Playing off of one of the Foo Fighters’ most beloved hit songs, the band members came together to reflect on their 25-year music journey in “Times Like Those,” a new video uploaded to the band’s YouTube channel. Beginning with a “Star Wars”-inspired title screen, the video explains its premise from the jump: a look back
Month: November 2020
It began, we must suppose, with the letters. Director Catarina Vasconcelos’ grandfather Henrique was a Portuguese sailor gone for long, homesick periods from his children and his wife, Triz. They wrote letters back and forth, but Henrique ordered the correspondence burned upon his death. His children, all grown with children of their own, reluctantly complied,
In September, Disney Parks announced that it would lay off 28,000 employees, two-thirds of whom are part-time staffers, as a result of the pandemic’s affect on Disneyland and Walt Disney World. In the Walt Disney Company’s 10-K filing, released the afternoon before Thanksgiving, Disney disclosed what appears to be an updated figure that includes thousands
Exclusive Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello and her son are seeking court-ordered protection from a man their friend claims is stalking them, and is potentially dangerous Producer Luis Balaguer filed docs seeking a restraining order against a man named Rengifo Randazzo, who he claims is a mentally unstable stalker who was recently arrested for trespassing in
Joss Whedon is exiting his HBO series “The Nevers,” Variety has confirmed. An HBO spokesperson said the show is still scheduled to premiere next summer. Whedon was the creative force behind the show, and was set to serve as writer, director, executive producer, and showrunner. “We have parted ways with Joss Whedon. We remain excited about the
Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. will meet in the ring on Nov. 28 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but some blows are already being traded outside of it. In an interview with Variety, fight producer Ryan Kavanaugh of Triller said that recent statements made by California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive director
In today’s TV news roundup, Disney Plus shared a trailer for its “On Pointe” docuseries, and Lifetime announced the premiere date for Season 12 of “Married at First Sight.” DATES Lifetime announced that “Married at First Sight” will return on Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. for a three-hour Season 12 premiere. The show introduces 10
Whatever intent the group Haim may have had in titling its third album “Women in Music Pt. III,” it seems as if the Grammy Awards took that not just as a description but a command. In one of the two categories Haim is nominated in, rock performance, all six nominees have something in common that,
All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The holidays are here and a new generation of video game consoles is upon us. Sony’s PlayStation 5
President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador. Under Attorney General William Barr, the Department of Justice had been trying to drop the charge against Flynn. But prosecutors met stiff
As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, it’s important to highlight some of the great actors and actresses that have contributed to the medium of film but failed to get recognition from the Academy in its 92-year history. In 2019, “Hostiles” actor Wes Studi was given an honorary award for career achievement, making
All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Despite pushing back “Black Widow” and “Eternals,” this was still a pretty stellar year for Marvel offerings thanks
ABC and its new drama “Big Sky” are being called out by multiple tribal nations and Indigenous leaders for an “incomplete depiction of violence against women and girls.” Following a letter last week addressed to ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke and series creator David E. Kelley, among others, the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association and
Sinclair Broadcast Group has opened up a new front in the streaming wars: Local markets. The TV station giant is expanding the ad-supported STIRR platform designed to help its nearly 200 stations better monetize digital viewing of newscasts and syndicated programming. Adam Ware, Sinclair’s VP and general manager of national networks and platforms, talks about
Starting in January, Comcast will impose data-usage caps on Xfinity Internet customers in areas where it doesn’t already have them in place. Beginning in April 2021, the nation’s biggest cable provider will charge up to $100 if broadband users exceed the maximum monthly allotment — and some Comcast customers are upset about the change. The
China’s ByteDance submitted a revised proposal related to the sale of TikTok to U.S. buyers to the Trump administration, which said it extended the deadline for the divestment until Dec. 4. President Trump previously ordered Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok to American buyers by Nov. 12, alleging that the short-form video app represents a national
Faizon Love claims he was scrubbed from a movie poster just because he’s Black … and now he’s suing Universal over it. The actor filed the lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the studio of racial discrimination for removing him from an overseas version of the “Couples Retreat” poster … while leaving the rest of his white costars
Johnny Depp has been denied permission to appeal his U.K. libel case against tabloid The Sun. In a ruling last week that was made public on Wednesday, Judge Andrew Nicol dismissed the actor’s application for appeal, noting that he didn’t believe it had a “reasonable prospect of success.” Earlier this month, the same judge ruled
Although Netflix agreed to Dave Chappelle’s request to remove his self-titled sketch series from the service, “Chappelle’s Show” is still available to stream on multiple platforms. One such place is WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, which Chappelle called out alongside Netflix in a recent performance he posted to social media earlier this week. Chappelle revealed that he
The Weeknd, who began sounding off on social media on Tuesday night over his being shockingly shut out of Grammy nominations in a year he dominated, kept up his criticism on Wednesday afternoon, posting a statement on Instagram that reads: “Collaboratively planning a performance for weeks to not being invited? In my opinion zero nominations
The world took to social media on Wednesday to mourn the death of Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona, among the greatest soccer players of all time, whose career skyrocketed in Italy where he played for A.C. Napoli starting in the mid-1980s. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte tweeted, “The entire world mourns the loss of
The U.K. government has set up a pilot Global Screen Fund of £7 million ($9.3 million) to partially replace funds disbursed from Creative Europe’s MEDIA program, which will cease once Brexit comes into effect at the end of the year. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the fund on Wednesday as part of
Romania’s official Oscar entry for international feature, “Collective,” marks the first time the country has submitted a documentary to the Oscars. Alexander Nanau’s story follows the 2015 fire at the Colectiv nightclub which killed 64 people and injured hundreds. Released on-demand Nov. 20 and in select theaters, Nanau’s trail takes him from the deadly fire
UPDATED: Local government officials have decided against pulling the plug on overnight location filming in Los Angeles and instead urged producers to avoid doing so for the next month due to the surge in COVID-19 cases. Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles had issued the ban earlier Wednesday but then backtracked a few
Faizon Love filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Universal of race discrimination when it cut him out of the poster for the 2009 film “Couples Retreat.” The film featured four couples who go to a resort to repair their relationships. Love and his co-star, Kali Hawk, played the only non-white couple, and they were removed
Married musicians Paul Simon and Edie Brickell are so eager to get rid of their country estate in bucolic (and posh) New Canaan, Conn., they’re willing to endure a bank account-brutalizing multimillion-dollar loss. First listed in the spring of 2019 with a too-rosy price of $13.9 million, the sprawling 32-acre spread has been relisted at a hugely discounted $11.9
When Darcy C. Scanlin was hired as the production designer of “Uncle Frank,” she had a very good idea of what writer and director Alan Ball wanted. All she had to do was read the script. Scanlin tells Variety that the pages were full of notes describing every location in exacting detail. “It actually gives
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Saved by the Bell,” streaming now on Peacock. School is officially back in session at Bayside High and while a few things may have changed — the man behind the principal’s desk, for one — Peacock’s “Saved by the Bell” sequel series proves a
With COVID-19 percolating across the United States and much of the country on lockdown, there’s never been a better time to hunker down at home and partake of TV series befitting the entire family — whether that involves kids, parents or even pets. The following shows have a little something for everyone, whether it’s food
I didn’t think I could love and admire Rachel Maddow any more than I already did. That is, until last Thursday night. At the top of her cable-news hour, the MSNBC star anchor took the highly unusual step of getting extremely personal with her viewers as she revealed the hell that she had been living
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