Tamar Braxton’s upcoming WE tv series “Get Ya Life!” has been postponed by the network following the star’s hospitalization, Variety has learned. The show was supposed to debut July 30, but the network has now moved the premiere back to early September, “given the current situation.” Braxton was taken to hospital on July 16, after LAPD responded
This year’s Emmy nominees in the seven music categories include such familiar scoring names as Ludwig Göransson, Pinar Toprak, Nicholas Britell, Mark Isham and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross as well as figures from the pop world like Pharrell Williams, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Ingrid Michaelson, Sheila E and the RZA. Labrinth joined Reznor and Ross
After HBO’s “Game of Thrones” dominated last year’s Emmy nominations — scoring a record 32 nods in 2019 — 2020 saw Netflix pull away from HBO in the nominations race in the absence of the latter’s drama juggernaut. The premium cabler’s acclaimed limited series “Watchmen” led the way with 26 total nominations, followed by Amazon’s
Step aside, “Game of Thrones,” HBO has your Emmy heir all lined up: the family media-dynasty drama “Succession.” “Succession” scored 18 nominations at the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. It wasn’t the most for a series (that honor actually went to HBO’s “Watchmen,” which is a limited series — so its success won’t be replicated
Jennifer Aniston has officially crossed over from beloved comedy star to beloved drama actor in the eyes of the Television Academy: She nabbed her first-ever dramatic acting Emmy nomination (for Apple TV Plus’ “The Morning Show”) on Tuesday. “You did the work. It was just really clear. You were this other person. And you are
There’s no question which series has produced the most buzz, the most memes, and the most controversy during quarantine. It’s of course “Tiger King,” which scored six Primetime Emmy Award nominations Tuesday. “Tiger King” was recognized for directing for a documentary/nonfiction program; picture editing for a nonfiction program; music composition for a documentary series or
Last year’s drama and comedy series winners (HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and Amazon Prime Video’s “Fleabag”) ended their runs and therefore their awards plays in 2019, leaving some key ballot spots open for the 2020 Emmy Awards. But that’s not all that stood to shake up the nominations this time around: The coronavirus pandemic shifted
Lynn Shelton and Fred Willard both landed Emmy nominations posthumously when they were announced on Tuesday morning. It marks the first Emmy nomination for Shelton, who scored a nod in the best directing for a limited series, movie or special category for Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere.” Specifically, Shelton, who directed four episodes of the limited
Werner Herzog says the success of Disney Plus series “The Mandalorian,” in which he plays The Client, has made him think it’s time to park his acting career. Speaking to Oscar-winning “Amy” director Asif Kapadia on Monday as part of the BFI at Home series on BFIYouTube, Herzog said, “I have done a lot more
Le Grand Rex theater, which boasts France’s biggest cinema screen, will be closing down on Aug. 3 for several weeks due to the dearth of fresh releases. The Grand Red theater, located in the heart of Paris and popular among teenagers and family audiences, reopened its doors on June 22 after a three-month shutdown. The
Hockey is returning to the ice — and Twitter is getting live “look-ins” for the NHL’s Stanley Cup qualifying and playoff games. Under a new pact, starting Aug. 1 fans will be able to vote on Twitter for which games from the NHL’s 2020 postseason they want for the live look-in feature, which will comprise
The fat wad of cash Quibi has spent on high-end programming paid dividends in one area, at least: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s streamer picked up 10 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations in short form categories. Of course, there’s no guarantee that Emmys nods (or even wins) can move the needle for Quibi, which has had a tough time
Former Live Nation New York president Anthony Makes has launched Brooklyn Made, an independent concert promotions company. According to the announcement, the 30-year industry veteran is “looking to redefine what it means to be a 21 st century music company” and will operate out of his home in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Emmy smackdown between Netflix and HBO has taken another dramatic turn. As the Television Academy announced the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations on Tuesday morning, Netflix came out on top swinging with a whopping 160 nominations, followed by rival HBO in second at 107 nods. Netflix’s history-making tally is the most ever for a
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera has been through a rollercoaster ever since the coronavirus crisis struck. But he never stopped working, and on Tuesday unveiled a 60-title lineup which, while a bit thin on Hollywood glitz, represents the core essence of Venice any year. A rich roster of quality films from top global
Celluloid Dreams is handling international sales for Majid Majidi’s Venice competition title “Sun Children.” Set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which today unveiled its lineup, the film tells the story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together, they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a
Only 22% of European feature films made between 2015-2018 were directed by women, a new study by the European Audiovisual Observatory has revealed. When it comes to female professionals directing audiovisual fiction episodes, the percentage drops to 19%. Women are slightly better represented in the screenwriting department, accounting for 25% in films and 34% in
What normally happens in Vegas each year in January won’t be in Vegas after all. CES 2021, scheduled to run Jan. 6-9, 2021, will not be held in Las Vegas, the Consumer Technology Association announced. It’s the latest event canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has had a resurgence in the U.S. the past
The 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, dropping the prestigious list of names that will compete for the Television Academy’s top honors. And, as with many pandemic-era announcements, TV buffs can watch nominations from the comfort of their own homes. The announcement will take place over a live-stream in accordance
Twitter restricted the ability of Donald Trump Jr. to tweet for a 12-hour period, after the president’s son posted a video spreading misinformation about the effects of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. The social network has required Trump Jr. to delete the tweet with the video, which violated Twitter’s rules about sharing harmful info related to
Breaking News Donald Trump reportedly invited himself to throw out a first pitch at Yankees Stadium in a fit of jealousy over Dr. Anthony Fauci … and was forced to cancel on it all when he couldn’t actually make it happen. Multiple sources familiar with the situation told The New York Times that’s how things
In a normal year, the announcement of the Venice Film Festival lineup — often coming on the heels of its Toronto counterpart across the pond — triggers the first whisperings of awards season. Once second to Cannes in the European festival prestige stakes, Venice has in the last decade taken advantage of its late-summer scheduling
K-pop titans Blackpink announced late Monday that their debut album will be released on Oct. 2 on YG Entertainment through Interscope Records. It will be preceded by the second single from the album in August, which the group promises will include a “surprise feature”; the title of the song and the album has not yet
U.K. based HanWay Films will handle international sales on Israeli auteur Amos Gitai’s new film “Laila In Haifa,” set to bow in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September. HanWay will also represent 25 films from Gitai’s extensive body of award-winning work. With an ensemble cast of both Israeli and Palestinian actors, “Laila in
Paris-based company Indie Sales has acquired Jasmila Žbanic’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?” which will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Co-produced by Indie Sales’ sister company Indie Prod, the film is based on real events and is set in the Bosnian summer of 1995, against the backdrop of the Serbian occupation of Srebrenica,
When it comes to sports broadcasts, NBCUniversal has a singular goal: The company wants to push even those advertisers who might not typically rush to football, hockey or Nascar to get into the game. The Comcast-owned company is about to make the rounds of media buyers and advertisers with a study of the attitudes of
By now it is common knowledge that the coronavirus pandemic has been bad for cinema box office. New data for the Asia-Pacific region shows just how bad. Figures from S&P Global Market intelligence and OPUSData depict a 92% collapse between January and June, compared with the first half of last year. Aggregate cinema revenue was
The Venice Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled a rich roster of films by prominent auteurs spanning the globe, such as Mexico’s Michel Franco, France’s Nicole Garcia, Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi, and from the U.S., Oscar-winning veteran Fredrick Wiseman, all set to grace the lineup of the Lido’s watershed 77th edition. The fest is on track with
ITV Studios has become the latest player to decide against participating in the physical Mipcom market in October, opting instead to launch its own sales event. Other distributors to have pulled out of physically attending the Cannes TV market include BBC Studios and Fremantle, who have also opted for a digital presence as fears of
One of the rare festivals to be hosting physical edition in the coronavirus era, the Deauville American Film Festival is set to world premiere 10 anticipated movies that are part of Cannes’s 2020 Official Selection. The Deauville roster of Cannes pics was curated by the Normandy-set festival’s artistic director Bruno Barde out of the 56