Veteran rapper Kid Cudi has joined forces with longtime collaborator and writer-producer-director Ian Edelman and software engineer Jonathan Gray to launch a new “mobile-first live music experience,” Encore, that enables artists to directly monetize, engage and grow their fanbases. According to the announcement, Encore offers an all-new format that encourages collaboration between artists and makes it easy for up-and-coming and
Big tech companies continue to prosper in the time of COVID. Facebook, Alphabet (Google’s parent) and Amazon each reported solid growth for the third quarter of 2020 — results that reflect how people worldwide have upped their usage of internet giants’ services during the pandemic. The trio each posted revenue and earnings that topped Wall
Apple raked in record revenue of $64.7 billion for the September 2020 quarter, although that was up just 1% year-over-year. The tech giant’s Service business revenue rose 16%, to $14.55 billion in the period, also a record. However, sales of Apple’s flagship iPhone plunged in the quarter — down 21% — ahead of the rollout
Laurie Strode, the teen-babysitter-turned-avenging-grandmother portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis, is back with a vengeance in “Halloween Kills,” the latest sequel in the slasher franchise. In a new clip released Thursday, Strode is seen battling Michael Myers as her family is forced to confront the psychotic and murderous masked serial killer yet again. John Carpenter’s original
Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Rachel Bloom is adding boy band aficionado to her resume. The co-creator of hit series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has signed on to write the script for a movie about two *NSYNC superfans at Sony Pictures label TriStar. Based on an idea by band member and producer Lance Bass, Bloom is
When Jessica Chastain received the MVP Award at the 2015 Critics Choice Awards for her performance in “Interstellar,” she spoke up about the lack of roles and stories for women across the industry. During a press conference following her speech, the actor-producer was asked, “What are your plans now on creating inclusivity?” That sparked the
Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” will represent Canada in the race for best international feature film at the 2021 Oscars. Based on the best-selling novel by Shyam Selvadurai, the film follows a young boy’s sexual awakening in Sri Lanka during the turbulent Tamil-Sinhalese conflict leading up to the civil war. Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing picked up
Judge Judy Sheindlin will be banging her gavel and bringing a new court to order at Amazon Studios and IMDb TV. The Amazon-owned free streaming service has picked up her new as-yet-untitled court show, around eight months after Sheindlin announced the project following the end of “Judge Judy” after a historic 25 seasons. The show
Lark Voorhies, who played Lisa Turtle in the original “Saved by the Bell,” will reprise the role for a special appearance in the new Peacock series. The NBC streaming platform released a first-look image of the actor back in character on set. She joins Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley as members
Suppressed memories from childhood feed into the creative process for “Pen15,” said creator Anna Konkle. “It was always a good day if you realized there was something you had buried so deep that you never told anybody,” she said during a panel for the Variety Power of Women: Conversations event, presented by Lifetime. “I feel
The $75 million SaveLive initiative, which would see former WME music head Marc Geiger essentially bailing out small concert venues in a partnership that would see him acquiring 51% ownership of those businesses, has gotten a wide variety of reactions since it was announced on Tuesday. Some are enthusiastic about any effort to preserve the
Here comes another price hike for Netflix customers in the U.S.: The streaming giant will hike the price of the Standard two-stream HD plan, its most popular package, by about 8% — going from $12.99 per month to $13.99. In addition, Netflix’s Premium tier (with four streams) is going up by $2, from $15.99 monthly
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As rockstar homes go, Ronnie Wood’s London lair — recently listed at $4.98 million (£3.85 million) — isn’t the most lavish or ostentatious of residences, but it’s filled with the kind artistic quirks that earmark the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist and fine artist’s colorful and creative lifestyle. Wood has owned the five-bed, two-bath townhouse in
“I don’t think I’ve ever done a refined thing in my life,” says Jameela Jamil. This is cool but also tricky, because she’s an ambassador for H&M Studio’s Refined Rebel collection, which is out now and jammed—much like Jameela—with bright and bold ideas. “Can I respectfully pass on being refined?” She laughs. Sure, but thankfully,
“No Activity” has been renewed for Season 4 at CBS All Access but will switch from live-action to an animated format. Season 4 will find Special Agent Nick Cullen (Patrick Brammall) realizing his dream of joining the FBI, but he will soon discover that being an FBI agent isn’t that special after all. After being
The National Assn. of Television Program Executives has revealed the creation of three new events, and a completely virtual NATPE Miami. Next year’s events start with NATPE Virtual Miami, running Jan. 19-22, with the market running Jan. 19-29. Key themes for the conference will include revenue (investment, advertising and subscription), audience (research, marketing and promotion),
The Trump administration’s $250 million coronavirus ad campaign was highly motivated by politics, according to a letter from House Democrats obtained by Politico, down to the celebrity endorsements it would have featured. The administration awarded a $250 million contract for an ad campaign designed to “defeat despair and inspire hope” amid the pandemic and heading
Lionsgate has signed Marc Forster to direct the drama “White Bird: A Wonder Story,” a year after buying the feature films rights to the R.J. Palacio graphic novel. The studio adapted Palacio’s popular book “Wonder” into a 2017 feature film starring Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts. “Wonder” was an impressive performer at the
Actors Awkwafina and Sandra Oh are joining forces for an untitled new comedy at Netflix. The award-nominated pair will play sisters in the feature film, to be produced by Gloria Sanchez’s Jessica Elbaum. Jen D’Angelo, the writer on Disney Plus’ upcoming sequel to “Hocus Pocus,” will pen the script and produce as well. Oh will
Neon is making “Totally Under Control,” its documentary about the White House’s response to COVID-19, available to stream on its website for free through Election Day on Nov. 3. The company made the announcement Thursday and said it is also setting up Twitter watch parties throughout the week along with Q&As with directors Alex Gibney, Ophelia
John Ridley, who won an Oscar for writing “12 Years a Slave,” will write and direct a still-untitled paranormal thriller movie for Blumhouse. The film is based on the recently published article Project Poltergeist, written by Saleah Blancaflor. The story, based on true events, is set in the 1960s and follows unexplained events surrounding the
Do the Oscars hate comedies? If you look over their 92-year history, with so many infectious films and performances ignored in favor of more “serious” pieces of art, the assumption could be made. This year, faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, and with theaters not being the normal avenue to watch films, moviegoers and industry professionals
For Netflix subscribers, this “Schitt” don’t stink. A week after “Schitt’s Creek” dominated the Emmy Awards, taking home the outstanding comedy prize and eight other awards, more viewers flocked to check the Canadian comedy out, according to Nielsen data. As a result, “Schitt’s Creek” shot to No. 1 on Nielsen’s list of top 10 most-streamed
For Variety’s Power of Women cover story about “Grey’s Anatomy,” Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, Debbie Allen and showrunner Krista Vernoff sat down to discuss the show — its past and present. They also talked about some of their favorite episodes over the years. Vernoff, who was head writer for the first seven seasons of “Grey’s Anatomy”
Now that the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series, Fox was back to its regular programming on Wednesday night, with “The Masked Singer” returning top the charts, as per usual. The singing show scored a 1.6 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 5.9 million total viewers. While that reprsents a slight dip from last
Lil Yachty’s dramedy series “Public Figures” has moved to HBO Max for development, Variety has learned exclusively. The half-hour series was originally set up at Quibi last year, but moved over to HBO Max in the wake of Quibi shutting down. This marks the first announcement of a show previously set up at Quibi finding a
Definitely not to be mistaken for the Pharrell Williams song of the same name, the macabre “Happy” is Danny Elfman’s first solo/non-score single in 36 years, and at least a small-scale answer to the prayers Oingo Boingo fans have been offering up since the film composer’s rock ‘n’ roll band went the way of all
When “Animaniacs” returns with all-new episodes Nov. 20 on Hulu, a key ingredient of the original animated series will also return: orchestral music by Steve and Julie Bernstein, two of the series’ primary composers from its 1993-98 run. Five of the show’s eight Daytime Emmy Awards were won by the “Animaniacs” music team, including the
After recently upgrading their residential circumstances in a big way, married showbiz couple Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Bieber have unsurprisingly plunked their original Beverly Hills home onto the market. The 6,100-square-foot transitional carries a nearly $9 million pricetag and looks unchanged from how it appeared 19 months ago, when the Biebers bought it for