With his latest film “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” Sacha Baron Cohen has proven he is a master of comedy — not to mention, a master of disguise. Since he first broke out his zany characters on “The Ali G Show” more than two decades ago, countless audiences have simultaneously laughed and cringed at the Golden Globe
Shares of large technology companies including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook fell in pre-market trading Wednesday, as the Senate runoff races in Georgia were leaning toward giving Democrats control of the chamber — raising concern among investors over the prospect of new regulatory actions against tech giants. Facebook’s stock was down 2.9% before the bell,
“One Day at a Time” executive producer Gloria Calderón Kellett and “Insecure” star/executive producer Issa Rae are among six new appointees to the Television Academy’s executive committee, as chosen by the org’s chairman and CEO, Frank Scherma. The new members also include ABC’s Rob Mills, Anonymous Content’s Dawn Olmstead, Amazon Studios’ Vernon Sanders and Apple
Roku says it had a booming fourth quarter: The streaming platform company announced that it ended 2020 with an estimated 51.2 million active accounts — up 39% for the year, a gain of about 14.3 million accounts. According to Roku’s preliminary estimated data, its users watched a cumulative 17 billion streaming hours in Q4 of
Comcast Cable executive Dana Strong is set to succeed Jeremy Darroch as CEO of Sky Group in what is a major restructure at the European pay-TV operator. A 13-year veteran of Sky, Darroch will stay on as executive chairman through 2021, and will serve as an advisor to the company thereafter. The reshuffle comes just
Discovery has locked in a new leadership team for distribution worldwide and in the U.S. The company has named Eric Phillips to the new post of president, global distribution strategy. Michele Barney, who joins Discovery from AT&T, will take on Phillips’ previous role as president of affiliate distribution. In his new position, Phillips will oversee
The nation is bracing today for a rumble in Congress and political theater in the streets of Washington, D.C. as the House and Senate hold a joint session today to certify the electoral college vote in the 2020 Presidential race. A typically ceremonial session of counting the electoral votes submitted by each state has turned
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail by a London court and will remain in jail. The decision comes two days after the British court turned down the request to have Assange extradited to the U.S. due to mental health concerns. Assange, who has been indicted on 17 espionage charges by U.S. prosecutors, has
Celebrity-driven online learning platform MasterClass hired Vanna Krantz, most recently chief financial officer of Disney Plus and ESPN Plus, as CFO. At Disney, Krantz built and led the finance organization supporting the launch of Disney Plus, which rocketed to over 86 million subscribers in a little over a year, and sports streamer ESPN Plus. Prior
As it ramps up original productions, Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC is launching lavish 1980s-set Arabic crime drama ‘Rashash,’ created by Britain’s Tony Jordan (“EastEnders”) and touted as its most ambitious Saudi series to date. Directed by another Brit, Collin Teague, whose credits include “Doctor Who,” “Rashash” is based on the true story of a Saudi Arabian
Now that the Recording Academy and CBS have moved this year’s Grammy Awards telecast to March 14, that puts it in competition with the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards — and SAG-AFTRA is not happy with the news. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the shuffling of most dates this awards season, and as the
In its third major acquisition of the week, Hipgnosis Songs has acquired 50% of Neil Young’s worldwide copyright and income interests in his entire song catalog, which comprises 1,180 songs, including such hits as “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” “Helpless,” “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black),” “Ohio,” “Old Man,” “Mr. Soul,” “Like a
Anticipating that the Japanese government may again call for movie theaters to temporarily close in Greater Tokyo due to an upsurge of coronavirus cases, Toho Cinemas and other leading exhibitors are halting sales of advance tickets for cinemas in the areas. In recent years Japan has been the world’s third most valuable theatrical market behind
The Sundance Film Festival will not move forward with drive-in movie screenings in Southern California, due to the state’s alarming increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths, Variety has learned. Los Angeles-area venues the Rose Bowl Stadium and the Mission Tiki Drive-in were meant to accommodate a large number of show business types who are unable
Music mogul Dr. Dre suffered an apparent brain aneurysm on Monday and is currently receiving treatment at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His team issued a statement from him Tuesday night, saying, “Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their interest and well wishes. I’m doing great and getting excellent care from my medical
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Zoey’s Extraordinary Return,” the second season premiere of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” While the first season of NBC’s musical comedy “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” was very much about the titular character (played by Jane Levy) and her family adjusting to their patriarch’s slow health decline, the
Game shows “The Price Is Right” and “Let’s Make a Deal” are each extending their holiday hiatus and pushing back return-to-production dates amid spiking COVID-19 numbers in Los Angeles County. Both Fremantle-produced daytime shows, which air on CBS, are currently slated to resume filming at the end of January. The Drew Carey-hosted “The Price Is
Lashana Lynch is getting musical — with the British star set to join the cast of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of “Matilda.” The musical movie is based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 children’s classic about a 5-year-old named Matilda, whose precocious nature and gift for telekinesis help her overcome bullying from her parents, classmates and even the
Control of the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance as Georgia officials count the results of two runoff elections. Both races were expected to be close, and early returns showed the margins were indeed razor-thin. The New York Times’ “needle” gave a slight advantage to the two Democrats based on its analysis of early returns,
It’s official, not just fan lore: the eighth album by Taylor’s Swift, “Folklore,” has gone down as the No. 1 album of 2020, finishing the year with 2.3 million album units. It pulled ahead in the end over Lil Baby’s star-making sophomore effort, “My Turn,” which came in second with 2.1 million in the album-equivalent-unit
Play video content Breaking News Fox 6 The white police officer who shot Jacob Blake — an unarmed Black man — at point-blank range seven times won’t be criminally charged … and neither will any of the other cops involved. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael D. Graveley announced his decision Tuesday, saying Kenosha PD officer
Walter Hamada has signed a multi-year deal extension to remain president of DC Films, insiders tell Variety. The extension is through 2023, one individual familiar with the talks noted. The studio is announcing the deal imminently. Hamada will continue to report to Warner Bros. Picture Group Chairman Toby Emmerich. The label is responsible for bringing
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max unveiled a trailer for the fourth season of “Search Party,” and Pluto TV will exclusively stream “The Dr. Oz Show.” FIRST LOOKS HBO Max unveiled a trailer for the fourth season of “Search Party.” The upcoming season will follow Drew (John Reynolds), Elliott (John Early) and Portia’s (Meredith Hagner)
In normal times, the certification by Congress of electoral votes for president would be, at best, a nominal news event. But these aren’t normal times. On Wednesday, Congress is expected to complete the final step in making Joe Biden’s election official. But with some Republican lawmakers signaling that they will bow to public pressure from
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Breaking News Serena Williams‘ husband is clapping back HARD at a billionaire who criticized the tennis legend … with Alexis Ohanian calling the guy a straight-up “racist/sexist clown.” Here’s the backstory … Ion Tiriac — the super-rich ex-tennis star who’s the director of the Madrid Open — went on a Romanian television show recently and
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co. It’s crystal clear that the opulence of the early 20th century is revived with Tiffany & Co.’s latest acquisition: an archival Tiffany High Jewelry Necklace from 1939’s World’s Fair that will be rebuffed and resold. Before reaching the public’s eye in 2022, the historic necklace’s center stone, a D-color oval
Between the multiple official videos, late-night TV and eye-popping awards-show performances the Weeknd has done around his latest “After Hours” album, we’ll admit we lost the bad-night-in-Las-Vegas plotline after he got decapitated in the “In Your Eyes” clip in the middle of last year. But the story continues, in a way, in the latest official
Gene Rumsey, a veteran music business executive who held top posts at the Capitol-EMI and later Concord label groups, died Jan. 1 at age 67. Rumsey died at home in Westlake Village, Calif. The cause of death was cancer, after a 13-year struggle with the disease. In the latter part of his career, Rumsey had