Nestle’s Coffee mate aims to lick Super Bowl advertising rivals not with a celebrity cameo but rather with a celebrity tongue. Shaina Twain provides the voice of a multitalented mouth appendage that dances, sings, plays a variety of instruments and even does a mid-air flip in a 30-second spot for the non-dairy creamer’s “Cold Foam”
Month: February 2025
Fox Corporation saw profit in its fiscal second quarter surge due to its reliance on news and sports programming, with ads tied to the 2024 presidential election and big-audience MLB and NFL telecasts giving a boost to operations at the company. The owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcast network said net income
Fox Corporation expects to launch a new stand-alone subscription-based streaming service by the end of 2025, as the company, which has resisted the call to plunge millions into developing premium content for broadband audiences, sees new allure in the business. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the company believed it could reach a new audience
Marvel has unveiled the first trailer for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” The film stars Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”) as Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) as the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn (“Stranger Things) as the Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear”) as the Thing. The cast also includes Ralph Ineson as Galactus,
Jesse Eisenberg, who received an Oscar nomination for playing Mark Zuckerberg in 2010’s “The Social Network,” is distancing himself from the Facebook and Meta chief. In an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s “Today” on Tuesday, Eisenberg admitted that he hasn’t been following the tech giant’s “life trajectory, partly because I don’t want to think of
Frito-Lay is getting ready to turn traditional notions of potato-chip advertising into mash. The snacking giant, part of PepsiCo., will run a minute-long Super Bowl commercial for its flagship Lay’s that will try to do for potatoes in the Big Game what Budweiser has done for Clydesdale horses and Chrysler did for an American plagued
A24 is bringing “Eddington,” Ari Aster‘s hotly-anticipated original electric thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler, to the European Film Market in Berlin this month, Variety has learned. Also starring Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward and Clifton Collins Jr., the film is now in post-production and is believed to revolve around a
Robert Harris’ novel “Conclave,” a political papal thriller set in the Vatican as cardinals jostle and conspire to elect a new Pope, was released in September 2016, coincidentally just weeks after House Productions, which would produce the film adaptation, had been officially launched by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell. Some eight years later, and “Conclave”
Jane Tranter has been named advisory chair for the 2025 Edinburgh TV Festival, which also marks the 50th anniversary of its MacTaggart Lecture. The influential TV executive, whose production company Bad Wolf is currently producing “Doctor Who” alongside BBC Studios, will work with creative director Rowan Woods to shape the festival’s editorial direction. Tranter brings
Brian Murphy, an English actor and comedian best known for his roles in the ’70s sitcoms “Man About the House” and “George and Mildred,” died on Sunday. He was 92. Murphy’s agent confirmed the news to the BBC, calling him a “joyful and profoundly good-hearted man.” His wife, “Hi-de-Hi” star Linda Regan, posted a photo
For the first time, 2025 will see streamers outpace commercial broadcaster in global content spend, according to a new report. New figures released by Ampere Analysis predict global content spend will reach $248 billion this year, a 0.4% year-on-year increase (following a 2% increase in 2014 driven by ad spend on the U.S. election, Summer
Whatever summer temperature it is where the average person’s mind begins to warp and melt in the general heat-haze, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is set permanently to that exact degree. You can feel the slow, sweaty adhesion of skin to every surface — or simply to itself — in Argentine director Laura Casabé‘s
COMEDY CONVERGENCE Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris are heading to Queensland, Australia with cameras set to roll this month on destination comedy “Spa Weekend.” The Gold Coast-set film, from “Bad Moms” helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, follows three best friends whose luxury escape goes sideways when their chaotic fourth shows
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart took aim at President Donald Trump‘s trade tariffs and his plans to take over Panama and Greenland. Stewart opened the segment with a compilation of news clips detailing a “new trade war” that could emerge from Trump’s tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico. “The
Netflix has unveiled an ambitious 2025 Korean content lineup anchored by “Squid Game 3,” which expands its universe with a roster including Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul and Park Gyu-young joining returning stars Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun. The series, premiering June 27, delves deeper into Gi-hun’s choices amid overwhelming despair while exploring the Front Man’s
“Let’s go to WeHo in the meantime” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but legendary singer-songwriter and longtime Tennessean resident John Hiatt returned to his old haunts in L.A. to be serenaded by a parade of boldface admirers Saturday at a benefit show at the Troubadour. The combination of classic material and an A-list
French actor Juliette Binoche will succeed Greta Gerwig as jury president of the Cannes Film Festival at the upcoming 78th edition. It will mark a second time in Cannes history that the jury will headed by a woman for two consecutive years. Binoche is one of France’s most revered performers and has led an international
Killer Mike is suing the private security companies that worked the 2024 Grammys after the Atlanta rapper was arrested at the ceremony. Following his three-award sweep at last year’s Grammys, Mike was detained by security and arrested by the LAPD for misdemeanor battery while trying to access the red carpet area of the event. Mike
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from Monday’s series finale of Fox’s “9-1-1: Lone Star,” titled “Homecoming.” After five seasons of life-saving, it’s time to thank the 126 for their service and say goodbye to “9-1-1: Lone Star.” On the series finale episode of the Ryan Murphy-created Fox first-responder drama, a spinoff of the series
Author Neil Gaiman was accused in a lawsuit on Monday of repeatedly raping his former babysitter, repeating allegations that were first raised in a Tortoise Media podcast last year. Scarlett Pavlovich also sued Gaiman’s wife, Amanda Palmer, alleging that she knew of his history of sexual misconduct when she hired Pavlovich to work for them.
Korean sales banner Finecut has locked in a string of international deals for “A Girl With Closed Eyes,” a psychological thriller starring breakout “Pachinko” actor Kim Minha, ahead of its European Film Market (EFM) premiere in Berlin. The feature debut from director Chun Sunyoung has been acquired by Red Castle Group for CIS territories, The
Two prosecutors alleged Monday that they faced retaliation from new “tough on crime” D.A. Nathan Hochman because they supported sentence reductions for Lyle and Erik Menendez. The prosecutors, Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford, drafted the 57-page petition last October arguing that the brothers had been rehabilitated. They also appeared at the Oct. 24 press conference,
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by another John Doe who claims that the incarcerated mogul drugged and assaulted him. Attorney Tony Buzbee filed the suit in New York earlier today on behalf of a John Doe who alleged assault from an incident that took place in 2015. Buzbee has been behind a substantial number
Janelle Monáe took aim at Nelly on Sunday for his performance at Donald Trump’s inauguration ball. Monáe called out the St. Louis rapper at a Grammys afterparty (via TMZ) while performing a cover of his hit song “Hot In Herre.” “Fuck you Nelly. I used to like Nelly, but then he went to perform for
Kelsey Grammer recently revealed to the New York Post the reason why he had a 30-year falling out with “Cheers” co-star Ted Danson. The two actors appeared on a podcast last October where Danson apologized to Grammer for an incident on the “Cheers” set that resulted in them not speaking for three decades. Grammer now
On one level, the return of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” with Sarah Michelle Gellar — the news of which Variety broke today — is the most 2020s thing that could happen. Updating a beloved TV series from the last four decades with at least some of the original cast (often known as a legacy sequel, revival
“In the Summers,” the acclaimed indie film and winner of the 2024 Sundance grand jury prize, will make its streaming debut on Hulu. Available starting Feb. 5, Alessandra Lacorazza’s decades-spanning tale of the tumultuous relationship between two siblings and their father was released in the U.S. last fall by Music Box. Theatrical will continue in
Starz and BET+ are the latest streamers to join forces in a bundle offered through Amazon’s Prime Video Channels platform. Starz and the streaming offshoot of Paramount Global’s BET are a natural fit as both feature a high volume of shows aimed at young urban audiences. BET+ has a host of Tyler Perry-related content in
Based on purely anecdotal evidence, the common post-show consensus is that the 2025 Grammys were the best in many years on nearly every level: The freshness of the performances, the fittingness of the winners, the heartfelt nature of its efforts to raise funds for Los Angeles wildfire relief, and to an unprecedented degree, the righting
“Come See Me in the Good Light” director Ryan White has made a documentary that mirrors the way he felt when he first arrived at the home of spoken word artist Andrea Gibson, who has been diagnosed with incurable ovarian cancer, and their spouse, poet Megan Falley. Like their greeting, the documentary comes as an
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