“GLOW” costume designer Beth Morgan was excited to show not only the “glitz of Las Vegas” in the third season of Netflix’s 1980s-set wrestling comedy, but also “a few layers” of life on the Strip when the characters temporarily relocated to the fictional Fan-Tan Hotel & Casino to perform a live wrestling show. For Morgan,
Month: June 2020
Cate Blachett has signed a first-look feature film production deal for her Dirty Films production company with New Republic Pictures, headed by Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer. Blanchett and Fischer previously worked together on “The House With a Clock in its Walls” and “Truth.” Dirty Films, founded by Blanchett and Andrew Upton, recently executive produced
The true story of Chevalier de Saint-Georges, known as the “Black Mozart,” is coming to theaters via a hot creative team and Searchlight Pictures, Variety can report exclusively. “Chevalier de Saint-Georges” was an original feature pitch from Stefani Robinson, the Emmy-nominated and WGA Award winning writer of FX’s “Atlanta” and “What We Do in the
CuriosityStream has hired Bill Goodwyn, a 30-year veteran of cable programmer Discovery, in a new role overseeing sales, distribution, marketing, strategy and business development. Goodwyn reports to CuriosityStream president/CEO Clint Stinchcomb, who’s also a Discovery alum. The non-fiction streaming content company was founded by John Hendricks, a pioneer in the cable TV world who in
So-called internet skinny bundles aren’t skinny anymore — and they’re not really a bargain compared with traditional cable or satellite TV, either. YouTube announced that the price of YouTube TV has increased to $64.99 per month. That’s a jump of 30% from the previous $50 monthly fee and comes after YouTube TV last raised prices
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Exclusive Kylie Jenner‘s company is getting dragged into court … all for allegedly refusing to guarantee it won’t spill another company’s secret formula to success. Kylie’s beauty brand, King Kylie, has been sued by Seed Beauty — the company she’s done business with since 2016 to help produce her unique line of products — and
Each year, the “Rusical” challenge on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is a highly anticipated one. It’s a chance for the queens to truly flaunt their talents as they perform unique song-and-dance numbers. The 12th season came with a little more pressure, though, as the competing queens had to perform to some of Madonna’s greatest hits, while
National Geographic’s “Life Below Zero” calls for director of photography Michael Cheeseman to always have a camera ready as he follows the cast and their struggles to live off the grid in remote Alaska. Cheeseman is one of many cinematographers who work in the unpredictable world of nature. Others include “Deadliest Catch’s” David Reichert and
The futuristic dystopia of Apple TV Plus’ “See” is a world in which the population, or at least 99.99% of it, is blind. The first season begins centuries after a virus swept the globe, killing most in its wake but leaving the rest without sight, only to pass that trait down to future generations. The
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) returns for a new adventure in CBS All Access’ “Star Trek: Picard,” two decades after he was last seen on-screen. This later-in-life titular captain retired from Starfleet but now has to face the consequences of what his absence has caused. With space being as vast as it is, the series
Amblin Partners has closed a deal with Niki Caro to direct “Beautiful Ruins,” sources tell Variety. The story is set in an Italian seaside village in 1962, where a charming young man runs a hotel with no guests, until one day an American starlet, fresh from the set of “Cleopatra,” appears and captures his heart.
Yes, there’s John Waters, Gus Van Sant, Pedro Almodovar, Lee Daniels, Gregg Araki, Kimberly Peirce, Lisa Cholodenko and Dee Rees. But there’s at least one other director who deserves to be included in that group of barrier-breaking LGBTQ filmmakers: Kenny Ortega. Ortega, one of this year’s honorees on Variety’s Power of Pride list, made movies
Hungary, Europe’s second most popular destination for Hollywood shoots, is offering exemptions for U.S. cast and crew from the European Union ban announced Tuesday. Film production in the country rose 50% last year, breaking records, and studios this year are booked solid for months to come. The Hungarian government’s film commissioner, Csaba Káel, told Variety:
Composers from Amazon’s leading shows joined the Variety Streaming Room for a Q&A moderated by Variety‘s Artisans Editor, Jazz Tangcay. “Tales From the Loop’s” Paul Leonard-Morgan and “Carnival Row’s” Nathan Barr joined composers Emile Mosseri (“Homecoming” Season 2), Ariel Marx (“Ted Bundy: Falling For A Killer”), Faith Soloway (“Transparent: Musicale Finale”), Thomas Mizer and Curtis
Long-running Los Angeles-based law firm King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano has announced that Marjorie Garcia has been promoted to partner in the firm. According to the announcement, Garcia will build upon her practice in entertainment law, focusing on music-related talent representation and transactional matters for the firm’s diverse roster of clients, including recording artists, songwriters,
Bob Dylan’s first album of original material in eight years, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” got a rowdy and welcoming reception from fans, entering the charts at No. 2 on strong sales and coming in only behind Lil Baby’s streaming giant of an album. “Rough and Rowdy Ways” debuted with 54,700 album units. Nearly all of
Colcoa, the Los Angeles-based French film festival, has decided to cancel its 2020 edition due to the continuing health crisis in the U.S. The next edition, which will mark the festival’s 25th anniversary celebration, will be held from Sept. 20-26, 2021. This year’s festival was initially scheduled to take place in September. Organizers said they
In a landmark deal, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has inked a multi-project development deal with acclaimed Chilean writer and author Jose Ignacio ‘Chascas’ Valenzuela, a prominent voice in the LGBTQ community. The three-project deal kicks off with “El Filo de Tu Piel,” a gay-themed romance based on Valenzuela’s eponymous novel. “A prolific screenwriter, Chascas’ impeccable
Éric Rochant, super-producer and creator behind the hit French spy drama “The Bureau,” is set to team with Tomorrow Studios (“Snowpiercer,” “Cowboy Bebop”) on his U.S. television debut. Rochant will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the untitled espionnage series, which will center on the lives of intelligence officers from different countries (U.S., China,
The Writers Guild of America is in the final day of its current master contract — without a deal yet with studios on successor contract. Talks between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers launched six weeks ago on a remote basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic after two start dates
Mandy Moore insists she doesn’t know the complete history of Rebecca Pearson and Miguel Rivas’ relationship on “This Is Us.” “I know as much as the audience knows at this point — Rebecca and Miguel were in each other’s lives,” Moore, who earned an Emmy nomination last year for her work as Rebecca, says on
After a few days of rumors and some revived activity on social media, Kanye West has dropped a new song and video called “Wash Us in the Blood,” which features Travis Scott and was mixed by Dr. Dre. The song, from West’s recently announced tenth studio album “God’s Country,” is the first new music from
Downtown Music Holdings has announced the launch of Downtown Summer School, a week-long virtual program for continued learning about all aspects of the music industry and the business of music. The program — which, according to the announcement, “seeks to reimagine summer internships impacted by Covid-19” — will broadcast live the week of July 27
On the primetime soap “Gossip Girl,” Penn Badgley and Chace Crawford played two very different teen characters: Badgley’s Dan Humphrey was a member of the Brooklyn literati, while Crawford’s Nate Archibald inhabited Manhattan’s social whirl. Now, their grown-up roles subvert those images: Badgley plays a bookseller — and snobbish serial murderer — on Netflix’s “You,”
Priyanka Chopra Jonas remembers when she was a teenager watching Sarah Michelle Gellar in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in her native India — and later, when she moved to the U.S. for high school. “I was like, ‘That’s who I want to be,’” Chopra Jonas, 37, tells Variety. “She was an amazing teenage idol. But
Fans of “You” know that there’s no telling what will come out of Joe Goldberg’s mouth. But sometimes neither does Penn Badgley, who plays the creepy serial killer on the hit Netflix drama. In a conversation for Variety’s Actors on Actors issue with Chace Crawford, Badgley explained the voiceover process for the show, revealing that
Netflix said it will allocate 2% of its cash on hand — with an initial outlay of up to $100 million — to banks and other financial institutions that directly support Black communities in the U.S. The streamer announced the initiative Tuesday, saying banks led or owned by Black people represent a minuscule portion of
Radio and podcast giant iHeartmedia has accelerated the launch what it says it the first — and only — 24-hour service dedicated to news coverage from a Black perspective. BIN: Black Information Network is “focused on service to the Black community and providing an information window for those outside the community to help foster communication,
Well, we can’t have the Rolling Stones tour that was scheduled for this year, but they’re coming to a drive-in near you: CineLife Entertainment is launching the group’s concert movie, “The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon,” to North American drive-in theaters starting July 10. The company announced Tuesday it will partner with UK content provider Eagle Rock
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