Month: February 2025

Bellamy Young is launching a new podcast series. The “Scandal” star has teamed up with humanitarian organization CARE for the six-episode “She Leads With CARE,” premiering March 11 to coincide with International Women’s Day. The series features Young in conversation with women leaders from Honduras, Jordan, Nepal, Tanzania, Ukraine and Vietnam. Young has been working
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With the Paramount+ prequel series “Dexter: Original Sin” going back in time to explore the formative experiences of 20-year-old avenging serial killer (Patrick Gibson), there’s a hope that it will help turn back the clock for the production community in Miami, which serves as the setting for both it and the original show, “Dexter” (2006-2013).
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 “Suits LA” creator Aaron Korsh was on the hunt for his next leading man, Ted Black. Casting Amell would be Korsh’s starting point in creating the next installment in the “Suits” universe, which unexpectedly became a matter of urgency after summer 2023. It was then that Korsh’s campy legal drama “Suits” — which aired on
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“Ransom Canyon,” a new modern western drama series starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly, will debut April 17 on Netflix. According to a press release, the series will follow three ranching family dynasties “locked in a contest for control of their land, their lives and legacies” in Ransom Canyon, Texas. Duhamel will play Staten Kirkland,
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Tilda Swinton got political as she accepted Berlin Film Festival‘s Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at its opening ceremony on Thursday night, saying “the inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch.” In a poetic speech, Swinton lauded the festival as “a borderless realm and with no policy of exclusion, persecution or deportation.” The “great independent
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For decades, Fernanda Torres has been a household name in Brazil, captivating audiences with her depth and versatility as an actress. But with her acclaimed performance in the drama “I’m Still Here,” Torres has found herself on a global stage, earning her first Academy Award nomination and carrying the pride of an entire nation. Torres’
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NBC promises hot dishes and even hotter tempers in a new cooking competition series “Yes, Chef!,” hosted by Martha Stewart and José Andrés. The series will see the two Emmy-winning kitchen gurus guiding 12 chefs with ego issues or short fuses through culinary challenges that will put their personal and emotional issues to the test.
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WME has promoted Caitlin Mahony, the book agent behind popular romantasy authors including Callie Hart, Scarlett St. Clair and SenLinYu, to its partner ranks. Mahony, who has been with WME since 2016, reps commercial fiction authors across the board but is especially drawn to romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror and “anything with a strong genre
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Independent international production company and financier Gold Rush Pictures has signed a deal with Ilya Stewart’s Hype Studios to participate in financing and co-producing a slate of at least five feature films, Variety can exclusively reveal.  The news comes ahead of the world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s contemporary German drama “The Light” (pictured), which was co-produced by Gold Rush
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Props from “A Complete Unknown” will go on display at the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie Centers in Tulsa, Okla., as part of a new exhibit, “Stepping Into the Unknown,” opening on Feb. 28. It’s the first exhibit to run concurrently at both centers. The exhibit, presented in partnership with Searchlight Pictures, will “illuminate the
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Country in Focus: Spain at the Forefront, the European Film Market’s 2025 territory highlight, cuts two ways. TV will be spotlighted Feb. 17 in a Berlinale Series Market double-backed session, Spanish Thrillers, showcasing to works-in-progress titles, and Spanish Connection, where five projects are pitched to an industry audience. For film, a Producers’ Showcase on Feb.
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More talent has been added to this year’s PaleyFest LA event, which includes panels and screenings from “Cobra Kai,” “Agatha All Along,” “Matlock,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Hacks,” “Poker Face” and the Amy Sherman-Palladino series “Gilmore Girls,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Étoile.” The event kicks off with a previously announced “Severance” screening and panel on
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Robert Costa has been named CBS News‘ chief Washington analyst as well as a national correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning,” marking a rapid rise for the former Washington Post correspondent since joining the Paramount Global news unit in 2022. Costa is expected to cover a range of issues for “Sunday Morning,” including politics as well
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Costume designer Arianne Phillips is 0-3 for Oscar wins to nominations. But her nod this year for James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” may be the film that turns her luck around. Phillips’ talents have made her Tom Ford’s go-to designer (“A Single Man” and “Nocturnal Animals”), as well as Mangold’s, having collaborated with him on
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In an ambitious effort to chart the lineage of Yoruba and Afrobeats music over the past century and its global influence, Nigerian superstar Adekunle Gold has co-produced a forthcoming documentary titled “The Odyssey.” Co-produced by and helmed by award-winning director Abba T. Makama, the film aims to illuminate the timeline of Yoruba music from its
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“The Substance” won big at the Dorian Film Awards, selected by GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, with Mubi taking home five prizes. For LGBTQ film of the year, Jane Schoenbrun’s trans allegory “I Saw the TV Glow” won, as did Schoenbrun’s screenplay in the LGBTQ screenplay category. In overall screenplay, Justin Kuritzkes won
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the president’s controversial choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, was confirmed Thursday by a 52-48 vote in the Senate. A longtime critic of vaccines, Kennedy will oversee the nation’s sprawling health care bureaucracy, which includes the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
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Anthony and Joe Russo‘s indie studio AGBO has named Nifty Games vet Pete Wanat as president of interactive technology. In his new role, Wanat will oversee the studio’s gaming strategy and immersive digital experiences. He will report to AGBO chief creative officer Angela Russo-Otstot. Most recently, Wanat was chief creative officer at Nifty Games. Prior
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Swedish producer Fredrik Zander of 08 Industries and Spain’s Antonia Nava of Neo Art Producciones are teaming on “Black Site,” an English-language action thriller written and directed by Peter Lindmark. Both companies will have a presence at this year’s European Film Market, where they will be holding meetings about their new co-production. Plot details are
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