Disney Television Studios president Craig Hunegs began his tenure at Disney last year with a diplomatic mission to carve a new template for talent deals that reflect the realpolitik of the current marketplace. As Hunegs details in the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” the traditional construct of profit participation agreements is increasingly becoming
The unexpected death of Emmy- and Grammy-nominated TV and event producer Dan Parise on Monday brought forth many sad and shocked tributes from his friends in the music industry. A 30-year veteran producer, Parise was nominated for a “Best Music Film” Grammy Award and an “Outstanding Special Class” Emmy Awards for his work as producer
Investors mounted a new rally behind Netflix, with shares of the streamer jumping 11.6% on Wednesday, to close at $547.53 per share, near the stock’s all-time high. The bump gives Netflix a market capitalization of more than $241 billion, and the stock is just shy of its peak closing price of $548.73 per share on
Academy Museum creative director Peter Castro is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department for sexual assault allegations, Variety has confirmed. “We have been informed of the investigation involving alleged conduct by a museum employee outside of work. We are aware that the alleged conduct did not occur at the Academy or the Academy
The Milwaukee Bucks basketball team has decided to boycott its Wednesday NBA playoff game with the Orlando Magic over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, Variety has confirmed. Tip off between the two teams was scheduled for 1 p.m. PT, but as of present the Bucks team is refusing to take the court. The
Toss a coin to your smartphone: A new mobile game set in “The Witcher” fantasy universe is in development, in which players encounter deadly beasts in the world around them — and, of course, must kill them in creative ways. “The Witcher: Monster Slayer” is a free-to-play augmented reality and location-based role-playing game. The first-person
James Hong is everywhere. No, really — at the spry age of 91, he is one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood history, with 672 credits to his name. He’s starred in several notable films, including “Blade Runner” and “Big Trouble in Little China,” and voiced Po’s father, Mr. Ping, in the “Kung Fu
CBS has become the latest network to concede that its fall 2020 schedule will not look anything like normal. The network has unveiled premiere dates for September and October, none of which include the originals it touted in its previous schedule announcement just over three months ago. Instead, CBS has thrown the first season of
HBO has added nine more actors and actresses to the cast of the adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me.” Additional cast will include: Jharrel Jerome, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Janet Mock, Jason Moran, Wendell Pierce, Mj Rodriguez, Kendrick Sampson, Yara Shahidi and Michelle Wilson. They join previously announced cast members Angela Bassett, Alicia Garza,
Thandie Newton refuses to be silent. The “Westworld” actor made headlines last month with a no-holds-barred interview with Vulture. Among her targets were Amy Pascal, Tom Cruise and Hollywood’s overall systematic racism and misogyny. “I was surprised by the appreciation I had got,” Newton says on Wednesday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The
Dirty Hit, the U.K.-based indie label that is home to the 1975 (pictured above), Wolf Alice, the Japanese House, beabadoobee, Rina Sawayama, and more, is expanding with the launch of a new office in Los Angeles and an Australian arm. Established in 2010, the West London-based label’s roster also includes Pale Waves, No Rome, Oscar
Mark Cuban is gunning for a 2020 Emmy Award with “Shark Tank,” the entrepreneur reality-competition show he co-hosts on ABC, and the billionaire investor says he’s still as gung-ho as ever on the business-pitch series as it enters its 12th season. “Shark Tank” just completed the first round of shooting for the upcoming season, which
The DC FanDome event on Saturday was a grand experiment by WarnerMedia to see if DC Comics fans would congregate virtually for what amounted to an eight-hour string of programming about DC’s movies, TV shows and video games. “We really wanted to put together an event that would super-serve the fans,” Warner Bros. TV group
The best jewelry investments are timeless pieces that make us feel good. Beginning today, Aurate is having a sale that raises us one better: splurges that also do good. In honor of Women’s Equality Day—a holiday that is unfortunately, but unsurprisingly lesser-known—Aurate is holding a sale now through August 31 where shoppers can take 15%
“Altered Carbon” has been canceled at Netflix, Variety has confirmed. The second season of the sci-fi series aired on the streaming service back in February, while the first season aired in 2018. An anime special titled “Resleeved,” which was set before the events of Season 1, was released in 2019. The series was based on the
American Black Film Festival creators Jeff and Nicole Friday will launch Social Justice Now Film Festival, which will run from Oct. 21 to 25. The annual program from their nonprofit, the Film Life Foundation, will feature screenings, community conversations and impact events centering on social and economic issues faced by Black and Brown communities. The
The FBI is looking into allegations brought by Ron Meyer, the deposed NBCUniversal vice chairman who alleges that he was the victim of an extortion plot, two sources tell Variety. Meyer’s camp reached out to the FBI some time ago, after Meyer was initially threatened with exposure of his relationship with actress Charlotte Kirk. The
“This is Us” star Justin Hartley, Bonnie Bedelia and Treat Williams have been cast in the Netflix family drama “The Noel Diary.” Netflix announced Wednesday it had acquired the movie rights to Richard Paul Evans’ New York Times bestselling novel, published in 2017. Charles Shyer, whose credits include “Alfie” and “Father of the Bride,” will
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Play video content Storyful The so-called rifle-toting “vigilante” in Kenosha seemed pretty chummy with law enforcement before his alleged shooting spree — receiving water and even praise from cops … which could explain a lot. The guy, Kyle Rittenhouse, who was seen firing rounds at protesters in the street Monday night appears to be part
The second night of the Republican National Convention performed better than the first, as far as total viewership is concerned. After opening night drew just under 16 million total viewers across the broadcast and cable news networks which covered it, night 2 delivered 18 million viewers, which represents a 13% jump. That does still represents
Introducing the cast of “Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living,” Tyler Perry’s latest comedy for BET. The series stars Na’im Lynn, J. Anthony Brown, Courtney Nichole, Tayler Buck and Alex Henderson, while longtime Tyler Perry collaborators David and Tamela Mann reprise their roles as Mr. Brown and Cora. In an exclusive behind the scenes clip, David Mann shares
The first major round of performers for the upcoming Academy of Country Music Awards telecast has been unveiled, and it includes a couple of the genre’s biggest 21st century stars — Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw — as well as some of the biggest hitmakers of the moment, including Luke Combs, Maren Morris and Gabby
Tim Heidecker has been creating delightfully absurd comedy with partner Eric Wareheim under the Tim & Eric moniker for nearly 20 years — but the music Heidecker releases under his own name is anything but comical, instead wrestling with the realities of middle age, mortality and marital mishaps. On his latest album, “Fear of Death,”
A year into his tenure as Television Academy CEO, Frank Scherma held big plans for 2020. He had managed to include items in the organization’s budget to hire a diversity consultant. He had plans to launch an in-person recruitment effort to bring a new generation of members into the Academy fold. He was ready to
The Venice Film Festival’s Virtual Reality section is going entirely online this year, but expanding its scope via a platform and also a satellite network that will make it accessible worldwide. In normal times the competitive sidebar launched in 2017 by co-curators Michel Reilhac and Liz Rosenthal – who put Venice ahead of the curve
The leaders of Women in Film knew they had to do something different with its annual fundraiser in 2020. But they had no idea their brainstorming would lead to the organization’s first TV special, “Women in Film Presents: Make It Work,” which airs Wednesday on the CW. “We’ve been looking at our annual gala as
Radha Blank overcomes failure as a playwright by reinventing herself as a rapper in Netflix’s first trailer for “The Forty-Year-Old Version.” The footage starts with Blank teaching a playwriting class in New York City as one of “30 under 30 Playwrights to Watch.” “Remember, if you put in nothing, it will be nothing,” she tells
Paramount Pictures has announced a two-year extension of its first-look deal with producer Neal Moritz, who delivered “Sonic the Hedgehog” to the studio and is producing the sequel. The new deal, announced Wednesday, extends the studio’s relationship with Moritz through the end of 2023. After a strong opening weekend, “Sonic the Hedgehog” went on to