For today’s finale of “Mind Wide Open,” the IGTV series and podcast hosted by Chris Cornell’s daughter, Lily Cornell Silver, she welcomes her mother, longtime Alice in Chains and Soundgarden manager Susan Silver. According to the announcement, Susan — who rarely does interviews — and Lily will talk about “the relationship between a parent and child with
The iHeartCountry Festival is among those rejoining the un-virtual ranks this year, as the annual broadcast will return to its previous home of the Frank Erwin Center in Austin on Oct. 30 for an event set to go out live over iHeartMedia’s 150-plus country stations. Blake Shelton, Toby Keith, Little Big Town, Carly Pearce, Jake
U.S. and U.K. streaming aggregator ScreenHits TV is partnering with Germany’s Joyn to offer the streaming platform’s full range of films and original content from ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery. The agreement will also include content from other providers, including Comedy Central and RedBull TV. The partnership, which goes into effect at the end of July, was
BBC Three is set to air a comedy special celebrating mockumentary series “People Just Do Nothing.” “Kurupting the Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story” will follow the group of DJs and MCs behind pirate radio station Kurupt FM. Starring Allan Mustafa, Asim Chaudhry, Hugo Chegwin and Steve Stamp, the first episode of the popular
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its official poster by Italian illustrator and author Lorenzo Mattotti, and announced that a film by Venice native Andrea Segre looking at how the fest navigated COVID-19 last year will screen as its pre-opening event. Titled “La Biennale di Venezia: il cinema al tempo del Covid,” which translates to
APPOINTMENT Former Disney, DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox executive Tim Erickson has been named executive VP of brand Peanuts Worldwide, reporting into Eric Ellenbogen, CEO of WildBrain, the majority owner of Peanuts. Working together with the family of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, WildBrain’s content and management teams and brand co-owners Sony Music Entertainment (Japan),
David Leckie, one of the most senior executives in Australian television, is dead. He died at home at Mulberry Farm on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. Leckie was CEO of Nine Network from 1990 to 2001. In 2003, he joined Seven Network and led it to ratings success. Leckie held several senior roles with the
Amazon Studios has unveiled a new high-concept Italian original movie featuring pop star Laura Pausini, who recently collaborated with Diane Warren to perform the Oscar-nominated theme song “Io Sì” (Seen) for Sophia Loren-starrer “The Life Ahead.” The still untitled film, which has begun shooting, is being helmed by Ivan Cotroneo, who is among Italy’s most
“The Velvet Queen” (La Panthere des neiges), Marie Amiguet’s lushly lensed documentary which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Cinema for the Climate section, has lured buyers in major territories, including the U.S. Represented in international markets by London-based banner The Bureau Sales, “The Velvet Queen” follows award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier
Amazon Studios Head Jennifer Salke Celebrates Landmark Emmy Noms for ‘The Boys’ and ‘The Underground Railroad’ I spoke to Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke on the morning of the Emmy nominations to get her take on the streamer’s tally and overall trends. Amazon scored 19 nods (20, if you include an Alexa commercial, which Amazon is counting)
Major brands are dumping their partnerships with Kris Wu, a former member of the K-pop group EXO and one of China’s most influential celebrities, after he was accused of predatory behavior toward women. The allegations have created a nationwide scandal and set the Chinese internet on fire. Eight out of the top 10 search items
As it turns out, Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” might be only the second-most satisfying authorized Beatles documentary of 2021 when it comes out around Thanksgiving time. Or maybe it’ll come out as the toppermost of the poppermost after all in fan rankings of these thing. But what’s for sure is that the Rick Rubin-hosted “McCartney
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the July 19 episode of “The Bachelorette.” Katie Thurston was tasked with narrowing down her “Bachelorette” suitors from seven to four in anticipation of next week’s hometown dates. Andrew Spencer, Blake Moynes, Brendan Scanzano, Greg Grippo, Justin Glaze, Michael Allio, and Mike Planeta remained
Hollywood’s largest studios and unions have come to terms on a tentative short-term deal to relax some of the COVID safety protocols that were put in place last year to allow movie and TV production to resume. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and four unions — DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and Teamsters —
Bugs Bunny, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Yogi Bear and Fred Flintstone all have one thing in common: Not only do they appear in “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” but behind the scenes, voiceover actor Jeff Bergman is responsible for voicing all these characters. A legendary voice actor, Bergman stepped into the booth as one of the
After several static weeks without much change at the top of the songs chart, the teaming of the Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber has stepped up to shake things up a bit, as has BTS. The Laroi/Bieber collaboration “Stay” debuted at No. 1 on the Rolling Stone songs chart, followed by another new entry, BTS’
Megan Fox has pulled out of tonight’s Los Angeles premiere of her new movie “Midnight in the Switchgrass” because of the ongoing concern over COVID in Los Angeles. “Due to the recent California mask mandate and rise of COVID cases, Megan Fox will no longer be attending the premiere tonight,” a rep for the premiere
Carla Gugino may have done a lot of action work in two of her latest projects — the series “Jett” (now on HBO Max) and the Netflix movie “Gunpowder Milkshake” — but she’s happy to report that she made it through both productions uninjured. But a day off from filming the upcoming “Leopard Skin” in
Starting on Aug. 9, American citizens who are fully vaccinated may freely enter Canada. This news comes after a restriction on all non-essential travel that has been in place since March 2020. This will make travelling to the Toronto International Film Festival much easier for festgoers from the U.S. This year’s TIFF will be a
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Ron Bultongez — a former ‘American Idol’ contestant who made it pretty far during his 2018 season — is facing multiple counts of sex with a minor in his home state. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the singer and one-time ‘Idol’ sensation was arrested in Grapevine, TX when he turned himself in on July
Yola first came into the consciousness of most music fans when she was nominated for a best new artist Grammy last year, among four attention-getting nods she picked up. Come 2022, she’s destined to capture the attention of movie fans when she appears in Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley movie. In Australia earlier this year,
Fox News and Britt McHenry, a former on-air personality who joined the cable-news outlet after a stint at ESPN, have parted ways after reaching a settlement in a long-running harassment lawsuit, according to the network “While Fox News is confident it would have prevailed in the lawsuit, we are pleased that we have been able
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. announced that Ursula Burns has joined its board of directors. Burns was previously CEO of Xerox Corporation, where she helped move the company to a diversified global business services company. From 2009 to 2016, she served on the White House’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Coalition. In 2016, Burns joined
Robby Steinhardt, violinist and co-lead vocalist for Kansas, died Saturday after a bout of acute pancreatitis and septic shock, his wife Cindy Steinhardt confirmed on Facebook. He was 71. On May 13, Robby Steinhardt was admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis. Later that night, he went into acute septic shock and was placed on
Director Alan Taylor has boarded the “Interview With the Vampire” series at AMC, Variety has learned exclusively. Taylor will direct the first two episodes of the upcoming series and will also serve as an executive producer on Season 1. The show, which was officially greenlit in June, is based on the Anne Rice novel of
Dana Honor is exiting her role as an executive producer at Kapital Entertainment, Variety has learned. “I’ve had an incredible 5 years at Kapital and am so grateful to Aaron for his partnership,” Honor said. “I will greatly miss my Kapital family, but I’ve decided to take a much needed break to spend time with my
Univision has unveiled a massive overhaul of its corporate ranks as well as the leadership of its entertainment, news and sports divisions. The moves come more than a year after the Spanish-language media giant was acquired by investment firms SearchLight Capital Partners and ForgeLight LLC, and three months after Univision and Televisa set an agreement
Kevin Lewis will follow up “Willy’s Wonderland” by directing “The Accursed,” a new horror movie about demonic possession that its creators predict will be like if “Sam Raimi and Dario Argento had a love child and James Wan was its uncle.” Mena Suvari (“American Beauty”), Sarah Grey (Netflix’s “The Order” and DC’s “Legends of Tomorrow”),
Two popular Los Angeles movie theaters are under new management after AMC Entertainment announced Monday that it will assume the lease of The Grove in West Hollywood and The Americana at Brand in Glendale. News that AMC, the world’s largest exhibition chain, was in negotiations to take over the venues broke in June and came