Month: June 2020

UPDATED: Layoffs are coming at AEG Presents, the world’s second-largest live-entertainment company, on Monday (June 8), according to a memo from CEO Jay Marciano obtained by Variety. The extent of the layoffs was unclear at the time of this article’s publication, but they are said to be a combination of layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts
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Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have opted to launch the supernatural thriller “You Should Have Left” on premium video-on-demand instead of its planned debut in theaters. The movie, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, will be available to rent starting June 19. Along with the release shakeup, the studio also unveiled a new trailer. It’s
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After criticism over Refinery29’s lack of racial diversity and allegations of racial discrimination, Christene Barberich, co-founder and global editor-in-chief of the women-focused media brand, announced that she is stepping down from the EIC role. Refinery29 is part of Vice Media Group, which acquired the digital-media company last fall. Barberich’s move to relinquish the top editorial
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On Monday morning, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Leon Bridges dropped a powerful new song called “Sweeter,” featuring Terrace Martin. According to the announcement, the song, which is written from the perspective of a black man taking his last breath and feeling his spirit leave his body, was originally intended for a future album, but  in
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In honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday (June 5), Pearl Jam officially released for the first time the original, uncensored 1992 video for its classic song “Jeremy,” directed by Mark Pellington. This version has circulated in varying degrees of quality online and on Pellington’s Web site for some time, but the update
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As live sport is about to make a comeback, Eurosport has appointed Scott Young as senior vice president of production and content. Young will be in charge of developing a unique and integrated content offering across broadcast and digital, realizing opportunities presented by Eurosport’s enhanced digital products and broader technology transformation. Young’s experience in the
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For the first time since coronavirus struck South Korea in January, theatrical box office in the keenly cinema-going nation showed a significant sign of recovery. Weekend ticket sales numbers reached 402,000, a figure that is less than half the score of a weekend in normal times, but was a week-on-week gain of 112%. Two elements
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Netflix’s “Cheer” and VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” both earned five nominations for the second annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, while Netflix dominated the tally among all networks. Administered jointly by the Critics Choice Association and the nonfiction producers organization NPACT, the Critics Choice Real TV Awards has also named “Survivor” host and executive producer
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Sheffield Doc/Fest, the U.K.’s leading documentary festival, has unveiled its 2020 selection, with a line-up of 115 films, including 31 world premieres. Among the world premieres of U.K. films are Melissa Herman’s “We’re Still Here,” Mark Isaacs’ “The Filmmaker’s House,” Ben Anthony’s “Keith Haring: Street Art Boy,” Michael Cumming’s “King Rocker,” and Lisa Rovner’s “Sisters
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Russian film promotion body Roskino has organized a virtual content market showcasing the latest Russian productions to international buyers. Unspooling from June 8-15, the Key Buyers Event: Digital Edition features a program of live presentations, pitches, panel discussions, and matchmaking sessions, along with a dedicated co-development and co-production section and a screening room with more
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Veteran Studiocanal TV executive Rola Bauer is to join MGM as president of international television productions. Bauer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s International Television division, reporting in to MGM Television Group chairman Mark Burnett. Based in Munich, she will split her time between MGM’s European and US offices. Bauer announced she was
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Prince Andrew may have more answering to do around his former friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to multiple reports, U.S. prosecutors have now made a formal request to speak with Prince Andrew as part of their investigation into Epstein. Prince Andrew stepped back from public duties last year following his alleged involvement
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Russian multi-hyphenate Fedor Bondarchuk was riding high after a series of blockbuster hits when Hollywood came calling in 2014. Fresh off the domestic success of his alien invasion movie “Attraction,” and the World War II epic “Stalingrad,” Warner Bros. tapped him to direct a big-budget movie based on Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey.” But then
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Post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller “The Blackout” has secured distribution in more than 90 countries, including the U.S. and China. The movie is helmed by Egor Baranov, the director of the hit fantasy-horror trilogy “Gogol.” Leading Russian company Central Partnership, which is handling international distribution on the film, announced the news on Monday as Key Buyers Event,
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While much of Australia’s film and TV slate is currently being held up over insurance matters, production has now begun near Sydney on low budget feature “Dark Noise.” It is one of the first local films in Australia to start since the end of nationwide coronavirus lockdowns. The film features the rising star of the
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