The forthcoming HBO Max show “Generation” (styled “Genera+ion”) — created by 19-year-old Zelda Barnz and her father Daniel Barnz, and executive produced by Lena Dunham — is touting itself as an ultra-realistic look at high school life. Unfortunately, last Thursday, “Generation” took verisimilitude too far. In a scene set in a biology class, the production used actual
Month: February 2021
In today’s TV news roundup, NBC announced the date of the “Superstore” series finale, and National Geographic set the release date for “Genius: Aretha.” DATES NBC’s “Superstore” will end on March 25 with a one-hour series finale at 8 p.m. The workplace comedy, executive produced by Justin Spitzer, Gabe Miller and Jonathan Green, follows the
“Boonie Bears: The Wild Life,” the latest feature-length instalment in a long-running Chinese film and TV franchise, is set to open in Japan and Australia. The moves are closely coordinated with the film’s release at the Chinese box office’s annual high point: Lunar New Year. The seventh feature film in the “Boonie Bears” franchise “Wild
In Lee Daniel’s upcoming “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” coming to Hulu on Feb. 25, Andra Day plays legendary Billie Holiday. The film centers around her 1940s court trial and her encounters with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Leslie Jordan plays journalist Reginald Lord Devine, who sits down with Holiday for an interview to
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com WWE Superstar The Miz says Bad Bunny better think twice before entering the ring at WrestleMania … telling TMZ Sports he will straight-up BREAK THE DUDE’S JAW if he even tries!! There’s major beef between the two after the Puerto Rican rap star made his wrestling debut at Royal Rumble
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for nine categories for the upcoming Oscars. The categories and number of films include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10)
The shortlists for the Academy Awards’ two music categories are out, and while there are few surprises among the 375-member music branch’s 15 choices for best original score, there’s a remarkable shift in the original song category: Nearly half of the 15 songs on that list emerged from narrative films or documentaries whose casts or
Sandra Bullock is the latest star to come aboard Sony Pictures’ action thriller “Bullet Train,” Variety has confirmed. Bullock joins an ensemble cast jam-packed with stars, including Brad Pitt, Joey King, Lady Gaga, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Logan Lerman, Bad Bunny, Andrew Koji, Brian Tyree Henry, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sanada and Karen Fukuhara.
One month on from capturing exclusive footage of one of the darkest moments in American history, ITV News correspondent Robert Moore waits patiently in Palm Beach, Florida, for the former U.S. president to respond to his impeachment trial, which kicks off Tuesday. “We’re waiting to see whether [Donald Trump] is going to break his long
Hasbro-owned Entertainment One is letting go of 10% of its film and TV staff, Variety has confirmed. According to a memo from eOne’s head of film and TV, Steve Bertram, the layoffs come amid a move to “evolve the focus and structure of our organization around the world” and comes in response to the “significant
“Search Party” showrunners Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss will have to explain what the “everything” Dory (Alia Shawkat) saw when she died was, as the comedy series has been renewed for a fifth season, HBO Max confirmed to Variety. The showrunners also signed a two-year overall deal with the streamer. “We are thrilled that HBO Max
Guy Pearce will reunite with his “Mildred Pierce” co-star Kate Winslet for another upcoming HBO miniseries, “Mare of Easttown,” Variety has confirmed. Both Pearce and Winslet won Emmy awards in 2011 for their performances in the five-part adaptation, which garnered 21 nominations altogether and five wins. Pearce is “The Crown” actor Ben Miles’ replacement for
Twitter beat Wall Street earnings expectations for the fourth quarter of 2020 and netted a gain of 5 million daily users — less than analysts were projecting — to close out a tumultuous year. The social-networking company reported 192 million monetizable daily active users worldwide for Q4. That’s up from 187 million in Q3 and
Check out newly announced release dates, which movies are coming to home video this week, and recommendations from your host Khail Anonymous and film journalist Candace Frederick in this new episode of ‘Weekly Ticket’! ► Watch the Most Watched Romantic Comedies: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/uxrow/Most-Watched-Romantic-Comedies/9379?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc See our Decade Recap here: https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/fandango-decade-recap-box-office-results-for-each-year-753998?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Tune-in to Weekly Ticket every Tuesday to
R. Kelly’s New York jury trial has been delayed for a fourth time due to COVID-19 concerns, according to the Chicago Tribune. The singer had been scheduled to go on trial April 7 on racketeering charges — which allege he ran a criminal enterprise designed to recruit women for sexual misconduct — but at a
The ‘Jeopardy!’ team and the family of late host Alex Trebek have donated a significant portion of Trebek’s wardrobe to The Doe Fund. The nonprofit organization provides paid transitional work, educational opportunities, housing, career training and counseling to people who have been incarcerated, homeless or a victim of substance abuse. Trebek was the face of
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The CW has made a number of orders for the 2021-2022 season, including a pilot order for the live-action “Powerpuff Girls” series. In total, The CW announced three pilot orders and one straight-to-series pickup, with the latter being a reboot of the USA Network series “The 4400.” The other two pilots are for the DC
Spectrum Originals and BET have partnered on a mystery drama set in the world of women’s basketball starring Rose Rollins. “Long Slow Exhale” follows J.C. Abernathy (Rollins), the head coach of a competitive women’s college basketball team who finds herself in the middle of a career-shattering sexual abuse scandal. Sorting through the secrets to unravel
The cast of “The Best Man” film franchise is reuniting for a limited series that has been ordered at Peacock. “The Best Man: Final Chapters” will feature returning cast members Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, and Harold Perrineau. Peacock has ordered 10 episodes, with Malcolm
Universal and Sony Music, the two largest music companies in the world, have inked licensing agreements with the music streaming and discovery service Audiomack. The company signed a deal with Warner Music in 2019. “Audiomack serves a unique listener base that is distinct from the audiences found on competing platforms,” said Vanessa Wilkins, Audiomack’s Director of
There’s a conventional truism about musicals that basically says: If they’re constructed so that you could take all the songs out and nothing about the narrative or emotional impact of the rest of the show would be at all affected, maybe you’re doing it wrong. That brings us to “Music,” the first feature film from
Monday’s primetime crown winner was, for the sixth time in a row, ABC’s long-running dating game show “The Bachelor.” A new episode of Matt James’ season featuring Bachelor Nation favorites Tyler Cameron and Heather Martin came out at the top of Nielsen’s Live+Same Day fast affiliate rankings, with a 1.3 in the adults 18-49 demographic and
In its fourth and final episode, “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” finally gets to its point. After three episodes of unpacking the mysterious disappearance of Elisa Lam, the infamous Cecil Hotel in which she was last seen, the fraught history of downtown Los Angeles, and even several truly confusing “web sleuth” theories
The coronavirus pandemic will make an annual gathering for the reveal of the duPont-Columbia Awards all but impossible. And yet, there will be an opportunity to see them. PBS’ digital venues will stream a ceremony anchored by CNN’s Anderson Cooper and The Washington Post’s Michele Norris. The stream “will allow people to both watch the
The Walt Disney Company will close Blue Sky Studios, the animation company inherited in its 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Founded in 1987, Blue Sky helped grow top-grossing family franchises including “Ice Age,” the Dr. Seuss adaptation “Horton Hears a Who,” and most recently the Will Smith and Tom Holland project “Spies in Disguise.”
Variety has promoted writers Matt Donnelly and Elaine Low and editor Jazz Tangcay. The promotions come as Variety is expanding the scope of its multiplatform editorial operations to better capture all aspects of the global entertainment business. Donnelly, Low and Tangcay are part of a growing team around the world delivering breaking news, analysis, data
Global distributor, producer and streamer MUBI has snapped up major European markets for hot Sundance title “Pleasure,” which delves into the world of the porn industry in Los Angeles. The service has acquired all rights to the provocative film in the U.K., Ireland, Italy and Turkey. Directed by Ninja Thyberg, the film recently received its
The filmmaking couple Kata Wéber and Kornél Mundruczó experienced a miscarriage together, and they didn’t speak about it for a long time. When Wéber was invited to write a theater play, Mundruczó encouraged his partner to dive deeper into the topic of miscarriage. “I was really frightened,” Wéber said. “I wasn’t sure if it’s the
Even in what we might call normal times, HBO Max’s “The Event” would have made for strange television. The series, which launched last month and covers the work of Wolfgang Puck’s catering company, presents itself in recognizable garb — it’s a reality show about workers in a high-pressure environment, tasked each episode with deliverable goals
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