HBO has renewed “Insecure” for a fifth season. The premium cabler made the announcement Friday. Season 4 of the comedy series, which consists of 10 episodes, debuted on April 12 with three episodes having aired to date. The season finale is set to air in mid-June. Series co-creator Issa Rae heads the ensemble cast, which
Month: May 2020
Warner Bros. Television presidents Susan Rovner and Brett Paul hosted a conference call Wednesday evening to share information about the studio’s current thinking on production after weeks of coronavirus-imposed shutdowns. The call was attended by the studio’s showrunners, executive producers and line producers, as well as by people from production companies with whom WBTV and
The “Bitch Sesh” podcaster and “Black Monday” actor joined the Variety After-Show, presented by National Geographic, to break down the latest “Real Housewives of New York.” Wilson rated the episode a nine out of ten, saying: “I was just laughing… I love these women. To what do we owe the pleasure that we’re back at fashion
Podcast and now Showtime series hosts, Desus & Mero spoke with Variety about adjusting to life in quarantine, working from home, and some of the perks that have come with their newfound fame — one being the opportunity to lend support to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic that’s resulted in many lost jobs
The line on Joanna Levesque, then and now, has been nearly the same since she began making records at age 13. JoJo, the youngest female solo artist to have a No. 1 in the U.S. with 2004’s “Leave (Get Out),” made mature-for-her-age pop R&B. Sure, as a teen, she was more pop than R&B —
James Corden has committed to paying the salaries of about 60 furloughed staffers on “The Late Late Show” after their paychecks from CBS come to an end this week. Corden has been hosting and producing “The Late Late Show” from his garage in Los Angeles since April 14. CBS covered eight weeks of salary for
The “Parks and Recreation” reunion episode on Thursday night has raised $2.8 million for Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund. The half-hour television special follows Amy Poehler’s character Leslie Knope as she catches up virtually with her former Parks department co-workers to see how they are holding up under shelter in place and social distancing regulations. The
WarnerMedia, securing another distribution deal for its flagship HBO Max streaming service, inked a pact with Disney-controlled Hulu to make HBO Max available to subscribers when the platform launches later this month. Under the terms of the agreement, most existing HBO subscribers on Hulu will be automatically upgraded to HBO Max as of the May
AMP Music Summit has announced the final speakers and topics for discussion for its fireside chats and panels for their upcoming virtual summit, taking place on Thursday, May 6. Exploring the impact and opportunities created by the coronavirus pandemic, key topics include: how to lead through tough times, pivoting in the face of immense challenge, livestreaming case
Media executive Matty Simmons, a producer of the influential “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation” comedy movies, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 93. His daughter, Kate Simmons, announced the news on her Instagram account on Thursday. “Yesterday I lost my hero,” she wrote, in part. “My dad had gone from the
Annie Weisman, known for producing “Desperate Housewives” and “The Path,” has inked an overall deal with Apple. As part of the multi-year deal, Weisman will develop TV projects exclusively for Apple TV Plus, adding to her aerobics upcoming dramedy “Physical,” which was landed at the streamer earlier this year. Weisman was previously under an overall
Metallica drummer and co-founder Lars Ulrich has had a lot on his mind since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, from the stronger connections he’s forged with his family and his fanbase, to nature’s rebound in the absence of normal human activity, even new ways technology can help artists share their work with the world. But when
Jeremy MoellerGetty Images Despite not the whole “not going outside” thing, there seems to be a trend kicking around the Influencer sphere that’s been escalating in isolation. Scroll through Instagram and i becomes abundantly clear that, among things like banana bread and throwback vacation photos captioned “Remember places?”, New Balance sneakers are everywhere. Specifically, iterations
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon and the world’s richest individual, has been called before the House Judiciary Committee to explain how the ecommerce giant uses data on third-party merchants. The lawmakers, in submitting the request, said a recent report about Amazon’s practices contradicted the company’s previous statements to the committee and “appear to
Even before the coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc across the entertainment industry, Weta Digital was monitoring the situation closely. The VFX house, headquartered in New Zealand and responsible for some of the most memorable visual effects in film over the past two decades, had to deal with the spread of the disease early due to Weta’s
SiriusXM is launching several new artist channels today — including Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, the Rolling Stones and others — but there’s little question that the most interesting one is a Prince channel that the artist himself curated back in 2005, but never aired until today. You can listen to it for free, starting at
Lionsgate’s horror film “Antebellum” — starring Janelle Monae — will release in theaters in North America on Aug. 21. The move is a vote of confidence that moviegoing in the U.S. will be back in full swing by the late summer. “Antebellum” had originally been set to debut on April 24, but was pulled in
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide shelter-at-home orders, many will be celebrating Mother’s Day apart from their loved ones. Louis Vuitton is stepping up to bolster virtual celebrations with the launch of customizable Mother’s Day e-cards, complete with limited-edition patches. No purchase is required to send the digital cards. Mother’s Day is just around the
After the video-game industry’s major E3 event was nixed because of the coronavirus crisis, a new multi-month event has stepped forward to provide an outlet for news, demos and free playable content. The Summer Game Fest is a four-month series of global events to highlight video games. The season will run from May-August 2020 and
Grammy-winning band Portugal. The Man are taking a stand against a recent book ban made by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough school board in Alaska. The school board voted to remove five classic works of literature from the curriculum due to what it deemed “controversial” content: “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Invisible Man” by Ralph
ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, reported record financial results for 2019, with total revenue topping $1.274 billion in 2019, a $47 million increase over 2018, according to an announcement from the performing rights organization. Royalty distributions to ASCAP members also hit a record high in 2019 and increased by $75 million,
Eight albums and EPs from singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson’s catalog of independent album releases have been acquired for distribution by Universal Music Group in a deal with Spirit Music Group, which picked up most of her publishing and master recordings last year. Universal’s catalog division, UMe, will handle the re-release of the albums, with the digital
Mattell has entered into an exclusive, multi-year global music licensing agreement with Warner Music Group’s Arts Music division as the sole distributor of Mattel’s current catalog of more than 1,000 songs from iconic toy brands including Barbie, Thomas & Friends, Hot Wheels, American Girl and Fisher-Price. In addition, Arts Music and Mattel will make hundreds
As the coronavirus has devastated the live-music industry, many have asked the best ways to support musicians who suddenly and abruptly lost their main form of income. The usual answer is “buy an album or merch” — and today (Friday, May 1) offers a rare opportunity to maximize the amount of that money that will
In this week’s International TV Newswire “Creepshow” sells major territories abroad, Movistar TV Colombia adds Atreseries International, Brazil’s “Big Brother” breaks world records and Sky Studios inks a deal with writer-director Philipp Leinemann. Dynamic Television Sells Shudder’s “Creepshow” Abroad Global production, financing and distribution company Dynamic Television has announced a first round of international sales
Disney Plus will soon be streaming all nine of the Star Wars movies in the Skywalker cycle — and to hype the collection, the company’s streaming division has launched a series of concept-art takeovers spanning the franchise’s four decades. It’s the first design refresh for Disney Plus since it debuted in November 2019, taking advantage
Movie theaters in Norway will reopen on May 7 after being shut down on March 12 when the country went into a partial lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Variety has confirmed. In line with the policy in Sweden – where cinemas were never obliged to close during the pandemic – the admissions in Norwegian
Broadcasting under lockdown from her home in Paris, director Claire Denis presented a three-hour masterclass this past Wednesday, offering insights into her career as she accepted an honor from the Vision du Réel film festival. Vision du Réel artistic director Emilie Bujès and Swiss filmmaker Lionel Baier moderated the in-depth discussion, which will soon be
Italy’s Kino Produzioni, which is in competition at Visions du Réel with Sicily-set “Il Mio Corpo,” has teamed up with Sweden’s Fasad on “About the End,” a timely apocalypse-themed doc. Described in promotional materials as being “about the apocalypses that we have survived, and those that we are still waiting for,” this creative doc backed by the Sundance