Since hip-hop group the Roots launched its inaugural Roots Picnic in 2008, it’s mostly been confined to the collective’s hometown of Philadelphia. But next year, they plan on shifting it over to the West Coast. The Roots have partnered with Live Nation Urban for “Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life,” set to
Month: December 2023
The prophecy may now come to pass: There’s a good chance Jeremy Allen White wins a Golden Globe Award for Season 2 of “The Bear,” a week before he wins an Emmy… for Season 1 of “The Bear.” Ditto the show’s Ayo Edibiri (who could win a lead female actor Globe for the show’s sophomore
At the close of a particularly fraught year for Hollywood screenwriters, Monday saw the release of the annual Black List – a ranking of the top unproduced scripts in show business. Voted on by nearly 400 creative executives, this year’s favorite project that has yet to receive a greenlight is “Bad Boy” by Travis Braun,
Bravo has announced that Season 11 of “Vanderpump Rules” — which became a sensation earlier this year during its 10th season because of the #Scandoval, a cheating scandal within the cast — will premiere on Jan. 30. Two of the three #Scandoval principals, Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval, who broke up in March after she learned of
Jennifer Aniston wants the world to know that Matthew Perry was in a good place before his untimely death. In her first interview following the loss of her “Friends” co-star, Aniston told Variety she hopes Perry is remembered “as he said he’d love to be remembered” — a man who lived well and helped others.
Tom Pelphrey has been cast in HBO‘s untitled Task Force series from Brad Ingelsby. The drama is currently in pre-production. The “Guiding Light” alum will play Robbie, a sanitation worker and dreamer who has been knocked around by life, but has always gotten back up again. Based on an original idea from Ingelsby (“Mare of
No surprise here: “Barbenheimer” led the field on the top-trending Google searches of the year in movies, while HBO’s dystopian video-game adaptation “The Last of Us” came out on top on the TV front. The Google year-in-review 2023 lists, released Monday, are based on data about the top-trending searches in the U.S., tracking queries that
“The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule hesitated to take on the latest incarnation of Alice Walker’s sacred text. However, when he revisited the book, the first line (“Dear God, I’m 14 years old”) struck him as a way to navigate a familiar story and “keep expanding Celie’s imagination.” In the new musical movie adaptation, as
The Oscar race is coming into focus with the Golden Globes nominations. Four clear candidates have emerged in the race for best picture – Apple Original “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Universal Pictures’ “Oppenheimer” from drama and “Barbie” and “Poor Things” from comedy. Those four movies also received the most nominations of the day.
Candice Huffine, one of the faces of Victoria’s Secret’s holiday campaign, knows a thing or two about gift-giving. And this year, the longtime model and owner of the coffee shop One Trick Pony in Westhampton Beach clued us in on her best tip: “No matter how big or small the gift may be, let the
At least one auld acquaintance won’t be present for CNN‘s annual coverage of the nation’s New Year’s Eve festivities. Sara Sidner and Cari Champion will take over the Warner Bros. Discovery network’s wee-hours broadcast on New Year’s Eve, holding forth during a slot that for years served as a showcase for raucous antics from Don
Nicki Minaj has announced the complete lineup for her 2024 “Pink Friday 2 World Tour.” Minaj will headline arena shows in North America and Europe, including appearances at Rolling Loud California and Dreamville Festival. This is her largest tour to date, and the full routing and ticketing information can be found below. Tickets will be
The Lippin Group has restructured operations, promoting a trio of veterans to the new posts of managing director and office of the chairman. Matt Biscuiti, Kevin Broderick and Katie Fuchs will serve as key lieutenants to chairman-CEO Dick Lippin, who has led the communications and marketing firm for more than 35 years. Biscuiti and Fuchs
The show is over for Showtime as a standalone brand. As of Jan. 8, 2024, Paramount Global will rebrand the linear Showtime cable network as Paramount+ With Showtime — the same name as the company’s top-tier streaming package. With the name change, the premium cable network will add select Paramount+ original series. Confusingly, however, some
Considering the tragedy and devastation brought upon the United States by gun violence, it’s surprising that more musicians and artists aren’t working to fight it, but Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, Kevin Bacon and a number of others stepped up at a concert and discussion panel in New York last week sponsored by the nonprofits Artist
Golden Globes exec producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner (of White Cherry Entertainment) don’t appear to be sweating the fact that with less than a month to go, there’s still no announced host for this year’s ceremony. “Or is there?” Weiss quipped, a bit mysteriously. “We have to leave some room for some interesting announcements
Netflix is adding another live sports event to its calendar: the Netflix Slam, featuring Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in a special one-night tennis exhibition match. The event is scheduled for Sunday, March 3, 2024, at noon PT at the Michelob Ultra Arena at MGM Resorts International’s Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las
European Union officials have reached a provisional deal on a legal framework for the development and use of artificial intelligence within Europe, calling for greater transparency as well as setting parameters for high-risk AI. The political agreement, which has yet to be detailed and came together following 37 hours of debates within the European Commission,
For two seasons, Colman Domingo and Jacob Elordi have passed each other on the set of the megahit HBO drama “Euphoria” without ever sharing a scene. That’s why Domingo, who won an Emmy for guest actor in the show, describes this conversation as “an overdue coffee” — just without the caffeine kick. As the actors
Check out the official featurette for The Color Purple starring Taraji P. Henson! ► Sign Up for a FanAlert on Fandango: https://www.fandango.com/the-color-purple-2023-232040/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 ► Shop Rotten Tomatoes: http://bit.ly/3KvCU1M US Release Date: December 25, 2023 Starring: Colman Domingo, Danielle
While the war in Ukraine has upended global geopolitics and ratcheted up tensions between Russia and the West, the impact has been especially profound across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where many inhabitants have themselves been the victims of Moscow’s aggression in the past. In Kazakhstan, which shares the world’s longest land border with Putin’s
Three decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, an emerging generation of filmmakers born and raised in the independent countries of Central Asia is giving an exhilarating charge to the region’s cinema and helping to put their unheralded industries on the map. Leading Kazakh film critic Gulnara Abikeyeva says these “children of independence” are
Siberian-born entrepreneur Arsen Tomsky is not your typical tech mogul. The CEO of the California-based technology company inDrive got his start far from Silicon Valley, when he designed a ride-hailing app in his native Yakutsk to compete with the cartels that controlled the local taxi industry. One decade later, Tomsky launched the Alternativa Film Project,
Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Helen Hunt are attached to star in Peter Greenaway‘s drama “Lucca Mortis,” which has started filming in the Tuscan city of Lucca. The new film by the 81-year-old iconoclastic British filmmaker and artist — known for arthouse hits such as “The Draughtsman’s Contract,” “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and
Greek non-profit creative incubator Oxbelly has revealed the participants of its 2023 retreat for writers in episodic, fiction and poetry. Founded by producer and Faliro House founder Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Oxbelly is known for its screenwriters and directors labs — which run under the artistic direction of Athina Rachel Tsangari — and draws a number
Lena Dunham and her husband Luis Felber have co-created a romantic comedy series titled “Too Much” for Netflix. Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe are set to star. “Too Much” follows Jessica (Stalter), a New York workaholic in her mid-30s who is reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating
Variety Hitmaker of the Year SZA, Karol G and Peso Pluma are among the big honorees in the Recording Industry Association of America’s year-end tally and its “Class of 2023,” recognizing the top albums, singles and first-timers who earned their first Gold & Platinum certifications in 2023. Highlights include: SZA has the most certifications with
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” a feminist phenomenon that traces its origins to toy store shelves, dominated nominations for the 2024 Golden Globe Awards. Its 10 nods makes the movie the second most-nominated in the 81-year history of the show, tying it with “Cabaret.” “Barbie” was followed closely by “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan’s look at J. Robert Oppenheimer
The 2024 awards season is starting up, and the Golden Globes nominations are ready to be unveiled. The film and TV nominees will be announced on Monday, Dec. 11, at 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT. Wilmer Valderrama and Cedric the Entertainer are slated to announce the nominees, which will initially be revealed on CBSNews.com/GoldenGlobes. Ten
Denzel Washington being cast in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Netflix movie as ancient Carthaginian general Hannibal is sparking some controversy in Tunisia, the home country of the great military commander. According to French newspaper Courrier International, there are complaints about depicting the Carthaginian general as a Black African being made in the media and the Tunisian parliament.
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