Month: January 2023

Channing Tatum has already gone on record saying he hated starring in 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” so it’s not too surprising to hear the actor’s most recent revelation that he tried to avoid acting in the movie almost a dozen times. Participating in a lie detector test for Vanity Fair, Tatum said
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Variety is returning to the Sundance Film Festival this year with its annual Interview Studio, presented by Audible. Throughout the festival, videos from the interview studio will be distributed across Variety.com as well as Variety and Audible’s social media channels (Instagram: @audible, @Variety; Twitter: @audible_com, @Variety; TikTok: @audible, @VarietyMagazine), beginning on Friday, Jan. 20.   Running through Monday, Jan.
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Jake Sully is about to be replaced by his own son. In a recent interview on “Soundtracking with Edith Bowman,” James Cameron let it slip that his “Avatar” franchise will feature a different narrator for each of the remaining three sequels. Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, was the narrator in “Avatar” and “Avatar: The
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As part of its Tuesday panel at the Television Critics Association 2023 winter press tour, Masterpiece has announced two new projects including a biographical series about Noele “Nolly” Gordon starring Helena Bonham Carter and “Moonflower Murders,” the follow up project to “Magpie Murders,” are in the works for the network. “Nolly” tells the story of
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Steven Spielberg announced on the Smartless podcast (via The Playlist) that he plans to direct television sometime in the future. Spielberg is no stranger to the small screen, having produced acclaimed miniseries such as HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” but he has never personally directed an entire TV show before. That will change in the future, he said
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Myiea Coy, the Emmy-winning executive producer of “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” has joined Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films as senior vice president of television. Coy joins the production company after serving as vice president of development at Bunim Murray Productions, where she co-developed PBS’ “The Day You Begin,” executive produced “Collab Crib” and
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Veteran sports journalist Rachel Nichols will work as a contributor to CBS’s overall basketball coverage. The network does not carry NBA games. However, CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports share men’s March Madness rights through 2032. Nichols will find other venues on CBS to share her insights and analysis. That assignment is only one item on a busy
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Emmy-winning “Euphoria” makeup artist Donni Davy has just released five new blush products as part of her beauty brand Half Magic, which the founder first launched last May. While the brand’s first collection is
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Luanne Dietz, three-time Emmy award-winner and former Amazon content leader, has joined Evolve Studios as vice president of branded content. In the newly created role, Dietz will reach audiences through short and long-form films as well as brand partnerships and intentional brand campaigns. At Amazon, Dietz was the head of content strategy for The Climate
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YouTube and Goldenvoice, producer of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, renewed their exclusive livestream and content partnership for the annual event through 2026. The upcoming Coachella 2023 festival will mark the 11th year that YouTube is serving as its exclusive worldwide livestreaming partner. Coachella, which is North America’s largest music festival, has already
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“The Pale Blue Eye” has toppled “Glass Onion” for the top spot on Netflix’s Top 10 English-Language films list. Directed by Scott Cooper, the Christian Bale-led drama debuted on the chart with 39.86 million hours viewed and was in the Top 10 in 92 countries. After joining Netflix’s Most Popular Films List at No. 9
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Craig Ferguson, the comic who anchored CBS’ “Late Late Show” for nine years, is hoping to make a return to wee-hours programming. Sony Pictures Television aims to launch a new half-hour syndicated late-night talk show led by Ferguson in the fall. “Channel Surf with Craig Ferguson” will review “the shocking, surprising and hilarious moments of
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Mia Goth has been a secret weapon of auteurs ever since her preternatural debut in Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” at 18. Since then, she has been a scene-stealer in films by Luca Guadagnino (2018’s “Suspiria”), Claire Denis (2018’s “High Life”) and Autumn de Wilde (2020’s “Emma”). Her profile exploded last year after she starred in
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China has lifted its unofficial ban on Marvel titles, bestowing release dates for two major superhero tentpoles, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which was released everywhere else in the world last November, will open in China on Feb. 7. Shortly after, “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania”
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With fingers tightly crossed, the Slamdance Film Festival plans a return to in-person screenings Jan. 20 29 in Utah, but its organizers have not forgotten the lessons they learned during two years of pandemic pivots. “Something that’s become abundantly clear to us that’s important for the survival of independent film is accessibility,” festival producer Michael
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A phone call from 40 years ago still breaks Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ heart. It came in the early ’80s, when her father, Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, rang to deliver a harsh review of his daughter’s inaugural season on “Saturday Night Live.” Louis-Dreyfus wanted the approval of the noted Franco-American entrepreneur. She’d dropped out of Northwestern at 21, after
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