Month: April 2022

Amy Schumer revealed on the April 13 episode of “The Howard Stern Show” that her seat filler joke at the 2022 Oscars with Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst resulted in death threats against her from people who thought she had “disrespected” Dunst (via Yahoo Entertainment). The bit found Schumer mistaking the Oscar-nominated Dunst for a
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Top industry awards at the 53rd edition of the international documentary film festival Visions du Réel have gone to “La Bonga,” “Anatomy of the Night,” “The Other Profile,” “Noor” and “Becoming Roosi.” A total of 27 projects were invited to participate in three key forums – VdR-Pitching, VdR-Work in Progress and VdR-Rough Cut Lab –
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Netflix is celebrating Earth Month with a brand new collection on its platform. Titled “One World, Infinite Wonder,” the new collection features over 170 titles that focus on the environment or climate change, from stand-up sets, nature documentaries and television dramas. The collection also features artwork from California-based illustrator Leonardo Santamaria. The launch of the
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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of forcible touching in a criminal case that accused him of violating three different women at Manhattan nightclubs in 2018 and 2019, according to the Associated Press. As part of his plea deal, Gooding avoids jail time and must continue his alcohol and behavior counseling, which he
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Brand executive Rich Santiago has joined Vice Media Group as senior vice president of brand strategy and creative experience, Variety has learned exclusively.  He will report to Nadja Bellan-White, Global Chief Marketing Officer, VICE Media Group, who announced the news on Wednesday. Santiago joins the company from Meta (formerly Facebook), and will partner with Vice’s
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Amazon has commissioned a new Canadian original comedy series titled “The Sticky,” Variety has learned. The series is inspired by the true story of “The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” The English language half-hour series will be set in Quebec. It revolves around Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had
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The Cannes Film Marché has unveiled the full lineup of its Ukraine in Focus program which will provide Ukrainian filmmakers and producers with networking, pitching and co-financing opportunities over two days during the Cannes Film Festival, on May 21 and 22. Under the program, key market initiatives such as Goes to Cannes, Cannes Docs Showcase
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The Library of Congress’ 25 selections to be added to the National Recording Registry for 2022 range from mid-century standards by Nat King Cole and Ernest Tubb to rock classics “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” to contemporary R&B and hip-hop standard-bearers like Alicia Keys, Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest — and the
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On the heels of winning an Oscar for best documentary feature and a Grammy for best music film, Questlove’s “Summer of Soul (… Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” continues to make an impact — this time with festival organizers. Harlem Festival of Culture, a reimagined version of the weeks-long festival at the
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Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” series adaptation at Peacock is taking shape. Variety has learned the live-action comedy has added three new cast members as well as co-showrunners. Firstly, MacFarlane is officially onboard to reprise the voice role of Ted, the foul-mouthed, pot-smoking teddy bear he played in the two “Ted” movies. This is in addition to creating
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“Dopesick” and “Only Murders in the Building,” “Yellowjackets” and “The Underground Railroad” are among this year’s nominees for the Peabody Awards. Oscar winners, including “Summer of Soul” and “The Queen of Basketball,” and Emmy winners including “Bo Burnham: Inside” and “Hacks,” also landed spots, as did “Colin in Black & White,” “We Are Lady Parts”
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Check out the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Official TV Spot starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy tickets for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: https://www.fandango.com/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-222999/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel
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Check out The Northman Official Trailer starring Alexander Skarsgård! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy tickets to The Northman: https://www.fandango.com/the-northman-2022-226701/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: April 22,
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Beginning on Monday, April 18, MTV’s “The Challenge” champion and fitness professional Rachel Robinson will host a series of video workout classes, posted to the show’s YouTube channel. A new workout, focusing on a specific concentration, will roll out each Monday for six weeks. Robinson is joined by special guests from “The Challenge” universe for
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Moving forward, IMDb TV will be known as Amazon Freevee. IMDb, which is owned by Amazon, launched the free, ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service in January 2019 under the name IMDb Freedive, before rebranding to IMDb TV in June of that year. After beginning in the U.S. and expanding to the U.K. in September
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Charlamagne Tha God is developing new lines of graphic novels under his Simon & Schuster imprint Black Privilege Publishing as well as comic book series with AWA Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. To begin the endeavor, Charlamagne has tapped Kevin Grevioux (“Underworld,” “King of Killers”) as the writer of a new graphic novel project titled
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