Nonprofit organization Gold House has announced the cast of “The Joy Luck Club” will host a virtual reunion to discuss the seminal 1989 novel, along with the author Amy Tan, which was adapted into the 1993 film of the same name. Lauren Tom, Ming-Na Wen, Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita and Tan will join moderators Aileen
Month: June 2020
As Nia Nal/Dreamer on The CW’s “Supergirl,” Nicole Maines has played TV’s first transgender superhero since the show’s fourth season. But for the trans rights activist and actor, progress is the chance to play a villain. “I think it’s that more and more trans characters [can] be less than perfect and be a–holes and be
The highest-rated show on Wednesday night wasn’t a TV show, but a rather sweet animated movie called “Up.” Many of you may have heard of it? ABC won the night overall, as the classic 2009 pic scored a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 3.4 million total viewers. “Agents of SHIELD” came in after
On March 12, Biqtch Puddin was backstage at Downtown L.A.’s Precinct club with fellow drag queens Willam and Alaska Thunderfuck, half-joking that their upcoming deranged country singer act might be their last in front of a crowd for a while. The next day, she says, “I got my ass to the grocery store and grabbed
For the Power of Pride issue, Variety talked to eight LGBTQ couples in entertainment about their love stories. To read more, click here. Ten years ago, Jason Bolden — the owner of an interior design shop in Manhattan — was getting a shave when his barber decided to set him up with another client. The eligible bachelor
For the Power of Pride issue, Variety talked to eight LGBTQ couples in entertainment about their love stories. To read more, click here. In 2007, ”The L Word” creator Ilene Chaiken had broken up with her partner of 20 years, and was looking to date — but realized she didn’t know how. Chaiken’s friend Angela Robinson, a
BAFTA has heralded an improvement in the diversity of nominees for this year’s Television and Craft Awards. This year’s shortlist, announced Thursday morning, has seen a 22% rise in nominees of color, said BAFTA. New talent, in particular, has broken through, with nominations for “Sex Education‘s” Ncuti Gatwa (pictured), “Man Like Mobeen’s” Guz Khan and
Soon to launch French streaming service Salto has acquired Canadian-French dark comedy series “Happily Married,” which premiered at the Berlinale, from distributor Cineflix Rights. “Happily Married (C’est Comme Ça Que Je T’aime)” is one of the first programme acquisitions to be announced by Salto, the long delayed SVOD jointly created by French public broadcaster France
Jerry Harris, the fan favorite of Netflix’s “Cheer,” can’t help thinking that his late mom is watching over him as he has become one of this year’s most beloved pop culture phenomenons. “I feel like she’s very, very happy and excited for everything that’s been going on, and she’s really loving it,” Harris, whose mother
For the Power of Pride issue, Variety talked to eight LGBTQ couples in entertainment about their love stories. To read more, click here. Almost 20 years ago, Linda Wallem, the showrunner of “That ’80s Show,” had a big casting idea. She wanted Melissa Etheridge — the rock-star crooner behind such hits as “Come to My Window” and
Toward the end of a harrowing week filled with protests against police violence, curfews, nearly every type of political discord and an ongoing pandemic, country singer Kane Brown has dropped a hopeful new song called “Worldwide Beautiful” that aims to highlight peace and equality. “White churches, black churches/ Different people, same hearses,“It’s kinda hard to
For the Power of Pride issue, Variety talked to eight LGBTQ couples in entertainment about their love stories. To read more, click here. Greg Berlanti — the prolific TV producer behind such hits as “Riverdale” and “Supergirl” — couldn’t have scripted meeting his husband better if he’d written it himself. At a 2013 rooftop Pride party, a
For the Power of Pride issue, Variety talked to eight LGBTQ couples in entertainment about their love stories. To read more, click here. An actor and her stunt double falling in love while working on a movie in Fiji sounds like the premise of an escapist romantic comedy more than real life, but it is, in fact,
Several months ago, Variety’s editors came up with a plan for this year’s Pride issue: We would tell the stories of couples in the entertainment industry. But as the coronavirus tore through the United States, separating millions of families and friends, the idea of celebrating love took on a greater meaning. Since April, portrait photographer
Clocks in Asia seem to be synchronized differently from the rest of the world and from each territory. In the last week of January, China was the first country in the world to shut down its film industry after the coronavirus was shown to be capable of human-to-human transmission. The entire city of Wuhan was
Like many of us stuck at home, moviedom — or our recent virtual version of it — has been rummaging through the archives intrigued by films it never quite made the time for. So consider the streaming of Leilah Weinraub’s “Shakedown” (which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018) an example of a movie
Director Rapman endured the unthinkable around the U.K. release of his feature film debut, “Blue Story,” about warring South London gangs. After a brawl broke out at a Birmingham cinema following the film’s release, exhibitors Vue and Showcase temporarily pulled “Blue Story” from screens claiming a spate of other incidents, and sparking a national debate
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, released an open letter addressing racism in America and the death of George Floyd — saying the company “must do more” to address inequality. Cook, in the letter posted Thursday, noted that Apple has previously announced donations to anti-racist organizations, including the Equal Justice Initiative, which is dedicated to ending mass
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, donated $3 million to Know Your Rights Camp, an organization established by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick dedicated to empowering people of color. Dorsey said he gave “$3mm to Colin @Kaepernick7’s @yourrightscamp to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization to
Korean disaster action film has been set as the opening movie of the Far East Film Festival in Udine. Due to coronavirus and social distancing measures still in place in Italy, the festival will be held entirely online this year. The festival is normally held in late April and early May. This time it will
London’s Twickenham Studios, operated by Time+Space Studios, have reopened with safety measures in place to guard again COVID-19, and incorporating a new TV studio. The studios have launched a program of measures that it calls “Studio Safe” to protect cast and crew, which are in line with protocols developed by the British Film Commission. Studio
While the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival was announced yesterday, Critics Week, the strand dedicated to first and second films which traditionally runs parallel to the fest, has unveiled the titles that will get the “2020 Semaine de la Critique” label. Critics Week was canceled along with with Directors Fortnight and ACID in
First shots often sum up much of the drama ahead. Bowing June 12 on Orange TV in Spain, “The Head’” a signature series of The Mediapro Studio, is no exception. Featuring among key cast Alvaro Morte, “La Casa de Papel’s” Professor, and Japanese pop idol Tomohisa Yamashita, written by Alex and David Pastor (“Hogar,” “Carriers”)
Prosecutors in Seoul have requested the arrest of Lee Jae-yong, the heir and presumptive head of the Samsung Group. He is accused of stock price manipulation and audit violations within the massively complicated web of Samsung-related companies. Lee is closely related to Miky Lee, producer of Cannes- and Oscar-winning film “Parasite.” Lee Jae-yong (aka Jay
Meghan Markle has spoken out about the death of George Floyd, in a virtual address to graduating pupils at her former high school, Immaculate Heart High in Los Angeles. Addressing the students, she said “George Floyd’s life mattered.” “As we’ve all seen over the last week what is happening in our country and in our
HBO and Sky’s nuclear drama “Chernobyl” has emerged as the frontrunner at this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards with 14 nominations. “Chernobyl’s” impressive haul matches “Killing Eve’s” record 14 BAFTA nods last year, making it the most nominated show in the history of the awards. “Chernobyl’s” nominations
Forget everything you think you know about filmmaking and narrative continuity. Forget production values and matching eyelines. Divorce yourself from your over-reliance on the 180-degree rule and your addiction to sumptuous cinematography and slick — or even barely adequate — visual effects. Instead, for 65 glorious, gonzo minutes, put aside the troubles of this crazy
Dwayne Johnson posted a passionate video on Twitter, showing support for Black Lives Matter and appearing to question President Trump’s lack of leadership during nationwide protests against George Floyd’s death. “Where are you? Where is our leader?” Johnson starts out by asking. “Where is our leader at this time when our country is down on
Lea Michele is under fire following accusations made on Twitter by her former “Glee” co-star Samantha Ware, who said Michele made her life a “living hell,” while working on the show. In the midst of the controversy, many of Michele’s former colleagues from various productions have backed up the sentiment expressed by Ware, establishing a
Bong Joon-ho’s multi-Oscar winning “Parasite” keeps winning. A year after its triumphant Cannes debut, the film took home five trophies at Korea’s Daejong Awards (a.k.a Grand Bell Awards) held in Seoul on Wednesday. Awards included best film; best director for Bong; best supporting actress for Lee Jung-eun; best script for Bong and Han Jin-won; and
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