Disney’s animated adventure “Raya and the Last Dragon” led the domestic box office in its third weekend, illustrating the appeal of family films as Hollywood attempts to mount a moviegoing revival. “Raya and the Last Dragon” collected $5.2 million from 2,261 theaters through Sunday, representing a scant 5% decline from its sophomore outing. Disney can
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Both critical and celebratory, Jennifer Holness’ packed and penetrating documentary “Subjects of Desire” provides a superb overview of how Black culture has influenced, and been influenced by, contemporary beauty ideals from Civil War times to #BlackGirlMagic and beyond. Solidly if modestly presented — occasionally the photo-montage-and-voiceover sections feel a little bit PowerPointy — this energetic
A Chicago Cubs prospect in their farm system got busted with a boatload of drugs — so say police out of Colorado, who claims he was riding with a stash that would make Tony Montana blush. 25-year-old Jesus Camargo-Corrales was reportedly arrested this past week near Vail, where a sheriff’s deputy says he saw Camargo’s
With the premiere of Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney Plus Friday, Winter Soldier co-creator Ed Brubaker admitted in a newsletter that he has “mixed feelings” about the show and his role as a character creator. “Everyone at Marvel Studios that I’ve ever met (all the way up to Kevin Feige)
The documentary as true-life suspense mystery came to the fore, and might have been invented, by Errol Morris, when he released “The Thin Blue Line” in 1988. It was the rare nonfiction film that had a demonstrable real-world impact (its twisty investigation into the case of a convicted killer, Randall Adams, led to Adams’ conviction
HBO Max has announced that “Tenet” will hit the streaming platform on May 1. Good news for anyone experiencing time linearly: Tenet is streaming May 1 on HBO via HBO Max! ⌛️ pic.twitter.com/dGbxGLOwyu — HBO Max (@hbomax) March 20, 2021 Christopher Nolan’s thriller first came to theaters in August of last year, several months before
With movie theaters beginning to reopen in Los Angeles at 25% capacity, L.A. moviegoers are celebrating the return of their favorite pastime. Variety‘s senior writer Matt Donnelly visited the AMC Theatres in Century City to check in with patrons about going back to the movies. “I’ve been waiting for this for a year, so this is
After his handwritten cover letter went viral on LinkedIn, professional training academy and studio Exceptional Minds offered Ryan Lowry, who is on the autism spectrum, a scholarship to its summer animation program. “I am interested in a job in animation, or in IT,” Lowry wrote in the viral letter to his potential future employer. “I realize
SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses major storylines in the first episode of Disney Plus’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” After “WandaVision” debuted in January, many commented that Marvel Studios’ first TV series for Disney Plus felt eerily prescient for the pandemic age, with its heroine avoiding dealing with her grief by creating a world
Just over two weeks after it was announced that “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” would release on May 14, the film’s premiere date has now bounced back two months to July 2. The animated sequel was originally scheduled for June, but will now occupy Independence Day weekend at the box office. “Minions 2” was originally
On Friday, director Chris Columbus revealed that an R-rated version of the beloved 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” exists – though there is not a NC-17 cut of the film. The confirmation first came from Entertainment Weekly following a viral tweet that noted Robin Williams, who played the eponymous Euphegenia Doubtfire, improvised so much that there
A year ago Saturday, Netflix launched the series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” a fascinating character study filled with big cats, drugs, sex cults and some very questionable motives. Released at the beginning of an unprecedented quarantine lockdown, the seven-part documentary series quickly became one of the most talked-about shows in the world. Within
Sarah Chalke insists she doesn’t know if “Firefly Lane” is getting a second season. “From your mouth,” she says when I ask her about the future of the Netflix series on the latest episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “I’m so hopeful.” The series follows the lives of childhood best friends Tully Hart (Katherine
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have spoken up following a website’s claims that U.K. tabloid The Sun paid a private investigator to dig into her life. The Sun U.S. hired private investigator Dan Hanks to obtain information about Markle, and her father Thomas, in 2016, shortly after she started dating Prince Harry, according to a
Slick, unsettling Danish law-enforcement thriller “Shorta” — or as it’s been generically retitled in the United States, “Enforcement” — opens with a familiar “I can’t breathe” moment as a team of police scramble to restrain a 19-year-old Muslim man, suggesting that what happened to Eric Garner in Staten Island, and to George Floyd in Minneapolis,
Amid the ongoing probe into comments made by Sharon Osbourne during a heated exchange between her and fellow “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood, CBS is further extending the daytime talk show’s hiatus through “at least next week,” according to a source familiar with the matter. CBS had previously announced that it would launch an investigation
One of only three new pilots CBS has ordered this year, “True Lies,” which was given a pilot order last month, is moving off cycle to give producers more time to produce and film the pilot this summer. The series is an adaptation of the 1994 film of the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie
Shondaland is known for creating TV hits, but with “Bridgerton,” Shonda Rhimes’ media label struck gold. But, for the Shondaland media team, success isn’t simply measured by the number of viewers who’ve streamed the Netflix series (although a record-breaking 82 million households is certainly nothing to sneeze at). Thanks to longstanding talent relationships and executives
Longstanding Alibaba executive and pop culture icon Gao Xiaosong has left his role as director of Alibaba Music, according to company data publicly available via the Chinese company information site Tianyancha. He exited Tuesday, the same day that the Wall Street Journal reported that the Chinese government has asked Alibaba Group to sell off or
Check out the official Godzilla vs. Kong Sneak Peek starring Millie Bobby Brown! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Godzilla vs. Kong: http://www.fandango.com/?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to
An SUV crashed into a storefront on Hollywood Boulevard on Friday afternoon, seriously injuring at least four people, including two members of a Fox11 news crew. Images from the scene showed a white SUV that had crashed into Highland Market, which is across from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. The crash
“The Boys” spinoff at Amazon Studios has added three more to the cast: Shane Paul McGhie, Maddie Phillips and Aimee Carrero. The trio will play young superheroes in the untitled project, which is set to take place at the only college for young adult superheroes, one run by Vought International. The series is described as
Erica Watson is set to direct the pilot episode of The CW’s upcoming reboot of “The 4400,” Variety has learned exclusively. “The 4400” reboot was ordered to series at CW in February. Watson will also serve as co-executive producer on the episode in addition to directing. Watson’s television directing credits include “Powerbook II: Ghost,” “The L
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the first episode of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney Plus. In an interview with Variety, Kari Skogland, the director of all six episodes of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” talked about the show’s approach to its themes of race and trauma, and discussed how
In today’s TV news roundup, AMC announced the release date for its ALLBLK reality series “Notorious Queens,” and Oxygen announced Serial Killer Week, featuring nine nights of true crime programming. DATES AMC’s streaming platform ALLBLK announced that the new reality series “Notorious Queens” is set to premiere on April 1. The series follows Stormey Ramdhan,
Roughly 25 minutes into “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) bursts into a room filled with suicidal terrorists bent on blowing up the entire building — and the school children trapped there with them. With mere seconds remaining before the bomb explodes, Wonder Woman zips to each terrorist with lightning speed, tossing them
Amid all the headlines that came out of the 2021 Grammy Awards, one that should have been bigger is what a huge night it was for independent labels and artists: For the first time, more than half of the winners were independent artists — i.e. artists affiliated with labels that are at least 51% independently
In a key hire, WarnerMedia Latin America has appointed Mônica Albuquerque to head up the artistic talents area in general entertainment for Latin America, working alongside the general entertainment team led by company Chief Content Officer Tomás Yankelevich. At WarnerMedia Latin America, Albuquerque will focus on leading the search, hiring and management of actors, directors
MGM is in negotiations to acquire “Combat Control,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Sam Hargrave (“Extraction”). Hargrave and Shelby Malone will serve as associate producers alongside executive producers Gyllenhaal and Ryan Cassells. The Hideaway Entertainment president Matthew Rhodes, CEO Jonathan Gray and VP Kristy Grisham will produce and co-finance the project. Rhodes, who formerly led