After spending a decade away from movies, Sophia Loren is back in the Italian feature, “The Life Ahead.” The film, arriving on Netflix Nov. 13, tells the story of Madame Rosa (Loren), who takes in a 12-year-old street kid named Momo (Ibrahima Gueye) — the same child who had recently robbed her. The strangers eventually
Month: October 2020
Controlling media and access to information has become a top priority for the Thai government, which has been rattled by shows of open defiance from pro-democracy protestors. But it is not clear that increased censorship and media bans will have the desired effect. The protestors have frequently altered their tactics and have used social media
One of Michael Jackson‘s “Leaving Neverland” accusers just suffered a huge defeat in court … the judge threw out his revived lawsuit over alleged abuse. James Safechuck‘s 2014 lawsuit against MJ’s companies — MJJ Productions and MJJ Ventures Inc. — was brought back to life by the State of California earlier this year … when
Finneas, Billie Eilish’s brother and musical collaborator, has dropped a new solo song today with the cheerful title “Can’t Wait to Be Dead.” However, he clarifies, “I’m happy for this song to mean anything to anyone who listens to it, but to me, it’s a song about my relationship with the Internet. Especially in an
As Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox prepare to unveil their next-generation products, the stakes are sky-high for both companies. But in the latest round of console wars between the hardware giants, Sony and Microsoft are playing very different games. Xbox Series X is out Nov. 10, followed two days later by the PlayStation 5. Both
The first official trailer for “Raya and the Last Dragon” is here, and it gives an action-packed look at Disney’s latest animated adventure. Released on Wednesday morning, the trailer introduces Disney fans to Raya, voiced by “Star Wars” actor Kelly Marie Tran, an experienced warrior on the hunt for the last dragon in the fictional
Check out the official Raya and the Last Dragon Teaser Trailer starring Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanALERT: https://www.fandango.com/raya-and-the-last-dragon-222995/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc 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 Release Date: March 2021 Starring:
In today’s Global Bulletin Vivendi’s 2020 finances are up 2.4%, the Young Artist Academy announces this year’s award recipients, All3Media picks up “A World of Calm,” West End Films sells “Rams” in key territories and Fremantle promotes Seb Shorr. FINANCE In a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, Vivendi saw its consolidated revenues go up
Spotify and Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings announced an overall first-look podcast development deal. The partnership will launch with a country music series hosted by radio and TV personality Graham Bunn, available exclusively on Spotify. In addition to “Country Shine with Graham Bunn,” set to premiere Tuesday, Oct. 27, Ithaca plans to develop a slate of
Shares of Netflix dropped in early trading Wednesday, after the streaming giant reported a gain of just 2.2 million subscribers for the third quarter of 2020 — a major slowdown from its record COVID-driven gains in the first half of the year. Netflix stock was down 5.7%, to about $495.34 per share, after the market
Snap posted Snapchat’s highest daily active user growth rate since 2017 and significantly topped Wall Street revenue expectations for the third quarter of 2020. On the stellar results, investors rallied behind the stock — which rocketed up more than 20% in early trading Wednesday to new all-time highs. Shortly after the market open, Snap shares
In normal times, the idea of a Richard Harris Intl. Film Festival (which runs Oct. 20-26; richardharrisfilmfestival.com) seems entirely appropriate to the legions of fans of the late legendary Irish stage and screen actor, but since Oct. 1 marked Harris’ 90th birthday, it feels absolutely essential. Oscar-nominated twice, first for Lindsey Anderson’s “This Sporting Life”
Tyler Perry is entering a new phase — not just in his career as a media mogul who owns a 330-acre studio bearing his name, nor in his tax bracket, after being designated a billionaire by Forbes. Perry, who has consistently stayed above the fray for much of the time he has been a celebrity,
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to the uplifting Danish drama “The Food Club” from Scandinavian sales and aggregation banner LevelK. Although it has yet to have an international premiere, “The Food Club” has been acquired for more than 30 territories. Besides selling to Samuel Goldwyn Films for North America, the movie was
Munich-based sales agency ARRI Media Intl.’s has signed a North American distribution deal with Rock Salt Releasing for “Curveball – A True Story. Unfortunately.,” which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in the Berlinale Special Gala section this year. The film, co-written and directed by Johannes Naber, is released in German cinemas
Everyone’s favorite Gemini vegetarian is postponing her return to the big screen. “Legally Blonde 3” has pushed back its release date and will debut in May 2022. Reese Witherspoon is reprising her iconic role as sorority girl-turned-lawyer Elle Woods for the third installment in the series. The threequel, from MGM, was initially scheduled to open
Busan, Asia’s premier film festival, which kicks off Wednesday, has regularly reinvented itself in the face of literal and metaphorical storms. Painfully, over a period of years, the Busan festival overcame the political storm that followed its 2014 screening of “Diving Bell” (aka “The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol”), a film about a ferry
ITV Studios has announced new international sales on “Romulus,” the TV series shot in Archaic Latin that takes its cue from the mythical tale of twins Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. The drama is world premiering Friday at the Rome Film Festival. The hotly anticipated skein, which is a Sky original in Italy, has
The Notorious B.I.G.’s posthumous canon has a new addition: a 23-year-old freestyle that sang the praises of Pepsi that has been transformed into an advertisement by the soda giant itself. To celebrate the late Brooklyn rapper’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 7, the soda brand worked with Biggie’s collaborators
Quibi’s quick-bite originals are now streaming on three connected-TV device platforms — Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV and Google TV/Android TV. But there might be nothing that can save Jeffrey Katzenberg’s struggling mobile subscription-video startup at this point. Quibi launched six months ago, at the front end of the COVID pandemic, stubbornly sticking to its
Top Latin recording artist J Balvin will headline this year’s Halloween-night party in Epic Games’ “Fortnite,” which will be simulcast on the Epic-owned Houseparty social app. Balvin will be the featured performer in the “Fortnitemares” event at the Afterlife Party in “Fortnite’s” Party Royale island on Halloween night (Saturday, Oct. 31) starting at 9 p.m.
Leading talent agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin, who represent a host of star acting talent on both sides of the Atlantic, has joined the Curtis Brown group of companies. Curtis Brown is Europe’s largest and oldest literary and talent agency. Peter Froggatt set up the agency that would evolve into Markham Froggatt and Irwin in
As first-time host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon, Kevin Hart knew he had to make the event big and starry. The lineup includes Gabrielle Union, Jack Black, Usain Bolt, Michael B. Jordan and Eva Longoria. “You just go through the phone,” Hart told Variety ahead of the virtual fundraiser. “You just call everybody and
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the October 20 episode of “The Bachelorette.” Clare Crawley knows what she wants, and she made it known during Week 2 of “The Bachelorette.” After the first eliminations, 23 men remained to fight for a chance at love with the Season 16 lead. The
CBS is in advanced discussions with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Simon Cowell to produce the next big music competition series, Variety has confirmed. The show will be called “50 States to Stardom” and will mix a music competition with a unique documentary format in order to discover America’s next greatest talent. The docuseries will profile
While more transparent artist-friendly terms have become increasingly common among music publisher and indie-distributor offerings — especially since Kobalt Music Group streamlined the admin process when it set up shop in 2000 — the brass at The Orchard and Sony/ATV Music Publishing are confident the partnership they announced earlier this month adds a meaningful new
Netflix bid farewell to several senior programming executives in recent weeks — and the company’s two co-CEOs, Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, maintained that the turnover is business as usual for the streamer. In September, Sarandos named Bela Bajaria VP of global TV, while VP of original content Cindy Holland was given the “Keeper Test”
Stars of the “Avengers” franchise — Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd, Chris Evans, Don Cheadle and Robert Downey, Jr. — joined together for a virtual fundraiser on Tuesday for the Joe Biden campaign. Kamala Harris also appeared for the “grassroots” event, which donors could watch by contributing any amount to the campaign.
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max released a trailer for “The Flight Attendant,” and Spotify released a one-time show with Matthew McConaughey. DATES Season 15 of CMT‘s “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team” will premiere on Nov. 24 and be simulcast on CMT and MTV at 10 p.m. Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the
Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group President Emma Watts has hired former 20th Century Studios executive Jeremy Kramer as president of Paramount Players. Variety reported on Oct. 2 that Kramer was circling the post. Paramount Players was created as a genre label by Brian Robbins, the founder and former CEO of AwesomenessTV. Robbins left the studio
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