Month: March 2023

Chanel West Coast, who has co-hosted MTV’s “Ridiculousness” with creator Rob Dyrdek and co-host Sterling “Steelo” Brim since 2011, is leaving the clip show after 12 years. The recording artist has signed an overall deal with Paramount Media Networks, under which she’ll executive produce, create and star in her own unscripted series. Additionally, the TV
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Kelly Clarkson has announced that she will headline an exclusive Las Vegas engagement called “Chemistry…an Intimate Night With Kelly Clarkson,” opening Friday, July 28, 2023 at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (formerly Zappos Theater). The evening is described as “an intimate music experience that spans her two-decade long catalog of award-winning hits.” See Variety‘s cover story on Clarkson here. “I am
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Charles D. King’s Macro and General Motors have partnered to launch a multicultural marketing program designed to help develop the next generation of marketing executives. General Motors Marketing Academy Powered by Macro will be a five-month program for eight finalists who will receive instruction, mentoring and networking opportunities in the areas of marketing, branding, PR
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Elizaveta Porodina Beauty compounds. That’s the theme of Wes Gordon’s latest campaign for Carolina Herrera (as in treatments formulated to deliver results). For their fifth collaboration since 2020, Gordon once again teamed up with photographer Elizaveta Porodina—but this time, to amplify the artistry of the designer’s resort and spring/summer 2023 collections, he tapped Dove Cameron
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In cricket-mad India the upcoming Indian Premier League tournament could be a watershed for the country’s jostling media empires, according to Singapore-based consultancy and analysis firm, Media Partners Asia. Video rights for the tournament were split between incumbent pay-TV player Disney Star India, which paid close to $3.1 billion for broadcast rights to the five
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SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers are ahead for “John Wick: Chapter 4,” now playing in theaters. Is John Wick really dead? The end of “John Wick: Chapter 4” throws fans of the long-running action franchise a twist by seemingly killing off the eponymous assassin. John participates in a sunrise duel to free himself of the High Table, with
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Ram Charan, star of Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning film “RRR,” has revealed the title of his next film. “Game Changer it is!!!!,” Charan said, revealing the title of the film on his birthday, March 27. The project identified as “RC15” until now, is directed by Shankar Shanmugam, known for his big-budget extravaganzas including “Sivaji,” “Enthiran”
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APPOINTMENTS U.K. podcast production outfit Blanchard House has tapped HBO Max podcasting strategy director Hassan Chaudhry as its new head of partnerships and strategy, Variety can exclusively reveal. Meanwhile Amica Sciortino Nowlan, formerly of The Economist, joins as managing producer. The new hires come ahead of a busy year for the podcast outfit, which is
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The Venice Film Festival will honor “The Night Porter” director Liliana Cavani and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, the Hong Kong star of “In the Mood for Love” and Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” with its 2023 Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement. Cavani first attended Venice in 1965 with the historical doc “Philippe Pétain:
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The U.K.’s Channel 4 has commissioned Wonderhood Studios to produce a documentary film charting the life of Angel Lynn, a young woman who suffered severe life-changing injuries while trying to escape an abusive relationship. The life of Lynn, an 18-year-old college student from Loughborough with ambitions to become a forensic scientist, changed forever when she started a
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Japanese animation film “Suzume” made just shy of $50 million on its opening weekend in mainland Chinese theaters. Data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, shows “Suzume” grabbing the top spot at the box office with $49.6 million (RMB342 million) between Friday and Sunday. That is the biggest opening score by any film this year outside of
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SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 4 premiere of “Succession,” now streaming on HBO Max. In the season premiere of “Succession” — despite having gotten the deal he seemingly wanted — media titan Logan Roy (Brian Cox) paces through his birthday party, looking lost and miserable. Having pushed away his adult children Kendall
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We asked strangers at Universal City Walk which song they think Bowser would sing karaoke to. #shorts ► Buy Tickets for The Super Mario Bros. Movie: https://www.fandango.com/the-super-mario-bros-movie-2023-229649/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc ► Learn more: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_super_mario_bros_movie?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc
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Jesse Armstrong saddened millions of fans in February when he announced that the upcoming season of “Succession” would be its last. According to the creator and showrunner of the HBO corporate drama, the ending of Season 4 felt “natural,” but he nonetheless secretly hoped someone would talk him out of wrapping up the series, which
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Animals rights activists have condemned the death of a horse on the set of Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” On March 21, a horse suffered cardiac arrest ahead of rehearsals on the production of the fantasy streaming series. Amazon Studios released a statement confirming the situation on Sunday morning.
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The defense lawyer of Jonathan Majors says the actor is “completely innocent” and “provably the victim” after he was arrested on Saturday in Manhattan and charged with strangulation, assault and harassment in what New York Police Department described as a “domestic dispute.” “Jonathan Majors is completely innocent and is provably the victim of an altercation
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“John Wick: Chapter 4” knocked down the box office competition, collecting a remarkable $73.5 million in its opening weekend. Boosted by positive reviews and enthusiastic word-of-mouth, the fourth installment in Lionsgate’s action series, led by Keanu Reeves as a legendary assassin, landed the best start of the franchise. It’s one of the rare original properties to keep
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