The NBC reality series “Songland” wrapped this week, naming Canadian songwriter Griffen Palmer, who’s signed with Nashville-based Big Loud Publishing, its season two winner. His ballad “Second Guessing,” co-written with “Songland” judge Shane McAnally, was chosen as the new single for Florida Georgia Line. Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of FGL immediately identified the tune
Month: May 2020
Forty years ago this month, American art-rock band Devo released their breakthrough record, “Freedom Of Choice.” The album not only spawned the new wave smash “Whip It,” but the full-length still stands the test of time, with singles such as “Girl U Want” and especially the title track, still resonating today with fans (actor Jack
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state will issue guidelines next Monday that would allow film and TV production to start up in some counties in the state, perhaps even as soon as next week. Newsom hosted a virtual roundtable on Wednesday with industry leaders, including Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and director Ava
Skydance Animation has nabbed one of the biggest names in family entertainment to compose the music and score for an upcoming feature. Alan Menken, best-known for creating such classic songs as “Under the Sea” and “Be Our Guest,” will bring his melodic talents to “Spellbound.” The film, which will likely be re-titled, centers on a
Writers Guild of America leaders are seeking a variety of improvements in script fees for writers as the guild launches master contract negotiations with studios this week. Representatives for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the WGA are facing a June 30 expiration of the current film and TV contract. Talks are
Two “Game of Thrones” alums may be reuniting. Jason Momoa and Peter Dinklage are in negotiations to produce and star in the vampire movie “Good Bad & Undead” at Legendary. Dinklage will portray Van Helsing, the last in a line of vampire hunters. He has an uneasy partnership with Momoa’s vampire character, who has taken
Motown Records announced on Wednesday it has launched The ABC Initiative, a multi-faceted campaign focused on helping communities in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Set to the tune of the The Jackson 5 classic, the campaign will bring immediate aid to the hungry, small businesses owners and those most vulnerable in the face of the
Lee Leipsner has joined S-Curve Records as Head of Pop Promotion. The veteran executive was most recently executive vice president of promotion at Columbia Records, a post he left last year after 25 years at Sony Music. Leipsner will be based in New York and will report to label president and founder Steve Greenberg. “Lee Leipsner is
For Clark Gregg, Agent Phil Coulson has been the character who just won’t die — literally. The beloved SHIELD agent was killed off in Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers,” only to be resurrected a year later on “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” on ABC. Then Coulson died again at the end of Season 5, only to return once
2020 was shaping up to be another huge year for The Weeknd, with a new album, a global tour and not least, a Variety cover story. Well, despite a global pandemic, the album and cover story happened as planned, but the tour obviously had to wait — and on Wednesday afternoon, The Weeknd revealed rescheduled
HBO Max’s “On the Record” is a searing look at sexual harassment allegations against music mogul Russell Simmons. The documentary follows former Def Jam Records executive Drew Dixon, who has accused Simmons of rape and sexual harassment. Other women, including Kimberlé Crenshaw, Joan Morgan and Tarana Burke, also share their stories in the doc. Directors
Had your fill of livestream concerts lately? You and Keith Urban, both. “I’m grateful that we have the technology to do ‘at home’ concerts,” says the country superstar, “but come on — without the audience, it’s just one looooong soundcheck.” That’s why he was thrilled to get some genuine human feedback on May 14, when
The Daytime Emmy Awards are heading back to TV. Nine years after the kudocast last aired on a broadcast network — and five years after it was last on TV — CBS will once again telecast the Daytime Emmys, to be held on Friday, June 26. CBS last aired the Daytime Emmys in 2011. The
Focus On SportGetty Images When ESPN premiered The Last Dance in April, the 10-part series on Michael Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls hit the ratings jackpot, becoming the most-watched documentary on the network. Its final two episodes aired Sunday. Nearly two decades have passed since Jordan’s retirement from the NBA, yet he’s as
The mythical, unreleased version of the 2017 superhero film “Justice League” will finally see the light of day on Warner Media’s HBO Max in 2021. After years of campaigning from talent and comic book fans, the studio behind the DC Films ensemble “Justice League” will offer original director Zach Snyder’s cut of the film, which
Blumhouse is developing “Our Lady of Tears,” a film based on a recent article about a mass hysteria epidemic that spread through an all-girls boarding school. Issa López (“Tigers Are Not Afraid”) is set to write and direct the film. The project is an adaptation of a story published by Epic Magazine and Vox and
MGM has bought David Robert Mitchell’s superhero project “Heroes & Villains,” with the “It Follows” director on board to produce and direct from his own script. The studio is keeping the “Heroes & Villains” logline under wraps other than saying it offers a new take on superheroes. Good Fear Content’s Chris Bender and Jake Weiner
The BET Awards will move forward with its 2020 edition this year, albeit virtually. Celebrating the network’s 40th anniversary, and the Awards’ 20 years on the air, top stars in black entertainment, sports and philanthropy will appear on Sunday, June 28 via “innovative techniques and artist-generated content,” BET revealed on May 20. The three-day BET
Check out the official Antebellum trailer starring Janelle Monáe! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Antebellum: https://www.fandango.com/antebellum-221718/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release
Exclusive Future allegedly tried to smear his baby mama’s name in an effort to make her look like a woman who sleeps around, and made threats in hopes of getting her to have an abortion … so she claims in new legal docs. Eliza Seraphin is countersuing the rapper claiming Future’s made tons of false
Superstar athletes from every discipline are currently filming a documentary about the devastating impact that coronavirus has had on sports, Variety can report exclusively. The project was conceived by Chris Paul, a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the president of the NBA players union, and producer Brian Grazer. Titled “The Day That Sports
Though audiences will have to wait until 2021 for “Morbius” and “Venom 2” to hit the big screen, Sony Pictures is continuing to build up its slate of Marvel films. Veteran TV director S.J. Clarkson has signed on to develop the first female-centric movie from Sony’s catalog of Marvel characters, sources tell Variety. While it’s
Machine Gun Kelly has released the music video for his new single “Bloody Valentine,” with a starring role for Megan Fox, adding fuel to rumors that the two have become romantically involved. The video, directed by Michael Garcia, shows Machine Gun Kelly and Fox in a relationship that walks the line of pleasure and pain.
Lorde’s third album is in the works, the singer revealed in a chatty email to fans on Wednesday. “I started going back to the studio again in December, just for something to do, and to my surprise, good things came out,” she wrote. “Happy, playful things. I felt my melodic muscles flexing and strengthening.” She
Canadian record producer and songwriter Henry Russell Walter, better known as Cirkut, who has worked on popular ditties for huge stars like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and The Weeknd, has not had the same success selling a celeb-pedigreed Hollywood Hills home. After two years on and off the market, the property is still available at just
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com The eagle has landed in D.C. for ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic, whose legal team is hoping they can get the President’s ear … and they even got their elevator pitch down to a tee. Eric Love — who’s heading up the team of top-notch attorneys out of Fort Worth,
In the current climate, engaging with viewers can be a tricky task. During the second episode of the Variety Streaming Room weekly series “Rebooting the Entertainment Industry,” marketing executives from HBO Max, Facebook, Fox Entertainment and PwC talked to Variety senior TV writer Elaine Low about how their companies have been reaching out to audiences during this
WarnerMedia, racing to secure distribution deals for HBO Max ahead of the May 27 launch, announced a batch of seven new partner agreements for the streaming service. But several major TV and over-the-top platforms still haven’t jumped aboard the HBO Max train at this point — most notably, Roku and Amazon and Comcast, the nation’s
Among the many options detailed by experts in Variety’s recent article on concerts for the pandemic age, one was geo-blocked shows and tours: Livestreamed concerts with limited capacities, limited to a certain geographic area by a process called “geo-blocking.” Last week British singer-songwriter Laura Marling announced the first major geo-blocked concert of this year —
Netflix says overseas hoops fans flocked in huge numbers to “The Last Dance,” the documentary series about Michael Jordan and the ’90s Chicago Bulls team, which has been a ratings smash in the U.S. for ESPN. Netflix tweeted the numbers Wednesday, claiming that 23.8 million households outside the U.S. checked out “The Last Dance” in
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