ABC’s “Golden Wedding” showed a strong performance as fans gathered to watch the network’s first Golden bachelor, Gerry Turner, and Theresa Nist walk down the aisle. The Thursday night broadcast reached an audience of 5.22 million total viewers and averaged a .63 rating among the key adults 18-49 demographic according to National Live+Same Day data
Month: January 2024
Rapper 21 Savage is back, and he’s recruited Donald Glover and “Stranger Things” star Caleb McLaughlin to play him in a trailer for what is apparently a film titled “American Dream: The 21 Savage Story,” a memoir of his incarceration by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) beginning in 2019. As part of then-president
As streaming has returned the music industry to health over the past decade, with year after year of growth, people have not wanted to admit that, since the pandemic, that growth has slowed down significantly. While we saw double-digit revenue increases for several years in the latter half of the 2010s, the average number of
Samuel Theis, who played the husband of Sandra Hüller’s character in Justine Triet’s Golden Globe-winning film “Anatomy of a Fall,” was ousted from the shoot of his third directorial outing, “Je te jure,” after being accused of rape by a crew member, Variety has confirmed. For the remainder of production, Theis remained on location but
Jenny Han’s production banner Jenny Kissed Me has promoted “The Summer I Turned Pretty” associate producer Victoria Storm to vice president of television and films. In the role, Storm will oversee film and television development for the production company, which is currently under an overall deal with Amazon Studios. “Victoria has been by my side
Almost three years after he rode a stripper pole into the depths of hell and onto the Devil’s lap, Lil Nas X is back to stir up more controversy — or perhaps to see the light. The chart-topping pop star returns on Jan. 12, with a new song titled “J Christ.” Nas imitates Jesus Christ
Spotify has just announced a new free in-flight docuseries that encourages songwriters, producers and artists from “twin cities” — locations that share similar cultural and historical identities — to collaborate on new music. The inaugural episode of the “The Passport Sessions” is titled “From Miami to Medellín” and features songwriter Andy Clay (Guaynna, Chayanne, Anitta,
Jo Koy appeared on “GMA3: What You Need to Know” and reacted to the overwhelmingly negative reviews he received as the host of the 2024 Golden Globes. The comedian admitted that backlash to his hosting duties hurts a bit. Variety’s television critic Alison Herman panned Koy as “woefully unqualified” to be an awards show host.
Play video content #GetSome With Gary Owen Gary Owen was one of the select few comedians Katt Williams spared in his wild “Club Shay Shay” interview, and turns out Gary has some explosive stories of his own to share. Katt likened GO’s lack of crossover success to NOT joining the Illuminati — unlike Ludacris, who
TV has long been the place where advertisers go to get the broadest audiences in media. But NBCUniversal is touting it as a venue where Madison Avenue can also find some of its narrowest. The company, which has spent months pressing advertisers to envision deals that encompass both traditional TV and new-tech streaming, is planning
In one of the more inspired artist-related competitions we’ve seen in recent years, the members of Metallica have selected the best marching band covers of their songs in the “For Whom the Band Tolls” matchup. The winners, who split nearly $200,000 in prizes, showed an inspired variety of interpretations, usually performing a medley of the
Emma Thompson has boarded Ben Whishaw short film “Good Boy” as an executive producer. The grief-inspired short was written and directed by Tom Stuart. It tells the story of a young man called Danny (played by Whishaw) who grows increasingly desperate as he finds himself ferrying around his mother and a dead pigeon in the
Memento International has boarded “Arenas,” Camille Perton’s feature debut set in the world of professional soccer, starring Édgar Ramírez (“Carlos”), Iliès Kadri (“Nobody’s Hero”), Sofian Khammes (“November”) and Lorenzo Zurzolo (“EO”). Now in post-production, the film shot across Lyon, Monaco, Nice and Baku in Azerbaijan. Memento International will kick off sales at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous
Josh Hutcherson starred in one of 2023 biggest box office success stories — the horror video game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy’s” — and he recently told Variety that things are moving along on the second chapter. Hutcherson, who is currently on the press circuit for the action movie “The Beekeeper,” suggested the status of a “Five
“Barbie” may have dominated the global box office in 2023 but it turns out even the dextrous doll doesn’t stand a chance against…well, “Black Adam” as it turns out. Despite disappointing at the box office, Dwayne Johnson’s mystic anti-hero has soared in the U.K.’s DVD charts, beating out a host of big name titles to
“Barbie” may have won the box office battle, but “Oppenheimer” won the awards. The Golden Globes Awards cemented Christopher Nolan’s historical drama as the Oscar frontrunner, and and made other contenders re-group and re-think their campaign strategies. As Hollywood recovers from an epic night of schmoozing and partying, it’s a good time to take stock
Kevin Negandhi may not be the most controversial sports host at ESPN — no one’s heard him slam executives on air or suggest he needs a higher salary — but he is making a name for himself as one of the show-iest. There may be no format or program that Negandhi cannot handle. Yes, he
DAZN, a top sports streaming provider, has tapped Walker Jacobs as its first global chief revenue officer and president of DAZN U.S. Jacobs most recently served as Twitch’s chief revenue officer and managing director of sports for the Amazon Ads division, before exiting in December 2023 after five years with the company. At Twitch, Jacobs
Apple has set the release date for Vision Pro, its virtual- and augmented-reality headset — priced at a whopping $3,500 each and hyped as providing “the ultimate entertainment experience.” It marks the company’s most ambitious product launch in nearly a decade. The tech giant announced that Apple Vision Pro will be available at all U.S.
Bada bing! Warner Bros. Discovery‘s HBO and Max are celebrating the 25th anniversary of “The Sopranos” with an array of events for the iconic franchise. Among them: HBO has launched a new official Sopranos TikTok account for the series (@TheSopranos) featuring “Sopranos in :25,” a series comprising super-condensed, 25-second recaps of all 86 episodes. In
Top previz studio The Third Floor has tapped Joël Maguet as its managing director in London. Maguet joins from video game creative agency Maverick Media, part of Keywords Studios group. He has a background in film and advertising as well as overseeing campaigns for Electronic Arts, Square Enix and Bandai Namco, among others. “I’m thrilled
Indie Sales has boarded Nathalie Najem’s “No Way Back,” a timely feature debut tackling domestic violence with a cast led by Bastien Bouillon (“The Night of the 12th”) and Zita Hanrot (“Angry Annie”). Now in post, “No Way Back” will be introduced to buyers by the banner Indie Sales at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous showcase next
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. David Grann’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is still on the bestseller lists following Martin Scorsese‘s film adaptation, which made history at Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards, where Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous
Sting, Isabella Rossellini, and U.S. director Roger Ross Williams (“The Apollo,” “Stamped from the Beginning”) came out to support the recent New York launch of Matteo Garrone’s Venice prizewinning immigration epic “Io Capitano” at the Museum of Modern Art. The movie – which is Italy’s now shortlisted Oscar candidate for best international feature film – narrates
Jonathan Majors has spoken out out for the first time since a New York jury found the actor guilty of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend. The “Creed III” actor was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of harassment and assault over a domestic dispute in March 2023 with his former partner, Grace Jabbari. Majors, who has
Layoffs are in store at U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 amid a continuous decline in TV advertising, Variety has confirmed. The Guardian, which first broke the news, reported that as many as 200 jobs could be cut, marking the company’s biggest round of layoffs since 2008. According to Channel 4, the layoffs are necessary to “invest
Good mythical new year! Rhett & Link are taking their popular YouTube talk show “Good Mythical Morning” on the road for the first time. The creators, comedians, entrepreneurs and lifelong pals are launching the Good Mythical Tour, scheduled to hit nine cities across the country this spring. It kicks off May 28, 2024, at The
Idris Elba launched a campaign on Monday calling on U.K. Parliament to put an end to knife violence, particularly among the youth. Called Don’t Stop Your Future, the campaign aims to amplify the “voices of marginalized communities and those most affected by knife crime,” according to its website. Along with a message penned by Elba
The Golden Globes used to involve a predictable kind of chaos. The awards themselves were voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a small and notoriously corrupt organization with a clear set of biases. (In short: the more famous, the better.) Perhaps as a result, the televised broadcast has always been looser, drunker, and
Christopher Nolan has begun his healing journey with fitness brand Peloton after one of the acclaimed director’s instructors dissed his movie “Tenet” during a workout class. “Nothing but love for Peloton,” Nolan told Variety backstage at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, when asked if he saw instructor Jenn Sherman’s apology for taking issue his 2020 the
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