Martin Scorsese has come on board to co-direct and executive produce a feature documentary profiling David Johansen, the frontman of the New York Dolls. The film will follow Johansen’s arrival in New York’s East Village in the late 1960s and the start of his musical career started in the 1970s as lead singer for the
It was only a matter of time before the most powerful brothers in Hollywood got into business together. In the late ’90s, “Scary Movie,” a comedy that satirized slasher-killer movies, brought three of the Wayans brothers — Marlon, Shawn and Keenen Ivory — to the doorstep of Dimension Films, the boutique horror studio run by
Peacock will premiere nine new series among 20,000 hours of content when it launches July 15. Here’s a look at what’s coming. Brave New WorldThe long-gestating adaptation of the Aldous Huxley book stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Alden Ehrenreich and Demi Moore. The CaptureThis BBC drama series, which originally aired in 2019, follows a
Amazon is now giving Prime Video customers worldwide the ability to create up to six viewer profiles on one account — a feature that rival services like Netflix and Hulu have offered for years. Starting Tuesday, July 7, Amazon is rolling out Prime Video profiles in the U.S. and other countries. That lets Prime members
The U.S. government is considering instituting a ban on TikTok and other Chinese smartphone apps over security concerns, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said — fears that are unfounded, according to TikTok. The Trump administration is “looking at” prohibiting the use of social-media apps from China in the U.S., Pompeo said in an interview Monday
Uzo Aduba knows about transformation. She was practically unrecognizable as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren, her breakout role on “Orange Is the New Black” that earned her two Emmys. Now the 39-year-old actor might be headed back to the awards circuit with “Mrs. America” for portraying the late Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be
Country-rock singer Margo Price is making sure that fans in her hometown, Nashville, don’t have to go out for dinner or for her new LP when her third album, “That’s How Rumors Get Started,” comes out Friday. She’s endeavoring to support several local restaurants as well as Grimey’s Records to offer delivery of breakfast, lunch
My Morning Jacket announced Tuesday morning that they will release “The Waterfall II,” a companion album to its 2015 release “The Waterfall,” on Friday via ATO Records. The Kentucky-reared rock act will host an online listening party for the album Thursday at 9 p.m. ET via its YouTube and Facebook pages. “The Waterfall II” will
The clock is ticking for movie theaters. As coronavirus cases rise in the United States, cinemas around the country are finding their plans for reopening in jeopardy, and that’s putting a greater strain on a section of the economy that’s been hit hard by the public health crisis. For years, movie theater chains such as
The upcoming Venice Film Festival, which is scheduled to run Sept. 2-12, is expected to be the first major international film event to hold a physical edition after the coronavirus crisis, albeit with a somewhat slimmer but still substantial lineup. Variety spoke exclusively to Venice Artistic Director Alberto Barbera about how he’s been navigating the crisis,
A group of movie theater companies — including AMC, Cinemark and Regal — have filed a lawsuit against the governor of New Jersey, claiming a First Amendment right to reopen during the pandemic. The companies, led by the National Association of Theatre Owners, is challenging Gov. Phil Murphy’s order that allows malls, libraries, churches and
As Peacock launches, NBCUniversal will be trying to figure out a puzzle many of its rivals are also attempting to solve. More onetime couch potatoes have adopted video streaming, and they are growing accustomed to seeing fewer ads, and sometimes none. That means media companies need to devise an entirely new architecture for their blocks
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Leading Black U.S. congressman John Lewis has joined “Ahimsa – Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless,” the upcoming documentary on non-violent political struggle. The film was produced to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth and tackles issues including race relations, the under-trodden members of society, and restoration of human rights. Coming at a
Peacock is Comcast’s bid to articulate a streaming strategy to Wall Street. For some time, investors have been puzzling over how to value the company, which was built on the cable-systems business but has expanded significantly during the past decade with the acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011 and U.K. satellite TV giant Sky in 2018.
Magic Leap, the augmented-reality startup that has yet to find a viable business model, hired a new CEO: Peggy Johnson, previously Microsoft’s head of business development. Johnson will start at Magic Leap effective Aug. 1, 2020, the company announced. She takes over for Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz, who stepped down as CEO amid the
Hong Kong’s new National Security Law gives the city’s police enhanced powers and greater reach into cyberspace. The Special Administrative Region’s government put into effect Article 43 of the new law on Monday night when it gazetted a range of new measures. Its objective is “preventing, suppressing and imposing punishment for any acts and activities
The Recording Academy and Color of Change, the largest online racial justice organization in the U.S., have announced a partnership to “promote positive social change within the music industry.” The Academy announced to members last month that it has made a $1 million donation to Color of Change. According to the announcement, the organizations will
In this guest column, David Israelite, president & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners, argues in favor of the CASE Act, which would create a board within the U.S. Copyright Office to decide copyright disputes rather than going before a court. A
ASCAP has announced the winners of the most performed songs of the past year in Latin music via its @ASCAPLatino and @ASCAP social media platforms. With the awards forced to move online like most major events this year, the virtual format, which generated record social media participation for ASCAP’s Pop and Screen Music Awards last month, opened the
Tom Meighan, the former lead vocalist of rock band Kasabian, has pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic violence. Meighan was accused of attacking his former fiancee Vikki Ager on April 9, and submitted his guilty plea Tuesday at a court in Leicester, England. The judge ordered him to carry out 200 hours of unpaid
The upcoming Venice Film Festival’s reconfiguration due to coronavirus safety measures has been officially unveiled. Barring complications, Venice, which runs Sept. 2-12, is set to be the first major international film event to hold a physical edition after the coronavirus crisis, with a lineup that is somewhat reduced but still substantial. Venice Artistic Director Alberto
European pay TV operator Sky has taken 100% ownership of Love Productions, the producer behind “The Great British Bake Off.” Sky acquired a 70% stake in the company, led by Richard McKerrow, in 2014. The deal to acquire the remaining stake was sealed in February, but was disclosed Monday in Love’s annual accounts. The acquisition
Animation directors Jorge R. Gutierrez (“The Book of Life”) and Kris Pearn (“The Willoughbys”) will discuss their craft in the VIEW Conference’s second free PreVIEW online event Saturday, July 11, at 10 a.m. PT. Gutierrez, who is currently working on the Netflix animated series “Maya and the Three,” and Pearn, whose hit animated feature “The
Massively popular video sharing app TikTok may pull out of Hong Kong within a matter of days. “In light of recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” a company spokesman told the Reuters news agency. The source said the move was made because it was not clear if
Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Google said Monday they have “paused” their processing of requests for user data from Hong Kong law enforcement agencies, days after Beijing’s controversial new national security law came into force in the territory. WhatsApp is “pausing” reviews “pending further assessment of the impact of the National Security Law, including formal human-rights
On July 6, 2020, we lost a Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry star, guitar virtuoso, fiddle playing icon, proud American and my friend. This year marks my 37th year in broadcasting. Thirty of those years I’ve been solely focused on the world of country music. Currently, I host the Storme Warren Morning
Halle Berry has pulled out of a role in an upcoming film in which she’d play a transgender character after facing backlash online. In an Instagram live interview on Friday, the actor said she had been preparing for the role, but had not been officially cast. “[It’s] a character where the woman is a trans
SiriusXM is closing in on a deal to acquire E.W. Scripps Co.’s Stitcher podcast production, distribution and advertising unit, Variety has confirmed. SiriusXM’s deal for Stitcher would be worth about $300 million, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news. Scripps bought Stitcher for $4.5 million in 2016 and combined it with
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the “Chapter Three,” the third episode of HBO’s “Perry Mason.” In the third episode of HBO’s “Perry Mason,” Sister Alice, played by Tatiana Maslany, leads a rousing sermon, which includes a skit where Maslany dons an oversized sailor’s outfit while being manually rocked back-and-forth