A filmed version of the popular Broadway musical “Come From Away” will debut on Apple TV Plus. Apple Original Films landed rights to the live stage recording, which is being produced and financed by Entertainment One. eOne previously announced plans to unveil the film in September, though Apple has not set an exact release date. Broadway
Oslo-based private non-profit Foundation Fritt Ord, which is behind ten doc features that bowed at CPH:DOX, has upped its overall annual budget allocation from a pre-pandemic $12 million to $19 million in 2020, a level that will be sustained in 2021. The Fritt Ord Foundation supports journalism, literature, training, documentary photography, and documentary filmmaking. As
Amazon Prime Video has once again put a pause on its annual in-person Emmy FYC pop-up events space due to the pandemic. But in its place, the streamer has curated a virtual experience, dubbed “Beyond the Screen,” that kicks off this weekend with an evening devoted to the stars, crafts and music of Steve McQueen’s
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In the early days of the pandemic, there were Zoom clothes: video meeting–appropriate pieces that fooled no one (we were all in sweatpants—or no pants—from the waist down). For prefall, a new variation has emerged: zoom-in clothes, garments peppered or patterned with logos so covert, so camouflaged, one must get close up to spot the
The National Assoc. of Latino Independent Producers announced the launch of the Latino Lens: Narrative Short Film Incubator for Women of Color. Sponsored by Netflix, the program provides support for four Latinx or women of color writers and/or directors to aid in the creation of an original short film. “With both NALIP and Netflix being
At the end of 2019, Australian-born artist The Kid LAROI was just another teenager trying to make it in America’s rap game. But a little over a year later, the 17-year-old LAROI is among today’s top hitmakers, with collaborations alongside megastars like Juice WRLD, Justin Bieber — and as of today, Miley Cyrus. Cyrus has
Like open fire hydrants and Mediterranean fruit flies, a new set of DJ Khaled collabs with a sleek, star-crowded full-length to follow is the surest sign of spring’s slide into summer. DJ Khaled all but created The Event Album, just as Jerry Bruckheimer or James Cameron-crafted Event Cinema. Only Khaled’s is more of an annual/semi-annual
A month after the release of the trailer for “Spiral: From the Book of Saw,” rapper 21 Savage, who serves as executive producer of the film’s soundtrack, has dropped a music video for the song “Spiral.” (See behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot below.) The film, which opens in over 2,000 theaters on May 14, stars
The track records of Bonnie “Prince” Billy — a.k.a. former Palace frontman Will Oldham — and guitarist-singer Matt Sweeney reach back some 30 years and create a dense discographical tangle that takes as long to read as most of the albums take to listen to. Yet all of Oldham’s work bears his trademark high, breathy
Esmé Bianco, a British actress who appeared on “Game of Thrones,” filed a federal lawsuit against Marilyn Manson on Friday accusing him of rape and other acts of sexual violence. Bianco first came forward on Feb. 10, as more than a dozen other women were also making allegations against Manson. At the time, she told
“NCIS: Hawai’i” has found its series lead in Vanessa Lachey, while also adding both Yasmine Al-Bustami and Jason Antoon to the cast. Lachey will star as Jane Tennant, the first woman SAC of NCIS: Hawai’i. She’s described as being as diplomatic as she is hard-charging. A woman in a male-dominated profession, she’s thrived in a
The Garcias are getting the family back together. HBO Max has given a 10-episode order to “The Garcias,” a sequel to the family comedy “The Brothers Garcia” that aired on Nickelodeon for four seasons from 2000 to 2004. The series hails from New Cadence Productions, the banner headed by “Brothers Garcia” co-creator and executive producer
Nielsen and the networks it serves have long been at odds, like a student might be with a particularly tough college professor who always offers a B- but never an A. But lately, tensions have begun to boil over into the public sphere, raising anew the prospect that advertisers and media outlets may start using
Esme Bianco — best known for her role as Ros on “Game of Thrones” — claims she was drugged, tortured and raped by Marilyn Manson in a bombshell new lawsuit. According to the docs — obtained by TMZ — the actress met the shock rocker in 2005 through his then-fiancee and he expressed interest in
Sir Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and over 150 successful artists and songwriters recently joined the growing chorus of voices demanding changes in the way music streaming pays creators in Britain. But while the open letter to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson – calling for streaming to be treated like a
Finn Wittrock has been cast in a lead role of the upcoming “Green Lantern” series at HBO Max, Variety has learned. Wittrock will star as Guy Gardner, who is described as a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as rendered in the comics, an embodiment of 1980s hyper-patriotism. And yet, Guy is somehow likable. Wittrock is
A typical day in the work lives of Pets on Q founder and president Colleen Wilson and COO Melissa May Curtis includes a lot of time spent behind a screen — answering emails, surfing social media, pulling algorithmic stats from their proprietary booking platform and looking through their roster of 1,000 animals to match the
Hulu, more than four years after launching its live TV service, has added ViacomCBS’ cable networks to the lineup. Starting Friday (April 30), nine ViacomCBS networks will be available on Hulu + Live TV: Comedy Central, BET, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., VH1, CMT, MTV, TV Land and Paramount Network. The price of the streaming package will
Cloris Leachman, who would have turned 95 on April 30, was already a seasoned performer before her impressive streak in film and television began in the early 1970s. In 1972, she pulled off a rare feat: She won the best supporting actress Oscar for Peter Bogdanovich’s “The Last Picture Show,” in a finely-drawn dramatic performance,
MTV announced that Nikki Glaser will host the inaugural “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted,” airing May 17. The first-of-its-kind award show will celebrate all things reality television and follow the “MTV Movie & TV Awards,” hosted by Leslie Jones, on May 16. Glaser, who hosted SiriusXM’s “You Up with Nikki Glaser” and starred in
“The Last Kingdom” will end with its upcoming Season 5 on Netflix. The announcement comes as the show begins production on its fifth season in Budapest, Hungary. “I love this job,” series star Alexander Dreymon said. “Playing Uhtred for 5 seasons has been a wonderful journey. And I’m truly grateful to have been given the
In today’s Global Bulletin, HBO Max commits to 100 original productions in Latin America over the next two years; SPT launches a new Creative Diversity Fund for its TV production companies; YouTube Originals commissions “Terms and Conditions 2”; Atresmedia picks up remake rights to Nippon TV’s “Mother”; and Sheffield Doc/Fest unveils the lineup for this
After three straight years with Kelly Clarkson as host, the Billboard Music Awards have a new voice in that role. Nick Jonas will assume the duties for the May 23 show on NBC, to be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. It’s the latest in a line of hosting gigs for Jonas,
TikTok announced a new CEO and COO, in what its Chinese parent company ByteDance said was “a strategic reorganization” to optimize the popular short-form video app’s global teams and support its continued growth. Shou Zi Chew, who joined ByteDance last month as CFO, will now also become CEO of TikTok. Vanessa Pappas, who has served
What will we wear when we make our much-anticipated return to society? It’s a question that’s occupied our minds ever since we first began entertaining visions of a post-pandemic world. For the past year, our office blazers and party heels have given way to cozy—sometimes chic, and, er, sometimes not—sweatsuits and slip-on sandals. And our
UPDATED: Roku’s deal to distribute YouTube TV expired Friday — and amid its standoff with Google, Roku pulled YouTube TV from its channel store. For now, however Roku said it is continuing to provide access to YouTube TV for existing subscribers, “unless Google takes actions that require the full removal of the channel.” Roku had
The Recording Academy has named veteran talent producer Chantel Sausedo to the new position of managing director of artist relations. Over the past 20 years Sausedo has served as talent producer or a talent executive on multiple Grammy Awards and Billboard Music Awards, as well as last year’s “John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero,” “Stand Up
The extension of an popular immersive exhibition that retraces the memories of one of Hong Kong’s most iconic cinema buildings, and the past glory of the local film and entertainment industries, has set high expectations for one of the city’s largest privately-run heritage conservation projects. A new life will be given to dilapidated cinema, the
“I May Destroy You” creator and star Michaela Coel has issued a statement on the allegations against Noel Clarke. “I am here to support great support for the 20 brave women who have come forward; those who have shared their identities with us, but also those who have preferred to use an alias; the mental