A few months ago, it might have been unimaginable that multimillion dollar fundraising efforts would be hosted not in black tie from behind a ballroom dais but in ballcaps in front of a refrigerator. But the “RWQuarantunes” livestream music series has proven that show-business philanthropy can take as much of a different tack as anything
Month: June 2020
Palm Springs Intl. ShortFest has announced a slate of 332 films in its official selection that will be eligible for jury award consideration, including “I Lost My Mother’s Ashes,” starring Mandy Moore; Kevin Dunn in “Josiah”; and Maya Rudolph, Jay Ellis and LaRoyce Hawkins in “Thirsty.” ShortFest will screen a portion of the selected films
NBC has renewed “Manifest” for a third season. Sources have also confirmed to Variety that freshman series “Sunnyside,” “Bluff City Law” and “Indebted” have all been canceled by the network. “Manifest” centers around the crew and passengers of Flight 828 who disembark after a turbulent flight to find the world has aged five-and-a-half years and their friends, families
Oscar Isaac is attached to star in the movie “London,” based on a short story by Jo Nesbo, with Ben Stiller on board to direct. Lionsgate has landed the rights to the film. “Dune” screenwriter Eric Roth will pen the script. Details of the project are being kept under wraps. The project was first identified
“Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” has a long — and occasionally rocky — history. When its first installment was released in 1999, its smooth controls, impressive physics and classic punk rock and ska-infused soundtrack captured the attention of a generation of burgeoning skateboarding fans and spawned a full-blown video game franchise. But some of the recent
More than 13,000 Chinese film and TV companies have cancelled or revoked their business registrations so far this year, a tally greater than the number of firms who did so in China in all of 2019, local reports said. May has been the most brutal month for companies in 2020, seeing 26% of these closures.
In today’s film news roundup, UTA promotes agents Chelsea McKinnies and Emerson Davis, “A Deadly Legend’ finds a home and the Black Life Film Fest is unveiled. PROMOTIONS United Talent Agency has promoted veteran agents Chelsea McKinnies and Emerson Davis to partner status. “As champions of powerful and unique voices, Chelsea and Emerson have been integral
The HBO series “Insecure” excels at bringing seismic breakups to the screen, but season four’s Issa-Molly rancor took things to “the next level,” says music supervisor Kier Lehman, reflecting on the past 10 episodes. “I was like, ‘Okay, another season, how are they going to develop these storylines and keep it interesting,’ ” he recalls.
“For Life” has been renewed for a second season at ABC, Variety has learned, while “The Baker and the Beauty” has been canceled after one season. Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., “For Life” is a fictional serialized drama about an imprisoned man, Aaron Wallace (Nicholas Pinnock), who becomes a lawyer litigating cases for
Communications executive Michelle Slavich is exiting Warner Bros. Pictures for a top role at Netflix, Variety can report exclusively, where she will oversee strategy for all content verticals. Slavich has been named the streamer’s vice president of publicity, where she will lead efforts for series, film and documentary programming in the United States and Canada.
National Geographic is getting into the Emmy FYC podcast game. The network has launched “Consider This,” a new 12-episode series that will feature stars and producers from Nat Geo’s Emmy contenders. Guests will include Marcia Gay Harden (“Barkskins,” pictured above), Dr. Amani Ballour (“The Cave”), Jeff Goldblum (“The World According to Jeff Goldblum”), Dr. Jane
From delaying “Tenet” by two weeks to pushing the Oscars by two months, Hollywood is scrambling to adjust to a new reality. In the coronavirus era, it’s nearly impossible to predict what the world will look like next week, much less for the rest of the year and even into 2021. Because of this persistent
If there’s a music video that captures the Black Lives Matter demonstrations of June 2020, it’s YG’s “FTP” — which, obviously, is an abbreviation of “f— the police.” The song and the clip are an homage to N.W.A’s legendary 1988 song of the same name as well as “FDT (F— Donald Trump),” YG’s 2016 collaboration
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max released the Season 3 trailer for “Search Party,” and Syfy ordered “Devil May Care” and three pilots. FIRST LOOKS HBO Max has released the Season 3 trailer of “Search Party.” The comedy-thriller follows a group of twenty-somethings whose search for a missing friend leads them down a dark
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did the only thing it could do — postpone the 2021 Oscars. It was assumed for quite some time that the 93rd Academy Awards would be delayed because of COVID-19, but up until Monday, the big question was for how long. The answer: two months, to April
Netflix said it will donate $5 million to organizations dedicated to creating opportunities for Black creators, Black youth and Black-owned businesses, including Ghetto Film School, Black Public Media and Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp. The subscription-video company announced donations of an initial $3 million, with more to come. “Tackling racism and injustice in meaningful
With the season two finale of NBC’s “Songland” just hours away, hitmaker and star mentor Ester Dean is not ready to say goodbye to her Monday night showcase. “I want to do more TV,” she says. “I love TV, and if TV coincides with my songwriting, I don’t have to give up one kid for
ASCAP usually maintains a packed schedule in Los Angeles in June with separate gala pop and screen music ceremonies as well as its open-to-the-public “Experience” (formerly Expo) conference. All those events are being taken online in this quarantine year, and the performing rights organization revealed a slew of activity on Monday that is set to
Instagram is “taking a harder look” at how the photo and video sharing app affects different communities, starting with Black users, according to the app’s top executive, Adam Mosseri. In a blog post Monday, Mosseri said Facebook-owned Instagram has been “hearing concern about whether we suppress Black voices and whether our products and policies treat
Check out the official Irresistible trailer starring Steve Carell! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Irresistible: https://www.fandango.com/irresistable-2020-222275/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
Film sales veteran Michael F. Goldman, who helped launch the American Film Market, died of complications from Parkinson’s Disease on June 9 in Los Angeles. He was 80. Goldman built and owned the international film sales company Manson International, a business that had been started in 1953 by his father Edmund, after leaving Columbia Pictures in 1953. Goldman
After the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in 2015, activists in Louisiana had to remind people that the fight for equality was not over. “We always echoed that ‘You can get married on Saturday and fired on Monday,’” says SarahJane Guidry, executive director of Forum for Equality, headquartered in New Orleans. On Monday, the court
We wouldn’t be surprised if the current time period, specifically the late 2010s to the early 2020s, is one day branded as the age of comebacks. From ’90s revivals to the return of questionable early-aughts trends—to this season’s continuing ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s renaissance—the fashion industry has been heavy-handedly leaning into the culture’s growing obsession
Metro Goldwyn Mayer has hired veteran producer Michele Imperato as president of physical production for the studio’s motion picture group. Imperato has 30 years of experience and production credits that include Mike Nichol’s “The Birdcage,” Paul Feig’s “The Heat” and “Ghostbusters,” Josh Boone’s “The Fault in our Stars,” Catherine Hardwicke’s “Twilight,” Craig Brewer’s “Coming 2
BAFTA has moved the dates of its 2021 Film Awards in line with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ decision to shift the Oscars to April. Next year’s EE British Academy Film Awards will be held on April 11 — exactly two weeks before the Oscars, which will take place on April 25.
Amazon has given out a series order to Jason Katims’ adaptation of the Israeli series “On the Spectrum.” The untitled series is described as a comedic drama about three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum, striving for the same things that we all desire: To get a job, keep a job, make friends, fall in love,
In February, in order to interview Janelle Monáe for Variety’s Power of Women issue, the two of us did an Escape Room together. Since I am categorically terrible at Escape Rooms, the venue choice was all hers — never would I have suggested such a setting. At the West Hollywood establishment, she was greeted as
Check out the official You Should Have Left Featurette starring Kevin Bacon! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Watch the Home Premiere 6/18: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/you-should-have-left-2020/MMVD35DD72EEFA218DFE7178C0FD5FF8BE7E?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 Home
Exclusive Bhad Bhabie has one less legal issue on her hands while she’s in rehab — because one of her foes, Skai Jackson, is tearing up her restraining order. The former Disney star just filed to have the order against Bhabie dismissed, and we’re told a judge has signed off on it … so it’s
For the end of Chapter 2 Season 2, “Fortnite” went underwater. “Fortnite” publisher Epic Games marked the end of of its current season with it’s latest in-game spectacle, as a mysterious orb in Midas’ office in HQ was finally put to use. At the end of the countdown, pillars rose from the water and the
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