Taylor Swift has joined GLAAD’s “Summer of Equality” campaign to urge the U.S. Senate to pass the Equality Act and ensure comprehensive protections against discrimination for every LGBTQ+ American. The pop star posted a message on Twitter announcing her partnership with the media advocacy organization and thanking the “courageous activists, advocates and allies for their dedication
Month: June 2021
A drag queen from RuPaul‘s TV show got busted this weekend for allegedly pummeling her boyfriend — who identifies as a man — in what sounds like a bloody ordeal. Widow Von’Du — whose real name is Ray Fry — was arrested and booked Monday for domestic violence on a warrant out in Jackson County,
A prolific scammer known as the Hollywood Con Queen won’t find out until December whether he will be extradited to the U.S., where he’s wanted by the FBI. Hargobind Tahilramani, who is accused of orchestrating a five-year, multi-jurisdictional con in which he impersonated dozens, if not hundreds, of high-profile female executives in the entertainment industry,
Grab a slice of pizza because the heroes in a half shell are coming back out of the sewers in 2023. The CG-animated reboot of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” from producer Seth Rogen and Nickelodeon is heading to theaters on Aug. 11, 2023, Rogen announced on Twitter. Also producing from Rogen’s Point Grey Pictures production
For Regé-Jean Page’s next act, the rising star is taking on the world of big-budget blockbusters and beloved IP, with the high-profile film adaptations of “The Gray Man” and “Dungeons & Dragons.” During his Variety cover interview, Page and the films’ directors Anthony Russo (who is helming “The Gray Man” for Netflix), and Jonathan Goldstein
The UBIK performance art space at WORM in Rotterdam is the venue to four VR works at International Film Festival Rotterdam, two of which have been created by novices to the medium. Featured in the festival’s Art Directions program, which aims to unite art and cinema, “To Miss the Ending” from U.K. duo Anna West
Stacey Sher has signed an overall deal with FX Productions. “It’s been a great privilege for me and the whole FX team to work with Stacey as an executive producer, and I’m grateful that she will continue to call FX her home,” said John Landgraf, chairman of FX. “Stacey’s track record of success speaks for
Wake up the members of “iCarly” nation! Paramount Plus released a trailer for the upcoming revival, premiering on June 17. Picking up 10 years after the classic Nickelodeon show ended, the new “iCarly” follows original influencer Carly Shay and her friends navigating work, love and family. In the trailer, the characters go on dates, joke around
Even while her character is battling alcoholism, jet-setting around the world for her job and trying to solve a murder, some of the most complex moments Kaley Cuoco has to perform on HBO Max’ “The Flight Attendant” only take place in that character’s mind. Her Cassie Bowden retreats into a mind palace, a device that
“Lego Masters” returns for a second season on Tuesday with a new crop of contestants that once again live up to the show’s title — and perhaps even more so than last year. Season 1 featured impressive builds from some incredibly creative minds — but according to executive producers Anthony Dominici and Michael Heyerman, many
The new name of the proposed WarnerMedia–Discovery combined company was unveiled Tuesday as “Warner Bros. Discovery” — along with an “initial wordmark” that immediately drew derisive remarks from wags on social media. Some observers criticized the new logo as either amateurish, dated-looking or both, with a design aesthetic more than a few noted was reminiscent
Making its European debut in International Film Festival Rotterdam’s new talent category Bright Future is “OK Computer,” a six-part Hindi sci-fi comedy set 10 years in the future. Featuring an AI-driven “New India” of towering smart holograms and drone superhighways, the Disney Plus Hotstar series stars Vijay Varma (“A Suitable Boy”), Radhika Apte (“Sacred Games”)
Sarah Paulson, who portrays the titular nurse on Netflix’s “Ratched,” recalls feeling unusually depressed shortly after shooting the psychological thriller. There was something — or rather someone — she couldn’t shake: Mildred. “Not to make it sound overly precious, but it’s like a great violinist playing an instrument when an actor is using themselves and
Seven-time Grammy winning singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette has unveiled new tour dates for her 2021-2022 world tour to celebrate 25 years of her groundbreaking “Jagged Little Pill” album. The 35-date U.S. tour, rescheduled from 2020, will kick off August 12, 2021 in Austin, TX and concludes with a two night special at The Hollywood Bowl on October
As first revealed by Variety, the Coachella festival has officially moved to April 15-17 and April 22-24, 2022, according to an announcement from promoter Goldenvoice. The country themed Stagecoach festival will follow the two Coachella weekends, on April 29-May 1. “Our desert homecoming is officially set for April 2022: weekend one will take place on
Hayley Kiyoko is officially kicking off Pride Month with a new love song called “Chance” and a self-directed video co-starring actor Alexandra Shipp (“Love, Simon,” “X-Men: Apocalypse”). “‘Chance’ is a song based on those moments when I denied my true feelings for someone out of fear of rejection, and therefore didn’t allow someone to take a chance on
In the third episode of the third and final season of “Pose,” the FX period drama goes back to the beginning to show off the first ball performance by Elektra’s (Dominique Jackson) new House of Abundance. The theme was “once upon a time,” but the house that appears before Abundance is more “broke-down princesses” than
Warner Bros. Discovery is the proposed new moniker for the combined WarnerMedia and Discovery joint venture coming together as AT&T spins off its investment in Time Warner. Discovery chief David Zaslav announced the new name Tuesday morning as he held a town hall with WarnerMedia employees from the Warner Bros. studio’s Burbank lot. “Warner Bros.
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced production shutdowns and office closures, Jaime Dávila, president and co-founder of Campanario Entertainment and executive producer of “Selena: The Series,” found himself “mostly working in bed, college-style,” he says with a laugh. Three months into the pandemic, though, he realized it was time to finally carve out a dedicated workspace
Blue Fox Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Brazilian lockdown thriller “The Pink Cloud,” a timely and prescient hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema – Dramatic section. The distributor, which recently opened Julie Delpy’s Toronto Platform title “My Zoe,” plans to release the film in theaters across North
Rejoice, cinema lovers. Alamo Drafthouse, the theater chain that’s popular for its no-nonsense approach to moviegoing, has emerged from Chapter 11. The bankruptcy filing was announced in March as the Texas-based company, like many theater chains, was struggling to recover from closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Alamo Drafthouse has completed its sale to
Through such feature films as “The Lodge,” “The Lobster” and “Keep the Lights On,” cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis has become known for artistically depicting the tension of complicated familial and romantic relationships, often in isolated settings. Stepping into the third season of “Master of None” continued the trend in his career as the season focuses on
Even before he was a polarizing politician and incendiary social media user, Donald Trump was much talked about — often for his hair. His thinning comb-over was an infamous look for decades before hair stylist Orla Carroll needed to replicate it on actor Brendan Gleeson for Showtime’s “The Comey Rule.” In doing so, both Carroll
Pharrell Williams, H.E.R. and Opal Lee are set to speak at Variety‘s virtual Changemakers Summit, which will feature keynote and panel conversations highlighting individuals who are advancing equality and elevating underrepresented voices within the entertainment industry. The two-day event will take place June 17-18. The summit will be kicked off with a keynote conversation featuring
A kid named Lucky loses her mother, moves to the frontier with her father and befriends a wild mustang in “Spirit Untamed.” While experienced professionals fail to break the strong-willed stallion, Lucky (who has never ridden a horse) feeds it a few apples, and before long, the youngster has tamed the obstinate animal — which
Years ago, I learned that certain people will grow mortally offended if you call a character in a movie a zombie who is not, in fact (according to the supreme checklist of zombie traits), a zombie. It makes you wonder if there are other supernatural micromanagers out there who keep tabs on whether a given
Warner Bros.’ chiller “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” topped the box office with £2,708,455 ($3,839,694) in its opening week as the U.K. basked in late May sunshine and a long bank holiday weekend. The good weather that traditionally keeps audiences outdoors did not appear to have a detrimental effect on the box
There are currently more than 100 anti-trans bills hitting stage legislatures across the country, many of them aimed at trans kids who want to participate on sports teams according to their gender identity. While this issue is getting more attention now, it isn’t new. As the new Hulu documentary “Changing the Game” shows in intimate
Kaley Cuoco has been on TV for most of her life, including guest spots in the 1990s on such shows as “My So-Called Life,” “Northern Exposure” and “Ellen” (where she played a young version of star Ellen DeGeneres). Her breakthrough was playing Bridget Hennessy, the daughter of TV icons John Ritter and Katey Sagal’s characters,
With the Cannes Film Festival just over a month away, France has unveiled more details around how U.K. visitors can expect to enter the country amid rising cases of the so-called Indian variant. Those from the U.K. who can provide a certificate declaring “compelling” reasons for travel before boarding can enter the country. But questions