Dua Lipa is “ready to start the next chapter” after launching her single “Houdini.” The three-time Grammy winner shared her excitement to release new music while speaking on the red carpet at Variety’s Power of Women Presented by Lifetime on Thursday evening. A new album is expected sometime next year, though no official release plans
Month: November 2023
Paula Shugart is departing the Miss Universe Organization after 23 years as president, she revealed on Thursday night in El Salvador — where this year’s event is set to take place on Saturday. Shugart’s exit comes following news that Thailand-based Miss Universe owner JKN Global Group had filed for bankruptcy in its country, but insiders
Even Meghan Markle can’t fathom what has made her old USA Network drama “Suits” pop off on streaming services this year, but she’s here for it. While walking the red carpet at Variety’s Power of Women event Thursday, Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, was informed by Variety’s senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson that the legal
Former the CW network co-head John Maatta has launched a litigation-only law firm, Frost LLP, with litigator Christopher Frost and trial lawyer Josh Stambaugh. In addition to serving as co-head of the CW, Maatta has also served as COO and general counsel for the WB network, as well as the former CEO of Wizard World
Tish Melton, the 17-year-old singer who recently made a splash with her official debut single, “Michelle,” can’t wait to graduate high school next year and devote herself fully to her nascent music career. But in the meantime she’s got a hell of an early graduation present: a forthcoming debut EP helmed by one of the
Virginia Woolf‘s “Orlando: A Biography” is a centuries-spanning tale of a nobleman who, after a slumber that runs through several nights, metamorphoses into a woman. Inspired by and dedicated to Woolf’s lover, Vita Sackville-West, the classic 1928 novel has long been fodder for feminist and queer readings. The florid tale of a nobleman-cum-woman who fluidly
In the Latin Grammy Awards first year in Spain, it was only right that Catalan singer Rosalía kicked off the 24th annual ceremony with a flamenco ballad. With an orchestra of percussionists as her support, Rosalía gave a touching rendition of Spanish singer Rocío Jurado’s 1985 track, “Se Nos Rompió El Amor.” A student of
I volunteer as tribute to tell you what to watch this week! Welcome to this week’s What to Watch. We have an action-packed week ahead with ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ and ‘Trolls Band Together’ in theaters, along with ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ and ‘The Crown’ season 6 streaming on Netflix,
In the early 2000s, director Daniel Peddle turned his gaze to the lives of several young, masculine-presenting lesbians of color living in New York City. He called his documentary “The Aggressives,” in a nod to the label given to, but also embraced by, the women featured. The film was groundbreaking then and remains illuminating today.
Daniel Radcliffe almost made his directorial debut with the documentary “David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived,” about his “Harry Potter” stunt double who was left paralyzed after a tragic on-set accident. At the London premiere of the HBO and Sky doc, Radcliffe Zoomed in from New York City — where he’s currently starring in the
Welcome back to Panem! “The Hunger Games” franchise is officially revived with the release of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” a prequel film set many years before the rise of Katniss Everdeen. Based on the Suzanne Collins novel of the same name, the prequel centers on a young Coriolanus Snow as his experience mentoring
After the historically long dual WGA and SAG-Aftra strikes came to a resolution, ABC announced the return of scripted series with its midseason premiere schedule, revealing premiere dates officially set for new seasons of “Abbott Elementary,” “The Conners” and “9-1-1” among other popular titles. “Abbott Elementary” is scheduled to make its Season 3 premiere with
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Part 1 of Season 6 of “The Crown,” now streaming on Netflix. Fact check: Will Princess Diana‘s “ghost” make an appearance in Season 6 of “The Crown” as the U.K. tabloid have hysterically insisted? The answer is… kind of. Each season of “The Crown” has traditionally spanned a
Michael Fassbender is a two-time Academy Award nominee who trained at the Drama Centre London before touring with the Oxford Stage Company; he’s performed Chekov and Shakespeare and worked a veritable who’s who of greatest living directors. Rookie actor Kaimana had never even considered trying to be an actor, noting she avoided school plays “like
It could have been easy for Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s role in “The Holdovers” to be yet another stereotypical trope for Black women that Hollywood has lazily thrown out throughout history. If that had been the case, the actress tells Variety that would have passed. “When I meet with these studio execs and they ask ‘What
In honor of the late Robbie Robertson, whose “Killers of the Flower Moon” score was his final work, Martin Scorsese hosted a private tribute concert Wednesday in Los Angeles that had guests including Joni Mitchell, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone watching Jackson Browne and other musicians perform Robertson’s songs as well as score excerpts. The
Diddy has been accused of rape and a plethora of other crimes by his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, in a bombshell lawsuit that details disturbing claims that she says went on for years. The singer named the Bad Boy honcho in a federal suit she filed Thursday out of NYC — in which she makes a number
Diddy está siendo acusado de violación y una plétora de otros delitos por su exnovia, Cassie, en una explosiva demanda que detalla perturbadoras afirmaciones que, según ella, se prolongaron durante años. La cantante nombró a la cabeza de Bad Boy en una demanda federal que presentó el jueves afuera de Nueva York. En ella, hace
Sean Combs has been sued in federal court by Casandra Ventura, who once recorded for his Bad Boy label as Cassie, with the singer alleging that the music mogul raped and beat her over a period of a decade. In response, Combs’ team is characterizing the suit as the result of an unsuccessful shakedown attempt
Is this the year of Sandra Hüller? The German actress is currently starring in not one, but two high-profile projects that might have the goods to carry her through awards season. Hüller’s versatility is on display in Neon’s Palme d’Or-winning courtroom thriller “Anatomy of a Fall,” where she plays a woman accused of murdering her
FX has ordered the comedy “English Teacher” to series, Variety has learned. The show was originally ordered to pilot in June 2022. Created by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez, the show is said to follow “a high school teacher in Austin who’s trying to balance the competing demands of the students and their parents in
IBM said it was immediately pulling advertising from Elon Musk‘s X, formerly known as Twitter, after a report found that ads for the tech giant had appeared next to posts supporting Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X
Shoghakat Vardanyan‘s “1489,” which follows the director’s family after her brother goes missing while serving in the Armenian army, won documentary festival IDFA‘s best film prize Thursday. The jury of the International Competition section said it was film that “acts as a piercing light that makes visible the vast hidden interior landscape of grief and
The Northwest Film Forum has announced Mirta Desir as the awardee of its fourth annual Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” grant. Desir, a Haitian American, is producing her first narrative feature film “Angie.” She will receive an unrestricted award of $25,000 to support the making of her film, which she describes as a “love
“Yellowstone” is officially gearing up to go back into production. The megahit Paramount Network show will resume production on the final episodes of its fifth and final season in late spring 2024. This is the latest series to announce a return to production, with many scrambling to get back to work now that the dual
Former AMC psychodrama “Mary & George” has made the transition over to Starz with a 2024 premiere date, Starz announced on Thursday. Starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine, the seven-part series is inspired by the true story of Mary Villiers (Moore), who moulded her beautiful and charismatic son, George (Galitzine), to seduce King James VI
The other half of Brettsey is leaving the Windy City. The upcoming 12th season of “Chicago Fire” will be the last for Kara Killmer, who stars as Sylvie Brett. While Killmer will be in the first part of the season, it has not yet been determined how many episodes she will appear in. Killmer joined
The Latin Grammys 2023 are in full swing, with the 24th annual ceremony taking place in Seville, Spain. It’s set to be a Latin music spectacular, with a coterie of hosts for the evening including Sebastián Yatra, Roselyn Sánchez, Danna Paola and Paz Vega. A slate of winners were announced earlier this morning at the
Sony Pictures Television has promoted Andrew Plotkin to serve as head of drama development. Plotkin previously served as senior vice president of drama development for Sony TV. The promotion comes after the former head of drama development, Lauren Stein, was promoted to the newly created role of head of creative for Sony Pictures Television Studios.
“Unstable” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. The comedy series starring Rob Lowe and his son, John Owen Lowe, originally debuted on Netflix in March. Andrew Gurland has joined the show as the showrunner and executive producer, while co-creator Victor Fresco has exited the series. Production on Season 2 will begun in the
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