The American Society of Cinematographers has announced nominees in film and television for 2018. Film nominees included Alfonso Cuaron’s digital 65mm black-and-white lensing of his own “Roma,” Linus Sandgren’s multi-format work on Damien Chazelle’s moonshot drama “First Man,” Matthew Libatique for Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” Robbie Ryan for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” and Lukasz
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Still thought 8K TVs were a fad? Think again: Mass-market TV manufacturer TCL is jumping on the 8K bandwagon by announcing its very first Roku 8K TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. 8K TCL Roku TVs are expected to ship in late 2019, the company revealed Monday. “Together TCL
Courtesy of Girlfriend Collective Whether you’re an AA or D+ cup size, a good (no, great!) sports bra is essential when breaking a sweat. Fashun is an obvious part of the equation, but more important is a comfortable fit that supports your girls. When shopping for the perfect bra it’s important to figure out what
January 7, 2019 11:41AM PT “Saturday Night Live” is about to get marvelous. Rachel Brosnahan, the star of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is set to host the Jan. 19 episode of the NBC sketch comedy series. This will mark Brosnahan’s first time hosting the show. Greta Van Fleet will
Nvidia unveiled its latest graphics card and a new line of laptop models during its CES keynote on Sunday. The GeForce RTX 2060 costs $349 and promises new levels of performance and features previously available only in high-end gaming GPUs, Nvidia said. It contains Turing architecture and is reportedly 60% faster on current titles than
Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” scored three Directors Guild of America Award nominations in the children’s series category, the most of any program, while “Atlanta” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” were close behind with two nods apiece. Amy Sherman-Palladino, who won the Emmy in September for the show’s pilot, is nominated for the “Mrs.
“The Bachelor” returns for Season 23 with frontman Colton Underwood, who has made endless headlines for being a virgin. The 26-year-old former pro football player initially got mixed reactions when he was announced as ABC’s next Bachelor and since, viewers have been critical of the show’s marketing, which puts Underwood’s abstinence on a pedestal. (This
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will deliver a primetime address on “the humanitarian and national security crisis on our southern border,” as he uses the power of the presidential bully pulpit in the impasse with Democrats over the funding of a border wall. It’s unclear whether the broadcast networks will cede a primetime
Is the next frontier for virtual reality on the roadways? At CES 2019, German automaker Audi is showing off a new in-car VR system, designed to let backseat passengers watch movies, play video games and experience interactive content using a virtual-reality headset. The interesting wrinkle: the VR content can respond to the movements of a vehicle in
The reason that the Golden Globes are often billed as Hollywood’s best party is that it’s really the only awards show that feels like a fun wedding with tons of celebrity guests. The 76th edition of the ceremony held on Sunday night included its share of left-field surprises — such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” winning best
Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” has landed a Writers Guild of America nomination for original screenplay, along with Adam McKay’s “Vice,” Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade,” Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place,” and Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, and Brian Currie’s “Green Book.” Adapted screenplay noms went to Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole’s “Black
RCA Records revealed Friday it has signed a new deal with Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to a 2009 assault against his former girlfriend Rihanna and has been involved in multiple other violent incidents. The curiously timed announcement arrived during the airing of “Surviving R. Kelly,” a three-part Lifetime documentary in which multiple women accuse the
HyperX revealed new gaming headsets, microphones, keyboards and more at CES 2019, according to a press release. HyperX is partnering with Audeze and WavesNX technology to bring the new Cloud Orbit and Cloud Orbit S gaming headsets to consumers. With its head-tracking technology, the Cloud Orbit S delivers a 360-degree audio environment, delivering a more immersive
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, “True Detective” returns on HBO and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” debuts on NBC. “Manifest,” NBC,
January 7, 2019 9:31AM PT SoulPancake, the Participant Media-owned media company founded by actor Rainn Wilson, has expanded its executive roster with the hire of Jordan Allen as senior VP of revenue, strategy and operations and Mick DiMaria as VP, creative director. Allen (above left) will report to SoulPancake CEO Shabnam Mogharabi and DiMaria (right)
Staffers at Vice Media have ratified four master contracts with management covering 200 staffers represented by the Writers Guild of America. The deals cover staffs at Vice Editorial, Vice News, Viceland, and Vice Digital, representing the company’s reach across multiple platforms including nightly television news, weekly documentaries, nonfiction TV series and real-time digital news, both
It’s impossible to have any discussion about actor and icon Sam Elliott without mentioning That Voice. Simultaneously rough and smooth, like gravel coated in melted butter, that distinctive, husky sound seems to emanate not from Elliott’s throat, but his very soul. Filmmaker Brett Haley, who has made two recent films with Elliott, calls it “the
BuzzFeed News and Twitter are bringing back millennial-targeted morning talk show “AM to DM” for at least another year — claiming the show now averages 400,000 views per episode. The partners say the renewal of “AM to DM,” through the end of 2019, is an indication of its success in delivering a new take on
Verizon Media recruited Elizabeth Herbst-Brady — a media-biz veteran who most recently was head of global strategic partnerships at Snap, Snapchat’s parent company — as head of U.S. field sales. She will be based in New York, reporting directly to Jeff Lucas, head of North American sales and global client solutions. Lucas also had been at
January 7, 2019 8:54AM PT The Supreme Court has decided not to take up the suit brought by actress Olivia de Havilland against the makers of the FX series “Feud.” de Havilland’s suit was initially allowed to proceed by a Los Angeles judge, but a California appeals court reversed that decision back in March. The
The Golden Globes just marked the start of award season’s first big night in 2019. From the Los Angeles ceremony, some celebs moved onto the after parties, where of course there were several outfit changes—and many new stars arriving at the bashes who weren’t at the show at all. Here, all the best photos and
January 7, 2019 8:24AM PT Sweden’s media group MTG has secured a credit facility of SEK1 billion ($112 million) from the Stockholm-based bank Nordea. MTG is also still looking to sell its 95% stake in Bulgarian commercial media group Nova and is currently in talks with several buyers. MTG had previously made an agreement to
For its seventh annual confluence of rock and culinary pleasures, BottleRock Napa Valley has announced a typically eclectic mix of musical acts, with Mumford & Sons, Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Imagine Dragons, Logic and Pharrell Williams among those set to perform May 24-26. Among the other musicians tapped for the three-day festival
After the Golden Globes were handed out and plenty of Moet champagne was sipped and Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg said good night to the television viewing audience, winners, losers, presenters and more hit the after party circuit. Here, Variety goes inside to give you all the scoop on the partygoers, the drinks, the menu,
Chrissy Metz Come On, People … I Didn’t Call Alison Brie a Bitch 1/7/2019 6:44 AM PST EXCLUSIVE Chrissy Metz could not be clearer … she did NOT call Alison Brie a bitch on the Golden Globes red carpet … she called her a babe. We got Chrissy leaving an after-party Sunday night in WeHo
January 7, 2019 7:15AM PT The 2019 Golden Globes took a minor hit in the ratings compared to last year. The awards telecast drew a 12.7 rating in metered market households, down just under five percent from the 13.3 the 2018 telecast drew. The initial viewership numbers will be available this morning, while the final numbers should
Seven weeks from now, could “Bohemian Rhapsody” win the Academy Award for best picture? You might say: It doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell. Or you might say: Okay, now that I’m thinking about it, maybe it has a tiny chance in hell. But what my gut tells me is that “Bohemian Rhapsody,” today, has a
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced nominees for excellence in production design in feature film and television for 2018. Among the film nominees in three categories — period, fantasy, and contemporary — were the Coen brothers’ Western anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” hit Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Marvel blockbuster
As first reported by Variety, Ayelet Schiffman has been appointed Senior Vice President, Head of Promotion for Island Records, label president Darcus Beese announced today. Based in Island’s New York headquarters, she will be the label’s head of promotion at all formats, working closely with Republic Records’ promotion staff in their radio partnership with Island,
January 7, 2019 6:45AM PT Kendis Gibson will start as a weekend anchor on MSNBC after a stint at ABC News, the latest hire by the NBCUniversal cable-news network as it continues to emphasize live news programming on Saturdays and Sundays. He starts his new job on Saturday, January 19. Gibson, who joined ABC News