In a swank house, a man and a woman engage in amorous acrobatics before a large, glowing fireplace. The blaze seems a little ominous. So does the woman’s trip to the kitchen. And, as if to heighten the tension more, should any character coyly say “we’re not done yet” while the movie’s score promises otherwise?
Month: July 2020
The already impressive audience for the Verzuz battle series — which pits one OG artist or producer against another, playing their hits — is about to get even bigger: Verzuz is coming to Apple Music and Beats 1. The first session will take place Wednesday (July 22) at 5 p.m. PT for a face-off between veteran
After helping launch Blackpink’s new single into the YouTube record books, Interscope Records is expanding its K-pop roster with one of the scene’s fastest-rising young stars, Somi. Variety can exclusively share that Somi’s Korean company The Black Label — a subsidiary label of YG Entertainment that’s home to groups like Blackpink, BigBang and iKon —
Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts have signed on to star in the family drama “Leave the World Behind,” based on the upcoming Rumaan Alam novel. Netflix has landed feature film rights to the novel, and the deal is believed to be a blockbuster payday for the two A-list stars. Sam Esmail, whose credits include “Mr.
Amber Heard alleged in court Monday that during her relationship with Johnny Depp she was afraid he was going to kill her, and that he repeatedly threatened to kill her. She was giving evidence on the 10th day of Depp’s libel trial against the publisher of The Sun newspaper, which is taking place at London’s
The streaming-rights revolving door continues: Netflix will be the U.S. streaming home for the original trilogy of Universal’s “Jurassic Park” films starting next month. That comes after NBCUniversal’s Peacock got a brief 17-day window on the titles — the original 1993 “Jurassic Park,” 1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” and 2001’s “Jurassic Park III.” For
Lifetime has released a new trailer for investigative documentary “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein,” which is set to air on Aug. 9 and 10. The one-minute trailer introduces eight survivors who are the narrators of the film. They speak of being “touched aggressively” by Epstein in their teenage years and speak up for the “thousands of [sexual
ABC News executive Barbara Fedida will not return to the Disney-owned unit following an investigation into allegations of insensitive behavior and her treatment of employees, according to a person familiar with the matter, Staffers were notified of the matter Monday in a memo from Peter Rice, chairman of Walt Disney Television. “The investigation substantiated that
Following the news that Warner Bros. removed “Tenet” from its release calendar, Sony Pictures has indefinitely delayed the debut of “The Broken Hearts Gallery.” The romantic comedy, executive produced by Selena Gomez, was slated to hit theaters Aug. 7. The studio has not announced new plans to launch the film. However, Sony remains committed to
Movie theaters have been devastated by coronavirus since the pandemic has forced cinemas to close across the country and essentially wiped out summer blockbuster season. Exhibitors had long hoped that the August releases of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Disney’s live-action remake of “Mulan” would kick off a moviegoing revival. However, those plans suffered a major
One former Fox News staffer and one frequent on-air guest at the network filed suit in federal court Monday, alleging they had been harassed individually by Ed Henry, the Fox News anchor who was fired by the cable-news outlet earlier this month following a complaint about “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace,” and their disclosures
Brittany O’Grady can certainly relate to Bess, the aspiring singer-songwriter she plays in “Little Voice,” Sara Bareilles’ semi-autobiographical Apple TV Plus series. Whereas Bess works as a dogwalker and a bartender to make ends meet, O’Grady was a host at Figaro Bistrot in Hollywood when she was 17. She was fired after two months because
Breaking News Teresa Giudice is heartbroken for the New Jersey judge who sent her and her hubby to prison … after what appears to be a targeted murder at the judge’s home. The ‘RHONJ’ star’s attorney, James Leonard, tells TMZ … Teresa was “devastated” by the news this weekend — namely, that a gunman disguised
“Pose” co-creator Steven Canals has a new limited series in the works at FX. Titled “81 Words,” the series tells the true story of gay activists Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, who risked their career reputations to conspire with the GAYPA – a clandestine group of closeted psychiatrists – to challenge the American Psychiatric Association’s
ICM Partners has hired Courtney Kelley as chief human resources officer. Kelley joins the company from the National Football League, where she served as vice president of human resources. Her post is effective immediately, agency co-presidents Sloan Harris and Kevin Crotty announced Monday. Kelley specializes in organizational and culture development, leadership development, talent acquisition and
The Seattle grunge scene of the 1980s and early ’90s suffered no shortage of press coverage in its heyday, and has seen no shortage of books attempting to grapple with its legacy. From Michael Azerrard’s in-the-moment bio “Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana” to Mark Yarm’s indispensable “Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral
Music magazine Hit Parader, published from 1942 to 2008, has been reimagined as a branded production studio for TV, film, live events and more, under the auspices of music biz and media veterans Ash Avildsen (pictured at left), Josh Bernstein (right) and Matt Pinfield (center). The first offerings under the Hit Parader moniker are slated
Breaking News Well, this is nuts … Mark Cuban and Sen. Ted Cruz are calling each other out about everything from the NBA’s handling of anthem protests to China … but the focus seems to be on who’s got the bigger balls. It all started when a radio talk show host from Texas tweeted at
“grown-ish” star and executive producer Yara Shahidi has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios. As part of the deal, Shahidi is forming a production company with her business partner and mother, Keri Shahidi. The company is called 7th Sun. Under the deal, 7th Sun will develop and produce scripted and alternative television projects for
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
If NBC and Lorne Michaels have their way, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this fall could move from being produced from cast members’ homes to being made the old-fashioned way – “from New York.” Michaels and his team are making plans to bring the show back to NBC’s Manhattan studios for the venerable late-night program’s 46th
CAA has signed award-winning filmmaker Ben Sharrock. Sharrock is a budding indie director whose second feature, “Limbo,” was named by critics as the hidden gem of this year’s coronavirus-hit Cannes Film Festival selection. This is U.K.-based Sharrock’s first U.S. agency, though he continues to be represented abroad by Harriet Pennington Leigh of Lark. Sharrock wrote
Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog” will finally debut on the big screen in China on July 31, becoming the headliner for the second weekend of business for newly reopened cinemas. The film will compete for audience attention with two other animated titles now set to hit screens July 31: a re-release of the 2014 Disney
Lily Cornell Silver, daughter of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and the group’s former manager Susan Silver, launches her IGTV series “Mind Wide Open” today (July 20) in honor of her late father’s 56th birthday. According to the announcement, the mission of “Mind Wide Open” is to help destigmatize the conversations around mental health. For the
Three months after HBO Max launched with all eight “Harry Potter” movies, the octet of titles about the Boy Who Lived will be rolling off the WarnerMedia service next month. Fans of Harry Potter’s Wizarding World have only about a month left to binge on the eight films based on J.K. Rowling’s novels on HBO
Elvis Duran Group media strategist Steven Levine has been promoted to president of marketing and artist relations and is hitting the ground running, co-producing “Elvis Duran’s Drag Spectacular,” which is set to air on Tuesday night (July 21) on the Elvis Duran Show YouTube Channel. Produced with syndicated radio personality Duran (pictured at left with
Warner Bros. has removed “Tenet” from its release calendar, delivering a big blow on the exhibition industry at a time when movie theaters had hoped to peg their re-opening to the late summer debut of Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller. Though necessary given the mass uncertainty over when cinemas across the globe can safely reopen, the
Luke Skywalker isn’t backing the proposed SAG-AFTRA deal. Mark Hamill is one of dozens of prominent members of the performers union urging a “No” vote on ratification of a successor deal on its master contract for feature films and primetime television work. Other notable names who are part of the Dissenting Opinion campaign include Patricia
Addison Rae, one of the biggest TikTok creators on the platform, is co-hosting a new podcast with her mother, Sheri Nicole, debuting later this month exclusively on Spotify. In the weekly “Mama Knows Best” podcast, the duo will provide what’s promised to be “an intimate and authentic look” into their mother-daughter dynamic and how the
Break out the peanut butter and Oreos: The cast of “The Parent Trap” reunited on Monday for the first time since filming the 1998 movie, for a special on Katie Couric’s Instagram that raised funds for World Central Kitchen. Director Nancy Meyers, writer Charles Shyer, and actors Dennis Quaid, Lindsay Lohan, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann
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