Don’t call Bretman Rock an influencer. Rock, who considers himself a digital celebrity, is described by his manager, Dru Sansenbach, as a comedian. “Everyone thinks he’s a beauty influencer,” Sansenbach said in an interview with Variety. “But this kid is a comedian. He’s a performer.” Rock, who lives in Hawaii, has 38.3 million combined followers
Month: March 2021
Sharon Osbourne claims CBS executives apparently ordered “The Talk” producers to have her co-hosts “blindside” her with questions about her controversial tweet defending Piers Morgan. “I blame the network for it,” Osbourne told Variety on Friday night. “I was blindsided, totally blindsided by the whole situation. In my 11 years, this was the first time
V6, a male idol supergroup associated with the once all-powerful Johnny & Associates agency, has announced its break-up, effective Nov. 1. The group revealed the decision on their website on Friday. The stated reason is the desire of member Morita Go to concentrate on his acting career. Following the group’s dissolution, the five members remaining
The Recording Academy didn’t have to worry whether or not the tony crowd that usually shows up for MusiCares’ annual dinners would tune in for the virtual version put on as a ticketed event Friday night. There may well have been at least some of the usual black-tie crowd in the online audience for MusiCares’
Amid his ongoing controversy, Chris Harrison will sit out next season of “The Bachelorette,” Variety has learned. Harrison will be temporarily replaced by rotating fan-favorite alums from the franchise, including former “Bachelorette” stars Tayshia Adams and Kaitlyn Bristowe. Beyond next season of “The Bachelorette,” no permanent decision regarding Harrison’s future with the franchise has been determined,
UPDATED: MusiCares is the Recording Academy’s charitable wing, and its annual concert during Grammy Week is its main source of fundraising virtually every year. The organization distributes money to music people — musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers, executives and more — in need, and in the past year they’ve distributed more than $22 million in COVID
Disney Channel has announced that the animated special “Descendants: The Royal Wedding” will premiere on the network this summer. Based on the “Descendants” franchise, the special will bring viewers back to the United States of Auradon and feature Mal and King Ben’s royal wedding. Reprising their popular roles are Dove Cameron as Mal, Sofia Carson
Now that nine-part epic “WandaVision” has wrapped and the premiere of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” is still a week away, Disney Plus has released a new documentary-style special to tide viewers over until then. “Assembled: The Making of ‘WandaVision’” features interviews with showrunner and exec producer Jac Schaeffer, director Matt Shakman, and stars
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO set the release date for its new baking competition series “Baketopia,” hosted by YouTuber Rosanna Pansino, and Syfy announced the premiere date for the fifth and final season of “Van Helsing.” DATES BET Plus announced that the second season of Will Packer-executive produced comedy series “Bigger” will premiere April
Albert Dupontel’s “Bye Bye Morons” won seven prizes, including best film and director, at the 46th Cesar Awards which took place as an in-person, yet socially distanced event at the Olympia concert hall in Paris on March 12. The ceremony was held in the presence of nominees only. “Bye Bye Morons” also won awards for
The Flash may be losing a father, but the Scarlet Speedster is gaining a mother. Maribel Verdú has been cast as Barry Allen’s mom in “The Flash,” a character that’s expected to play a pivotal part in the upcoming comic book adventure. At the same time, Billy Crudup is departing the project and will no
If the Grammys had a dress code this year, it might be: Wear your cardigan to the disco. It’s sweater weather, but also the season of the Studio 54 minidress, as Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa look likeliest to make headlines for picking up top honors Sunday night after the close of the Grammys. The
Breaking News Elizabeth Holmes won’t be standing trial in July — instead, she’ll be giving birth, so prosecutors are hitting the pause button on criminal proceedings. According to new legal docs, prosecutors and her defense team agreed to postpone Holmes’ trial after the Theranos founder revealed she’s pregnant and due in July. That’s also when
It’s no secret that for the past several years, the most adventurous and innovative music in the rock and alternative spaces has largely been made by female artists — something that is reflected in the Grammy nominees for those categories this year, particularly the all-female Best Rock Performance category, which comprises Fiona Apple, Big Thief,
L. Scott Caldwell will star in Blumhouse and Amazon’s “Bingo,” the latest thriller on the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” slate. The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Rose in “Lost” and in “The Fugitive” will star as Delores, the “witty, loyal and tough grandmother” at the center of “Bingo’s” story. Caldwell joins previously
Oscar winner Viola Davis will receive the Icon Award from the African American Film Critics Assn. during the 12th annual AAFCA awards on April 7. Previous recipients of AAFCA’s Icon Award are Sidney Poitier and Kenya Barris. Announcing the honor, AAFCA president Gil Robertson said: “Viola Davis has excelled in every single format available to
Eliane Raheb’s documentaries stress that stories are never black and white, and what people say may be an unconscious reflection of what they want their interlocutor to believe rather than what is factually true. With “Miguel’s War” she goes one step further, diving headfirst into the role of prodding psychologist to coax out a heap
Another week, another step toward the world as we knew it before COVID-19, thanks to nationwide vaccination efforts and the gradual reopening of theaters. A week after New York cinemas cautiously reopened, Los Angeles plans to do the same, and distributors are serving up movies they’d kept on the sidelines to serve the venues that
“Life Is Beautiful” is hopeful — very hopeful — that life will be carefree for festival-goers by September, when Las Vegas will host what could be the first major post-quarantining music festival in the West. Ticket buyers returned that optimism in major numbers by selling out three-day passes for the annual festival “in record time”
A special-purpose acquisition corporation targeting tech, media and telecom firms led by two former senior Disney execs — Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer — raised $350 million in its upsized initial public offering. The SPAC, Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, is led by Staggs (former Disney COO) and Mayer (previously chairman of Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and
“Think about Michael Jackson’s stake in music publishing,” says Nick Jarjour, global head of song management for Hipgnosis. “How much would his half of Sony/ATV have been worth if we were using today’s valuations?” The answer to his hypothetical question, without adjusting for inflation, is that the $95 million Jackson got for selling 50% of
Netflix’s new test to verify subscription credentials of users — and convert password freeloaders into paying customers — could help the global streamer grow its subscriber count, according to a Wall Street analyst. “We view any potential password crackdowns as tailwind and Netflix is in a strong position to continue price increases in 2021,” Bank
This past year in entertainment has been a patchwork quilt of oddities, cobbled together with ingenuity, impressive wit and grim determination. While it was tempting to retreat into the old and familiar (I can’t tell you how many times I watched “Sex and the City” all the way through — literally, I lost count), some
Since 1996, The SAG Awards have been honoring the art of the ensemble, both in film and in comedy/drama categories in television. In 2008, they also added stunt ensemble categories for both film and television. Variety editors Clayton Davis and Jenelle Riley break down this year’s film nominees. On the stunt side, nominees include “Da
Pour one out for the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. “Avengers: Endgame,” the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink Marvel superhero blockbuster, is poised to relinquish its title as the highest-grossing movie in history to “Avatar,” the previous record-holder. Prior to the release of “Endgame” in April 2019, James Cameron’s groundbreaking sci-fi epic held the ultimate box office crown for a decade
In a still-young 2021, the ubiquity of Nick Jonas is stunning. Along with coaching duties on NBC’s singing competition “The Voice,” Jonas has already appeared as host and guest of “Saturday Night Live,” will release his Lionsgate film “Chaos Walking” momentarily, is prepping for the role of Frankie Valli in a streaming theater version of
Will Forte is attached to star in a drama series in development at Peacock from Harry and Jack Williams. Titled “Expiration Date,” the series is described as a dark suburban soap about Robin (Forte), who, consumed by grief, finds a life insurance policy that covers suicide, provided that the individual doesn’t carry out the deed
Kristin Dodson has been cast as a series regular in the upcoming Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman co-created comedy series for Showtime, “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” Variety has learned exclusively. The premium network made a straight-to-series order of the 10-episode half-hour comedy from the “High Fidelity” and “That’s My Bus!” comedians and writers last October. The show, which
HBO Max has given a first season order to the revival of Fremantle’s hit comedy game show “Tattletales,” hosted and executive produced by Ayesha and Stephen Curry. The series will bring together celebrity couples to reveal insights about their relationships through challenges and games. “Ayesha and Stephen put a fresh new spin on a classic
Holly Robinson Peete, one of the original hosts of CBS’ “The Talk,” has resurfaced claims that her co-host Sharon Osbourne complained Peete was too “ghetto” for the show, resulting in Peete’s dismissal. Peete and fellow host Leah Remini were released from “The Talk” after its first season in 2011. “I’m old enough to remember when
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