Sen. Kamala Harris accepted the nomination for vice president on Wednesday night in an empty convention hall, a stark image of politics during the coronavirus pandemic. In many respects, Harris’ speech hewed to the traditions of vice presidential candidate speeches, mixing biographical detail with praise for her running mate and sharp jabs at the incumbent.
Filmmaker Maurice “Mo” Marable signed with the United Talent Agency (UTA) ahead of “Woke,” his latest project set to air on Hulu Sept. 9. He directs and executive produces the upcoming comedy series, which follows a Black cartoonist whose world changes after he is wrongly identified as a criminal suspect by several police officers. Marable
“Drunk History’s” sixth and most recent season will be the Comedy Central show’s last, Variety has confirmed. The show had been renewed for a seventh season last year and was in pre-production on that season when the COVID-19 pandemic forced production to stop in March. Later on, Comedy Central decided to pull the plug on the
Actor-producer Kerry Washington opened the third night of the virtual Democratic National Convention with a fiery warning about the stakes of the 2020 presidential contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. “We’re fighting for the soul of this country and for our lives,” the “Scandal” star said in introducing a program
At 18, first-time voter Billie Eilish is the youngest music artist to appear at the Democratic National Convention, and she made the most of the platform, delivering a strong speech against President Donald Trump, advocating Joe Biden and imploring Americans to vote. She was introduced by host Kerry Washington, who spoke of the voter-registration booths
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ABC-owned KABC-TV (“ABC7”) has named Pam Chen to serve as the station’s vice president and news director. The move makes Chen the first Asian American news department head at a network-owned station in Los Angeles. Chen replaces Rob Elmore, who had headed up KABC’s news operations since 2015. Elmore was recently tapped to take over
Oprah Winfrey, Jason Blum and A3 Artists Agency want their employees to take the day off for Election Day on Nov. 3. Winfrey made the announcement Tuesday through her Instagram account in connection with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. “In honor of those who fought and continue to fight for our rights, I’m
Former Fox News reporter and current KTLA-TV anchor Courtney Friel has set up a biopic with Zero Gravity Management, Variety has learned exclusively. Zero Gravity has optioned the rights to Friel’s memoir “Tonight At 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News” for its Inspire division. The book details her ascent in the news business, including getting
Exclusive Britney Spears wants a change in her 12-year conservatorship but she didn’t get it at today’s court hearing … because TMZ has learned it was all status quo. As we reported, Britney’s lawyer filed legal docs asking to permanently replace her dad, Jamie Spears, as the conservator over her person. She also wants a
There’s a lot of high-speed activity in your average children’s movie — the slapstick-on-steroids physical comedy, the rapid-fire dialogue. All of which can be exhausting (see: “Spies in Disguise,” the “Rio” films, “Cars 3”), though it can also be creative, as in the “Toy Story” films or “Sing” or the outsize digital spectacle of “Ralph
Olivia Wilde has signed a deal with Sony Pictures to develop and direct an untitled, female-centric Marvel film project for the studio, sources have told Variety. Representatives for Sony and Marvel had no comment about the project. Speculation has arisen in the recent months about Sony developing a movie centering on the Spider-Woman character. The
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix has revealed the launch date for volume two of “Unsolved Mysteries,” and AMC has released the key art for Season 6 of “Fear the Walking Dead.” DATES Netflix has announced that volume two of the first season of “Unsolved Mysteries” will stream on Oct. 19. Six new episodes will focus
For many days now, the world has been wondering: Is Ben Gibbard taking the attacks on the Postal Service personally? It’s not that the president issued a fatwah on the actual superduo made up of Gibbard (also of Death Cab for Cutie fame) and Jimmy Tamborello. But if anyone were going to rise to the
“Jojo Rabbit” breakout and “Home Alone” reboot star Archie Yates is voicing the lead role in the animated VR film “Paper Birds,” which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Award-winning VR shop Baobab Studios has come on board the project to produce along with Facebook’s Oculus and Latin American animation studio 3DAR. “Paper Birds,”
Ron Meyer sought the assistance of the FBI soon after being threatened with the exposure of his affair with actress Charlotte Kirk, two sources familiar with the matter told Variety. Meyer stepped down as vice chairman of NBCUniversal on Tuesday after informing the company of the affair and of the existence of a confidential settlement.
One of the most common refrains in the music industry is that only superstars earn serious bank from streaming — how many artists have, quite understandably, have vented publicly about receiving royalty checks in the double, single, or decimal digits? But advocates have long emphasized that with the right deal, streaming can pay handsomely —
Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, Megan Thee Stallion, Shawn Mendes and Rihanna are among the hundreds of celebrity signatories of an open letter from the music, entertainment and sport industries supporting police reform legislation in California. The statement, released Wednesday, urges the governor and state legislature to approve two bills addressing police accountability. Among the other
Facebook said it removed hundreds of Facebook Pages, groups and Instagram accounts tied to conspiracy-theorist cult QAnon as well as those of “offline anarchist groups” including those that identify with the Antifa movement. The social giant said that it is restricting such groups’ ability to organize on its platforms, saying it will allow users to
The news on Tuesday that NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer, one of the longest-tenured top executives in Hollywood, had been fired from NBCUniversal due to fallout from an extramarital affair was big enough to rock the industry. But then the news broke that the woman Meyer had the relationship with was none other than Charlotte
French Argentine actor Bérénice Bejo discussed her early career, breaking into French cinema and starring in a silent film, as part of the 2020 Sarajevo Film Festival masterclass series, hosted by Variety Streaming Room. The conversation and subsequent audience Q&A, moderated by film critic Peter Debruge, covered the actor’s performance in “After Love” and “The
The arena of film criticism continues to look like a man’s world. A new study shows that in early 2020, male film reviewers outnumbered their female counterparts by nearly 2 to 1, before the coronavirus pandemic interrupted the film business and movie theaters closed worldwide this spring. Female film critics contributed 35% of the film
Dino come, dino go: The first three “Jurassic Park” films will roll off Netflix’s U.S. service at the end of September, just two months after the streamer got its talons on the Universal fan-favorite trilogy. Meanwhile, Netflix has set a Sept. 18 premiere date for DreamWorks Animation’s “Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous,” a new animated series
The cast and creators of the FX on Hulu limited series “Mrs. America” sought to bring the ’70s feminist movement and the fight surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment to the screen through exploring the personal motivations of its key players. Now with 10 Emmy nominations, the show has struck a chord by revealing little-known truths
STXfilms has signed Pete Davidson and O’Shea Jackson to star in the drama-comedy movie “American Sole,” set in the world of after-market sneakers. “American Sole” follows two twenty-somethings (Davidson and a soon-to-be-named co-star) with mountains of college debt who use the fast cash of after-market sneaker reselling to achieve their American dream. But they run
Clive Davis has never seen a documentary on Whitney Houston that captured the artist and the person he knew so well. So he set out more than a year go to produce a movie biopic of the chart-topping singer of such indelible 1980s and ’90s hits such as “Saving All My Love For You,” “So
“The Batman” will resume shooting in early September in the U.K. at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, according to insiders. The comic book adventure was roughly seven weeks into production when filming had to be halted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Batman,” which is said to be a grittier and more realistic take
Remember when the “Saturday Night Live” cast touted itself as the Not Ready for Primetime Players? These days, the long-running NBC sketch comedy series appears to be almost the only broadcast show ready for the Primetime Emmys. “SNL” landed 15 nominations this year, easily the most of anything in broadcast. The second-most-nominated broadcast program was
WME partner and literary agent Melissa Myers has been tapped to lead a new joint venture between Kinetic Content founder and CEO Chris Coelen and ProZiebenSat. 1’s Red Arrow Studios. As president and partner of the new company, Myers will oversee the venture’s focus on premium English-language scripted television series targeted at both an American
The second night of the Democratic National Convention was down fractionally on the first in terms of total viewership. Last night’s proceedings were watched by around 18.3 million total viewers across the broadcast and cable news networks, which is only 400,000 viewers fewer than day 1. Looking at the individual networks, MSNBC once again won