Here are the top trailers for movies coming to home video in June 2020! What will you watch? Watch All the Best New Trailers from May 2020: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLScC8g4bqD47602m4afhS0AMIdPkBCOsi&cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc 00:00 Shirley 01:45 Judy & Punch 03:45 Becky 05:37 Think Like A Dog 07:32 Burden 09:56 You Don’t Nomi 12:05 The King of Staten Island 14:25 Infamous
Month: June 2020
Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but the hurt he caused the survivors of his sexual abuse likely never will be. With her new Netflix docuseries “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich,” director Lisa Bryant set out to center the survivors and make sure their voices were heard, as much of the narrative surrounding the millionaire sex offender’s
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Lowkey Happy,” the eighth episode of “Insecure” Season 4. May 31 was supposed to be a big day for Natasha Rothwell. The actor, writer, producer and comedian penned the eighth episode of Season 4 of “Insecure,” which was airing that night. It was her first
CAA has announced a multi-pronged approach to deepen its commitment to diversity and inclusion within the company and in Hollywood at large, as protests over the killing of George Floyd consume the country. As corporations speak out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in social media posts, the agency rolled out some immediate
Since 2009, LL Cool — the Long Island, New York-born rapper and one of hip-hop’s beloved names since the early days of Def Jam – has been better known to CBS television network audiences as the stoic law enforcer on “NCIS” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.” When he’s not throwing bad guys out of planes or
Warren Schlichting, president of Dish Network’s Sling TV over-the-top division who also oversaw ad sales and programming deals, is no longer with the company. His exit comes after Dish reported a net loss of 375,000 Sling TV customers over the last two quarters. Schlichting, a nearly nine-year Dish veteran, had been named head of the
Forget about spelling them. There are words in “Spelling the Dream” that mere mortals may not even be able to say, even after a spelling bee pronouncer repeats it, gives the language of origin, repeats it again and uses it in a sentence. But the young’uns in this entertaining documentary — about the dominance of
Mexico’s largest indie production facility, Estudios GGM, is opening new soundstages as it restarts production activity in June. News comes as the country has begun to emerge from its Covid-19 lockdown. The new stages, measuring between 10,000 to 13,000 sq. ft., will complement the studio’s six other soundstages. Construction of one soundstage is nearly complete
A number of Facebook employees, protesting the social giant’s failure to take action against Donald Trump’s posts suggesting that the U.S. government would fire at rioting crowds, walked off the job Monday — in virtual fashion, given that most staffers are still working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several hundred of the company’s employees staged
An independent autopsy commissioned by the family of George Floyd indicates that he was asphyxiated, and that the death was a homicide. The conclusion is at odds with the preliminary results of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s review. The medical examiner said there was no physical evidence of asphyxia, and suggested that his death was
A court in England has ruled in favor of Watership Down Enterprises, the estate and family of author Richard Adams, in an action brought against producer Martin Rosen, who wrote and directed the 1978 animated film of Adams’ novel “Watership Down.” In a judgment issued on May 27, Rosen and companies controlled by him were
The U.K.’s $4.5 billion film and high-end TV industry has turned its attention to when production can restart now that the country’s official coronavirus safety protocols have been published. It’s likely that a number of major productions will be up and running as early as July, while September or October is a more realistic timeline
Movie theater closures and the uncertainty created by COVID-19 will have a devastating impact on the box office, according to a new note from research company MoffettNathanson. The Wall Street analyst firm predicts that revenues from ticket sales will be cut in half, falling from $11.4 billion in 2019 to $5.5 billion in 2020. That’s
Unlike the story of con man John Meehan and the last woman he manipulated before her youngest daughter ultimately killed him in 2016, which was the basis for the first season of “Dirty John,” the subject of Season 2 may be a distant memory to some viewers. Betty Broderick’s 1989 double murder of her ex-husband
The entertainment industry has released its blueprint for resuming production amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 22-page “white paper” was delivered Monday to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office and will also be delivered to California Gov. Gavin Newsom along with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The document contains dozens of recommendations, highlighted
The Venice Film Festival’s independently-run Venice Days section has promoted longtime chief programmer Gaia Furrer to the role of artistic director of the section modeled on the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. Furrer (pictured) will now take the reins and call the shots regarding the lineup of Venice Days, known in Italy as the Giornate Degli Autori.
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. As many across the country continue to practice self-isolation due to coronavirus, why not while away
Los Angeles County has imposed a countywide curfew for the second night in a row, beginning at 6 p.m. Monday. The move comes as several cities in the region are cleaning up from a weekend of looting. In Santa Monica, a citywide curfew was initially set for 4 p.m., but then moved up to 1:30
UPDATED: Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed on Monday there will be a curfew in New York City from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Earlier in the day, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said his administration was weighing the possibility of a citywide curfew after protests raged across the country over the death of George
President Donald Trump urged the nation’s governors to get tough on civil unrest across the country on Monday, and said most of them looked “weak,” according to a CBS News report. “You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time,” Trump said. “They’re going to run over you. You’re going to look
Spike Lee released a short film showcasing police brutality with clips of the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner along with footage from his 1989, Oscar-nominated film “Do the Right Thing.” Titled “Will History Stop Repeating Itself?,” Lee posted the video on his Twitter account by saying, “3 Brothers-Radio Raheem, Eric Garner And George
ABC scored a comfortable ratings win on a Sunday night which was heavily preempted by breaking news coverage of the protests taking place across the United States. The Disney-owned network, which was the only one of the big four to air original content, scored a 1.0 average rating among adults 18-49 across the night with
Newly installed WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has tapped Richard Tom — who was Kilar’s chief technology officer at Hulu and startup Vessel — to be CTO at the AT&T-owned media company. With the move, Jeremy Legg, WarnerMedia’s previous CTO, has joined AT&T Communications as EVP and CTO reporting to Jeff McElfresh, CEO of AT&T Communications.
Kristoffer Polaha (Hallmark’s “Mystery 101” series, “Wonder Woman 1984”) has entered into a deal with Rosewind Books to co-author a series of romance novels, Variety has learned exclusively. The first in the series, entitled “Moments Like This,” is set in Hawaii and centers on a young woman looking to find herself after losing both her
Jon Platt, chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV, the world’s biggest music publishing company, is one of the most powerful and influential publishers of the past 25 years, having worked with Jay-Z, Beyonce and Rihanna since early in their careers. He is also the highest ranking black executive in the music industry. Platt wrote an op-ed
After a weekend of nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police, former president Barack Obama penned a lengthy essay urging the country to “get to work” to enact criminal justice reform and address systemic racism. “The waves of protests across the country represent a genuine and legitimate frustration
Midway through the year is the perfect time to take stock of what an embarrassment of riches our film culture has become. The movie year, after all, tends to be back-loaded, with most of the films that become awards contenders premiering at fall festivals and opening during the last three months of the year. But
TV networks have some news for Madison Avenue: TV ads still cost money, even amid a pandemic. The nation’s big media companies are trying to resist great pressure from advertisers and media buyers to take severe cutbacks in ad rates in early talks as part of the industry’s annual “upfront” advertising market, according to three
The call for Blackout Tuesday — in which the music industry will basically stop everyday operations to protest police violence against the black community — rose so quickly over the weekend that many people are uncertain what the day is intended to accomplish. #TheShowMustBePaused, an initiative created by Atlantic Records exec Jamila Thomas and Platoon’s
Multiple Facebook employees publicly criticized CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to not take down Donald Trump’s racially charged post suggesting Minneapolis rioters would be shot at. Zuckerberg, in a post Friday on Facebook, said while Trump’s message included a “troubling historical reference” — specifically, the phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” — and while