For the 2020 Power of Young Hollywood Issue, Variety profiled three young stars making an impact in the entertainment industry. For more, click here. Long before Shira Haas drew universal acclaim and an Emmy nomination this year for her portrayal of the daring Esty Shapiro in Netflix’s “Unorthodox,” she co-starred in the Israeli drama “Shtisel,” about
Nick Khan, a behind-the-scenes power in the world of sports representation, is moving to professional-wrestling powerhouse WWE, where he will take on the role of president and chief revenue officer. Khan replaces George Barrios and Michelle Wilson, two longtime senior WWE executives who left Vince McMahon’s entrepreneurial professional-wrestling operation abruptly in a shake-up of management
“The Ren & Stimpy Show” is the most recent Viacom throwback getting a new life. Comedy Central announced Wednesday that it has ordered a revival of the ’90s animated series. The move comes amid a significant push into adult animation at ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group, which comprises most of the company’s cable brands and
Shares of Disney popped over 10% in early trading Wednesday, as investors rallied around the media conglomerate’s fast-growing streaming footprint and aggressive expansion strategy. Disney on Tuesday reported that its direct-to-consumer streaming services collectively surpassed 100 million paid subscribers worldwide. That includes 60.5 million for Disney Plus through July, nine months after the service first
HBO Europe drama series “30 Coins” (“30 Monedas”), directed by Spanish genre director Alex De La Iglesia, will world premiere at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, HBO has announced. The show, slotted as an out-of-competition screening, is the only TV series in the Lido lineup so far. Venice, which is on track to be the first
Instagram has unspooled Reels — and the newly launched short-form video feature looks quite a lot like TikTok. With Reels, Instagram app users can record, edit, share and discover videos of up to 15 seconds, backed with audio and music including millions of songs licensed from music companies. Instagram Reels is launching today (Aug. 5)
For the 2020 Power of Young Hollywood Issue, Variety profiled three young stars making an impact in the entertainment industry. For more, click here. Megan Thee Stallion is ready to move on. Since she burst onto the hip-hop scene in 2017 with “Stalli Freestyle,” the now 25-year-old rapper has been on a seemingly inexorable rise, with last
For the 2020 Power of Young Hollywood Issue, Variety profiled three young stars making an impact in the entertainment industry. For more, click here. How do you know you’ve made it in the music business? When Madonna gives you her cellphone number — that’s one sign. For Maluma, that moment arrived in 2018 at the MTV
A fervid supporter of new directors, Paris-based sales house Celluloid Dreams has dropped two clips and the poster of Brazilian João Paulo Miranda Maria’s “Memory House” (“La Casa de Antiguedades”), a first feature, but also the only Latin American title to be included in this year’s Cannes Official Selection. “Memory House” will now world premiere
Discovery said it planned to unveil a new direct-to-consumer streaming service even as its said its second-quarter net income fell 71% after the coronavirus pandemic spurred a pullback in advertising at both its U.S. and international operations. The company plans to unveil “a differentiated service” in coming weeks that will focus on non-fiction and unscripted
New Metric Media, the Toronto and Los Angeles-based producers of award-winning Hulu/Crave comedy series “Letterkenny” and Netflix/CityTV drama “Bad Blood,” has partnered with talent agency The Feldman Agency to launch a live entertainment company. Titled Tourbo, the new entity will focus on developing premium popular brands that currently exist as screen-based I.P., podcasts and online
Like many Mongolians, Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir has been visiting shamans from an early age, consulting the spirits for guidance when confronting thorny life challenges. So it came as no surprise when, several years back, the filmmaker’s mother urged her to visit a shaman during a particularly turbulent time in her life. The surprise arrived when the
Ever since David Lynch, decades ago, flirted with the prospect of making a film of “The Secret Garden,” Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1911 children’s novel, I’ve always leaned toward thinking it could make a great movie — and I’ve always imagined that movie as a spooky, earthy Lynchian dream, since that so connects with my memories
Neo Sora, director of “The Chicken,” playing in this year’s Locarno Festival short film competition, and his producer Albert Tholen have shared details on the filmmaker’s upcoming debut feature “Earthquake,” a screenplay participant at Berlinale Talents Tokyo in 2017. Friends, roommates and collaborators, Sora and Tholen are enjoying the bittersweet distinction of a Locarno Festival
Veteran manager and recording executive Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd. is adding 197 songs written by Blondie co-founders Debbie Harry and Chris Stein to its $1 billion-plus portfolio. Hipgnosis is acquiring 100% of Harry and Stein’s writers’ shares along with neighboring rights. Hipgnosis Song Fund already controls some 13,000 songs, ranging from Rihanna’s “Umbrellas” to
The combination of claustrophobia, darkness, murky water and one big crocodile adds up to a decently scary time in “Black Water: Abyss,” Andrew Traucki’s belated followup to the abyss-less 2007 original he co-directed with David Nerlich. This time, the tasty humans are trapped in an underground cavern during a flash flood, making for a situation
Warner Music Group’s third-quarter earnings were revealed today (Aug. 4). The company reported mixed results due to the coronavirus pandemic, with digital revenue up 11% during the fiscal period ending June 30, representing 71% of total revenue, compared to 61% during the same time period in 2019. Growth was attributed to the increase of streaming
Tony Okungbowa, who was the resident DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” for several years, has spoken up about the recent workplace misconduct allegations on the talk show, saying he experienced “toxicity” on the set. Okungbowa shared his thoughts in an Instagram post on Tuesday, saying he stands with his former co-workers who have spoken
Dua Lipa, whose sophomore album, “Future Nostalgia,” has been widely acclaimed as one of the best pop collections of the year, took to social media Tuesday night to announce that she’s putting out an entire album’s worth of remixes, with a starry list of collaborators joining the full-length reboot. “Club Future Nostalgia: The Remix Album”
Leaders of the Writers Guild of America West have touted the benefits of their campaign to revamp how agencies represent their members. The WGA West board of directors notified their 10,000 members in a message Tuesday evening that a key objective of the agency campaign is timely information from the agencies to assist in enforcement
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Mojo Music & Media announced Tuesday that is has picked up a 50% interest in the publishing catalog of Rick Nielsen, the co-founding guitarist and principal songwriter of Cheap Trick. “I’d almost given up on the chance of finding a publisher who actually knew all my songs and had a vision for how to keep
From Brett Kavanaugh’s rise to the Supreme Court, to the Muslim ban, to the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Magnolia’s new documentary on the American Civil Liberties Union “The Fight” covers all these pivotal events. Beginning with the protests over the travel ban from seven Muslim countries in early 2017, “The Fight” follows
As Hollywood makes slow but steady progress on its reopening, California Film commissioner Colleen Bell is expressing guarded optimism about production resuming — but without any exact date yet. “I think it would be imprudent to say that we know when things will get back to normal, but I can say with confidence that there’s
In today’s TV news roundup, Starz reveals the official trailer for “Power Book II: Ghost,” and Freeform gives a first look at “Love in the Time of Corona.” DATES Starz has released the official trailer for “Power Book II: Ghost,” which premieres on Sept. 6 at 9 p.m. The new ten-episode show is an extension of
When Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announced her latest visual album “Black is King” in June, she explained that the Disney Plus film was “meant to celebrate the breadth and beauty of Black ancestry.” “The events of 2020 have made the film’s vision and message even more relevant, as people across the world embark on a historic journey.
Kjersti Flaa is used to asking questions. She writes celebrity profiles for Norwegian magazines and does entertainment interviews for TV2’s “God Kveld Norge” (“Good Evening Norway”) as well as her own YouTube channel. But on Monday, she became the story. Flaa had just filed a blockbuster lawsuit alleging that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association had
Last night’s wild Axios interview with President Trump scored the HBO program a 33% total viewership bump from its average so far this year. A total of 136,000 viewers tuned in to see Trump make an utter fool of himself with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, according to Nielsen Media Research. That may not seem like
A new iteration of “Who’s the Boss?” is in development. Variety has confirmed that a sequel series to the classic sitcom is in the works at Sony Pictures Television, with original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano onboard to reprise their roles. The new show will take place 30 years after the events of the
Shawn Mendes is teaming up with Fender Guitars for the creation of his own branded model — the Shawn Mendes Foundation Musicmaster. The stylish electric six-string offers a fresh take on a classic Fender design from 1965, a variant of the guitar’s duosonic model. The front and back of the guitar is stylishly designed with