IATSE is studying how VFX workers’ rates and conditions compare to industry standards for the first time, The Union Behind Entertainment announced Monday. “VFX is integral to almost every film and television production made today, Yet the workers who make VFX possible are among the only film & tv workers not represented by a union
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The original score for “Tár,” one of the year’s most acclaimed films, and “Vegas,” the popular Doja Cat song from “Elvis,” have been disqualified from Oscar consideration, Variety has learned. Eligibility lists for songs and scores were quietly unveiled Monday morning, but only to Academy members who can access the official website. Voting began Monday
Everybody’s a softie — well, almost everyone — when it comes to a fondness for the not-so-hard-hitting heyday of “soft rock,” which has a strong overlap with what’s come to be known and celebrated as “yacht rock.” Paramount+ is counting on a nation of viewers having a hankering for the soft stuff with its upcoming
Taylor Swift and two songwriters who claim she lifted the lyrics to her hit “Shake It Off” have reached an agreement to end the copyright lawsuit, which has gone on for five years. Both parties — Swift and songwriters Nathan Butler and Sean Hall — have asked a judge to “[dimiss] this action in its entirety.”
Netflix has landed the highly-anticipated live-action film adaptation of “My Hero Academia” from producer Legendary Entertainment. News of the live-action “My Hero Academia” movie broke in August 2021 with the announcement that renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (“Alice in Borderland”) would direct and executive produce the project, which marks his English-language debut. Sato will direct
Denis Villenueve’s “Dune: Part Two” has wrapped production. Timothée Chalamet, who plays Paul Atreides in the two-part, sci-fi epic, announced the news Monday on his Instagram along with a photo of his dad, Marc Chalamet. The sequel began filming back in July, with Villeneuve shooting on location in Budapest, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Italy. The
For Laura Mora, whose visceral and poetic drama “The Kings of the World” represents Colombia at the Oscars, shooting in the region of Bajo de Cauca was an act of defiance. “I was warned not to shoot there, that it was the most dangerous part of Colombia,” she recalls, adding: “Instead we only came across
In an to make up for the chaos surrounding Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour on-sale last month, the singer and Ticketmaster have offered fans a second chance at snagging tickets for the singer’s highly-anticipated Eras Tour. On Monday morning, fans who had signed up for Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan presale last month received an alert that they
A salute to A&M Records co-founder Jerry Moss that had been scheduled to take place at Los Angeles’ Music Center last winter, only to be postponed because of a pandemic resurgence, has at last been rescheduled for next month, now with an entirely different but equally star-studded lineup of live headliners. The event billed as
Shaquille O’Neal emceeing a New Year’s Eve party — and you’re invited to experience it in VR. “The Shaq-tacular Spectacular” is a one-hour special produced for Meta’s VR and social platforms. The recorded event will stream on Dec. 31 in a repeating loop — all night — featuring musical acts, celebrity entertainment and “an epic
Brad Pitt’s Plan B may have a new owner in Mediawan. But Pierre-Antoine Capton, the head of the conglomerate behind “Call My Agent!,” says he plans to take a hands-off approach to overseeing the Oscar-winning company he just bought. “Plan B will continue to operate independently with the same leadership,” Capton told Variety shortly after
R.J. Cutler’s production hub This Machine is developing another documentary about a music star — in this case, the late Olivia Newton-John, who died in August 2022. The feature-length doc will explore Newton-John’s life and work as an iconic entertainer, best-selling music artist, animal rights and environmental activist and health, wellness and plant medicine advocate.
Christopher Nolan revealed to Total Film magazine that he recreated the first nuclear weapon detonation without CGI effects as part of the production for his new movie “Oppenehimer.” The film stars longtime Nolan collaborator Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, a leading figure of the Manhattan Project and the creation the atomic bomb during World
John Boyega and Letitia Wright have known each other since meeting 13 years ago at the Identity School of Acting in London; later, they both appeared in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” miniseries. Boyega’s 2022 included turns in Abi Damaris Corbin’s Sundance standout “Breaking” and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King.” Meanwhile, in the wake of the tragic loss of
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for the ending and mid-credits scene in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” currently playing in theaters. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” saves its biggest surprise for the credits scene. Shuri (Letitia Wright) visits Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) at her home in Haiti, where it’s revealed that Nakia and the late T’Challah (Chadwick
British journalist Emma Tucker is the next editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires — the first female in the top editorial role at the News Corp business outlets. Tucker, currently editor of the U.K.’s Sunday Times (which also is owned by News Corp), will take over the role from Matt Murray early
Netflix has struck a deal with Japan’s Nippon TV for a second season of unscripted reality show “Old Enough!”. The show, which has played for some 30 years in Japan, takes as its core premise a child being given a responsible task on behalf of the family for the first time. These have included cooking
Golden Globes producers have a decision to make as the kudocast returns in January after a year off: How much should they address the elephant in the room, a.k.a. the Hollywood Foreign Press Association controversies that led to last year’s hiatus? For executive producer Jesse Collins, who’s showrunning this year’s Globes telecast, it’s a balance.
Despite being snubbed as India’s international feature at the upcoming 2023 Oscars, “RRR” picked up two nominations from the Golden Globes on Monday. Directed by S.S. Rajamouli, the three-hour action-musical epic was nominated for best non-English language film and original song for the track “Naatu Naatu,” written by Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani and Rahul
After teasing a big announcement on her social channels over the weekend, Janet Jackson revealed that she will be going on tour next year, with Ludacris as the opening act. The dates appear below. She also promises “There will be new music.” While her longwinded video announcement is short on details (but big on hellos
It’s rare for an author to do a second leg of book tour dates, but U2 have always been about breaking the mold and singer Bono’s tour in support of his “Stories of Surrender” memoir is no exception. However, all of the dates will be at New York’s Beacon Theatre, starting on April 16, 2023.
Genius Brands, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and SMAC Productions are developing and producing an animated space adventure series, titled “Blue Origins Space Rangers.” The children’s series will feature a diverse group of global youth and include appearances by Bezos and “Good Morning America” star Michael Strahan, who completed his 10-minute flight to space aboard Blue
Lee Jung-hyo, director of hit Korean series “Crash Landing on You” is set as director of “Doona!,” a coming-of-age drama series that tells the tale of a romance between a freshman college student and an established female pop idol. The show will play on Netflix in the New Year. K-pop star Suzy (aka Bae Suzy,
Chris Wallace gets to keep talking. A second 10-episode cycle of the newsmaker interview program “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace’ has been picked up for HBO Max and CNN. The next season will launch on HBO Max on Friday, January 6, with “best of” segments from full interviews curated for CNN. The second cycle of
Despite critically acclaimed films in 2022 from Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”), Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Woman King”) and Chinonye Chukwu (“Till”), the Golden Globes did not nominate a single woman for the best director category. No women were among the nominees for best director motion picture that recognized James Cameron (“Avatar: The Way of Water”), The
Tech mogul Elon Musk, who seems to think of himself as a comedian, unexpectedly showed up Sunday at a stand-up performance with Dave Chappelle in San Francisco. Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX who recently acquired Twitter, was loudly booed by the crowd when Chappelle introduced him by saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, make some
In what is being touted as a pioneering form of journalism training, the CNN Academy program last week staged a large-scale fictitious breaking news simulation using a movie set in Abu Dhabi and another facility in the city’s new Yas Creative Hub. CNN for the first time brought 88 participants from its CNN Academy programs
Mega-advertiser Procter & Gamble doesn’t want to wait until February to start playing in the Super Bowl. Football fans don’t even know which two teams will play in Super Bowl LVII, slated to be broadcast on Fox on Sunday. February 12 from Arizona. But they may soon have lots of familiarity with one of the
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