Donna Mills is set to guest star in the Jan. 17 episode of ABC’s crime series “The Rookie: Feds.” In an episode titled “Out for Blood,” Mills plays Layla Laughlin, a famous cosmetics maven who, according to the character description from ABC, had “humble beginnings,” and “began as a single mom who made her way
Month: January 2023
The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) has announced the nominations for the 59th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2023 with “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Elvis” among the nominees for motion pictures: live action. Among the films, TV shows and animated features nominated are “The Batman,” “Avatar:
Is Tom Hanks ever going to retire? At 66, the actor has appeared in almost 80 feature films during his four-decade tenure in Hollywood. At the New York premiere of his newest film, “A Man Called Otto,” Hanks cast doubt on the prospect of retirement. “No, I don’t have any desire [to retire],” Hanks told
As a young Russian cellist in Todd Field’s “Tár,” British musician Sophie Kauer steals her scenes with the formidable Cate Blanchett, playing the equally formidable superstar conductor Lydia Tár. It’s hard to believe that this is her first acting gig, but the 21-year-old musician dove into the character of Olga, an emerging talent who catches
James Cameron is once again debunking the claim that O.J. Simpson was originally cast as the Terminator in his groundbreaking 1984 action movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who ultimately won the role, ignited the rumor in 2019 after telling The Independent point blank that “it was actually O.J. Simpson that was the first-cast Terminator.” “Somehow [James Cameron]
Not long after winning multiple Oscars for “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro visited his hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico, where he discussed ways to support the local industry. Aside from launching two programs for Mexican animation talent to attend either the world-class Gobelins School in Paris through an Animexico scholarship or any film school
The nearly 30-year history of songwriting collaborations between Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach will be the subject of a four-CD/two-LP boxed set, “The Songs of Bacharach & Costello,” arriving March 3. The collection draws much of its live and studio material from 1998’s “Painted From Memory,” the Grammy-winning album that represented their sole joint release
Elizabeth Vargas, the longtime “20/20” anchor for ABC News, is gearing up for a daily evening-news program for upstart network NewsNation that she hopes will offer viewers a deep dive into the biggest stories of the day. “I’m not there to provide my opinion,” Vargas tells Variety. She intends to go over “the big stories
A “Dungeons & Dragons” live-action series has been ordered at Paramount+, Variety has confirmed. Rawson Marshall Thurber wrote the pilot for the series and will direct the first episode. Paramount+ has given the show an eight-episode order. The series is a co-production between eOne and Paramount Pictures, with eOne serving as the lead studio. Exact
CNN anchors may want to start going to the gym, because they could have a new workout in store. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed news outlet intends to roll out a new, kinetic on-air format that will take many of its personnel out of the usual position of sitting behind desks and instead aim to generate
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for “Yellowstone” Season 5. One of the biggest surprises on this season of “Yellowstone” is the introduction of Clara, played by Lilli Kay. The trusted assistant to now-Governor John Dutton (Kevin Costner), who fired everyone but her once he took control, has a firm push and pull with her boss,
It’s a fiery start to the new year on Wall Street for Warner Bros. Discovery, which has seen its shares jump 25% over the past five days and climb nearly 5% since the market opened Tuesday morning, following two top media analysts’ very positive 2023 outlooks for WBD. Goldman Sachs analyst Brett Feldman went so
Disney’s James Cameron blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fourth weekend in a row with £5.8 million ($7.1 million) and now has a running total of £57.2 million, per numbers released by Comscore. In its second weekend, in second place, Sony’s “Whitney Houston: I Wanna
Foo Fighters, Paramore and the Lumineers will headline Boston Calling, the annual three-day music festival taking place Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 – 28, 2023 in Allston, Mass. Headlining the festival on Friday, May 26th are Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters; the Lumineers, the soulful alt-folk hit makers from Denver, CO, will
HOST After a successful debut in 2022, Mo Gilligan is set to return as host of the Brit Awards in 2023. Triple BAFTA winner Gilligan is one of the U.K.’s biggest comedy stars. His Netflix originals are extremely popular and he fronts his own multi-award winning entertainment format “The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan.” He is also a judge
Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Paramore, Lil Nas X and others are the top-billed acts for the 2023 Bonnaroo Festival & Arts Festival, taking place June 15-18, 2023 on the Bonnaroo Farm, 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, Tenn. Performances will take place across more than 10 stages “around the clock,” according to the
Los Angeles and London-based management and production company 42 (“The Silent Twins”) has appointed former Netflix and Tiger Aspect Productions executive Ben Cavey (“Bad Education”) to the newly created role of head of comedy and entertainment. Based in 42’s Los Angeles office, Cavey will spearhead the company’s expansion into the two genres, producing projects and
The BBC is in discussions to acquire the U.S. adaptation of hit format “The Traitors” following its runaway success in the U.K., Variety has learned. Sources indicate that BBC executives have been keen to get their hands on the Alan Cumming-hosted reality show — which launches on NBC-owned streaming service Peacock on Thursday (Jan. 12)
Digital publisher G/O Media has finally found an editorial director — filling a role had been vacant for a year and half — hiring veteran journalist and media exec Merrill Brown for the job. As editorial director, Brown will oversee the newsrooms and coverage of all G/O Media properties, which include Gizmodo, The Onion, The
Check out the official Beau is Afraid trailer starring Joaquin Phoenix! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Beau is Afraid: https://www.fandango.com/beau-is-afraid-2023-230700/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: April 21, 2023 Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan Directed
Fremantle has unveiled a new European leadership team. The expanding content company owned by German giant RTL has created two new CEO roles. One for Northern Europe, for which it has upped its Amsterdam-based exec Georgette Schlick, the other for Southern Europe, for which it has poached prominent Paramount Global Southern Europe and Middle East
Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival announced Tuesday lineup for its 46th edition, with “Danish Girl” star Alicia Vikander and double Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Östlund among attendees. The biggest festival in Scandinavia, Göteborg opens with the world premiere of Abbe Hassan’s “Exodus” on Jan. 27. Its closing film is “Camino” by Birgitte Stærmose. The festival will screen 250
In the run-up to Content Americas, EO Media, headed by Eze Olzanski, former Gaumont VP Latin America, has clinched all rights for Latin America on a slate of star-driven movies from Canal+ company SPI International. Movies take in titles starring “Mad Men” and “Top Gun: Maverick’s” Jon Hamm (“Corner Office”), “The Princess Switch” double or
Disney’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has been given permission to extend its current run in mainland Chinese cinemas beyond the 30-day theatrical period normally granted to Hollywood films imported into the country. Such decisions are in the gift of the government regulators that oversee the sector and which have blocked Disney’s Marvel movies from
Newen Connect, the film and TV distribution arm of the French media group Newen Studios, is launching a raft of comedies at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous event in Paris this week. New titles include “Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan,” based on the book “Comedy.” It’s produced by UGC and Romain Rotjman’s Les Films du 24, the team
Les Films du Losange has boarded “Un silence,” the new thought-provoking film by Belgian filmmaker Joachim Lafosse (“The Restless”) starring Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuelle Devos. The company has unveiled an exclusive first still of the timely drama on the eve of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous market in Paris which kicks off this week. The plot remains enigmatic but
Revelation Films has acquired worldwide rights to “I Am Norwell Roberts,” the autobiography of the U.K.’s first Black police officer, Norwell Roberts. U.K.-based Revelation is initially developing a documentary feature with plans to expand into scripted, told against a backdrop of social and political events from each decade of his life and career. These events will
Europe-focused streamer SkyShowtime has acquired exclusive European rights for 21 local series from Warner Bros. Discovery, including some of HBO Max’s shows from the region, following a competitive process. The deal gives SkyShowtime 168 episodes, or over 150 hours, of new and previously aired original programming. Financial terms were not disclosed. New shows as part
There’s plainly something seductive about depicting the end of the world — especially if it comes from beyond human hands. The people living through “The Last of Us” are, in a sense, blameless: They’re enduring a zombie apocalypse brought about when the cordyceps fungus leaped into humans, turning many people into brain-dead vectors for sharing
Yash Raj Films has released a trailer for much anticipated Bollywood film “Pathaan,” starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padikone and John Abraham. After a dismal 2022 where flops far outnumbered hits among Hindi-language films, and which ended with the box office failure of Ranveer Singh’s “Cirkus” on which Bollywood analysts were resting their revival
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