Kevin Bacon is joining Travis Fimmel and Colson Baker, also known as recording artist Machine Gun Kelly, in the new action-thriller “One Way.” Andrew Baird (“Zone 414”) is directing from a script by Ben Conway. Principal photography is set to begin in February in Los Angeles and Tulsa, Okla. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide
Month: November 2020
John Boyega was surprised to see the recent articles about him saying he’s willing to return to the “Star Wars” franchise because it’s not the first time he’s expressed interest. However, the actor said during an interview for an upcoming episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket” that he’s in no hurry
For too long, the stories of Native and Indigenous people have been told by Hollywood through the eyes of everyone but us. It’s an exciting time in film and television, with more Natives writing, directing, and developing content. We’re challenging images and stereotypes and wiping the war paint off the lens. These are the films,
On the eve of Tuesday’s presidential election, the famously press-shy filmmaker Lilly Wachowski is speaking out about the urgency for people to vote and mobilize at this critical juncture when everything in our democracy—from human rights to climate change—are at stake. “I feel like we’re at this point in our history where we’re facing this
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat character is making a satirical pre-election pitch to female voters, asking them not to vote in the presidential election. In a video posted Monday to Borat’s Twitter account, he said, “This is important message. Women — do not vote tomorrow. We hear if you do then glorious Premier Trump will lose.
“The Talk” is losing another host. Eve announced on the show Monday that she will be stepping away from her hosting duties after four seasons. She has been hosting the show from her London home over the past few months, and attributed her decision to a desire to remain close with her family. “It’s been
Candace Marie Stewart is a verifiable street style star (if/when such a thing existed) and has an impressive following on social media—people who are there to take notes on her bold, stylized fashion choices. She’s also a social media consultant for Prada and formerly worked for Barneys New York. In other words, Stewart may have
Christopher Walken has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple drama series “Severance.” He joins a cast that includes Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Zach Cherry and Britt Lower. The series is described as a workplace thriller that introduces Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to
Dawn Olmstead is leaving her perch at UCP to become chief executive officer and partner at Anonymous Content, marking the first new head of the company since the death of Anonymous founder Steve Golin in 2019. Meanwhile, David Levine has been elevated to chief creative officer of the management and production company. “Dawn is an
Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have become just the latest in a long line of celebrities advocating for Americans to vote — and just in time, too. With one day left until the 2020 presidential election, both artists took to social media to link fans to important voter information. Both also notably shared their support for
Play video content Breaking News C-SPAN “LeBron James Sucks!” That’s the chant that rang out at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Monday … and #45 loved every second of it. Trump was doing his usual anti-NBA thing … talking about how NBA ratings sucked this year and blamed the bad numbers on
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, who goes by the more pedestrian name Bobby Hall, but is better known to the music world as recently retired (and usually bespectacled) rapper Logic, has put his sprawling estate in a low-profile but high-dollar gated enclave in L.A.’s affluent Calabasas suburb up for grabs at a buck less than
When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face the New York Giants this evening on “Monday Night Football,” it will mark a sort-of reunion — Bucs quarterback Tom Brady reunited with the Giants, the team that most bedeviled him during his legendary run with the New England Patriots. And though Brady’s no longer with the Patriots and
On the lawn of Jeff Whritenour’s house in Kinnelon, New Jersey, a sign reads, “Presidents are temporary, the Grateful Dead is forever.” A few feet away, a flag bearing the iconography of the Grateful Dead flies above a Trump 2020 banner. Passersby often pause for a double-take, no doubt questioning what many would perceive as
Will Donald Trump try to claim he won before enough votes are counted to determine a winner in the U.S. presidential election? That’s been the incumbent president’s plan, per an Axios report over the weekend. Facebook and Twitter claim they’re ready to respond quickly to add warning labels to posts on their services by any
Some of Michigan’s favorite sons are vocally supporting the Biden-Harris campaign on the day before the presidential election. Just hours after an ad in which Stevie Wonder calls upon residents of his home state to support the Biden ticket, an ad for the campaign featuring Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” — a song he rarely licenses, let
Tom Hardy, Pete Davidson, Stephan James, Bill Skarsgård, Tye Sheridan, Ashton Sanders, Martin Sensmeier, Moises Arias and Angus Cloud have been cast in the Vietnam War drama “The Things They Carried.” The project is based on Tim O’Brien’s novel about a platoon of young soldiers and their experiences on the front lines during the Vietnam
Neil Marshall will direct and produce a new horror action thriller titled “The Lair,” with Highland Film Group handling the worldwide sales. “The Lair” centers on Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair, who is on her final flight mission when her jet is shot down over one of the most dangerous rebel strongholds of
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
Political junkies aren’t the only ones who will have more TV programming than they can possibly watch on Election Night. Two of the better-known business-news outlets, CNBC and Fox Business Network. plan to keep coverage going well after the market closes Tuesday, the better to explain to viewers the financial ramifications for the 2020 presidential
The brainpower behind this year’s hit “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” are returning to ABC to star in a new quiz show. James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter are back on ABC’s new U.S. adaptation of “The Chase,” a hit British format in which contestants face off with TV trivia titans. ABC has
The ABC reboot of “Supermarket Sweep,” hosted by Leslie Jones, continued to slide a little in the ratings on Sunday night. Facing formidable NFL competition, the game show delivered a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49 and 3.4 million total viewers. That’s down about two tenths and around 300,000 viewers on last week’s second episode. Prior
For the first time, the Apple TV streaming-video app is coming to the Xbox platform, available on Microsoft’s next-generation consoles when they are set to start shipping next week. The new Xbox consoles are Microsoft’s first major introduction since the Xbox One came out in 2013: The entry-level Xbox Series S is priced at $299
Spotify will add the input of artists and labels to its personalized recommendation process, the company announced in a blog post Monday. The process will enable artists and labels to promote a new single, for example, over songs that Spotify’s algorithm might have suggested otherwise. “In this new experiment, artists and labels can identify music
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has canceled its 2021 edition due to coronavirus concerns, with plans to return for 2022, organizers have confirmed. But the film awards will move forward on Feb. 25, with details still to be discussed. A letter announcing the decision went out Monday to the festival’s board members, signed by
Dan Limerick has been promoted to chief operating officer of WME. The executive’s new title was announced Monday by the talent agency’s chairman, Lloyd Braun. In his new role, Limerick will work closely with Braun — who is also the president of WME owner Endeavor’s client group — and WME president Ari Greenburg, overseeing all
Steve Earle, Bobbie Gentry and Steve Earle are among the veteran tunesmiths announced Monday as 2020 inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame — although their honors will have to wait a year, as this year’s and next year’s classes will be inducted together as part of a double-header ceremony scheduled for November 2021.
Stevie Wonder made a call for his home state of Michigan to vote for the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris Democratic presidential ticket in an advertisement created by the MeidasTouch political action committee released Monday (Nov. 2). Michigan has been one of the key swing states in recent elections and this year is no exception: President Trump
Children’s programming will no longer be a part of the Primetime Emmy race effective next year, the Television Academy confirms to Variety. Instead, all children’s fare, no matter what time it ran, will be administered by the East Coast-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which oversees the Daytime Emmys. The decision by the
“Let Him Go,” starring Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as an aging rancher couple out to rescue their grandson from a clan of varmint in-laws, is set in Big Sky Country about 50 years ago, and it’s like a family-values, homespun-nostalgia version of “The Searchers” crossed with “Midsommar” on the range. If that sounds like