Hulu has acquired “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” the streamer announced on Monday. The four-part series marks the first-ever docuseries on the band’s history with full cooperation from all past and present members of Bon Jovi. It also promises to give viewers a glimpse at the life of the frontman behind the music.
Month: January 2024
MrBeast, the massively popular YouTube creator known for big-money giveaways and outlandish stunts, is nearing a deal for a reality-competition show with Amazon‘s Prime Video, Variety has confirmed. Details of the show, including its title, aren’t known. But the idea is that a MrBeast-hosted show for Prime Video would follow the format of his viral
Justine Triet‘s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall” picked up top accolades at the 29th Lumiere Awards, France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes, at a ceremony held Monday at the Forum des Images in Paris. While Triet lost the best director nod to Thomas Cailley for his supernatural family drama “The Animal Kingdom,” “Anatomy
“It’s What’s Inside,” a horror movie that premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, has sold to Netflix for $17 million. The film isn’t playing in theaters and will land directly on the streamer at a yet-to-be-determined date. First-time filmmaker Greg Jardin directed “It’s What’s Inside,” which is set at a pre-wedding party that descends
Latin America is about to get an array of new thematic channels, thanks to a strategic partnership between Canal+ Group’s Thema America and SPI Int’l. SPI Int’l’s popular channels FunBox UHD, FilmBox Arthouse, Gametoon, FightBox, DocuBox, Fast&FunBox, FashionBox, Erox, Eroxxx, and 360TuneBox, will be distributed across the region via Thema America, which will represent and
“Love Me,” from filmmaker duo Sam and Andy Zuchero, received the juried feature film prize from Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s joint Science-in-Film initiative at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The prize is awarded to a film that focuses on science or technology as a theme or depicts a scientist, engineer or mathematician
We’re living in the age of “Barbie,” and nowhere has that been more evident than the custom fashions Margot Robbie and stylist Andrew Mukamal curated for the billion-dollar grossing movie’s press tour. Since debuting the first look at “Barbie” at CinemaCon in April 2022, Robbie has rocked Barbiecore styles on nearly every red carpet and
Netflix‘s film chief Scott Stuber is leaving the streamer to start a new production company. The exec will stay at Netflix through the middle of March, after which chief content officer Bela Bajaria will find his replacement, according to those familiar with the situation. Stuber has secured financing for this new endeavor, which will focus
“Home Alone” star Devin Ratray‘s domestic violence trial has been delayed … after his lawyers informed the judge he was hospitalized “in critical condition.” A family member tells TMZ … Devin — best known for his role as Buzz McCallister — has now been released from the NYC hospital and is back home resting on
El juicio por violencia doméstica por el que está pasando el actor de “Mi Pobre Angelito” —Devin Ratray— se ha retrasado después de que sus abogados le informaron al juez que fue hospitalizado “en estado crítico”. Un miembro de la familia le dice a TMZ que Devin —más conocido por su papel de Buzz McCallister—
Scott Manners, a veteran talent agent who co-founded Artists & Representatives, died Friday, Jan. 19. He was 68. He died at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family, after a bout of ALS. The partners at Artists & Representatives announced Manners’ passing in a statement, writing, “Through the years, we have each been moved
Oscar-nominated film director and producer Norman Jewison, who steered the 1967 racial drama “In the Heat of the Night” to a best picture Oscar and also helmed such popular films as “Moonstruck,” “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming” and “The Thomas Crown Affair,” as well as film musicals “Fiddler on the Roof” and
Viewership of “True Detective: Night Country” saw a 28% increase with its newest installment on Sunday night. After the season premiered with 2 million viewers last week, Episode 2 reached 2.6 million viewers. These numbers, which combine Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on HBO with first-party data from HBO regarding streams on Max through each
New releases from 21 Savage, Kali Uchis and Ariana Grande have flooded the top of the Billboard charts with record-breaking and career-defining entrances. Leading the Billboard 200 this week is “American Dream,” 21 Savage’s fourth No. 1 album. The set — which earned 21 his biggest streaming week to date as a solo act —
The union representing Hollywood musicians begins bargaining on Monday with demands for streaming residuals and protections from artificial intelligence. The American Federation of Musicians kicked off the talks with a rain-soaked rally at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, home of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the major studios.
Channing Dungey first joined Warner Bros. TV Group as chairman in late 2020 — right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which made for an interesting first year on the job. Then came the Warner Media-Discovery merger in 2022, and the restructuring that came with it. In 2023, the Hollywood strikes disrupted the business
“Doctor Who” and “True Detective” star Christopher Eccleston has revealed he was once accused of “copping a feel” by an A-list actor with whom he was shooting a sex scene. Eccleston described the accusation as an “abuse of power.” “I did a sex scene with an A-list actress – not Nicole Kidman, who was brilliant
Hulu debuted first look images from its new limited series “We Were the Lucky Ones,” starring Joey King and Logan Lerman. The first three episodes will premiere on the streamer on March 28, with the following episodes coming out weekly. The series is a television adaptation of Georgia Hunter’s novel “We Were the Lucky Ones.”
Charter Communications, the second-biggest cable operator in the U.S., has reached a second deal to bring a premium streaming service to Spectrum TV customers. TelevisaUnivision and Charter announced a multiyear carriage-renewal agreement, under which the cable operator will bundle TelevisaUnivision’s new ad-supported premium subscription version of ViX — set to launch later this year —
The beloved California festival Lightning in a Bottle will host Skrillex, Labrinth, James Blake, M.I.A., Floating Points, Honey Dijon and Bomba Estéreo, among others for its 21st iteration at Buena Vista Lake on Memorial Day Weekend (May 22-27). See the complete list of performing artists below. With Skrillex as a headlining dance act, EDM fans
Check out the Official Trailer for Hit Man starring Glen Powell! ► Buy Tickets on Fandango: http://www.fandango.com/?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: June 7, 2024 Starring: Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Glen Powell Director: Richard
Comedian Hannah Berner, who was named one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” for 2023, is set to record her first comedy special for Netflix. The hour-long special will be taped in Philadelphia, Pa., at the Fillmore on Sat., March 23. Tickets are now on sale exclusively at www.HannahBerner.com and also available on Ticketmaster. “This
No more thinking required, Mark! The second half of “Invincible‘s” second season will fly its way into Amazon’s Prime Video on March 14 – the 21st anniversary of the inception of the comic book that inspired it. Prime Video plans to premiere the second half of its eight-episode second season in March – with four
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Every episode of “Reacher” Season 2, the most-viewed show on Prime Video so far this year, is available to stream online. Season 2 of the series is based on “Bad Luck and Trouble,” the
Sharb Farjami will take the reins of the North American operations of GroupM, the media-investment giant that is part of WPP. Farjami had been CEO of North American for Wavemaker, one of the big media-buying units of GroupM. “Sharb is a hands-on, collaborative leader and a brilliant thinker about the issues shaping the future of
Concert promoter Goldenvoice has announced the 2024 lineup for the fourth annual Just Like Heaven Festival, which will take place at Brookside at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on May 18. The Postal Service is set to headline the one-day event, where the indie pop supergroup will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its only
Billy Joel is back with new music for the first time in 17 years. The singer-songwriter has announced the release of “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first solo song since 2007 and second since 1993. The track is slated to hit streaming services on February 1, and will additionally be released on limited edition
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After premiering at Venice Film Festival in August and hitting theaters in December, Michael Mann‘s “Ferrari” will become available on digital starting Jan. 23, and on Blu-ray/DVD on March 12. Based on the biography
Hi, Barbie! Great news: Greta Gerwig‘s film based on the iconic Mattel doll leads the 14th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nominations with three nods – including best song for both Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken.” “Barbie’s” third nomination was in best music supervision for a
Mavis Beacon taught the world to type. Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. But it often comes as a shock to find out that Beacon never really existed. A triumph of the advertisers’ art, the
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