Director Ric Roman Waugh’s “Greenland” was originally scheduled to be released in June, but the pandemic changed that — it’s now available on premium VOD. Waugh, who reunites with “Angel has Fallen” actor Gerard Butler, had not yet finished his post-production when the lockdown happened. Although he had locked picture, there was still a lot
Month: December 2020
Think what you will about “Music to Be Murdered By – Side B,” but you can’t say Eminem’s not having fun. This has hardly been a given on many of Marshall Mathers’ recent releases. Whether he was struggling to live up to his old bad boy image, publicly wrestling with criticism, performatively proving his chops
Who says women’s names never come up in the Grammys’ rock categories? Just look at the 2019 contest for rock album, when Greta Van Fleet prevailed over Alice in Chains. But if you mean actual females? Then yes, their near-complete absence has been staggering. In the 16-year time frame from 2005 through 2020, there was
Filmmaker Safyah Usmani documented Pakistan’s changing laws surrounding honor killings through the story of Pakistani celebrity Qandeel Baloch’s death in “A Life Too Short.” “The reason I chose to make this film, and when I started was right after her murder,” she said. “The reason behind that was … I was thinking about how the
Members of the U.S. Space Force will now be called “guardians” — and of course, the internet had a field day. Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement on Friday, and the United States Space Force tweeted that the name was settled on “by space professionals, for space professionals” after a yearlong research process. Today,
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix renewed “Virgin River” for season 3, and Fox announced the premiere date for “The Great North.” RENEWALS Netflix has renewed “Virgin River” for a 10-episode third season. The show follows a midwife and nurse (Alexandra Breckenridge) who relocates to a California town and becomes entrenched in the lives of
While Congress continues to let Americans starve and go bankrupt while playing politics with a stimulus bill, we’ll drink to this: Jägermeister and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) have announced a long-term partnership, with the goal of helping to preserve independent live music venues across the United States through the Save Our Stages initiative,
UTA Music implemented several internal social justice initiatives to address systemic racism and social injustices throughout 2020. Through a four-pronged approach to making change, employees in the Justice Now task force work to dismantle boundaries or limitations based on social or racial identity. Organized by Aicha Forbes-Diaby, Zoe Williamson, Kiyomi Calloway, Christine Lee, Bowie Chen, Brian
As 2020 lurches to a close, Columbia Records has given Sarah Mary Cunningham and John Salcedo some well-earned reasons to end it with a toast: They have both been given vice-president stripes, of publicity and digital marketing, respectively. Since joining Columbia in July of 2014, Cunningham has worked closely with Rosalia, Leon Bridges, the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in
The news this week that HBO Max — finally — was coming to Roku was welcomed by millions of the device maker’s customers, eager to stream the WarnerMedia service on their TVs and catch “Wonder Woman 1984” when it premieres on Christmas Day. But there’s a wrinkle for some Roku users who want to get
As this trainwreck of a year trainwrecks itself to a close, we present the final Fri5 of 2020 — and as if on cue, it’s one of the more confusing batches of songs we’ve highlighted. We’re not even entirely sure who one of these artists is (see Rook Monroe). So along with new albums from
How do you choose the biggest movie misfires of the year? In a way, it’s easy. A movie that’s bad enough to earn a place on this scroll is, like a great movie, not one you really choose. It’s one that chooses you. It looks like a judgment, and a harsh one at that, but
Positive cases of COVID-19 have been recorded on the set of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” prompting production to shut down. The results impacted those filming in Zone A, which includes cast and those on the crew who come into contact with the cast. The series is set to star Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp, Beanie
Now that the New York Times has revealed that it can no longer confirm the tales shared by Shehroze Chaudhry, the central figure in the 2018 podcast “Caliphate,” the newspaper has agreed to return the Peabody Award it had previously won for the series. The decision came following the newspaper’s internal investigation into the veracity
A24’s “First Cow” was the big winner at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, taking home best film. In predicting the Academy Awards, the top prize from NYFCC has an astounding correlation to the Oscars. Since 1935, the NYFCC winner for best film has never failed to receive any Oscar nominations in its respective
Milla Jovovich wasn’t actually that thrilled when her writer-director husband Paul W.S. Anderson asked her to star “Monster Hunter,” their new feature adaptation of the video game of the same name. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God, you have to be kidding me! Like, I just wrapped up ‘Resident Evil.’ We were killing zombies and
Netflix continues to bet big on kids and family programming. The streaming service announced on Friday it optioned the rights to Annie Barrows’ illustrated children’s book series “Ivy & Bean” and plans to make them into movies. The live-action films will be one-hour in length and geared toward family audiences. Kathy Waugh (“Judy Moody and
Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” will no longer compete in the Academy Awards’ international feature film category and will instead be submitted for consideration in the best picture and general entry categories. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has informed “Funny Boy” producer Telefilm Canada that the film does not meet the Academy’s eligibility
Brat TV is coming to Snapchat Discover. The network’s hit show “Past Your Bedtime,” a Gen Z news and culture show that premiered earlier this year, has been renewed for a second season on Snapchat’s Discover platform. Since its initial broadcast on Snapchat, the show, hosted by TikTok star Sam Partida, has moved up to
The inspiration for Dua Lipa’s Grammy-nominated hit “Don’t Start Now” struck songwriter Caroline Ailin during a night out with co-writers Ian Kirkpatrick and Emily Warren at a bar in Wyoming. The theme for the night? Disco, of course. “We went to a Jackson Hole cowboy bar and had this wild night out and it was
Dominique CharriauGetty Images Courtesy Medium Lady D-Lite Bag Dior dior.com Since its debut in 1995, the Lady Dior bag has remained a hallmark in the fashion house’s lineup. The Lady Dior bag became synonymous with the woman it was named after—Lady Diana, Princess of Wales—thanks to its elegance, playfulness, and beauty. Leaning into the bag’s
Over the summer, at the apex of the summer wave of the ongoing COVID pandemic, rapidly up-and-coming alt-R&B/neo soul singer Jhené Aiko, whose full name is Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, plunked down $1.95 million for a freshly rehabbed home in the well-to-do guard-gated Bell Canyon neighborhood that’s laced into the mountainous western edge of L.A.’s
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Too Short and E-40 don’t want you to get it twisted … they’re buddy-buddy now, but there’s gonna be plenty of smack talk leading up to and during their rap battle … and it’s already heating up. The Bay Area rappers joined us on “TMZ Live” Friday ahead of their
Production on set was halted earlier this year, but animated films have continued to entertain audiences from the comfort of their homes. The creators behind hit animated films — Glen Keane, Kori Rae, Dan Scanlon, Pete Docter, Joel Crawford, Mark Swift, Gennie Rim, Dana Murray, Tomm Moore and Norah Twomey — discussed their recent works
Four-time Oscar nominee Peter Lamont, who worked on 18 James Bond films and received an Academy Award for production design for “Titanic,” has died. He was 91. Lamont’s death was disclosed Friday by the official 007 account on Twitter, which posted a statement by producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli that reads, “Peter Lamont
Academy Award winner Charlie Kaufman’s latest film, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” hit Netflix in September and has already picked up a screenplay win with the Boston Society of Film Critics, along with nominations from several other regional groups. You can now get inside Kaufman’s unique mind and read the script here. Kaufman, who was
Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star in the science-fiction movie “The Electric State” for Universal Pictures with Anthony and Joe Russo directing and producing. The project, based on Simon Stalenhag’s illustrated novel of the same name, is set in an alternative future and centers on a teenage girl (Brown) who realizes that a strange
UTA has signed Estevan Oriol for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. He will continue to be managed by Marco Valadez at The ID Agency and represented by attorney Eric Sherman at Ziffren Brittenham LLP. Most recently, Oriol executive produced the Universal Pictures feature “Lowriders” and produced and directed the Netflix documentary “L.A. Originals.”
ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group has tapped “PBS NewsHour” producer and executive James F. Blue III to become its senior vice president and head of Smithsonian Channel. Blue has been tasked with leading, expanding and diversifying the Smithsonian Channel’s content to further the Smithsonian’s mission to engage, inspire and educate, according to the company. He will
Now that she’s been revealed as “The Masked Singer” Season 4 champion, LeAnn Rimes is hoping that people will see her in a new way. “I’m excited to for people to continue connecting with me in this way,” said Rimes, who had been disguised as the Sun. “I think it’s giving people a new view
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