In today’s Global Bulletin, Channel 4 releases a first look trailer and still for Russell T Davies’ “It’s a Sin,” Acorn TV commissions a “Whitstable Pearl” series adaptation, “Two Buddies and a Badger 2 – The Great Big Beast” posts Norway’s best opening weekend box office, and Jackson Wild announces 2020 award winners. FIRST LOOK
As Old Dolio Dyne in Miranda July’s “Kajillionaire, Evan Rachel Wood is feral. The character, a Los Angeles 26-year-old who has been bred by her parents, Robert and Theresa (Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger), to help them carry out their small-scale scams, has never known life outside of their distorted, cold worldview. But after the family meets the charismatic
President Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said Saturday morning that Trump is “doing very well” and has been without a fever for 24 hours. Conley gave an update on the president’s health outside of Walter Reed Medical Center along with nine other medical personnel. “At this time, the team and I are extremely happy with
Netflix has released a teaser trailer for its Christmas movie, “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” The film stars Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker, with original songs by producer and singer John Legend has written original songs for the film. “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” is a musical adventure set in the gloriously vibrant town of Cobbleton. The
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Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Ex-NBA star Stephen Jackson says his fight for social justice is just getting started … telling TMZ Sports it’s become his mission to be there for those who need help following the death of his friend, George Floyd. Jackson made his presence known shortly after Floyd’s death in May …
Exclusive Sergey Kovalev pled guilty Friday in a criminal case stemming from an alleged violent incident with a woman and dog in 2018 … and the boxing star will now have to spend the next 3 years on probation, TMZ Sports has learned. Kovalev was accused of punching a woman in Big Bear, Calif. back
Steve Barnes, a personal injury lawyer who built a Buffalo firm into a national franchise with partner Ross Cellino Jr. through an aggressive TV advertising strategy complete with an infectious jingle, died Friday in a plane crash in Western New York. Barnes was flying the small plane that crashed in Pembroke, N.Y., 30 miles northeast
Freeform’s executive vice president of original programming and development Lauren Corrao is exiting the cable network after a year and a half. Corrao had taken over the position from Karey Burke, who in late 2018 left Freeform to become head of ABC Entertainment. The move comes four months after Tara Duncan stepped into the presidency
“Taylor Swift”(2008 ceremony) “1989”(2015 and 2016 ceremonies) Wait, come back, Taylor! All is Grammy-forgiven, and your best is clearly yet to come! “1989” generated 10 nominations over two years, and won three of those, including her second album of the year prize. Repeating in that top category is a rare honor that’s only ever been
Clint Eastwood is planning to produce, direct and star in the adventure-drama “Cry Macho” for Warner Bros., sources have confirmed to Variety. Al Ruddy and Jessica Meier are producing, along with Tim Moore and Eastwood at his Warner-based Malpaso production company. The project is based on the 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash, who wrote
Midway through 2018, budding pop star MAX learned he had a polyp on one of his vocal cords. The discovery resulted in canceled tour dates, an operation and months of silence — as well as an unexpected shift in how the artist views music, relationships and life. “I had this vocal surgery and I couldn’t
Movie theaters were already teetering on the edge of financial disaster. On Friday, exhibitors received news that could push them over the precipice after “No Time to Die,” the latest James Bond installment, made the decision to push its release from November into April, 2021. The move could set off a wave of theater closures
Before Amy Winehouse, there was Shane MacGowan, another, earlier figure who captivated Britannia at first with irreverent songwriting brilliance, then train-wreck levels of unbridled consumption. That MacGowan has, unlike Winehouse, survived decades into a death watch and been able to participate in an A-list documentary feels almost like an eighth wonder of the modern world.
K-pop group BTS has become a global brand. Thanks to the band’s dazzling dance moves, layered music videos, engaging social media posts, and references to everything from Erich Fromm and Nietzsche — not to mention vocal abilities on the level of the best in the current pop arena — members RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin,
“Jersey Boys” actor John Lloyd Young is returning to the music of Broadway for a special live-stream event. Lloyd Young, who originated the role of Frankie Valli in the hit show, will be commanding The Space in Las Vegas for an intimate concert featuring a night of Broadway favorites and classic show tunes. Lloyd Young will
In a video interview for Variety‘s new Soundboard feature, country superstar Keith Urban discusses how he got into the final creative stretch of his new album, “The Speed of Now, Part 1,” well into the 2020 lockdown — and how, perhaps counterintuitively, that ultimately made the record feel more more energized and cut-loose, not less.
Twitter said it will suspend users who openly use the platform to express hope that President Donald Trump dies from his ongoing battle with COVID-19. The social media site pointed to a policy in place since April when commenting to Vice’s Motherboard on its ability to suspend people for their comments about Trump. Twitter’s policies
Survival thriller “Alone” is getting plenty of company at movie theaters and on digital platforms — amid otherwise tough times in the exhibition business. “We’ve been able to emphasize that ‘Alone’ is a very elemental and primal story for audiences,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles. “For audiences, the situation is very recognizable. It’s very well-directed.”
Blumhouse Television co-president Marci Wiseman is exiting her post at the company, due to personal reasons, and is handing off the role to her colleague and co-president Jeremy Gold, who will become Blumhouse TV’s sole head. In a letter to her colleagues, Wiseman shared that she has experienced “a series of challenging personal events” over
“F9” will have to wait a little longer to take a lap in theaters. Universal announced Friday that it has pushed back the debut of the next “Fast and Furious” sequel. It will now hit theaters over Memorial Day weekend on May 28, 2021. The news comes hours after “No Time to Die” delayed its release
Billy Crudup is in early negotiations to join Ezra Miller in the DC superhero tentpole “The Flash” for Warner Bros., Variety has confirmed. Crudup, who recently won an Emmy for drama series for “The Morning Show,” portrayed Dr. Henry Allen as the father to Barry Allen, aka The Flash, in Zach Snyder’s 2017 “Justice League”
In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus released a teaser for ‘The Snoopy Show’ in celebration of the comic’s 70th anniversary, and the author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” will appear as a guest on “Oprah’s Book Club” and “The Oprah Conversation.” DATES Peacock will debut original news shows “The Mehdi Hasan Show” and “Zerlina” Oct.
William Shatner hit upon his share of musical genres in the 2000s and 2010s, as he resumed the long-dormant musical part of his career, which began with 1968’s “The Transformed Man.” In recent years, he’s gone country and punk, done an album of famous space songs and a Jewish oratorio, and covered the Christmas beat.
President Donald Trump was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday evening, after feeling “fatigue” in the wake of his COVID-19 diagnosis. A White House spokesperson said Trump would spend “the next few days” at the facility. “Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical
Ryan Murphy has set up his next project at Netflix. The prolific Murphy and his producing partner Ian Brennan have received a greenlight from the streamer on a limited series titled “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” The series already has Richard Jenkins attached to star, as well as Janet Mock and Carl Frankin attached to
In a week when nearly everything you read makes you wince, duck or want to run, here’s a bunch of songs that both reflect and offer refuge from the trainwreck of 2020. Two songs that reflect this reality have already been covered in Variety’s virtual pages this week: Maren Morris’ brave and conscience-tugging “Better Than
Yet another animated comedy could be coming to Fox. The network has put an untitled project from comedian Jermaine Fowler into development, Variety has learned. The prospective series is loosely based on Fowler’s formidable years growing up in a working class town in Prince George’s County, Maryland, with his family. Fowler will serve as creator, writer and
Thursday’s news that President Trump and several in his orbit have tested positive for coronavirus should probably give one pause before heading to cinemas this weekend — or anytime soon. This thing is contagious, people! And I say that as someone who got COVID-19 myself during an early March trip to Broadway. But that doesn’t
Alright, alright, alright! The cast of “Dazed and Confused” is reuniting to raise money for get-out-the-vote initiatives in Texas. Original cast members Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey, Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Rory Cochrane, Marissa Ribisi, Cole Hauser, Deena Martin, Esteban Powell, Christine Harnos, Wiley Wiggins, Michelle Burke, Mark Vandermeulen,