In the year that Hong Kong has achieved an Academy Awards nomination for “Better Days,” the territory’s leading free-to-air TV network Television Broadcasts (TVB) will be dropping television coverage of the Oscars ceremony. The network Monday confirmed that it did not have rights to broadcast the show this year. “It was purely a commercial decision,”
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Cercamon has closed major sales for “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?,” from Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze, which had its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. The Dubai-based indie specialist has sealed a multi-territory deal with MUBI, the global distributor and streaming service, which includes the U.S., where
British singer, songwriter and actor ARLO has signed with Arista Records, the U.S. label owned by Sony Music Entertainment. London-based ARLO will release new music this year with Arista. ARLO, who was named one of the new influential faces in the U.K. in 2019 by London newspaper The Evening Standard, has garnered millions of music
Australia’s Nine Entertainment was hobbled by a cyber-attack on Sunday that temporarily halted its ability to put on live programming and forced all staff to work from home. The company called in the country’s Australian Cyber Security Centre to investigate whether it was a matter of “criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation”.
All3Media is believed to be in late-stage discussions to buy “The Cry” producer NENT Studios U.K., the production and distribution outfit formerly known as DRG. Sources tell Variety that the Liberty Global and Discovery-backed super-indie — whose programming portfolio includes dramas “It’s a Sin” and “Fleabag,” as well as reality show “The Circle” and Oscar-nominated
The deaths of at least 114 people on Saturday has put the crisis in Myanmar back on the front pages of media around the world. But the country’s government is trying hard to prevent such coverage. The country’s military seized power on Feb. 1 in a coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi
“Godzilla vs. Kong” jumped straight to the top of the South Korean box office in its opening weekend. It was the first major Hollywood film to release in the key market since “Soul” in January. “Godzilla vs. Kong” earned $2.45 million over the weekend for a 51% market share, according to data from the Korean
In Hong Kong, where unsmiling mainland Chinese authorities have asserted their “comprehensive jurisdiction,” satire has become a dangerous form of humor. But at least one new satirical segment is soon set to brave the Special Administrative Region’s airwaves. From next month, activist and broadcaster James Ockenden is launching “The Alphard Wars” on RTHK. The pitch
Play video content Montgomery County Department of Police, A couple of Maryland cops went overboard to send a message to a little kid who allegedly left school without permission — a disturbing encounter that’s just now seeing the light of day. This bodycam video from the Montgomery County Police Dept. was just released, capturing an
Dwayne Johnson has revealed that “Black Adam” will release on July 29, 2022. Johnson unveiled the date before today’s NCAA tournament game between UCLA and Alabama. In a short ad, Johnson can be heard saying in a booming voice, “The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change.” Johnson also posted the
The music lovers of Los Angeles no longer need to pray for their mecca to return. Amoeba Music’s Hollywood branch is reopening April 1, and hoping to make fools of everyone who would maintain that physical media is dead. It’s in a new location on Hollywood Blvd., just east of its world-famous intersection with Vine.
Lady Gaga is insurmountable in the entertainment business. The multi-platinum and global award-winning actress, singer, songwriter and superstar is celebrating her birthday today. With it, we are ranking the best performances from female musicians turned actresses in the last 35 years (post-1986), our Mother Monster’s age. The ability to artistically explore both music and acting
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Chrissy Teigen leaving Twitter because of nonstop negativity is pretty rich to one person who claims the model mom bullied the hell outta her for years … and never apologized for it. That would be one Courtney Stodden, who says she considers Chrissy a straight-up hypocrite for running from something
Even though Chinese consumers are arduously calling for a boycott of Western brands concerned about potential human rights abuses in the country’s Xinjiang region, they apparently had no qualms about supporting Hollywood. Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s “Godzilla vs. Kong” crushed its competitors in China this weekend with a $70 million debut, marking the biggest
Trailblazing director Penelope Spheeris has very few fucks left to give. Spheeris first came on the scene with her Los Angeles punk rock documentary “Decline of Western Civilization,” followed by the disturbing punk drama “Suburbia” starring Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea. But after directing several more independent films, huge success with “Wayne’s World,” and then
Lady Gaga turns 35 on March 28, and there is no one quite like her. As audiences watch the internet for new photos from the set of her upcoming movie “House of Gucci,” Gaga — born Stefani Germanotta — remains an unstoppable force. She continues to collect awards, most recently winning the best pop duo/group
In Woody Allen’s first interview on American television in nearly 30 years, conducted in July and released Sunday on streamer Paramount Plus, the filmmaker again denies that he ever sexually abused his daughter Dylan Farrow. The interview, conducted by CBS News correspondent Lee Cowan for “CBS Sunday Morning,” skims the surface of the decades-old allegations
As writer Jakub Żulczyk faces charges for calling Poland president Andrzej Duda a “moron” on Facebook, and online event “Herstories for Women’s Day” is suddenly pulled, Polish leadership is raising eyebrows, with their actions perceived by some as a sign of the country’s further shift towards authoritarianism. “The loop is tightening, especially since their ass
Steven William Johnson, the drummer for Grammy-winning band Alabama Shakes, has been arrested and is facing child abuse charges. According to the Associated Press, Johnson was arrested on March 24 after he was indicted on charges including “willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18.”
This February, “Big Brother Brasil” viewers witnessed the first gay kiss to take place on the reality TV show in its more than two decades on air in South America. But a few hours after coming out as bisexual by kissing another Black man on live television, contestant Lucas Penteado departed the show. “I tried
As a critic committed to maintaining a certain professional distance with those whose work I might review, I don’t often play the fan in the presence of filmmakers. But with French director Bertrand Tavernier — who passed away at the age of 79 on Thursday — I made an exception. Knowing that Tavernier would be
Bob Odenkirk, action star? It’s a premise so unexpected, so curious, that it just might have enticed audiences to watch “Nobody,” a revenge thriller that sees an otherwise unassuming Odenkirk (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) kick ass and take names. “Nobody” debuted atop domestic box office charts, generating $6.7 million from 2,460 venues. It’s a
Combative television host Piers Morgan has revealed his take on the controversies swirling around Meghan Markle and Sharon Osbourne. In a lengthy column in The Mail on Sunday, Morgan reiterated his disbelief of several of Markle’s assertions made during her and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this month. He questions their secret
When Maya Rudolph returned to Studio 8H to host “Saturday Night Live” on March 27, so too did her take on Vice President Kamala Harris make a comeback. It didn’t come until a third of the way through the episode, but when it did, it included bonus Martin Short as the second gentleman of the
Bowen Yang joined the March 27 “Saturday Night Live” “Weekend Update” segment to tell the audience to “do more” to stop anti-Asian racism. Regular “Update” co-anchor Colin Jost brought Yang out, calling him the NBC late-night sketch comedy series’ “Asian cast member.” But it was all part of the comedy of segment, as Yang first
Spring break is upon many college students, and despite the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of them have flocked to Miami Beach, prompting rallies and protests and, on the night of March 27, a “Saturday Night Live” sketch about the “fourth wave” they may be starting. Episode host (and former cast member) Maya Rudolph played
Simone Ledward Boseman has been the emotional center of the 2021 awards season, accepting several honors on behalf of her late husband, Chadwick Boseman. The actor posthumously earned two NAACP Image Awards this year, for outstanding supporting actor for his work in “Da 5 Bloods” and outstanding actor in a motion picture for “Ma Rainey’s
San Diego Comic-Con is returning in 2021 as a “special edition” gathering. Despite recent news that the massive, pop culture convention would be going virtual in July, plans for the fall gathering have moved forward. Comic-Con International has announced their plans to hold an in-person convention in 2021. The three-day event titled, “Comic-Con Special Edition”
Tonight, the 52nd NAACP Image Awards will air live on BET at 8 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. CT, and will simulcast on CBS, BET Her, VH1, MTV, MTV2 and LOGO. Anthony Anderson returns as host for the eighth year in a row, entering the premiere event already a winner. During Friday’s non-televised ceremony, he won
Harvey Weinstein had his scrotum pierced as a woman attempted to defend herself during an alleged sexual assault he committed — this according to a new lawsuit. The woman’s name is Hayley Gripp, and she’s just the latest Weinstein accuser to file suit against the disgraced movie producer … who’s now in prison. She claims