R&B star and former Fifth Harmony member Normani has inked a global publishing deal with Hipgnosis Songs Group — but the most eye-grabbing news in the announcement comes toward the end: “Normani has confirmed new music and a larger body of work is on the way.” Fans have been impatiently awaiting new material from the
Month: May 2022
With the second season of “Tehran” about to debut on Apple TV+, Niv Sultan admits she’s balancing being scared with having hope for how the series’ continued exploration of the Iran-Israel conflict can open minds versus further stereotypes. “Tehran” first aired on Israel’s public channel Kan 11 in June 2020 and began streaming on Apple
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” breaks new ground among the more recent “Trek” shows by going back to the old ways — that is to say that the show is much more episodic as compared to the heavily serialized “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Picard.” In an interview with Variety, series star Anson Mount said
Nowadays, it’s harder to not land on a scripted true crime series while scrolling through your chosen broadcaster. There’s “The Girl From Plainville,” “Inventing Anna,” “The Thing About Pam” — the list goes on, with nearly all of them based on podcasts, books or documentaries that at one point gripped the nation. But before any of
The “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series at Disney+ has found its Grover Underwood and Annabeth Chase. Variety has learned exclusively that Aryan Simhadri will star as Grover with Leah Sava Jeffries set to play Annabeth. They join previously announced series lead Walker Scobell, who will play Percy. The series adaptation of the Rick Riordan
International mobile advertising and digital media company Adsmovil is launching Nuestra.TV, an ad-supported video on-demand service targeting Hispanic audiences in the U.S. Based in Miami, Nuestra.TV comprises more than 40 channels and over 15,000 hours of content “reflecting the full breadth and diversity of the Hispanic population,” the company said. The downloadable content library includes
Fans of “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” beware. “Along for the Ride,” a new young adult film from writer-director Sofia Alvarez, is arriving on Netflix May 6, and the book-to-screen adaptation is one that definitely calls for a box of tissues. The film stars Emma Pasarow as Auden, a recent high school graduate
“The Queendom,” one of 20 projects presented at Hot Docs’ marquee market event, the Forum, has won the First Look first prize of Can. $25,000 cash, one of three pitch prizes announced Thursday at the festival. The documentary and science-fiction hybrid—about three Indigenous scientists, all women, who decide to partner with mushrooms to fight for
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fired back at Leonardo DiCaprio after the Oscar winner used social media to stress the importance of the Amazon rainforest on the environment. DiCaprio has been urging Brazilians to register to vote in the upcoming election in an effort to help save the Amazon, which has been severely affected by deforestation
Canadian filmmaker and photographer Louie Palu’s “Zero Position” offers a stark snapshot of war’s devastation in Eastern Ukraine. Shot in 2016, well before the current invasion but at a point when Russia-allied separatists had already occupied much of the Donbas region, this impressionistic documentary does not provide much in the way of contextualizing explanation, let
Frank Grillo will fight a group of “terrifying, deadly creatures” in upcoming feature “The Dagon.” Brad Anderson (“The Machinist”) is set to direct the thriller, working from an original screenplay by Peter Mattei (“Outsiders”). In “The Dagon,” Grillo (“Kingdom”) will play Jack, a father who lives an isolated rural life alongside his family. “When his
Collages of posters, magazine clippings, and Polaroids that often plastered the walls of teenage bedrooms in the aughts hinted at what the younger generation deemed “cool” at the time—most likely, XYZ celebrity, band, movie, artist, or designer. Today, a cohort of digitally-savvy users replicate that very same level of obsession on Instagram via finstas, fan
Olivia Rodrigo is the latest voice in pop music to share her support for reproductive health rights in a recent concert. This comes after the recent leak of a majority opinion draft from the Supreme Court that shows plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, which will effectively end the right to access safe abortions in
With the casualties continuing to rise in Russia’s months-long invasion of Ukraine, reporters in the field face a daily tightrope walk between getting the story and potentially getting killed. At least 14 journalists have already died in the conflict, which broke out when Russian troops invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. “It is something you’re constantly
A nationwide referendum is to be held in Switzerland on May 15 on a proposed law that would force streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to re-invest 4% of their local revenues in Swiss film and TV productions. Dubbed “Lex Netflix,” the Swiss law –– which is modeled on European regulations that don’t apply
Eric Dane, Odeya Rush, Ray Liotta and Saffron Burrows are set to star in “Dangerous Waters” from Signature Films. Directed by and based on a story from John Barr (“Blood and Money”), with a script by Mark Jackson, the Dominican Republic-shot film centers on a sailing holiday that spirals out of control when a teenage
Universal and Dreamworks have released the first trailer for Jo Koy’s “Easter Sunday.” The film stars the comedian in his first feature film role and is set around a family gathering to celebrate Easter Sunday. The trailer first debuted at CinemaCon. The film. opening Aug. 5, is a love letter to the Filipino community and
The horror genre is one of the most undervalued art forms in the space of critical accolades. However, scramble in the superhero factor, like Marvel’s newest entry, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” from Sam Raimi, and you have a product that will indeed generate discussion and divisive reactions. To get it out of
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the latest timeline-bending entry in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe, has kicked off at the international box office, collecting $27.2 million on opening day. The film is currently playing in 20 overseas markets, including France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Korea. “Doctor Strange 2” opens in North America and several
Check out the Lightyear Official Trailer starring Chris Evans and Keke Palmer! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanALERT for Lightyear: https://www.fandango.com/lightyear-2022-226233/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: June 17, 2022 Starring: Chris Evans,
Play video content Amber Heard is back on the stand today after sitting for hours of testimony Wednesday in her trial with Johnny Depp. Amber’s attorneys will continue questioning the actress Thursday in a Virginia courtroom. They were the only ones to speak with her yesterday as well, so it’s possible they’ll wrap today and
Lea Thompson has always been at the top of her acting game, but she’s putting her experience competing on season 19 of “Dancing With the Stars” to use in a new music video. Featured alongside Tyler Posey (of MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’ series), the clip for Canadian electro-pop artist Riotron, “Life Is What We’re Living,” was
Howie Pyro — bassist, DJ and longtime veteran of the New York punk and underground scenes — died Tuesday due to complications from Covid-19-related pneumonia after a lengthy battle with liver disease. His death was confirmed by a rep; he was 61. Rest In Peace Howie Pyro-keep playing and spinning that vinyl up in Heaven
National Geographic Media, majority owned by Disney, has hired a new editor in chief: Nathan Lump, a journalism veteran most recently with Expedia, who will oversee NatGeo’s editorial operations worldwide. Lump joins NatGeo from Expedia Group, where he was VP and global head of editorial and entertainment. He has more than 25 years of experience,
Pearl Jam paid tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins on the opening night of their “Gigaton” tour in singer Eddie Vedder’s hometown of San Diego on Tuesday night. Before performing “Quick Escape” at the city’s Viejas Arena Vedder paid homage to drummer Matt Cameron’s friendship with Hawkins, who died in Columbia while
Elon Musk is getting a little help from billionaire friends for his $44 billion Twitter takeover. According to an SEC filing Thursday, Musk has secured $7.14 billion in new financing commitments for the Twitter bid, including $1 billion from Larry Ellison. Ellison, co-founder and CTO of software giant Oracle, sits on the board of Tesla,
Not a moment too soon, the #iVoted Festival, which drew a massive audience for its 2020 digital concert, is back for the 2022 midterms and has revealed its initial lineup, which includes Run the Jewels, Lake Street Dive, CNCO, Carl Craig, Rise Against, Umphrey’s McGee and loads more. The festival will take place virtually on Election
AMC Networks reported its first-quarter 2022 earnings Thursday, revealing it had ended the quarter with 9.5 million streaming subscribers. AMC Networks CFO Christina Spade said in February the company expected to add 400-500,000 streaming subscribers in Q1, after reaching more than 9 million subs at the end of 2021. Wall Street forecast earnings per share
U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, which is facing the threat of being privatized by Boris Johnson’s government, has revealed an unsuccessful counter-proposal to remain independent. A key element of the proposal, which is titled “4: The Next Episode,” is creating an intellectual property joint venture (JV) proposition with an external investor as majority shareholder, which would
Global Screen has acquired the animated family feature film “The Last Whale Singer” for global distribution, and will launch pre-sales at the Cannes Film Market. The movie is an epic and emotional family entertainment adventure written and directed by Reza Memari, creator of hit movie “Richard the Stork.” The film’s characters are based on designs
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