Epic Games said it will shut down Houseparty, the live video-chat app that the company bought two years ago — evidently concluding that the app is not financially sustainable. Houseparty announced Thursday that it will discontinue the app in October. According to a blog post on its site, the team behind Houseparty is “working on
Imax has appointed John Turner to oversee all things documentary and non-fiction. As head of documentaries, Turner will spearhead the development of non-fiction film and will report to Imax Entertainment president Megan Colligan. “This is the most exciting time for documentary filmmaking and Imax is renowned for its transformative and groundbreaking films – including my
Ever wanted to drive like you’re in “Mad Max: Fury Road”? Thanks to Lloyds Classic Car Auctions, now you can — if you’re to join the bidding — with 13 iconic vehicles from the 2015 post-apocalyptic action film up for grabs starting Sept. 25 and ending Sept. 26. “Blown, super-turbo charged and armed to the
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It’ll be a New Year’s Countrified Eve on CBS this Dec. 31, as the network has just announced plans to fill the evening with no less than five hours of live country music performances from Nashville, now being plotted by a new production company put together by “CMA Awards” executive producer Robert Deaton and country
Actress and singer-songwriter Beth Ditto has joined the cast of Fox’s upcoming musical drama “Monarch.” Previously announced cast members include Trace Adkins, Susan Sarandon and Anna Friel. The series follows America’s “first family” of country music, led by mother Dottie Cantrell Roman (Sarandon) and father Albie Roman (Adkins). Ditto will play Gigi Taylor-Roman, their daughter
David and Jessica Oyelowo have signed a TV overall deal with ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment under their Yoruba Saxon production banner, Variety has learned. Under the deal, David is attached to star in and executive produce a series about legendary Old West lawman Bass Reeves. Reeves was known as the greatest frontier hero in American
CBS announced that “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” has been renewed for a third season that will premiere in February 2022. “Big Brother: Celebrity Edition” Season 3 will once again be hosted by Julie Chen Moonves and feature a to-be-announced group of celebrities living together in the “Big Brother” house where they will be filmed 24/7
Initial Nielsen ratings for FX’s Sept. 7 debut of “Impeachment: American Crime Story” dropped significantly from earlier premieres of Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” anthology five and three years ago, respectively. According to Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings, the “Impeachment” launch drew 916,000 viewers and a rating of 0.24 in the key adults 18-49 demographic. The
Dedicated to the story that shook up Poland in 1983, when high-schooler Grzegorz Przemyk was beaten to death by militia, Venice’s main competition entry “Leave No Traces” is not your usual historical movie, argued helmer Jan P. Matuszyński during the press conference. “I see parallels between the case of Grzegorz Przemyk and the case of
Peacock has released a trailer for “Unidentified with Demi Lovato,” which premieres on Sept. 30. The four-part UFO docuseries sees Lovato, their friend Matthew and their sister Dallas consult with leading experts, investigate eyewitness encounters, uncover government documents and conduct tests to search for the truth about UFOs. In the trailer, Lovato explains that they
Discovery’s Food Network is hungry for more on-the-road cooking improv escapades from the Try Guys, the YouTube viral-video comedy troupe. The cabler picked up “No Recipe Road Trip With the Try Guys” to series, with an additional five-episode order. Food Network previously had announced a deal with the Try Guys for a one-off special of
Director Jonas Pohen Rasmussen was initially reluctant to make an English-language version of “Flee,” his animated documentary about a refugee who escaped his home in Afghanistan as a child to safety in Denmark. But Rasmussen thought a star-studded voice cast could help shed an important light on struggles similar to those of the film’s central
So the world is on fire and a global pandemic well into its “my God, is this still happening?” phase rages on. Among the slightly less critical consequences is another level of intricacy added to the Academy Awards’ most byzantine and unpredictable category — best international feature film. Any other year, we’d have a much
Paris-based MPM Premium has scored further major territory sales on Sundance Festival hit “The Pink Cloud,” closing Korea, China and Taiwan on a title which now plays at the Toronto Industry Selects market. These sales add to deals for North America – with Blue Fox Entertainment – Switzerland (Trigon), Russia (Russian World Vision) and Brazil
One rarely hears about “spring songs” or “winter songs,” but the songs that resonate during the year’s warmest season are almost their own category. And, in the summer that unofficially ended with Labor Day, Australian newcomer The Kid Laroi rules the roost, according to a song project report Variety pulled from Alpha Data. Laroi’s “Stay,”
Check out an Official Behind the Scenes Featurette for Dune starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanALERT: https://www.fandango.com/dune-2021-219677/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
When the extinction-level event takes out (almost) everyone with a Y chromosome in “Y: The Last Man,” Kimberly Campbell Cunningham is the hardest one hit, according to Amber Tamblyn, who plays the character in the new FX on Hulu series. Kimberly is a “very deeply conservative boy mom, whose entire identity is through the patriarchy
Keyshawn Johnson says he was NOT the biggest diva on the Cowboys during his tenure in Dallas … explaining that honor actually belonged to Tony Romo!!! The former wide receiver made the claim on ESPN’s “First Take” on Wednesday … saying while he was a Cowboy in 2004 and 2005 — Romo was full of
ESPN viewers regularly tune in to hear about the exploits of national teams like Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Lakers and St. Louis Cardinals. But executives want to capture the interest of those eager for news about the high-school exploits of the Lake Travis Cavaliers of Texas, the Arizona Compass Prep Dragons and the Notre
HBO Max has renewed the “Gossip Girl” revival for a second season, proclaiming “record viewership over its first weekend on the platform.” The 12-episode first season has been broken up into two parts, and its second six episodes will roll out in November. Using the vague language typical of streaming services, HBO Max called “Gossip
Living in the modern world is hell. That’s the point made, over and over, in the new anthology series “The Premise,” an FX on Hulu original. This show’s five half-hour vignettes, each written or co-written by show creator (and former “The Office” actor/writer) B.J. Novak, examine concerns of this historical moment: Topics include bullying and
The forensic breakdown of corporate greed may be the defining artwork of this historical moment. From the dueling Fyre Festival documentaries of 2019 to the multiple filmed and written explorations of overweening founders like Adam Neumann (WeWork) and Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos), there’s a sort of giddy weightlessness in watching the mighty brought low, and seeing
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Pat Becomes #1 in Daytime,” the sixth episode of “The Other Two” Season 2. Right out of the gate, the second season of “The Other Two” expanded the fame within the Dubek family to include matriarch Pat (Molly Shannon) in addition to youngest child Chase
Judy Sheindlin, after ending her 25-year run as daytime TV’s favorite judge, is taking her gavel — and other elements of “Judge Judy” — into the streaming wars. Sheindlin’s new IMDb TV original series, officially called “Judy Justice,” is set to premiere Nov. 1 exclusively on the Amazon-owned free streaming service. New episodes of “Judy
When Cannes announced it was going ahead in July, and pulled off a successful festival complete with red carpet glitz, it seemed the global film community breathed a sigh of relief. “Before Cannes, many producers were not so sure about submitting their films to the festival. But when Cannes announced and it went ahead, then,
Check out the official Ron’s Gone Wrong Trailer starring Zach Galifianakis and Jack Dylan Grazer! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanALERT for Ron’s Gone Wrong: https://www.fandango.com/rons-gone-wrong-2021-224127/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: October
New Zealand pop star Lorde has embarked on a new musical journey with the release of a five-track mini-album in Maori, despite not speaking the indigenous language. The new mini-album titled “Te Ao Marama,” which means “world of light,” features five songs re-recorded from the 24-year-old artist’s latest album, “Solar Power.” The songs are performed
Canneseries, the French Riviera-set festival dedicated to international drama series, will kick off Oct. 8 with “All The Way Up” (“Validé), a half-hour show taking place in the French rap scene. “All The Way Up” was created and directed by Franck Gastambide (“Taxi 5”) who also stars in the series. Commissioned by Canal Plus’ Creation
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck arrived in Venice on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s world premiere of Ridley Scott’s historical epic “The Last Duel.” The couple landed at Venice airport before traveling to the city in a vaporetto taxi — a speedboat with the name “Confusion.” Their arrival puts to rest weeks of speculation around whether