Don’t adjust your calendar’s sync function: This year’s Golden Globes really will have different eligibility windows for film and TV. As COVID-19 wreaked havoc during 2020, causing months-long production shutdowns and pushed many high-profile premiere dates (see HBO’s “The Undoing” and FX’s “Fargo”), the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. (HFPA) reacted by moving its annual awards
Month: January 2021
Family Video is shutting down all of its 248 video-rental locations across the U.S., with the 42-year-old chain citing the COVID pandemic as the final blow to a business already decimated by the rise of streaming. The company, which at its peak operated some 800 locations, on Tuesday announced the decision to shut down. The
Breaking News If Jake Paul wants to run his mouth and call his older brother a “fake fighter” … Logan has a simple solution — “Let’s box!!!” Remember, Jake recently gave his thoughts to TMZ Sports about Logan’s upcoming exhibition against Floyd Mayweather … saying “It’s bad for the sport. I think it’s just for
Glassnote founder Daniel Glass and the company’s GM Chris Scully have announced the formation of Connection Music Publishing. They have appointed publishing industry-veteran Jackie Post as the new company’s head of publishing. According to the announcement, Connection will have “the same ethos Glassnote has carried” through its 14 years as a formidable indie label, with successful releases
Given its timing as the first awards show of the calendar year, the Golden Globes prides itself on recognizing new series and talent first. That’s been especially true in the streaming age, as Netflix’s “The Crown,” Amazon Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Hulu’s “Ramy” all landed significant Globes before moving on to their
When Emily arrives in Paris, she thinks she has her whole life sorted out. But the titular character in Netflix’s aptly titled comedy “Emily in Paris” being in a foreign environment filled with some (at least to begin with) not so friendly faces makes her realize she doesn’t have it all figured out just yet.
Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) faces doubt and disdain from her male counterparts at every step of her journey to become a chess world champion, yet each time, without fail, she proves them wrong. The protagonist of Netflix’s breakthrough hit “The Queen’s Gambit” is one of several central characters in this year’s crop of Golden Globes
Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has released the music video for “How Can I Tell You?” from the new documentary “Nasrin.” The song is written by Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music). The film chronicles the life of activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who fought for women’s rights in Iran, as well as the rights of children
All eyes were on Georgia Tuesday night as votes were being tallied in the runoff election to determine whether Democrats or Republicans would control the Senate. Hollywood players mainly backed Democratic nominee Raphael Warnock, who beat incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler, and Democrat Jon Ossoff, who has a razor-thin lead over Republican David Perdue, but one
John Fogerty has dropped a pointed new song called “Weeping in the Promised Land,” a gospel-flavored, piano-driven lament about the state of the country and the world. With multiple references to President Trump as a “forked-tongued Pharoah” as well as Covid (“With dread in their eyes all the nurses are crying”) and the deaths of
Sacha Baron Cohen wanted to end “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” the sequel to his 2006 smash mockumentary, with a bang. But Rudolph Giuliani, the Trump apparatchik he hoped to prank into embarrassing himself on camera, wasn’t cooperating. The former mayor of New York City had arrived at a hotel suite to be interviewed for a documentary,
French sales company Wide Management has boarded Charles Officer’s crime-noir “Akilla’s Escape,” which world premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The film is headlined by poet-musician-actor Saul Williams, who also collaborated with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack to create the original score. Williams stars in the film as Akilla Brown, a 40-year-old drug trader
Producing movies and television during a pandemic has been agonizing for filmmakers, but not for Doug Liman — the veteran director behind “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and numerous adventures with Tom Cruise. On Jan. 14, Liman will release “Locked Down” on HBO Max, a tale of a relationship soured in quarantine in the early days
With his latest film “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Sacha Baron Cohen has proven he is a master of comedy — not to mention, a master of disguise. Since he first broke out his zany characters on “The Ali G Show” more than two decades ago, countless audiences have simultaneously laughed and cringed at the Golden Globe
Shares of large technology companies including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook fell in pre-market trading Wednesday, as the Senate runoff races in Georgia were leaning toward giving Democrats control of the chamber — raising concern among investors over the prospect of new regulatory actions against tech giants. Facebook’s stock was down 2.9% before the bell,
“One Day at a Time” executive producer Gloria Calderón Kellett and “Insecure” star/executive producer Issa Rae are among six new appointees to the Television Academy’s executive committee, as chosen by the org’s chairman and CEO, Frank Scherma. The new members also include ABC’s Rob Mills, Anonymous Content’s Dawn Olmstead, Amazon Studios’ Vernon Sanders and Apple
Roku says it had a booming fourth quarter: The streaming platform company announced that it ended 2020 with an estimated 51.2 million active accounts — up 39% for the year, a gain of about 14.3 million accounts. According to Roku’s preliminary estimated data, its users watched a cumulative 17 billion streaming hours in Q4 of
Comcast Cable executive Dana Strong is set to succeed Jeremy Darroch as CEO of Sky Group in what is a major restructure at the European pay-TV operator. A 13-year veteran of Sky, Darroch will stay on as executive chairman through 2021, and will serve as an advisor to the company thereafter. The reshuffle comes just
Discovery has locked in a new leadership team for distribution worldwide and in the U.S. The company has named Eric Phillips to the new post of president, global distribution strategy. Michele Barney, who joins Discovery from AT&T, will take on Phillips’ previous role as president of affiliate distribution. In his new position, Phillips will oversee
The nation is bracing today for a rumble in Congress and political theater in the streets of Washington, D.C. as the House and Senate hold a joint session today to certify the electoral college vote in the 2020 Presidential race. A typically ceremonial session of counting the electoral votes submitted by each state has turned
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail by a London court and will remain in jail. The decision comes two days after the British court turned down the request to have Assange extradited to the U.S. due to mental health concerns. Assange, who has been indicted on 17 espionage charges by U.S. prosecutors, has
Celebrity-driven online learning platform MasterClass hired Vanna Krantz, most recently chief financial officer of Disney Plus and ESPN Plus, as CFO. At Disney, Krantz built and led the finance organization supporting the launch of Disney Plus, which rocketed to over 86 million subscribers in a little over a year, and sports streamer ESPN Plus. Prior
As it ramps up original productions, Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC is launching lavish 1980s-set Arabic crime drama ‘Rashash,’ created by Britain’s Tony Jordan (“EastEnders”) and touted as its most ambitious Saudi series to date. Directed by another Brit, Collin Teague, whose credits include “Doctor Who,” “Rashash” is based on the true story of a Saudi Arabian
Now that the Recording Academy and CBS have moved this year’s Grammy Awards telecast to March 14, that puts it in competition with the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards — and SAG-AFTRA is not happy with the news. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the shuffling of most dates this awards season, and as the
In its third major acquisition of the week, Hipgnosis Songs has acquired 50% of Neil Young’s worldwide copyright and income interests in his entire song catalog, which comprises 1,180 songs, including such hits as “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” “Helpless,” “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black),” “Ohio,” “Old Man,” “Mr. Soul,” “Like a
Anticipating that the Japanese government may again call for movie theaters to temporarily close in Greater Tokyo due to an upsurge of coronavirus cases, Toho Cinemas and other leading exhibitors are halting sales of advance tickets for cinemas in the areas. In recent years Japan has been the world’s third most valuable theatrical market behind
The Sundance Film Festival will not move forward with drive-in movie screenings in Southern California, due to the state’s alarming increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths, Variety has learned. Los Angeles-area venues the Rose Bowl Stadium and the Mission Tiki Drive-in were meant to accommodate a large number of show business types who are unable
Music mogul Dr. Dre suffered an apparent brain aneurysm on Monday and is currently receiving treatment at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His team issued a statement from him Tuesday night, saying, “Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their interest and well wishes. I’m doing great and getting excellent care from my medical
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Zoey’s Extraordinary Return,” the second season premiere of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” While the first season of NBC’s musical comedy “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” was very much about the titular character (played by Jane Levy) and her family adjusting to their patriarch’s slow health decline, the
Game shows “The Price Is Right” and “Let’s Make a Deal” are each extending their holiday hiatus and pushing back return-to-production dates amid spiking COVID-19 numbers in Los Angeles County. Both Fremantle-produced daytime shows, which air on CBS, are currently slated to resume filming at the end of January. The Drew Carey-hosted “The Price Is
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