R. William (“Bill”) Freston, a longtime executive at Columbia Records and a founder of the early digital radio service Click Radio, died in New York on Feb. 20 after suffering injuries in a fall on the Caribbean island of Bequia. He passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family according to the announcement. Freston, brother
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Adam Lambert is currently living out a dream, playing the role of the Emcee in the current Broadway run of “Cabaret,” or, as it’s officially known in this production, “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.” That extended titling reflects just how immersive the club-like transformation of the August Wilson Theatre is meant to be, with
Patrick Wilson is getting ready to return to musical theater. Not only is he a producer of the new “Lost Boys,” but he’s actively pursuing landing a starring role on the stage. “I definitely want to figure that out in the next two years,” Wilson says on the latest episode of the “Just for Variety”
Let’s get this out the way: Nobody titles their film “Eel” if they don’t want critics to reach for the adjective “slippery,” and Chu Chun-Teng‘s woozily gorgeous first feature invites it from the off. Its story, slender but charged, is in a constant state of retreat, repeatedly darting into psychological and existential alleys just out
Tributes from around Hollywood have poured in for “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor Michelle Trachtenberg, who died at age 39 on Wednesday morning. She was found dead in her New York City apartment, according to police, with the cause of death not yet revealed. Comedian and former Nickelodeon child star Kenan Thompson
Warner Bros. Discovery and Sony Pictures have ended their competition in Nevada and joined forces behind a new studio project in the Las Vegas suburbs. Last year, the companies were backing rival projects, both of which would have required state tax incentives to get off the ground. But in recent weeks, Warner Bros. dropped its
Office Oscar pools are merciless — you might need a perfectly guessed ballot to defeat your co-workers. You could chuck five bucks into that pot, or you could put up a dollar on a few underdogs using the online sportsbook DraftKings. Even just one correct guess could put you in the black — that is,
Four WWE superstars are stepping outside the squared circle and into the dome. Dropout has released the first trailer for “Dimension 20: Titan Takedown,” a long-rumored crossover season featuring professional wrestlers from the WWE. Bayley, Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston will enter the dome for a five-part side quest
Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins have joined the fifth and final season of “The Boys” as guest stars, reuniting with their fellow “Supernatural” alum, Jensen Ackles. Details on their roles are being kept under wraps. “The Boys” creator Eric Kripke has long expressed a desire to cast Padalecki on the satirical superhero drama, telling Variety
On the page, the character of Harriet Welsch, the inquisitive and sharply judgmental preteen at the center of Louise Fitzhugh’s novel “Harriet the Spy,” is a little tough to take; her habit of writing down mean observations about her classmates is, rightly, seen by her peers as rather harsh. It works — Harriet learns valuable
Michelle Trachtenberg starred in “Harriet the Spy” at just 10 years old, and went on to appear in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gossip Girl,” “Ice Princess” and “Eurotrip.” Trachtenberg started acting at just 3 years old before joining Nickelodeon’s “The Adventures of Pete and Pete.” She joined “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Dawn Summers in
Michelle Trachtenberg, the actor best known for film and television roles including “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has died. She was 39. She was found unconscious and unresponsive Wednesday in her Manhattan apartment, according to the New York City police department. According to the New York Post, which first reported the news, she
Playing “The End” on the “SNL50” special hardly marked the end of what fans will be hearing or seeing from Paul McCartney this year. He announced Wednesday that he will release a book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” tracing the history of the group he helmed through most of the 1970s
Netflix subscribers streamed more content than ever in the back half of 2024 — and the second season of Korean hit drama “Squid Game” was the biggest TV show on the service. The streamer’s customers watched more than 94 billion hours on Netflix in the second half of last year, a 5% increase year over
When it comes to keeping fans from having to watch the usual heavy load of sports ads, Unrivaled has been undaunted. The start-up three-on-three women’s basketball league, with clubs such as the Phantoms and the Lunar Owls, launched in part to provide an alternative for players who often travel abroad to play during the WNBA
The next potential leader of CBS News has built up a lot of experience running newsrooms for ABC. Tom Cibrowski, a former senior ABC News executive who played a big role in moving “Good Morning America” past NBC’s “Today” in the ratings last decade, has emerged as a possible candidate to take a senior role
OVO Sound, the label founded by Drake, Noah “40” Shebib, and Oliver El-Khatib, has promoted Lauren “Shug” Ritzer to general manager. In her elevated position, Ritzer will oversee the daily operations of the label home to Drake, PartyNextDoor, Majid Jordan, Roy Woods and Naomi Sharon. “There’s a lot of momentum at OVO Sound right now,”
At their best, the Oscars are all about spectacle — giving viewers a chance to witness a constellation of decked-out stars making Hollywood history in real time. But in 2025, ratings continue to lag, and so the show itself must evolve. Rethinking this year’s broadcast are executive producer Raj Kapoor and showrunner Katy Mullan, two
Tatum O’Neal walked into Smashbox Studios using a cane, a vestige of the stroke she had in 2020 after an overdose. As she was getting a manicure, she struggled to remember the names of important people in her life. But now that she’s actually before the cameras, posing with her Oscar in hand, she’s come
The battle to become the de factor measuring stick for the media industry continues. VideoAmp, one of several rivals to Nielsen that have emerged in recent years, unveiled VXP, a new media-planning tool that will incorporate first-party streaming data from Disney, Fox and Paramount Global to help advertisers understand how audiences are consuming content across
Jeff Bezos is shaking up the Washington Post again. The billionaire owner of the newspaper said Wednesday he will change the focus of the opinion section to focus on “support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” According to Bezos, he offered Washington Post editorial opinion page editor David Shipley “the opportunity
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are back for “Another Simple Favor.” Lionsgate and Amazon Studios pulled the curtain back on the sequel to the pair’s 2018 black comedy, which saw the pair play friends turned romantic rivals turned murder-suicide conspirators. The sequel sees Stephanie (Kendrick) and Emily (Lively) back in each other’s company, now en
Universal’s “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” continued its box office dominance in the U.K. and Ireland, bringing in £6.8 million ($8.7 million) in its second weekend, according to Comscore. The highly anticipated fourth installment in the “Bridget Jones” franchise has now reached $34.6 million, maintaining a firm grip on the No. 1 spot. Disney’s
“Pink Floyd at Pompeii — MCMLXXII,” the rock band’s 1972 concert film/documentary, will revisit theaters with a restored version that is coming to Imax and other cinema screens starting April 24, followed shortly by a first-time stand-alone release of the soundtrack as an official live album on May 2. Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Vision
Kanye West Keep Me Out of Bhad Bhabie’s Beef With Alabama Barker … I Talked to Travis!!! Published February 26, 2025 6:28 AM PST | Updated February 26, 2025 7:03 AM PST Play video content Kanye West doesn’t want to be in the middle of controversy … this time. The 21-time Grammy winner is adamant
In our March issue, Kristen Bateman profiles some of the women in retail who are driving not just street-style interest, but sales with their photogenic wardrobes. And since no one knows more about shopping smart than this quartet, she made sure to ask all four subjects what they have their eyes on for spring. Let
“The Drew Barrymore Show” has just hit series highs in viewership, averaging 1.52 million viewers during the week of February 10. According to CBS Media Ventures, that’s the best-ever performance by the daytime talker, which is currently in its fifth season. The distributor said this also marked the first time the show won the week
It’s time to hop back in the Tardis — Season 2 of Ncuti Gatwa’s “Doctor Who” is right around the corner, and Alan Cumming is coming along for the ride. Disney and the BBC revealed on Wednesday that a new adventure through time and space will premiere on April 12 at 12 a.m. PT/3 a.m.
Warner Bros. Discovery reversed plans announced in September of 2023 to launch a premium tier for sports programming on Max, and said it also would keep sports and news available for subscribers to its standard and premium service levels “Over the last year plus, we had the opportunity to assess how users engage with sports
Podcasts started as an audio-only phenomenon. But now YouTube — the world’s biggest video platform — might be the biggest platform for podcasts. According to the Google-owned video giant, YouTube now has more than 1 billion monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide. In 2024, users watched more than 400 million hours of podcasts monthly on
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