Kaitlyn Dever will star as Zoe Murphy in the upcoming film adaptation of Tony award-winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen.” But filming during a pandemic certainly hasn’t been business as usual. “I don’t go anywhere. I don’t even go to stores. I wear a mask in rehearsals. Everyone’s wearing a mask everyone keeps their distance,” Dever,
Woodville is a small town in the forestland of East Texas. With a population of about 2,500, it is home to the Tyler County courthouse, where two circuit judges split their time with other counties. Woodville is, in other words, an unlikely place for a culture war over a French movie. But on Tuesday, Lucas
Oscar nominee and BAFTA-winning British actor Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”) will narrate animated Christmas special “Quentin Blake’s Clown” for U.K. broadcaster Channel 4. Inspired by the eponymous book by one of Britain’s best-known authors/illustrators, Quentin Blake — who illustrated Roald Dahl books — “Quentin Blake’s Clown” is a half-hour animation bringing to life the
Record stores will not be dark on Black Friday this year — at least not the thousand-plus in the U.S. that have been participating in Record Store Day release events this fall and will do so again the day after Thanksgiving. It will mark the fourth month in a row for a Record Store Day
The Department of Justice filed an appeal on Thursday of a judge’s order blocking a ban on TikTok downloads from going into effect. The government is trying to bar users from downloading the app on the grounds that China could obtain data on U.S. citizens, posing a security threat. But on Sept. 27, Judge Carl
In today’s TV news roundup, TNT announced “Snowpiercer’s” second season premiere date, and Epix set the premiere date for docuseries “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem.” CASTING Natalie Zea will join the cast of “The Unicorn” alongside Walton Goggins, with whom she appeared on “Justified,” for an extended run, CBS announced. The series follows a widower
“Supernatural” star Jensen Ackles and his wife and fellow actor Danneel Ackles have formed a new production company and entered into an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, Variety has learned. The duo has also tapped former DC creative executive Renee Reiff as head of development for the company, named Chaos Machine
Pixar’s “Soul” is skipping theaters and will debut exclusively on Disney Plus in time for Christmas. The animated family film will launch on the streaming service on Dec. 25. In international markets where Disney Plus isn’t available, “Soul” will be released theatrically on a yet-to-be determined date. “Soul” was initially slated to release in June,
As moviegoers hurried into the Cineworld Leicester Square cinema in London on Thursday evening, eager to catch final screenings before what could be a six-month closure, some staff couldn’t believe the beeline of customers before them. “I wasn’t expecting all these people,” says one slightly stunned front-of-house employee from behind a mask, glancing nervously over
Hollywood studio executive William Bernstein, a co-founder of Orion Pictures who also worked for United Artists and Paramount Pictures, died Wednesday. He was 87. Longtime associate Mike Medavoy confirmed Bernstein’s death, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. “He was a brilliant guy, just very very smart,” Medavoy said. Bernstein, Medavoy, Arthur Krim, Robert Benjamin and
Amazon Prime Video revealed a first look into “Invincible,” the upcoming animated superhero series based on Kirkman’s second-longest comic book series. As part of creator Robert Kirkman’s New York Comic Con conversation, viewers are introduced to Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), a teenager forced by circumstance to live in the shadow of father, who happens to
Tory Lanez has been charged in connection with the shooting involving Megan Thee Stallion … just weeks after the singer released an album claiming his innocence. The L.A. County D.A.’s Office hit him with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and one count of carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. The
Writer Simon Rich, who counts Seth Rogen (for “An American Pickle”) and Lorne Michaels (for “Miracle Workers” and “Man Seeking Woman”) among his collaborators and Seth Meyers and John Mulaney among his friends, hasn’t had trouble staying productive during the pandemic. “It’s much easier to be a fiction writer than a feature director right now,”
Tory Lanez was charged Thursday with assaulting a woman who is obviously Megan Thee Stallion, per information provided by the Los Angeles district attorney’s office. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months in prison, according to the announcement. While Megan is not identified by name, all of the other details
“The Handmaid’s Tale” director Reed Morano and Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman are boarding a feature version of the Yōko Ogawa surrealistic novel “The Memory Police” for Amazon Studios. Morano will direct and produce, and Kaufman will write the script for “The Memory Police,” described as an Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance. The story
Irish actor Ruairi O’Connor will play rock ‘n’ roll icon Buddy Holly in the biopic “Clear Lake” with a tentative production start date set for the spring. O’Connor, who stars as a young King Henry VIII in the Starz miniseries “The Spanish Princess,” was selected following a six-month search by the producers and casting directors
WarnerMedia is expected to enact a new round of layoffs amid the AT&T-owned company’s ongoing restructuring. According to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news, the company is looking to cut costs by as much as 20% and lay off thousands in the coming weeks. That would follow the hundreds of layoffs made
Nancy Grace shifted her dreams from Shakespearean literature to law following the death of her fiancé Keith Griffin’s murder in 1979. Since then, she’s served in a district attorney’s office, covered cases on television and investigated unsolved crimes. On Sept. 22, she released “Don’t Be a Victim,” a book giving guidelines on how to increase
Mark Ruffalo has a clear recollection of the first time he walked into the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles. “I was living in San Diego and basically just surfing and smoking weed and going nowhere really fast,” Ruffalo tells Variety. “Someone told me I should go study there so out of my
It’s undeniable that Princess Diana is a style icon (she was wearing bike shorts and sweatshirts long before that became our daily quarantine uniform). She’s worn some pretty unforgettable outfits through the years—two of which you can now get your hands on thanks to Rowing Blazers’ new fall-winter collection that launched on Thursday. The first
The year continues to provide plenty more surprises — and flies on the heads of politicians — and over the last week we saw “Dune” from Warner Bros. exit the calendar year, something that was very much expected around these parts. While many on the internet want to decry “the end of cinema” and that
Megan Thee Stallion is giving away scholarships to women of color in any field of study. The artist shared the announcement via Twitter on Thursday morning. “2020 has brought so many obstacles, but we keep going,” the statement read. “Megan has partnered with Amazon Music’s rap rotation and will award two $10,000 scholarships to women
The foundation of the presidential debates, long a feature of an election year, is buckling. ABC News said it intends to hold a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday October 15 – the same night the former Vice President was slated to have taken part in a debate with President Donald
Fight back tears as the original cast of Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing” reunite for charity. Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, Bradley Whitford and several other cast members have returned to film a theatrical staging of the “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode in hopes of getting the vote out. The
Apple is giving customers who are getting the Apple TV Plus streaming service for free a few more months gratis. The company said Thursday that for Apple TV Plus customers whose free 12-month free subscription is scheduled expire between Nov. 1, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021, they will continue have free access to the service
Benedict Cumberbatch will cast spells — not webs — as Doctor Strange in the next “Spider-Man” movie with Tom Holland, Variety has confirmed. Cumberbatch’s casting marks the third major crossover between the films produced by Disney’s Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man” movies with Holland, after Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark appeared in 2017’s “Spider-Man:
Tom DeGeorge, owner of Crowbar, a bar that stages live music in Tampa, Florida, closed in March as part of the pandemic shutdown. As coronavirus surged throughout the state, he was surprised to see a June 3 order from Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that establishments could reopen. Despite some misgivings, DeGeorge began planning a reopening
Amazon and Roku haven’t reached a deal for HBO Max yet — and Peacock is still not on Fire TV. But the two over-the-top platform companies have now inked a deal to bring the Roku Channel, the free, ad-supported service with more than 100,000 titles and over 115 live/linear channels, to Fire TV devices in
For its upcoming virtual induction ceremony, to be telecast on HBO Nov. 7, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced an extremely wide-ranging slew of guest stars, which is fitting, given this year’s extraordinarily eclectic cast of inductees. Dave Grohl will begin the show by introducing the class of 2020, to be followed
Eboni K. Williams has joined the cast of “The Real Housewives of New York City” for its upcoming 13th season, Variety has confirmed with Bravo. Williams — a journalist, TV host, attorney and author — marks the first-ever Black cast member to join the New York franchise. “NYC is filled with successful and dynamic Black women.