“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has been renewed for its second season at Disney+. As announced on Disney’s latest quarterly earnings call by CEO Bob Iger, Season 1 has been streamed for over 110 million hours across both Disney+ and Hulu. Divided by the season’s runtime, that translates to roughly 20.6 million total views, suggesting
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The tough news continues for the music industry as Warner Music announced that it will lay off 10% of its staff, or 600 people, in the coming weeks. The news comes in advance of the company’s earnings report tomorrow morning, and the company insists that the move is coming from a position of strength and
“Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” is coming exclusively to Disney+ — and the concert film will include five songs that were not available in the theatrical or digital versions. The newly expanded version of “The Eras Tour” will hit Disney+ worldwide on March 15, 2024. Among the bonus songs included on the streamer
The line where the sky meets the sea is calling Moana once again. A sequel to the hit 2016 animated film was announced by Bob Iger today on CNBC ahead of Disney’s fiscal 1st quarter earnings report — with a surprise theatrical release this Nov. 27. Iger revealed that, while it was originally planned as
Hannah Gutierrez Reed is scheduled to face a manslaughter trial in two weeks, becoming one of only a handful of people ever tried for an accident on a film set. The case against her is relatively straightforward. She was responsible for safe handling of guns on “Rust,” the Western starring Alec Baldwin. She loaded a
Dakota Johnson sounded off on the industry in a new interview with L’Officiel ahead of the release of her superhero tentpole “Madame Web.” The actor reflected on bringing her indie drama “Daddio” to a film festival last year, where she says it took a whole lot of effort to get it sold despite it starring her
Germany’s culture minister Claudia Roth has defended the controversial decision to invite several members of the increasingly ostracized far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to the opening of the Berlinale on February 15. Roth, who is also behind the Berlinale’s decision to replace incumbent artistic director Carlo Chatrian from 2025, defended the decision by indicating
Justin Bieber proudly claimed 2024 NHL All-Star Game bragging rights when the team he co-captained with Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews won the best-of-the-best exhibition game LAST Saturday at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, beating out the three teams of his fellow Canadian celebrity captains — and legit NHL captains. Michael Bublé helped advise Team Hughes, headed
Fronting heavy metal bands and posting a viral Shania Twain cover on YouTube were just two of the detours on Teddy Swims’ long, winding road to the top. It’s been a journey speckled with buzzworthy moments and notable co-signs, but things finally clicked for the tattooed soul singer from Conyers, Georgia when “Lose Control”—a bluesy
Set to open on Feb. 7, the Santa Barbara Intl. Film Festival enters its 39th year with high stakes. Organizers must re-create past successes while forging new paths to keep proceedings fresh, keeping their eye on a mission to education while celebrating the power of film. This year’s edition of the coastal festival will open
Grindr, the ubiquitous LGBTQ hookup app that continues to expand into original content, will launch a new sex-focused podcast with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alum Katya Zamolodchikova. “Who’s The Asshole?” is billed as a provocative look at love and sex, offering an “unfiltered and judgment-free space to explore the messy gray areas of lust, love and
Oscar-nominated actors Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell are set to star in “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” which will be produced by Imperative Entertainment and financed by 30West. “Pachinko” and “After Yang” director Kogonada will direct the script, penned by “The Menu” writer Seth Reiss. Kogonada, Ilene Feldman and Original Films’ Ori Eisen are executive
“Semmelweis,” which NFI World Sales will be selling at the European Film Market in Berlin, has become the highest grossing Hungarian movie in local theaters in five years. The film is directed by Lajos Koltai who was Oscar nominated as the cinematographer of Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Malena.” “Semmelweis” marks Koltai’s first return to directing since “Evening”
Mike Tyson is set to play himself in “Bunny-Man,” an offbeat superhero movie that is being shot in Italy. The former heavyweight boxing champion on Tuesday attended a press conference held in the Northern city of Turin with Italian producer Andrea Iervolino and writer Enrico Remmert to announce “Bunny-Man,” which will be entirely shot in
UTA has announced its latest round of promotions, elevating 104 employees across 25 departments. The promotions come in departments across the company — which is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York and London — including business affairs, comedy touring, communications, endorsements & voiceover, finance & accounting, fine arts, independent
“The Traitors” has been renewed for Season 3 at Peacock. The news comes less than a month after the debut of the second season of the hit unscripted series, which launched on Jan. 12. New episodes are still dropping weekly on Thursdays. It also comes just weeks after the series won the Emmy for best
North West stars in a new music video for Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s “Talking / Once Again,” which also features James Blake and will appear on his unreleased “Vultures” album. Kanye posted the complete video, directed by The D’Innocenzo Brothers, to his socials on Wednesday morning. The clips see North getting her hair
Scott Glenn is the latest addition to the cast of “The White Lotus” Season 3. As with all castings for the third season, Glenn’s role is being kept under wraps. “The White Lotus” is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept
For nearly 40 years, the Walt Disney Co. has largely been seen as an invincible force in the business of entertainment. Sure, the Mouse House has had its good and not-so-good years at the box office and in TV viewership rankings. But with one major exception, in 2004, the company’s status as a high-performing pillar
Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy aren’t the only ones who are likely to be feeling intense pressure on Super Bowl Sunday. Nate Burleson will be just as busy this weekend as the quarterbacks for the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. He is part of CBS’ “NFL Today” pre-game show. He will be
2024 was shaping up to be the year for the media sector long-awaited consolidation wave, with Paramount Global leading the way. But even as suitors like Skydance Media, Warner Bros. Discovery and Allen Media Group line up, it may not be so simple. Naveen Sarma, managing director of S&P Global Ratings and a veteran credit
Martin Kirkup, co-founder of Direct Management Group, whose roster includes k.d. lang, Katy Perry, and Au/Ra, died Feb 4. died on February 4 at age 75. Kirkup managed the above artists with his longtime partners Steven Jensen and Bradford Cobb. After founding Direct with Jensen in 1985, the company Kirkup saw early success with Echo
Netflix’s original “Daredevil” trio has reunited on the streets of New York City, where the upcoming Disney+ series “Daredevil: Born Again” is now filming. Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/Daredevil), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page) and Elden Henson (Franklin “Foggy” Nelson) were spotted shooting scenes together for the new show alongside Wilson Bethel, who is also reprising
Demi Moore has joined the cast of Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming Paramount+ series “Landman,” Variety has learned. Moore joins previously announced series lead Billy Bob Thornton in the series, along with cast members Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Mark Collie, and Paulina Chávez. The series is based on the podcast “Boomtown.”
Three big media players — Disney/ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery — have huddled up to create what some are already calling “Hulu for Sports.” The joint venture, currently pegged to launch in the fall of 2024, will include ESPN+, plus streaming feeds of 14 linear TV networks: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews,
Jermaine Dupri has announced a multiyear partnership between his So So Def Recordings and Create Music Group. Under the deal terms, the veteran artist, producer and entrepreneur brings his label’s recordings, publishing and back catalog to Create. Dupri, who will also serve as the newly instated creative director for Create, will work with the company
Tom March has been named chairman-CEO of Capitol Music Group, the company announced today (Feb. 7). The announcement was made by John Janick, chairman-CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, to whom March will report. The move comes just a day after former chairman-CEO Michelle Jubelirer stepped down after two years in the post, and also
Hunter Schafer and Noomi Rapace will star in “Palette,” a psychological horror film directed by Zach Strauss (“SMILF”) in his feature debut. Strauss penned the script for “Palette,” which was featured on the 2023 Black List. He is also a writer on Spike Lee’s upcoming feature “Da Understudy.” “Palette” follows Dolly (Schafer), “a woman suffering
It’s been three months since Hollywood’s dual strikes finally ended, with SAG-AFTRA reaching a deal some six weeks after their WGA counterparts, but the reverberations are continuing across the pond. As producer John McVey told a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the U.K.’s screen industry last month: “If America sneezes, we often catch a
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