Audio Up, the company recently launched by Jingle Punks founder Jared Gutstadt, has teamed with New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music for a new podcast called “Occupational Therapy.” The 20-episode series features interviews with “Modern Family” creator Steve Levitan, TV executive Ben Silverman, producer and songwriter Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, NBA Star
Month: May 2020
In the middle of a pandemic, when late-night’s biggest personalities have been sidelined and forced to adapt digitally, Gary Whitta did the impossible. He made a whole new talk show. It still has all the same charms as the late-night mainstays: a live band, a large variety of guests, recurring segments, theme music, even stand-up
BritBox, the North American subscription streaming service devoted to British shows, will launch the full collection of BBC productions of Shakespeare’s plays on May 26 exclusively on the platform. It will be the first time all 37 adaptations will be available to stream in one place. The collection includes “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “As
Diplo, Zhu, A-Trak and many others will perform at Electric Blockaloo, a virtual festival taking place on Minecraft June 25-28. Produced by Rave Family, stage hosts include Diplo’s Higher Ground, A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold, Claude VonStroke’s DirtyBird Records, Zhu Presents: Blacklizt and Claptone’s Masquerade, along with label collectives including Desert Hearts as well as Circus Records
Netflix has started to terminate accounts that people haven’t used the service for a year or more. The company announced that it is notifying customers who haven’t watched anything for 12 months since they subscribed whether they want to keep their membership. Netflix also is reaching out to those who haven’t streamed anything in the
Getting a healthy dose of retail therapy has never been more vital. Luckily, Memorial Day Weekend is granting three full days of online shopping opportunities to seize upon. And this year—you’re not wandering from your couch (or even putting on a bra) to search for deals. Ahead, a curation of the best sales to shop,
As the coronavirus-induced lockdown begins to ease in Europe and the U.S. and people begin to confront the realities of returning to a changed office environment, Spotify has told its employees in all territories that they are free to work from home until next year. A Spotify spokesperson confirmed to Variety, “Earlier today, we announced
Classy, bougie, ratchet—all characteristics that typify Savage x Fenty, music icon Rihanna’s lingerie brand. They are also the lyrics to “Savage,” Megan Thee Stallion’s hit song that was released in March and got the Beyoncé treatment a month later. So it just makes sense that the two songstresses would eventually combine their savagery. Today, Savage
Big Table Media, the production company behind the DIY Network series “Crashers,” has been acquired from its founders by longtime executives Wendi Fontes and Geoff Davis. Fontes and Davis have taken a majority stake in the Los Angeles-based company from co-founders Bill Swan and Peter Holmes. Swan is retiring while Holmes will remain with Big
Breaking News Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have thrown in the towel in their college admissions case … agreeing to plead guilty, and maybe the reason lies in the sentences. Lori and Mossimo have each agreed to plead guilty to one conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Mossimo will also plead guilty
The Atlantic is the latest media organization to get whacked by the COVID-19 economic downturn. The company, steward of the 163-year-old American journalism brand, announced that it is laying off 68 staffers, representing 17% of total employees. The cutbacks affect mainly Atlantic Media’s events, sales and editorial staffs. It’s making other cost-cutting moves, too, instituting
Get ready to revisit Beacon Hills High School, or at least one very important graduating class: “Teen Wolf” will be delivering a virtual reunion special on June 5, MTV announced Thursday. This special celebration is in honor of the supernatural teen drama’s ninth anniversary, but it is also only the first in a new digital
For the first time since the lights went out on “Smash,” the cast of the NBC musical drama gathered via videoconference Wednesday night to discuss the making of the series that has generated a cult following among theater fans. The cast Q&A session was held as intermission entertainment during the live stream of the “Smash”-related
“Big Little Lies” creator David E. Kelley and Melissa James Gibson, who was a showrunner on “House of Cards,” have attached as writers, showrunners and executive producers on Netflix six-part miniseries “Anatomy of a Scandal.” Netflix describes the show, which is based on Sarah Vaughan’s best-selling novel, as an “insightful and suspenseful series about a
Talk about meta. “Smash,” the TV series about backstage drama that attracted a rabid but small fanbase when it aired for two seasons on NBC, has inspired an upcoming show that is eyeing a Broadway run. “Smash, A New Musical” is setting its sights on the Great White Way and its mega-watt producing team includes
Discovering a man held captive in a bunker for 30 years should be more compelling than it proves in “Inheritance.” This overlong tale spends most of its nearly two hours as a somewhat draggy, talky mystery before finally deciding to be a thriller, with credibility lacking throughout. Questionable lead casting further undermines this second directorial
The vast majority of the U.K.’s creative freelancers remain shut out from government support, with the Treasury so far refusing to commit further funds. Trade union Prospect and its entertainment division Bectu met with Treasury officials this week to continue lobbying for support for those workers who aren’t covered by the government’s Self-Employment Income Support
In a world still largely struggling with COVID-19 most film and TV productions remain halted. South Korea is one of the few places where filming has restarted – albeit hesitantly. Among the most prominent are two Netflix original series. “We worked quickly to develop safety protocols so that series such as our new drama ‘Move
U.K. pay-TV operator Sky has ordered a slate of nine original documentaries and factual shows ahead of the launch of its new factual channels Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature on May 27. The feature-length documentaries and series include biographies of Stephen Hawking, which had extensive access to his friends and family, and Tina Turner, with
Indian cinemas are shuttered, production continues to be at a standstill and the country remains in lockdown until at least May 31 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Unsurprisingly, consumption of television and streaming services has surged during this period. But digital may not be an existential threat to the film business. India remains the
Ian McKellen, Lesley Manville, Lennie James and Joseph Fiennes are among the British talent delivering monologues as part of a new fundraising initiative by actors’ union Equity and actor Michelle Collins. The #ForTheLoveofArts monologues are between 2-5 minutes long and recorded remotely at the actors’ homes in a bid to raise money for Equity during
The Quirino Awards, a prize ceremony and industry forum for animation titles from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, will hold its third edition online with the support of Retina Latina and Filmin platforms. Event runs May 25 through June 27, when the awards ceremony takes place. Unspooling during its first two editions on Tenerife, a
Spain’s Latido Films has acquired worldwide sales rights outside Colombia to animated feature production “Len y el canto de las ballenas” (“Len and the Song of the Whales”). To be showcased at the online Annecy Intl. Animation Festival’s 2020 Work in Progress Feature section this June, the project is co-directed by Manuel Alejandro Victoria and Joan
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 3 finale of “The Masked Singer,” which aired May 20 on Fox. “The Masked Singer” is sweet on Kandi Burruss. The singer, Grammy-winning songwriter and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star has been unmasked as the Night Angel, the Season 3 winner of the
In today’s film news roundup, “Waiting for the Barbarians,” “Don’t Tell a Soul” and “Daddy Issues” get distribution and the African American Film Critics Association is launching a virtual Strong Summer 2020 programming slate. ACQUISITIONS Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Ciro Guerra’s feature film “Waiting for the Barbarians,” starring Johnny Depp,
Investment giant Goldman-Sachs has been one of the great cheerleaders for the revival of the music industry, and its projections played no small role in some of the industry’s recent successes — not least Universal Music Group being valued at $33.6 billion as part of its sale of 10% to Tencent. However, the coronavirus pandemic
Hip-hop music mogul Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith has come a long way since his days of robbing KFC franchises in the 1980s. The former gangster, born and reared in the gritty L.A. neighborhood of Watts, now reigns as one of the wealthiest producers in the music industry, presiding over one of the fastest-growing independent labels in
Casey Wasserman, the sports and entertainment entrepreneur who is the grandson of legendary talent agency mogul Lew Wasserman, is in talks to acquire the music assets of Paradigm agency, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus lockdown. Sources said the talks have been on-again, off-again and there’s a good chance that a deal may
Rock stars used to carry poor reputations when it came to handling money. Bad managers, bad advice and bad habits often made reunion/comeback tours financially necessary. But that’s all in the past. These days, rock’s megastars often invest their dollars with the acumen of a Ivy League-educated financial whiz. Besides endorsement deals, tech stocks and
Veteran film publicist Charles Lippincott, best known for handling the marketing campaign for George Lucas’ “Star Wars: A New Hope,” died Tuesday after being hospitalized in Vermont last week for a heart attack. He was 80. Lippincott’s wife, Bumpy, shared the news on social media. Lippincott joined Lucasfilm in 1975 as vice president of advertising,
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