The musical guest for this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” post-election episode is perhaps apt given that one of their most famous songs is “Everlong,” which also happens to describe the current state of affairs in the election. Foo Fighters have been announced as the musical guest to accompany host Dave Chappelle on the Nov. 7
Gayle King has been a TV anchor for many years and many election cycles. But she’s never had an Election Night experience like this one. The “CBS This Morning” anchor was part of the live team that anchored CBS’ coverage from 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday until just after 3 a.m. ET Wednesday on a
With their Athens offices shuttered by the pandemic in the weeks leading up to this year’s Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival, industry head Yianna Sarri and her brain trust began holding weekly meetings at cafés in the Greek capital, social-distancing and trying to make the most of an increasingly fluid and unpredictable situation. Despite the uncertainty
Here are the top trailers for movies coming to home video in November 2020! What will you watch? Watch All the Best New Trailers from October 2020: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLScC8g4bqD47NHGQYa-PO_g9obdQov_TB&cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc 00:00 Possessor 02:09 The Informer 04:39 Mortal 06:43 Proxima 08:42 Jungleland 11:07 A Rainy Day in New York 13:43 Words on Bathroom Walls 17:08 Echo Boomers 19:10
As Election Night wore on, and on, and on, cable news outlets from Fox to MSNBC made sure to remind their viewers that this race wouldn’t be the usual sprint, but an exhaustive (and exhausting) marathon. Typically ready to call races as soon as possible, networks remained relatively committed to caution as millions of mail-in
The Trump campaign announced Wednesday that it would file suits in Pennsylvania and Michigan to pause the counting of ballots so that the campaign’s election observers can be granted access to the counting process. Joe Biden is leading Trump in Michigan by about 1.2%, or about 61,000 votes. In Pennsylvania, Trump had a 600,000 vote
Ricky Martin has been real busy during the pandemic. Not only does he have Netflix’s upcoming holiday musical film “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” on tap, but he also started the Martin Music Lab. The company’s inaugural endeavor is Orbital Audio — immersive audio technology that turns any pair of headphones into a surround-sound experience.
Investor Mellody Hobson has a message for corporate America. “If it matters, it’s counted,” Hobson told Variety during a keynote conversation held as part of Power of Women: Conversations presented by Lifetime and featured on the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business.” “Start counting. Just count. I love the saying that math has no
A deluxe edition send country star Luke Combs’ “What You See Is What You Get” back to the top of the album chart nearly a year after it came out, while, in second place, Bruce Springsteen’s “Letter to You” was the week’s top-debuting album. Springsteen was No. 1 when it came to actual album sales,
The soundtrack for “True to the Game 2: Gena’s Story” will drop on Nov. 6 alongside the film’s theatrical release in select cinemas. Future, Trippie Redd, Burna Boy and Waka Flocka Flame are among the rappers that lent their talents to songs on the movie’s soundtrack. Wheezy Beatz and Manny Halley serve as executive producers
Most candidates for the Oval Office use advertising to hit a home run with viewers in the most pivotal states in the campaign. Joe Biden also aimed to hit one in the World Series. In the telecast of the fourth game of the series, aired on Fox, Biden’s campaign launched a 60-second commercial narrated by
The final result of the 2020 presidential election is still very much up in the air, however, one strong likelihood is that fewer viewers watched Election Night this year than in previous cycles. Around 22.8 million total viewers tuned in to watch the beginning of a back-and-forth race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden across
In an Election Night post from a Denny’s, Lana Del Rey gave an update on her forthcoming album “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” (it’s delayed), promised a “digital record of American standards and classics for Christmas,” and posted a lovely version of the 1945 showtune “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (which was recorded separately, not at
Did Sen. Bernie Sanders eerily predict the course of events on Election Day during his appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last week? During Sanders’ Oct. 23 appearance on the NBC late-night show, the former Democratic presidential hopeful had some predictions for how the momentous night would play out after Tuesday’s polling. He
U.S. citizens braced Wednesday for an anxious day of watching for headlines about the progress of the vote count and potential partisan battles over vote-counting protocols. Election results remained too close to call in key states such as Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona after Election Day. Tallies for some of the
Warner Bros. has apologized after being criticized by people with disabilities over the depiction of Anne Hathaway’s character in “The Witches.” In a statement, the studio said it “regretted any offense caused.” In the recent Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation, Hathaway’s villainous character, known as the Grand Witch, has missing fingers. Many people with disabilities pointed out that
Arcade Fire debuted a topical new song called “Generation A” on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s” live election-night special Tuesday. The song, with its chorus of “I can’t wait,” is oddly appropriate for the situation the world found itself in on Wednesday morning, as the election’s outcome remains unclear. Colbert introduced the song as
With days to spare before the opening night of this year’s Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival, organizers were suddenly forced to contend with a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases in Greece’s second city, prompting them to scrap plans for a hybrid edition and move entirely online. The sudden reversal, said festival director Orestis Andreadakis, was “really,
Athens-born Fokion Bogris is among the generation of Greeks who have spent most of their adult lives in the shadow of austerity measures and a seemingly never-ending economic crisis. Like many of his country’s filmmakers, the self-taught director, who turned 40 last year, continues to persevere, even as the coronavirus pandemic has compounded the challenges
In today’s Global Bulletin, Karlovy Vary calls off its 54½ edition, Mexico’s Ánima and Chile’s Lunes pact on a new toon series, Discovery commissions several factual programs in the U.K. and Ringside Studios hires Kate Bennetts. FESTIVALS Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 54½, like this summer’s 54th edition before it, has been canceled in response
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) has announced the imminent shutdown of all businesses across the country after 10 p.m., including restaurants, movie theaters and concert venues, as the country looks to stem a rise in coronavirus cases. Turkey tallied 2,343 new cases on Tuesday according to national health ministry data released in local media. The
Malaysia has selected art-house horror film “Soul” (aka “Roh”) as its contender in the Academy Awards best international feature film section. Set in an indeterminate period in the past, the film tells the story of the arrival a small girl who brings ominous predictions and strange incidents to a poor family living in a forest.
Christos Nikou’s “Apples” will represent Greece in the best international feature film race at the 2021 Oscars, Variety has learned. Nikou’s directorial debut, which opened the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival and was also a selection in Telluride and Toronto, is the story of a man struggling to recover his memory in the midst
Chinese state media gently trolled the U.S. on Wednesday as the presidential election ground its way into an inconclusive second day. But China spared the drama, and didn’t take strategic advantage of the American political stalemate. Asia’s investment markets also took the election turmoil in their stride. The Global Times, an influential tabloid affiliated with
British actor and presenter David Harewood will receive the Variety Outstanding Achievement Award, distributed in association with the Edinburgh TV Festival. The award marks the first partnership between Variety and the festival. Harewood receives the prize in recognition of his extensive body of work and success in both the U.K. and U.S., as well as
Amazon Prime Video Channels has landed in Spain, where the streaming platform’s a la carte service is now available with several of the country’s popular networks, and more to come. Already available in the U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K. and Germany, and launching today in Italy and the Netherlands, Prime Video Channels is meant to serve
President Trump was going to make a speech from the White House about the 2020 election, a process so unique and unprecedented that, at well past 2 in the morning eastern time, no news organization could predict who was going to be the winner. Before he got on camera, however, Norah O’Donnell had something to
Global leaders have begun weighing in on the U.S. presidential election race between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden, which still remains too close to call. Nigel Farage, leader of the U.K. Brexit party and election campaigner for Trump, is sceptical of the postal ballot system, especially after the president cast aspersions on the
Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon has slammed President Trump’s White House speech, describing it as “outrageous” in a statement. “The president’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented and incorrect. It was outrageous because it is a naked effort to take away the democratic
Speaking to supporters at 2:20 a.m. Eastern from the White House, President Trump falsely claimed victory in the presidential election and said that he would demand the U.S. Supreme Court stop counting votes. Trump’s remarks capped off an intense, high-anxiety Election Day that sees the president in a close race with challenger and former vice