obtained by TMZ asking to get released from lockup
When pro sports return, the NBA wants to be back in the game with a brand-new entrant in the over-the-top space: It’s developing a streaming service it promises will “transform” how fans experience the league’s hoops action, in some cases borrowing concepts from the video-game world. The NBA has entered into a multiyear deal with
Facebook is slowing down its plans to have employees return to the office amid the COVID-19 crisis — and it has nixed all in-person events it had planned with 50 or more attendees through June of 2021, according to to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “Even beyond this next period, guidance from health experts is that it
Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer are teaming with National Geographic Documentary Films for a movie about chef José Andrés and his humanitarian work through World Central Kitchen. “Serving people a plate of fresh food after a disaster is more than just about calories to fill them up. A hot meal is comfort, dignity,
The popular Netflix docu-series “Tiger King” will be the subject of a new comic book coming in June, according to TidalWave Productions. TidalWave announced on Tuesday it will add the Netflix phenomenon to the “Infamous” series of pop culture comic books. It will be written by Michael Frizell and illustrated by Joe Paradise. “You can’t
Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller are set to join Diego Luna in Disney Plus’ “Star Wars” series based on the Cassian Andor character Luna played in “Rogue One.” Both actors are still in final negotiations for their roles. A Disney spokesperson declined to comment. Tony Gilroy, who co-wrote “Rogue One,” is set to write the
The Small Business Administration is already tapped out of emergency loan funds approved last month to help companies stay solvent and avoid having to terminate workers. The $349 billion allocated to the Paycheck Protection Program was part of the $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27. Treasury Secretary
R. Kelly’s lawyers on Thursday renewed their request for him to be released, after six inmates at the jail where he is being held tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied Kelly’s first request last week, saying he posed a flight risk and noting the concern that he would seek to intimidate
Wealthy denizens of Hollywood and Silicon Valley — an elite strata not always held in the highest esteem by the general public — have pledged large donations amid the global economic chaos to help those afflicted by the coronavirus. “If anyone can afford to give right now, it’s the billionaire class,” says David Callahan, founder
Rashida Jones’ indelible contributions to the small screen have been off-camera of late, producing series such as “Claws” and doing voice work on the animated “Duncanville.” But with “#BlackAF,” Kenya Barris’ first project under his Netflix deal, Jones is back with a more 360-touch. She executive produces the single-camera family comedy alongside Barris, directs a
CBS Entertainment’s senior vice president of alternative programming Sharon Vuong has exited the network, deciding to leave at the end of her contract on Friday. Vuong was named to the position in April 2017 after spending six years in CBS’ alternative department, and was well-liked by colleagues and producers. In an internal memo, CBS Entertainment
Brian Dennehy, the winner of two Tonys in a career that also spanned films including “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon,” and television roles including “Dynasty” and “Death of a Salesman,” died on Wednesday night in New Haven, Conn. He was 81. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian, passed away
Hollywood power couple John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are significantly expanding their real estate portfolio on both coasts. Earlier this year, they agreed to acquire the $8 million Manhattan penthouse that happens to lie immediately next door to the $9 million penthouse they already own. And last week, the banana bread and romaine lettuce-loving pair
The adaptation of Korean post-apocalyptic film “Snowpiercer” into an American television series took a tumultuous, multiyear journey. And that was even before the coronavirus pandemic brought a dose of real-life calamity into the world right before launch. Now TNT is about to premiere a show about people isolated indoors in order to survive a world
Roc Nation, the multifaceted management-label-publishing company established as a partnership between Jay-Z and Live Nation, was hit with multiple furloughs and pay cuts last month that extend across as much as half the company, multiple sources confirm to Variety. Reps for Roc Nation and Live Nation did not respond to Variety’s requests for comment. The
In the past four weeks, 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment including 5.2 million last week, according to the Labor Department. That’s essentially wiped out all the net new jobs created in the past decade, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to inflict major damage to the U.S. economy. Now Google has added a new
Agencies CAA Media Finance, Endeavor Content, ICM Partners and UTA have confirmed their virtual market in Cannes will run from June 22 to 28. As previously reported, the market will coincide with the official Marché du Film. Details of the market first emerged last month, as agents and distributors clamored to keep business going in
How do you show people how to remake a bathroom or upgrade a kitchen when you can’t leave your own home? HGTV is testing a workaround. The Discovery-owned home-improvement network employs an arsenal of home-arts experts, but at a time when a pandemic is keeping people in their homes, none of them can get out
Things got pretty hot in the season finale of “Chicago Fire,” and the ratings for the NBC drama were equally on fire. Last night’s finale scored a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 9.3 million total viewers, which equals the series’ largest ever Live+Same Day audience, matching an episode from way back in 2013. The
Britney Spears mentioning Justin Timberlake at all is one thing, but specifically acknowledging their 2002 breakup in a shout out video to her ex has everyone’s heads spinning … and JT LOLin’. Britney’s very bored, said so herself, but boredom wasn’t enough to get her to join TikTok “or whatever the cool thing you’re supposed
Kelly Clarkson dropped her new single “I Dare You” – along with duets of the song performed with five different singers in their native languages. The bundle sees Clarkson joined by Zaz (“Appelle Ton Amour” – French Version), Faouzia (“كنتحداك” – Arabic Version), Blas Cantó (“Te Reto A Amar” – Spanish Version), Glasperlenspiel (“Trau Dich”
Twitter has pulled funding for BuzzFeed’s “AM to DM” weekday morning news and pop-culture show on the social platform, leading the digital media company to suspend production and lay off employees working on the program. In a memo to staff Wednesday, obtained by Variety, BuzzFeed head of studio Cindy Vanegas-Gesuale wrote that Twitter — citing
You might recognize Wagner Moura starring as the late United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello in Netflix’s new film “Sergio.” Or maybe not. Moura looked a lot different when he earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2016 for his work as Pablo Escobar in the first two seasons of the streamer’s “Narcos.” He packed
On the last day of February, county officials in suburban Seattle went public with the news that the Life Care Center had become the center of an outbreak of the coronavirus disease. That disclosure began setting off alarms at America’s elder care facilities, due to residents being at heightened risk because of their age and close
“Riverdale” is nothing if not a wicked little town so quite fittingly, in Season 4, the cast tackled “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for its musical episode. And once again, Kevin Keller, played by Casey Cott, took center stage, this time in full Hedwig drag, a process Cott called “incredible.” “It was very humbling to
U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV’s summer juggernaut “Love Island” is eyeing a late summer transmission this year, as the country’s coronavirus outbreak brings plans for May production to a halt. Variety can reveal an August to September broadcast is on the cards for the program, as prospects for “Love Island’s” traditional June-July outing seem virtually impossible
300 Entertainment today announced that it is teaming up with Young Thug and Young Stoner Life Records to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the rapper’s mixtape “Barter 6” with a contest to inspire creatives globally during these challenging times. The contest is part of a larger initiative started by 300 called “300 Creates,” a weekly contest series with the opportunity to win prizes,
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