Megan Thee Stallion has continued the slow drip of details about the July incident in which rapper Tory Lanez allegedly shot her in the foot after an argument. Lanez has repeatedly denied her accounts of the incident without directly saying he did not shoot her. In a new interview with GQ, Megan claims that Lanez
Heavy metal titan and founder of Megaforce Records/Crazed Management Jonny Zazula — best known in metal circles as Jonny Z — is tantamount for giving a voice and a platform to what was once an underserved and underrepresented musical community. All that changed in 1981 when Zazula and his wife, Marsha, opened a record store
Director Ryan Murphy’s upcoming adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Prom” is timely, making strides for diversity and inclusion. With an all-star ensemble and two breakout stars in Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose, the Netflix feature is in prime position to hit the zeitgeist when viewers begin streaming it in December. “The Prom” can
Microsoft-owned Minecraft is bringing the Star Wars universe to the game — in what it says is its biggest downloadable content mashup to date. Available in the Minecraft Marketplace, the pack features characters and locations from Lucasfilm’s original Star Wars trilogy (Episode 4-6) and “The Mandalorian” TV series on Disney Plus, including the ever-popular Baby
After three straight weeks of ratings dips “Supermarket Sweep” steadied the shopping cart on Sunday night. The ABC show scored a 0.8 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 3.3 million total viewers, a 14% ratings bump from last episode. Hosted by Leslie Jones, the show kicked off with a 1.0 rating a month ago, before
Veteran brand whiz Jillian Raskin has joined UTA Marketing as an executive. Raskin’s resume is deep with experience in product placement and entertainment, a prominent revenue source for streamers and traditional giants alike. Based in Los Angeles, Raskin will report to Julian Jacobs and David Anderson, the co-heads of UTA Marketing, which is the company’s
Bleachers frontman and hit producer Jack Antonoff has always worn his New Jersey affiliation and Bruce Springsteen influence proudly, and today he brings it all home: Bleachers have dropped two new tracks, giving fans a sneak peek of new music a forthcoming album due next year — and one of them, “Chinatown,” features none other than Springsteen himself. The
24kGoldn, Flo Milli, Holly Humberstone and more are among Vevo DSCVR’s “Artists to Watch” for 2021. Vevo DSCVR ATW champions emerging artists through live performance content. “Artists to Watch” is now in its seventh year, with the list consisting of artists who Vevo believes will break through in the coming months. Vevo will premiere two
In a year that has given us many large film ensembles, Netflix’s “The Prom” is another awards season hopeful that could crack multiple acting categories. In an exclusive to Variety, Netflix has confirmed the acting submissions for the upcoming Academy Awards. Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep and newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman will campaign for lead
Stand-up comedian Sinbad is recovering from a recent stroke, his family told Variety in a statement on Monday morning. “It is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke,” his family said in a statement. “Sinbad is a light source of love and joy
Exclusive 15-year-old Quawan Charles appears to have most likely died from drowning — the family’s independent autopsy results now reaffirm that, but they still don’t know the how behind his death. The findings are in from American Forensics — the agency that did a separate autopsy on Quawan’s body — and according to the report,
To celebrate its upcoming reality competition series “The Pack,” as well as dogs all around the world, Amazon Prime Video is launching “Packed Weekend,” a multi-day, dog-friendly series of events and promotions, Variety has learned exclusively. “The Pack,” which is produced by Amazon Studios and Renegade 83 and is hosted by Lindsey Vonn and her
Warner Music Group announced today that Maria Weaver has been named president of WEA, the company’s recorded music division’s global artist and label services network. Weaver was most recently Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Comcast Advertising and previously held senior marketing and creative services posts at Interactive One, HBO, and Showtime. She
Ryan Murphy saw a January 2019 Broadway production of “The Prom” at the Longacre Theatre, and he knew right away that he wanted to make a film adaptation under his production deal at Netflix. Very quickly, it received the green light. By early February he had all the actors, producers and a plan to begin
Bukky Bakray, star of Brussels, Dublin and San Sebastian-winning film “Rocks,” Aleem Khan, director of Cannes Critics’ Week Label title “After Love,” and Kate Byers and Linn Waite, producers of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) debut award-winner “Bait,” are among 34 participants of the 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough initiative. Supported by Netflix, the
Cairo-based film marketing and distribution outfit MAD Solutions is launching MAD Rising Celebrity, a new unit dedicated to launching up-and-coming film and TV acting talents from across the Arab world. The new MAD Solutions subsidiary has recruited a rich roster of rising Arab actors comprising Saudi Arabia’s Fatima AlBanawi (pictured) – who starred in groundbreaking
The fifth annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced the 2020 winners Monday morning, honoring “Dick Johnson Is Dead” for best documentary feature as well as the film’s Kirsten Johnson for best director. The film focuses on Richard Johnson, the director’s father, who suffers from dementia and imagines different ways in which he could die with
Elon Musk was spectacularly triumphant Sunday over the historic SpaceX launch, but that didn’t stop critics from slapping a 2020 label on him — “Space Karen,” and it all has to do with coronavirus. Dr. Emma Bell tore into Musk after he groused that his COVID tests were, as he put it, “extremely bogus.” As
Hulu’s original documentary about what the announcement describes as “the rise and fall” of controversial rapper Tekashi69 is streaming now exclusively on Hulu. Titled “69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez,” after the Brooklyn-born rapper’s real name, the doc is tagged “part investigative documentary, part real-life gangster movie” and details how the rapper “repeatedly broke the
This year’s Game Awards, for the first time, has carved out one category — Most Anticipated Game — to be exclusively decided by fan votes on Twitter. Fans will have the opportunity to vote for the 2020 Game Awards’ Most Anticipated Game via Twitter DMs and share the vote to their timelines. The nominees will
The holiday season is a full-circle moment for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. They began dating after they were guests of Ralph Lauren at the 2017 Met Gala, and the now-married couple star in the holiday campaign for Feed, the lifestyle brand from Lauren Bush Lauren, who is married to Ralph’s son David. Since Lauren
While there’s been no official word, according to TMZ and social media posts by 50 Cent and others, singer-rapper Jeremih is in serious condition after being hospitalized with COVID-19. On Sunday night, 50 tweeted that Jeremih’s condition may be improving. “Thank you for praying for my boy Jeremih,” 50 wrote on Twitter. “He is responsive
Keegan-Michael Key will dole out a broad historical review of sketch comedy going back hundreds of years — through the lens of his experience as a performer — in a new audio series produced exclusively for Audible. The actor-comedian-producer will write and perform “The History of Sketch Comedy” for Audible, directed and co-written by his
Almost six months after HBO Max’s launch, the WarnerMedia streaming service will finally be landing on Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablets. The HBO Max app for Amazon’s devices will be available Tuesday, Nov. 17. The launch will bring WarnerMedia’s flagship direct-to-consumer product to Amazon’s estimated 40 million-plus active Fire TV users as well as
In today’s Global Bulletin, Atresmedia commissions a Spanish version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock” trailer drops, Lightbox will produced a three-part docu-series about Sophie Toscan du Plantier for Netflix, Hardcash announces a new coronavirus doc for ITV, and the Seville and Zagreb festivals announce their 2020 winners. FORMAT ¡Hola Hola Hola! Media
Anthony Michael Hall is heading back to high school, starring as the assistant principal and executive producing the independent drama “The Class,” Variety has learned exclusively.. Hall broke out as high school brainiac Brian Johnson in the 1985 classic “The Breakfast Club,” which focused on five students serving high school detention on a Saturday. “The
Italy-based sales outlet TVCO has acquired international rights to Jonas Kærup Hjort’s Danish black comedy “The Penultimate” ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Tallinn Black Night Film Festival. Described as a “Kafkaesque tale” by Tallinn festival, “The Penultimate” follows an insignificant clerk (Joen Højerslev), who gets trapped inside a secluded building facing
Six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (“My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father”) is to make his documentary series debut with “Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie.” The five-part series examines the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork, Ireland in 1996. In 1996, two days before Christmas,
Fremantle has announced an exclusive first-look deal with BAFTA-winning filmmaker Michael Winterbottom’s Revolution Films, starting with U.K. political drama series “This Sceptred Isle.” Under the terms of the deal, Revolution Films will develop and produce scripted series and films with Fremantle co-producing and distributing the projects worldwide. The deal is done in collaboration with Richard
War film “The Sacrifice” was the most watched title in Chinese theaters for the third consecutive weekend. It earned $9.2 million over the frame and extended its cumulative score to $150 million, since release on Oct. 23. Over the weekend just completed, U.S.-Canadian animation “Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups” bounced its way to second place with