One silver lining of the pandemic has been an absolute avalanche of songs dropping every week — there are 99 in Spotify’s “New Music Friday” and we’ve heard loads more. There were fewer protest-themed songs this week than in the past couple, and while we certainly applaud and encourage social relevance in song — something
Month: June 2020
Prince’s entire song catalog is available to use in TikTok’s short-form videos, under a deal with the Prince Estate announced Friday. “Prince was known for breaking boundaries and TikTok has proven to do so as well,” Troy Carter, entertainment adviser for the Prince Estate, said in a statement. “With the addition of Prince’s full catalog
Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Gomes was taking a taxi through Lisbon, where he did the post-production work on a recent film, when he fell into conversation with his driver, a surfer who lived in a busy apartment block in the Portuguese capital. Just a few years ago, the driver said, he knew everyone in the building
Listening to CeeLo Green’s new album, “CeeLo Green Is … Thomas Callaway,” is like getting into a time machine and heading to 1968 — not the ’68 of Motown or Stax but that of Elvis, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Dusty Springfield. That’s because the album was recorded in Nashville at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye
Unilever is ceasing all U.S. ad spending from social-media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Twitter through the end of the year — and possibly beyond — citing the “polarized atmosphere” in the country. The consumer goods giant’s announcement Friday comes amid the widening #StopHateForProfit boycott targeted at Facebook, organized by groups that want to pressure Facebook
Perhaps Haim wanted to be sure we’d really listen this time. Over the course of two records, the three Haim sisters — Danielle, Este, and Alana — have mainly been written about as a unit. They can harmonize, they look born to wander the streets of Los Angeles in style, and their work has consistently
The original cast of Broadway’s Tony-winning musical “Rent” will virtually reunite on June 28. The performance is part of Broadway Celebrates Pride, a virtual fundraiser for Democratic congressional candidates. Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp, Daphne Rubin Vega, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin and Adam Pascal will perform “Seasons of Love” at Broadway Celebrates Pride. They will
Before the 2020 Emmy nominations are announced on June 28, Variety senior editors Danielle Turchiano and Michael Schneider are taking a deep dive into the best comedy category and dissecting the most eligible shows for this edition of Variety’s “Awards Heat” video series presented by Apple TV Plus. “Fleabag” may have won the prestigious award
After 15 seasons and more than 320 episodes, “Supernatural” will be signing off this fall. After so much time, including a shortened third season due to the WGA strike, an unexpected hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic in the final season, and years of having to squeeze out more than the standard 22-episodes per broadcast
“Supernatural’s” series finale may have been delayed due to the production shutdown as the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, but that just means there is more time to reminisce about the road so far. The CW demon-hunting drama will now be signing off in the fall of 2020, and what better way to honor the
A few days before “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” was set to premiere on HBO, the six-part docuseries based on Michelle McNamara’s book of the same name about the hunt for, survivors of and eventual arrest of the Golden State Killer still wasn’t finished. “If there is some finality in terms of his journey
“Homeland” stars and executive producers Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Lesli Linka Glatter will participate in an exclusive Q&A and series finale screening of “Homeland” on July 10 at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET in the “Variety Streaming Room.” The conversation will be moderated by Variety business editor Cynthia Littleton. During
The hit video game “Disco Elysium” is getting the TV series treatment. Indie game developer ZA/UM has partnered with the production company dj2 Entertainment to develop a series based on the game. Based on the universe introduced in Robert Kurvitz’s 2013 novel “Sacred and Terrible Air,” the game follows a veteran detective with a mysterious
The cast of Hulu’s upcoming “Nine Perfect Strangers” series just keeps on getting tastier. Luke Evans is the latest actor to sign on for the series, joining previously announced cast members Melissa McCarthy, Nicole Kidman and Manny Jacinto. The show, which was greenlit by Hulu in May 2019, is based on the book of the
SpringHill Entertainment, the production company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, has signed a two-year scripted TV deal with ABC Studios. “SpringHill Entertainment makes the shows LeBron and I want to watch,” Carter said. “We look at every project as a way to connect with our community and ask ourselves if it will entertain
Microsoft is exiting the bricks-and-mortar business. The tech company on Friday announced that it will shutter all of its Microsoft Store physical locations, which have been closed since late March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has operated 83 stores, mostly in the U.S. The closing of the Microsoft Store locations will result in
The CBS series “Broke” aired its last ever episode on the network to its lowest numbers to date. The Pauley Perrette, Jaime Camil and Natasha Leggero signed off with a 0.4 rating among adults 18-49 and 3.6 million viewers. That represents a series low for the comedy in both metrics. For comparison, the series premiere
Director Ciro Guerra has denied allegations of sexual misconduct leveled by eight women against one of Colombia’s most prominent filmmakers. Accusations of harassment and abuse were raised in a June 24 report by Volcanicas, a Latin American feminist journal. The publication does not name the women but says it conducted direct interviews with each accuser
Rapper Huey, best known for his 2006 debut single “Pop, Lock and Drop It,” was killed in a double shooting in Kinloch, Mo., outside of St. Louis late Thursday night, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch and multiple local reports. Police confirmed the deceased’s identity as Lawrence Franks Jr., 32, of St. Louis. The
Back in 2015, Kanye West said he would “like to be the Steve Jobs of the Gap,” and now he’s got his shot: His fashion company, Yeezy, on Friday announced a 10-year deal with the retail giant called Yeezy Gap that will be introduced in the first half of 2021, according to the New York
A long-awaited collection of outtakes from Tom Petty’s classic 1994 album “Wildflowers” is finally destined to see the light of day, probably this calendar year, his daughter Adria Petty said in an appearance Thursday night on the Tom Petty Radio channel on SiriusXM. She came on the channel dedicated to her father to share news
Check out an official featurette for The King of Staten Island starring Pete Davidson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. 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 Release Date: June 12, 2020
TalentX Entertainment has inked a global partnership with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the companies announced Friday. The agreement will work to create “a community of artists and songwriters and promote meaningful career development.” Sony/ATV will support this initiative by providing publishing and A&R services to TalentX’s songwriters and artists and supporting their creative projects. Additionally, this
It has become abundantly clear over the past few years — not to mention the past few decades — that African-Americans and other people of color are not adequately represented in decision-making roles in the music business. In an effort to address the renewed and persistent calls for equity across industries, the University of Southern
Adult webcam platform Chaturbate has partnered with an independent filmmaking team to launch a scripted comedy series, “Cam_Girlfriend.” Made up of 10 episodes — each one 10 minutes long — “Cam_Girlfriend” follows rising cam model Chloe Cables (Lily LaBeau) as she balances her relationship with her boyfriend, Mike (Dave Keystone) with her relationship to her
Justin Bieber is seeking to collect at least $20 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit filed against two Twitter users who alleged in posts on the social network that the singer sexually assaulted them — claims that Bieber vehemently denies and said says are “factually impossible” based on documents he has made public. The
The Taipei Film Festival kicked off as a live, physical event Thursday, making it likely the first in the world to occur in-person since the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus — albeit without international guests. Scheduled for June 25 to July 11, the festival will occur ahead of FID Marseille, which will take place
As one might guess from their name — which is pronounced “krungbin” and means “engine fly” in Thai — Houston-based trio Khruangbin is not intentionally aimed at the pop market. With stated influences like East Asian surf-rock, psychedelia, West African and, of course, Thai music, the group’s sound pits Mark Speer’s deceptively complex guitar work
Actor Nathan Davis Jr., best known for “Detroit,” “Hotel Artemis” and Marvel’s “Runaways,” said that growing up as a Black man, he never really experienced racism. But, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Davis reveals that he was kicked off an airplane last December, after a flight attendant told him he was playing music too
Director Lu Yang’s “Assassins in Red” is set to debut next lunar new year, a holiday release window that will likely be one of China’s most competitive ever, as 2020 blockbusters pushed back by the coronavirus prepare to jostle with new titles during the country’s biggest movie-going week of the year. But Lu gently laughs
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