Lucy Liu has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming CBS All Access dramedy series “Why Women Kill,” Variety has learned. The series details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ‘60s, a socialite in the ‘80s and a lawyer in 2018, each dealing with infidelity in
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Winter is coming to Portugal. In a bid to further expand its footprint in Europe, Time Warner has launched its premium content streaming service HBO in Portugal. Acclaimed HBO original shows led by “Game of Thrones,” “Big Little Lies,” “Westworld” and “True Detective” will be available in Portugal starting Feb. 11. HBO Portugal went live
With all the cameras in action at a major awards show like the Grammys, there are still many things that happen offstage or during commercial breaks that aren’t seen by the millions watching the telecast — but are spied by certain eagle-eyed reporters from their seats in the auditorium. Here are a few highlights that
BERLIN — Spanish broadcast network Atresmedia and Bambu Producciones teamed on two milestones in the international outreach of Spanish series: “Gran Hotel” and “Velvet,” whose avid audiences, especially in Latin America, proved there was a mass audience abroad for original Spanish series, not just their formats. Atresmedia and others – Netflix, for example – took
February 11, 2019 10:40AM PT [embedded content] Samsung further teased its upcoming foldable phone Monday with a video for its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event on February 20. The video is titled “The future unfolds,” and clearly features a two-screen device capable of being folded and unfolded. The Korean consumer electronics giant has been working on
Millennium Films has delayed shooting Bryan Singer’s “Red Sonja” movie this year in the wake of recent accusations of sexual assault and misconduct against him. “The project is not on the slate at the moment and is not for sale at the European Film Market in Berlin,” a spokeswoman for Avi Lerner’s studio said. Millennium
Thrillist, the food, drink and travel brand from Discovery-backed Group Nine Media, has taken its first bite in acquiring third-party programming. The millennial-focused lifestyle outlet has acquired series “Send Foodz” from YouTube comedians-foodies Timothy DeLaGhetto (who has 3.9 million YouTube subscribers) and David So (1.5 million subscribers). The show follows the duo as they visit food festivals
Check out the official Teen Spirit Trailer starring Elle Fanning! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Teen Spirit: https://www.fandango.com/teen-spirit-216373/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: April
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, Jordan Peele’s “Lorena” debuts on Amazon as does “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix.
Facebook keeps plowing more money into original programming for Watch: The company ordered a six-part docu-series on NBA superstar Stephen Curry and set a Feb. 20 premiere date for BuzzFeed News’ interactive trivia game show “Outside Your Bubble.” “Stephen vs. The Game,” following Curry — three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors — throughout
“Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” the Netflix anthology series showcasing memories and inspirations behind the country icon’s most beloved songs, has rounded out its cast. Melissa Leo, Ray McKinnon, Andy Mientus, Katie Stevens and Michael Willett will star in “Two Doors Down,” in which a family’s “lifetime of secrets” comes bursting out during a chaotic but comedic
February 11, 2019 9:55AM PT Hulu’s senior vice president of originals Craig Erwich says that the streaming service will “continue to be an important player” as Disney absorbs 21st Century Fox’s entertainment properties, and said its release of its Fyre Festival documentary ahead of Netflix’s version “wasn’t meant as a dig.” “Hulu is a very
February 11, 2019 9:51AM PT Reddit has raised a new $300 million round of funding from investors including Tencent, Sequoia, Fidelity and Andreessen Horowitz among others. The new round of funding values the company $3 billion, the company announced Monday morning, and brings the total amount raised to around $550 million. News of the funding
Check out the official The Curse of La Llorona teaser trailer starring [Actor]! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to The Curse of La Llorona: https://www.fandango.com/the-curse-of-la-llorona-215072/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: April 19, 2019 Starring: Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Raymond Cruz Directed By: Michael Chaves Synopsis: Ignoring the eerie warning
Baker Mayfield Goes Off On Arian Foster … ‘I Respected You Before This’ 2/11/2019 9:15 AM PST Exclusive Details More beef for Baker Mayfield … this time the Browns superstar is getting into it with Arian Foster — blasting the ex-NFL RB for being “too cool to show any personality.” It all went down on
February 11, 2019 9:12AM PT Starz has pulled the plug on the J.K. Simmons spy drama “Counterpart” after two seasons. The series hailed from MRC and Anonymous Content. The final episode is set to air on Sunday. Showrunner and creator Justin Marks disclosed the cancellation Monday morning via Twitter. Marks suggested that MRC would shop
Presenting the Oscar-nominated “Vice” at the Berlin Film Festival on Monday, actor Christian Bale said Dick Cheney’s transformation into one of the most notorious U.S. leaders of the past century had much to do with his wife Lynne, played by Amy Adams in the film. “Lynne really gave him the ambition. In many ways he
February 11, 2019 9:07AM PT Hulu is developing a series based on the book “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America” by Erik Larson. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese will executive produce the project along with Stacey Sher, Rick Yorn, Emma Koskoff, and Jennifer Davisson. Paramount
February 11, 2019 8:35AM PT The Grammy Awards are up in the early Nielsen ratings compared to 2018. The Sunday awards telecast on CBS nabbed a 12.8 rating in metered market households, up ever so slightly from the 12.7 rating the 2018 telecast drew. Time zone adjusted numbers for the Grammys will be available later
Grammy-winning Hollywood star Hugh Jackman is set to open next week’s Brit Awards with a performance from “The Greatest Showman.” Jackman, who has previously won Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe awards, won a Grammy on Sunday night for compilation soundtrack for visual media for “The Greatest Showman.” The film’s director, Michael Gracey, will also handle
Viacom will roll out an ambitious internal corporate initiative dubbed Spark that aims to engage and energize the company’s 10,000 employees with an expansive slate of conference-style programming. Viacom president-CEO Bob Bakish calls Spark “a multi-market next generation town hall.” The sessions kick off Tuesday with a 50-minute Q&A with Bakish and Viacom vice chair
A chill air blows through the small Quebecois village of Irénée-les-Neiges following a young man’s suicide, bringing with it unexpected and largely unwelcome visitors. Denis Côté’s “Ghost Town Anthology” has superficial parallels to Robin Campillo’s “They Came Back,” in which the dead return, but in keeping with the maverick Canadian’s style, his film is a
Angela Simmons’ Ex Sutton Shot 13 Times in Driveway … Autopsy Reveals 2/11/2019 8:01 AM PST EXCLUSIVE Angela Simmons‘ ex-fiance went down in a hail of bullets when he was murdered … TMZ has learned. We knew Sutton Tennyson was shot multiple times back in November, but now his autopsy reveals the exact number of
Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. expected everything would be awesome. Instead, executives on the Burbank lot are feeling a pain not unlike the sharp sting you suffer from stepping on a tiny plastic toy. The studio’s animated sequel “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” fell short of expectations, earning $34.4 million when it
Kevin Durant is taking his seat in “The Boardroom,” an ESPN+ original series delving into the sports biz with a rotating roster of athletes, tech moguls and sports execs. The six-episode series comes from Thirty Five Ventures, the company owned by Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman. The first two launch Monday on ESPN+, Disney’s
Is “happy Monday” an oxymoron? Definitely before coffee. And probably before scrolling down. You’ll see a roundup of yesterday’s Fashion Week wins, including a literal truckload of crystals, a puffy coat for party dresses, and also Batman. Rebecca Minkoff Double Bags It Iskra Lawrence, double bags, and flower power at Rebecca Minkoff Getty Images “My
It’s only February, and 2019 already has been a tough year for star-studded A-list events. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences had to scramble to fill a job nobody wanted after Kevin Hart stepped down as Oscar host amid controversy over his homophobic past on social media. The NFL found itself in a
February 11, 2019 5:55AM PT The Berlin Film Festival will move to late February in 2020, landing after the BAFTA and Oscar ceremonies. The dates for Berlin’s 70th anniversary edition were announced Monday with the festival moving to a later Feb. 20-March 1 slot. Traditionally the BAFTA Film Awards have landed on the middle Sunday
February 11, 2019 5:24AM PT The BFI London Film Festival has announced the dates for this year’s festival. The 63rd edition of the London Film Festival will run Oct. 2-13. The festival will once again be led by Tricia Tuttle, who was appointed director of BFI festivals at the closing night of last year’s iteration
Zhang Yimou’s “One Second,” set during China’s 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, has been withdrawn from the Berlin Film Festival, where it was to premiere in competition. A post Monday on the film’s official Weibo social media site announced that the film had been yanked, saying that it was for “technical reasons.” The festival confirmed the information,