If boxing champ Oscar de la Hoya does return to the ring, you’ll have “The Masked Dancer” to thank. De la Hoya was the next celebrity to be revealed on the show, as the person under the Zebra costume on Wednesday’s edition of the hit series. He was unmasked after dancing to Bobby Darin’s “Mack
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Purgatorio,” the fourth episode of Season 5 of The CW’s “Riverdale.” The most consistent feature of “Glee” throughout its seven seasons was a hyper speed recap of previous events that played at the beginning of every episode. Every week, the list of “what you missed on ‘Glee’!” got
Gina Carano is “not currently employed by Lucasfilm,” the company said in a statement Wednesday after controversy erupted over “The Mandalorian” star’s social media posts. “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement. “Nevertheless, her social
With HBO Max’s “Generation” joining HBO’s “We Are Who We Are” and “Euphoria” on the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service, the overall HBO brand is looking a lot more youth-focused these days. Speaking virtually from the all-remote Television Critics Assn. winter press tour, head of HBO and HBO Max programming Casey Bloys told Variety that that wasn’t
Earlier this year, social media accusations began to swirl against a frontrunner on the current season of “The Bachelor,” who has been criticized for photos that have re-surfaced from her past. The contestant, Rachael Kirkconnell, appears to have been photographed in attendance at an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity formal back in 2018, though she has not
Breaking News Kevin Hart‘s personal shopper took that title way too literally, according to prosecutors … who say the guy swindled Kev out of more than a million bucks. Dylan Syer was in a NYC court Wednesday for his arraignment for grand larceny and 9 other counts … after he allegedly used Kevin’s credit card
UPDATED: The upcoming “The Last of Us” series adaptation at HBO has cast Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey in the role of Ellie, Variety has confirmed. Neil Druckmann, who is a writer and creative director for “The Last of Us” video game and a co-creator of the series, confirmed the news about Pascal
CNN is considering a new day for “New Day.” Executives have been mulling a move that would put Alisyn Camerota, the “New Day” co-anchor who has steered the program though the bulk of the Trump administration, to afternoons, according to a person familiar with the matter. She could be replaced in that role by Brianna
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix revealed the release date and teaser for “Last Chance U: Basketball,” and Disney Channel announced the voice cast for “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil’s Dinosaur.” DATES Netflix revealed that “Last Chance U: Basketball,” a spinoff of Greg Whiteley’s football-centric docuseries, will premiere globally on March 10. Over the course
Marilyn Manson has been accused of sexual abuse by Esmé Bianco, known for her role on “Game of Thrones.” Bianco’s allegations are the latest against Manson, who has been swiftly dropped by his record label, agency and management, in the wake of numerous claims of abuse by multiple women, including Evan Rachel Wood, who who
Danny Barton has joined UTA and Klutch Sports as a sports content executive. In his new role, Barton will be based out of UTA’s Los Angeles office. “This year’s Super Bowl reminds us that sports present some of the greatest opportunities for storytelling,” said UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer. “Klutch and UTA are excited to marry
HBO has decided to drop two Mike Judge comedy shows that the premium cable network ordered from the “Silicon Valley” co-creator and showrunner in 2019, Variety has confirmed. The shows were ordered as part of a two-year overall deal that encompassed all forms of television except for animation. The decision comes as Judge has been overseeing
Charles King left his perch as a partner at WME in 2015 to launch a content company focused on giving creative and business opportunities to storytellers of color. “Judas and the Black Messiah,” the period drama that bows Feb. 12 in theaters and on HBO Max, is the epitome of the producer-entrepreneur’s larger goal with
A week after guitarist-composer H.E.R.’s era-appropriate “Fight for You” was nominated for a 2021 Golden Globes Award for best song in a motion picture, the full track list for the soundtrack to “Judas and the Black Messiah” has been revealed. “Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album” drops this Friday, Feb. 12 via the
Following the news that Bruce Springsteen was arrested in New Jersey on suspicion of drunken driving last November, Jeep has taken down his Super Bowl ad from their YouTube page. In the spot, titled “The Middle,” Springsteen called for national unity and hope amid the partisan strife and pain caused by the pandemic. “It would
Legendary Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn will receive the 2021 Spotlight Award, Actress for her role in the critically-hailed “Minari” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. “In her first-ever American feature film, ‘Minari,’ Yuh-Jung Youn wonderfully portrays a feisty and foul-mouthed grandmother whose Korean American family has suddenly moved from California to a hardscrabble farm
Hulu has three documentaries — “WeWork,” “Kid 90” and “Sasquatch” — slated to release on the streaming service this spring. “Kid 90,” an intimate look at young Hollywood starlets growing up in the 1990s, will be available to stream on March 12. Directed by Soleil Moon Frye, the film uses hundreds of hours of footage
Sony Pictures and Chinese production company Tencent have landed rights to “Finding Gobi,” a touching memoir about a stray dog who befriends a runner, and plan to adapt it as a feature film. 20th Century Fox originally optioned the book in 2017, but the project was abandoned when Disney acquired Fox’s film assets two years
ViacomCBS intends to return to the industry’s “upfront week” to showcase new programming, a sign that the media industry is working to bring back a few traditions as the world continues to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. The presentation will be virtual, as it was last year, and will take place May 19, a ViacomCBS
Gina Carano, who plays Cara Dune on both seasons of Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian,” garnered backlash on social media Wednesday after sharing several controversial posts on her Instagram story. Carano shared the posts on her story late Tuesday night. One of the posts she shared compared today’s divided political climate to Nazi Germany. “Jews were
Claire Danes has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming Apple drama series “The Essex Serpent,” Variety has learned exclusively. Danes takes over the role from Keira Knightley, whose exit from the project was reported back in October. The series is based on the book of the same name by Sarah Perry. It
Though it wasn’t the top program of Tuesday evening according to Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers (that triumph goes to an original of NBC’s “This Is Us”), The CW’s broadcasts of “Two Sentence Horror Stories” and “Trickster” both scored substantial boosts of 66.67% in the key demo, soaring above the previous week’s episodes. Last
Jason Isbell, whose song “Cover Me Up” has been a staple of Morgan Wallen’s set for some time and was included on the smash “Dangerous: The Double Album,” says he has decided to donate his royalties from the Wallen album to charity — specifically, to the NAACP. Isbell quote-tweeted a link to an Associated Press
Netflix has acquired “Blue Miracle,” the Dennis Quaid film formerly known as “On the Line.” Based on a true story, “Blue Miracle” centers on Casa Hogar, a Mexican orphanage that was struggling to survive after Hurricane Odile hit in 2014. On the brink of bankruptcy, the residents enter the world’s biggest fishing tournament in hopes
The ESPN executive who helped oversee landmark sports-journalism projects like “O.J.: Made in America” and “The Last Dance” will team up with Peter Chernin to launch a new content studio Connor Schell was ESPN’s top content executive until he left the Disney sports-media giant at the end of 2020 in a bid to pursue new
Several “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” stars — including Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Amber Benson — have responded to the allegations that the show’s creator Joss Whedon abused his power on the sets of “Buffy,” its spin-off “Angel,” and the DC Films feature “Justice League.” “While I am proud to have my name associated
For the second year running, Canneseries, one of the biggest TV festivals in France, has been forced to push back to Mipcom. Originally scheduled to take place from April 9-14 this year, running parallel to mid-April’s online MipTV, the 4th Canneseries, which was envisaged as an onsite-online hybrid event, will now take place like 2020’s
Donald Trump was kicked off Twitter a month ago. And the social-networking company has confirmed that the former president is never coming back. Twitter CFO Ned Segal, in an interview Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” said that even if Trump were to run for public office again, he would not be allowed back on the
The South by Southwest Film Festival has rolled out its full programming line up, with high profile new documentaries bolstering previously announced features. For many in Hollywood, the last-minute cancellation of the Austin-based 2020 SXSW conference was a reality check about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. Global lockdowns followed, and a year later, the
Fox News Channel plans to fill its 11 p.m. weeknight hour with an “irreverent” late-night show from host Greg Gutfeld, the latest in a series of programming maneuvers the Fox Corporation-owned outlet has put into place in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election as it grapples with recent viewership declines. The news show currently