The University of Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark are set for consecutive trips to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Game as the team prevailed in a nail-biter Final Four faceoff against University of Connecticut. The final matchup finishes out a dream March Madness tournament for NCAA Women’s Basketball, as star players such as Clark and
“The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem” is a documentary about 4Chan, the popular imageboard website that became the Petri dish in which QAnon — the mother of all crackpot conspiracy theories — came into being. The story of 4Chan makes for a fascinating chapter in the evolution of Internet culture. But chances are we wouldn’t
Charter Communications is about to play a guest-star role in the corporate drama surrounding Paramount Global. As if Shari Redstone’s media empire wasn’t under enough pressure, Paramount Global now is in the final few weeks of its most recent carriage agreement with Charter, the nation’s second largest cable operator behind Comcast. The two companies are
It’s not unusual for “Bridgerton” cast members to strip down on screen, with the Netflix series quickly gaining a reputation for its love scenes after its premiere on the streamer in 2020. Ahead of the coming third season, actor Nicola Coughlan revealed that her negotiations with Netflix and Shondaland included the production of an alternate
Not even the “9-1-1” cast was in the know when it came to Buck’s (Oliver Stark) sexuality. One day after the 100th episode of the procedural ended with Buck sharing a kiss with Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.), cast member Angela Bassett revealed she was also very surprised. “I just saw it today! I was a
Key to the ongoing conversations about Latino representation in the U.S. entertainment industry is the need for the diversification of stories, which in turn would breed valuable specificity. Rather than expecting one production to speak strongly to every single subset of the vast Latino community, projects should reflect the unique microcosms and experiences that speak
Documentary filmmaking has never been a profession one enters into to get rich — though for a brief period it seemed possible. Cable expanded documentary’s reach to wider audiences in the 1980’s and 1990’s, and films like “Fahrenheit 9/11,” “March of the Penguins,” and “An Inconvenient Truth” became legitimate box-office breakthroughs, but nonfiction features on
Cole Brings Plenty, the actor who played Pete Plenty Clouds on “Yellowstone” spinoff series “1923,” was found dead in Kansas a week after he was reported missing. He was 27. Plenty was a suspect in a domestic violence case. According to the Johnson County, Kan. sheriff’s office, he was discovered Friday morning in a wooded
Emmy watchers should not be surprised if multiple top contenders this year opt to take a shot at the drama series race rather than compete in the limited series category. The list is known to include Apple TV+ ‘s “Masters of the Air,” FX’s “Shōgun” and HBO’s “The Sympathizer,” which means that those platforms are
Outplay Films‘ “Turtles,” directed by David Lambert, has landed U.S. distribution with Dark Star Pictures. The film, which stars Dave Johns, Olivier Gourmet and Brigitte Poupart, follows a long-married couple who are headed for divorce. The official synopsis reads: “Since Thom and Henri met 35 years ago, their love for each other has never faltered.
Not many would consider it hard labor to stand in the shadow of Jennifer Lopez. Few, perhaps, could stand as still and as long as documentary filmmaker Jason Bergh. For nearly a decade, Bergh has recorded the multi-hyphenate star behind the scenes as she has charted new paths as a content producer and beauty mogul,
“Quantum Leap” has been canceled at NBC after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. The show served as a followup to the 1989 show of the same name starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The revamped version starred Raymond Lee as physicist Dr. Ben Song, whose attempt to restart the Quantum Leap project pioneered by Dr.
Keith LeBlanc, a drummer, producer and recording artist best known for his work on pioneering early hip-hop records by Grandmaster Flash and others, died Thursday after a battle with an undisclosed illness, his wife Fran LeBlanc confirms to Variety. Later in his career he worked extensively as a producer, session musician — including on Nine
“House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon will co-write the script for “Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi.” He’ll pen the Lucasfilm project alongside James Mangold, who will also direct the film. It will trace the origins of the Force and will be set 25,000 years before any other “Star Wars” project previously seen. “It’s a
One or more individuals have been fraudulently posing as officials from “The Drew Barrymore Show” in attempts to scam talent and other guests involved with the star’s talk show, Variety can report exclusively. The ruse, which did not originate from the syndicated series or its producer CBS Media Ventures and Paramount Global, has been flaunting
J. Cole‘s rap battle with Kendrick Lamar might bring some new heat for the Dreamvillain, who’s now being accused of dropping transphobic lyrics in his clap back at Kendrick. Cole bombs K Dot on “7 Minute Drill,” the last track of “Might Delete Later” … the surprise album he dropped Friday — but fans are
Philadelphia will be Disneyland for wrestling fans across the world this weekend as WWE’s WrestleMania XL takes place over two nights — Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7 — at the city’s Lincoln Financial Field. Not only will fans be paying attention to the in-ring action, but also the spectacle outside of the squared circle, which
Meta filed a motion Friday requesting the dismissal of the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the social media company — arguing the agency still hasn’t provided any basis for its litigation, which could potentially force Meta to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. In December 2020, the FTC and more than 40 state attorneys general sued the company
Things weren’t always this tense between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. On March 25, the former shook the foundation with his uncredited verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s “Like That,” a cut included on the pair’s freshly released collaborative album “We Don’t Trust You.” The internet immediately lit up: Lamar’s particularly fiery verse put his issues
Lizzy McAlpine is an admitted overthinker, particularly when it comes to the concept of time and our inability to control it. “I spiral about that pretty much every night,” says the 24-year-old, who contemplates growth and reconciles with regret on her third album “Older,” out today (April 5). “Definitely on birthdays, I hate birthdays, I’m
Sean “Diddy” Combs and his 26-year-old son, Christian “King” Combs, are named as defendants in a new lawsuit that alleges the music mogul’s son sexually assaulted a woman on a yacht in December 2022. Christian is accused of assault, battery, sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to a complaint filed on April
Over the years “post-punk” has become nearly as vague a term as “post-modern,” but it generally refers to a brittle, guitar-heavy sound with choppy rhythms as practiced by such late-‘70s British outfits as Public Image Ltd., Gang of Four, the Fall, Joy Division, This Heat and others. If the sound had a home base, it
Supermodel and beauty entrepreneur Winnie Harlow has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Harlow became the first model with vitiligo to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2016. She is an outspoken advocate of inclusivity and diversity within the beauty and modeling industries, and has amassed over 11 million followers across
J. Cole went straight for the jugular when firing back at Kendrick Lamar … calling K.dot’s critically acclaimed “To Pimp a Butterfly” album the audio version of a sleeping pill, and folks are mad. On Friday, Cole left the rap internet in a tizzy thanks to his surprise project “Might Delete Later” … which features
With the Los Angeles area’s still-under-construction Intuit Dome set to start hosting the Clippers in October, a lot of attention has been trained on what kind of reviews the 17,700-capacity arena will get as a sports venue this fall. But music fans will get a big jump on feeling the new facility out, as pop
One element that distinguishes the music of artists like Jamie XX and Fred Again is that, unlike many other DJ-producers, they tend to come at their songs and even their DJ sets from a songwriter’s perspective more than a producer’s one. It’s a subtle distinction, but most of their music is based as much around
The horror prequel “The First Omen” and the action thriller “Monkey Man” arrive in theaters this weekend, but they’ll be no match for the mighty force of “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” 20th Century Studios’ “The First Omen” opened with $725,000 in previews at the box office, while Universal’s “Monkey Man” opened a bit
Few would have predicted that one of the biggest alt-rock breakthroughs of the last decade would be a mostly instrumental trio from Houston with a name that seems dauntingly difficult to pronounce. Yet out of all the many surprises of the last ten years, the success of Khruangbin (pronounced “KRUNG-bin”) has indeed overcome the odds,
When Michael Douglas was invited to play Benjamin Franklin in Apple TV+’s “Franklin,” he immediately took out a $100 bill. “I looked at Ben and thought, ‘I’ve got a long ways to go,’” the two-time Oscar winner tells Variety. Douglas didn’t just worry that he’d have to spend hours in the makeup chair — the
Women’s pro hoops are coming back to Amazon‘s Prime Video for at least two more years. Prime Video and the WNBA on Friday announced a rights renewal deal under which Prime Video will continue to be the exclusive U.S. streaming partner for a package of 21 games each season, including the Championship Game of the