On Thursday morning, Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos posed a question to his X followers: “Who’d you pick as the next Bond?” Just one day prior, that inquiry may have felt a bit presumptuous: while Amazon’s $8.5 billion MGM acquisition in 2022 gave it the rights to distribute the Bond films, Barbara Broccoli
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Throughout his omnipresent, warmly received press tour for the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” Timothée Chalamet has leaned into his digital fluency and youthful charm. As the rare matinee idol under 30, Chalamet has the rare ability to riff with the likes of Theo Von or Brittany Broski — modern media moguls who command a
At the SAG Awards on Sunday night, Colin Farrell may have picked up yet another honor for his work as the villainous titular character in “The Penguin,” but the actor insists he isn’t currently inclined to do a second season. “I don’t want it. I don’t not want it,” he told me exclusively backstage at
Emma Knight’s recent coming-of-age bestseller “The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus” has been set up as a TV series at Amazon‘s MGM Television. Based on the book of the same name, the series is described as “a sharp coming-of-age journey set in the glamorous world of high academia, old money and one eccentric upper-class
Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who has become a favorite at MSNBC since joining in 2023, will get even more screen time in front of viewers in April when she takes over the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday. The move is the latest to be unveiled from MSNBC
Lester Holt’s announcement that he’s soon leaving his position as anchor at “NBC Nightly News” is only the latest in a wave of departures. And it comes at a moment when the national TV news media needs all the help it can get. Holt, renowned for his ability to anchor over long periods of time
Skydance Sports is teaming up with the NFL and Hidden Empire Film Group (HEFG) for the third annual NFL Career Tour, designed to give players insight into the entertainment industry. Created by the NFL’s Player Engagement team, the program is a professional development experience offering current players and NFL legends access industry exposure and networking
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will bring Oz to the Oscars, as the “Wicked” duo are set to perform live during Hollywood’s biggest night. Lisa, from this season of “The White Lotus” and the band Blackpink, will also perform, as well as Doja Cat, Queen Latifah and Raye. The specifics of their performances are unknown.
After taking a time-out since 2022, the American Music Awards will return to the air in a new time frame — Memorial Day — as well as from a new city, Las Vegas, and on its new network, CBS. Dick Clark Productions and the network had teased last fall that the show would return on
H264, a Montreal-based film distribution and international sales company, has acquired the world sales and Canadian distribution rights for Marianne Métivier‘s first feature film “The Splendour of Life.” The film stars Camille Rutherford (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Garance Marillier (“Raw”), Amaryllis Tremblay (“Genèse”) and Kyrie Samodio (“Hito”). It follows two narrative threads, one in the
Clayton Davis will join ABC’s Oscar pre-show “Countdown to the Academy Awards: On the Red Carpet Live” for the fourth consecutive year. The warmup for filmdom’s big night will air from 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m. PT on March 2, leading in to ABC’s live telecast of the 97th Academy Awards. Davis will discuss the Oscar race
Music supervisors behind the songs of “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” led the winners at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards on Sunday night. On the TV side, the music supervisors behind “Agatha All Along” and “Baby Reindeer” triumphed. Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and
Is Hollywood becoming MAGA friendly? In the wake of CAA adding former President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to its client roster, UTA quietly signed Republican National Committee Youth Advisory Council co-chair CJ Pearson, who joins the agency’s growing list of D.C. insiders like Biden administration Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Pearson,
Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died, according to a statement from her rep. No cause of death was cited; she was 88. “We are heartbroken that
Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts have announced dates for the “Love Earth” world tour, taking place this summer. The first leg of the tour launches on June 18 in Rättvik, Sweden and continues through Europe and the U.K., with North American dates (produced by Live Nation) beginning in North Carolina on August 8 before concluding in Los Angeles
Seni Tienabeso has been promoted to vice president of ABC News Live, the Disney news’ unit’s live-streaming operation, and will also oversee ABC News’ medical and climate units while reporting to ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic. Tienabeso will lead all aspects of ABC News Live, including resource and talent management, content development and programming. He
In a podcast first, “Pod Meets World” included the following warning at the top of their latest episode: “This episode contains a bunch of adult language and subject matter. Please proceed with caution.” The Feb. 23 episode featured Maitland Ward, the actor best known as Rachel McGuire on “Boy Meets World.” After appearing on “Girl
“Unconditional,” set to woo buyers at this year’s London TV Screenings, might be Keshet’s biggest project to date, but creators Adam Bizanski and Dana Idisis started out small. “For us, it really started with this mother whose daughter was arrested. She’s a normal woman and she’s never really left her neighborhood before, and now she needs
The long-running hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan have announced what is described as “the start of their final tour,” titled “Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber.” Produced by AEG, the 27-date tour will kick off on June 6 in Baltimore at CFG Bank Arena and visit Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Chicago, New York’s Madison Square Garden, Boston, and more
President Trump took sharp aim at Comcast, claiming that the media giant — because of MSNBC‘s editorial content — should have to “pay vast sums of money for the damage they’ve done” to the U.S. Trump also railed against Comcast chief Brian Roberts, MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others in a post shared Sunday evening on
How far back in the Berlin Film Festival’s 75-year history do you have to go to find an edition as strong as this one? About a quarter-century, I reckon, to 2002, when “Bloody Sunday” and “Spirited Away” tied for the festival’s top prize. As long as I can remember, Berlin held the distant-third spot in
With “Paddington in Peru” now on its second week of adventures in U.S. cinemas and having hit a global box office of $125 million, VFX powerhouse Framestore has lifted the lid on how it brought the entirely CG bear — and much of his surroundings — to life. In a VFX breakdown video exclusively given to Variety,
On the heels of its premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, Hong Sang-soo‘s “What Does That Nature Say” has found U.S. distribution with Cinema Guild. The movie marks the prolific South Korean director’s 33rd movie and follows an impressive streak of six consecutive years at the Berlinale. Cinema Guild, which recently collaborated with
Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion and Wes Anderson are among the signees of an appeal to stave off the impending threat that a substantial portion of Rome’s movie theaters could be converted into shopping centers and supermarkets under proposed regional legislation. Alarm over the future of the Eternal City’s cinemas was prompted last month after asset
Jessica Holscott, a veteran of Warner businesses including HBO, has been named chief financial officer of Nielsen. She will report to CEO Karthik Rao. “Jessica is a proven, world-class financial leader and we are fortunate to have her join Nielsen at such an important time,” said Rao, in a prepared statement. “Within the past year
If one of the newest products from consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble reminds you of something the company made in the 1960s, 70s or 80s, well, there’s good reason. When “Beyond the Gates” debuts Monday afternoon on CBS, it will mark a return by the company, one of the world’s biggest makers of household staples
Max has set revered Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio’s TV series “Portobello” as its first Italian scripted original. The show tells the story of Italian TV host Enzo Tortora, who was a victim of one of Italy’s most clamorous travesties of justice, and will debut on the platform in 2026. Max is now available in some 25 countries
POWERFUL PROGRAMMING BBC Studios and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have renewed their content alliance with a comprehensive multi-year deal spanning drama, comedy, kids programming and entertainment fare. The agreement brings fresh installments of Alan Carr’s autobiographical comedy “Changing Ends” (Seasons 3-4) and standup favorite “Live At the Apollo” to ABC platforms. The pubcaster has
John Oliver took aim at Mark Zuckerberg in a new episode of “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, roasting the Meta CEO for both his new look and for removing fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram after Donald Trump’s election. While lamenting the fact that several big tech CEOs swung toward Trump after his victory over Kamala
When Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on this day three years ago, filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko (“Home Games,” “We Will Not Fade Away”) bid farewell to her partner and four-year-old son and joined the Ukrainian Volunteer Army. As she traded her camera for a rifle, she couldn’t leave behind her instinct to document.
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