TikTok and its parent company, China’s ByteDance, have agreed to a settlement resolving a federal class-action lawsuit claiming the short-form video app wrongfully collected users’ biometric data and shared it with third parties. Under the terms of the settlement, TikTok will pay $92 million toward a fund for users who claim their personally identifiable information
Month: February 2021
“West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler will play a mysterious, but key role in the “Shazam: Fury of the Gods,” the superhero sequel from New Line and DC Comics, starring Zachary Levi. “I am in my key role in shazam 2 era,” the actor tweeted shortly after news of her casting broke, referencing the mystery
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:
In its earnings reports for the last quarter and full year of 2020, the year of the pandemic, Live Nation shows remarkable optimism for the projected return of live entertainment. Despite a devastating year in revenue and ticket sales for the world’s largest live-entertainment company, Live Nation’s stock is actually higher than it was before
The British playwright, director and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah has signed with CAA and Redefine Entertainment. He currently serves as the artistic director for the Young Vic in London and was previously artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage. Kwei-Armah most recently wrote “All Rise,” a musical about how Viagra came to market inside Pfizer, with “The
A video for Juice WRLD’s “Conversations” has been released, telling a visual tale of how the late rapper’s fame and success couldn’t shield him from mental anguish and emotional scars. The Steve Cannon-directed video is filmed from the Chicago artist’s perspective, soaring through the sky. The metaphysical is paired with reality as we get a
The Academy has released a list of 366 feature films in contention for the upcoming 93rd Oscars. The number of eligible movies is up from the 344 submitted in 2019, although it’s not an AMPAS record. This is the highest total since the 1970 awards, which had 374 eligible entries. All the expected awards contenders
Shudder has acquired rights to George A. Romero’s “The Amusement Park,” the film from the “Night of the Living Dead” helmer that was considered lost until a print surfaced in 2018. The AMC Networks’ horror-centric streaming service will make the movie available in North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand this summer. After a
CAA has appointed Mark Cheatham (pictured at right) and Joe Hadley (left) to co-heads of the global Hip-Hop/R&B touring group, the agency announced today. Among the artists on the CAA roster are Beyoncé, Kanye West, Cardi B, A$AP Rocky, Lil Baby, Miguel, H.E.R., Logic, Lil Nas X, Q-TIP, Doja Cat, Lil Wayne, Playboi Carti and
Ahead of its analyst day presentation, Twitter outlined an ambitious plan to double annual revenue by 2023. Most of that will continue to come from advertising — but the social network also is looking to generate a growing chunk of subscription revenue. One of the forthcoming subscription products: “Super Follows,” a program that will let
Reverse time till years before “Tenet,” when Christopher Nolan was first being tricksy with time in “Memento,” or think back to when “Small Axe” auteur Steve McQueen’s hunger for filmmaking was just stirring. That’s when Variety first identified these mega-talents as Directors to Watch. Other veterans of the list include “Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao and
Believe it or not, the Golden Globes will wield even more influence than usual this year. With Oscar voting for nominees set to take place March 5-10, the Feb. 28 Globes ceremony falls just five days before Academy members receive their ballots. The Globes are going to carry more weight because the normal all-telling industry
Phoebe Robinson’s bestselling book “Everything’s Trash But It’s Okay” is being adapted for the small screen. Disney-owned cable network Freeform is developing the half-hour series, titled “Everything’s Trash,” with Robinson starring and ABC Signature producing. The story centers on a 30-something podcast star navigating her messy life, when her younger brother Jayden emerges as a
O-T Fagbenle has been cast in the recurring role of President Barack Obama in the upcoming Showtime anthology series “The First Lady.” He will star opposite Viola Davis, who will play First Lady Michelle Obama. The show is described as a reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart
NBC’s “Young Rock” premiered recently to a 1.0 rating in the adults 18 to 49 demographic — which sounds awful but in 2021 qualifies as a tremendous debut. In an age when almost everything does between 0.4 and 0.8 in fast national Nielsen ratings, we’ve truly gotten to the point where live+ same day or
“The Flight Attendant,” Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max dramedy-thriller, premiered to rave reviews on Thanksgiving — and the buzz for it built as episodes dropped through December. “It’s definitely been my baby,” Cuoco said during a recent interview with Variety for the magazine’s Feb. 24 cover. “I don’t mean to be cheesy, but this has definitely been the highlight of
Terrified and tired, a 17-year old girl named Autumn fights back tears while sharing details about her relationships and sexual history. The counselor is sympathetic, but as she asks more personal questions — probing to find out if the young woman has ever been physically hurt by her partners or forced to have sex —
“That’s when I realized, I was holding on to a Roberto Cavalli outfit and throwing away my relationship,” Carrie Bradshaw mused on Sex and the City while fighting with Aidan. He needed closet space, she needed couture. We know the outcome of that doomed relationship, because the choice should never be made between men and
The Paley Center for Media has launched a new paid internship program named in honor of longtime television-studio chief Peter Roth. The new program has been endowed through grants from Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance, the Berlanti Family Foundation, the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation, and the Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation. The Peter Roth
Mehdi Hasan, the political analyst who has demonstrated a knack for producing viral discussions, will bring his savvy conversational skills to MSNBC, in the first programming change at the NBCUniversal outlet since Rashida Jones took oversight earlier this month. Hasan has been hosting a lively program for NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming-video service, and the intensity of
Jade Bird is one of the more promising British singer-songwriters to emerge in the past few years, and Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb — who has helmed albums by Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, the Highwomen and many more — is one of Nashville’s reigning producers. So when news emerged last year that they were recording
Dimitri Vegas, one-half of the EDM brother duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, is breaking out on his own with his first solo single, “Pull Me Closer,” set for release on March 5. A shift away from the big room and main stage high energy sounds Vegas and his brother are known for, “Pull Me
Television commercials have long been one of the media industry’s surest bets — so much so that advertisers around the world dumped a whopping $149 billion on them in 2020, according to estimates from Magna, the large media-buying firm. But Pepsi recently decided to take a gamble on something else. On Valentine’s Day, the soda
A live-action “G.I. Joe” TV series is in the works at Amazon, Variety has confirmed. The series will be a standalone story centered around “G.I. Joe” undercover operative, Lady Jaye, with the series also connecting to the larger “G.I. Joe” universe. The series hails from Paramount Television Studios, eOne, and Skydance Television. Erik Oleson created the
Lisa Opie, managing director of U.K. production at BBC Studios, is departing after eight years with the company. The executive will leave in the coming months. She reported to BBC Studios director of content Ralph Lee and will help him find a replacement. Opie was responsible for delivering BBC Studios Productions’ business plan, defining and
“A Tiny Audience” is set to return for Season two on March 19. The hit music series will air on HBO Latino at 9 p.m. and be available to stream on HBO Max. The episodes feature chart-topping Latin artists who perform and give new insight to one of their biggest songs. Each artist will showcase
It sounds like a punchline, but it’s true: Jane Fonda has so many awards, they once broke a shelf.It was during her marriage to Ted Turner; prior to that she never really had her accolades, which include two Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, seven Golden Globes and a Primetime Emmy Award, on display. But then she
Voting continues for the Directors Guild of America Awards, and this year presents one of the most diverse options for members to choose from. Two of those contenders include Shaka King (Warner Bros’ “Judas and the Black Messiah”) and George C. Wolfe (Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”). This week’s episode of the “Variety Awards Circuit”
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