Disgraced Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing has spent the past two years off the radar following an explosive 2018 tax evasion scandal. But she is expected to reemerge soon in a period drama on Chinese streamer Youku. The $70 million-budgeted TV series “Win the World” is one of the most expensive TV series ever to be
The Australian screen production industry has published “COVID-Safe Guidelines” to help get the industry back to work, making film and TV shows. Each production will need to draw up its own personalized COVID-safe production plan that identifies the specific control measures needed to mitigate the risks that the virus poses to its personnel, given each
Harvey Weinstein, currently serving a 23 year prison term for rape, was hit with a new lawsuit Thursday that claims he raped an additional four women, one of whom was just 17 years old at the time. The four Jane Does allege sexual assaults and rapes that occurred from 1984 to 2013, some after meetings
Netflix’s explosive four-part docuseries, “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich,” debuted this week on the streaming giant and chronicles the sex trafficking crimes of the high-profile financier – whose social circle included the likes of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and Harvey Weinstein, among others. Through sit-down interviews with his accusers, interrogation footage of Epstein, and
Diana Kennedy has spent six decades writing about the traditions of Mexican cooking. But despite her James Beard awards and other honors, the British author’s legacy has become more complicated now that Mexican chefs and writers are telling their own stories. The feisty woman who set out to chronicle the country’s regional cooking was influential
Popular gastronomy seems to come in two extreme flavors these days. At one end of the chicly underdressed table is the kind of easy-breezy, culturally scattered, make-it-your-own casual dining epitomised by Jamie Oliver and Alison Roman. At the other is food as fussy molecular science: hyper-sculpted, tweezer-assembled and outlandish in flavor and presentation, it has
Matty Healy, frontman of U.K. band The 1975, has deactivated his Twitter after facing backlash for a tweet about the Black Lives Matter movement following the recent death of George Floyd. In the now-deleted tweet posted on Thursday, the singer wrote, “If you truly believe that ‘ALL LIVES MATTER’ you need to stop facilitating the
Amid the increase of anti-Asian racism and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on American communities of color, Endemol Shine North America’s diversity and inclusion committee, launched last year, held its first virtual event for its offices in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil to discuss how the entertainment industry can address these issues. The panel featured
In today’s film news roundup, Alicia Silverstone’s “Sister of the Groom,” faith-based “Everyday Miracles” and South Korean drama “House of Hummingbiord” get distribution and the Indian horror movie “Lapachhapi” gets a Hindi remake. ACQUISITIONS Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group. Written and
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed new dates for this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards. Originally scheduled for spring 2020, both awards were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Television Awards will now take place on July 31, with the Television
In today’s TV News Roundup, Hulu released a trailer for upcoming documentary “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme,” and CMT added new celebrities to the line-up for its upcoming special celebrating those continuing to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. CASTING CBS has announced the 12 challengers competing on its upcoming reality series “Tough as Nails,” which
Anthony James, an actor best-known for his work in the Oscar-winning films “In The Heat of the Night” and “Unforgiven,” died on May 26 of cancer in Massachusetts. He was 77. Born Jimmy Anthony, he discovered there was already an actor with that name and created his stage persona of Anthony James, according to his
“Sonic the Hedgehog” is getting a sequel. Paramount Pictures and Sega Sammy confirmed on Thursday that they have commenced development on a sequel to the live-action family comedy. The sequel would reteam the filmmakers, with Jeff Fowler directing, and Pat Casey and Josh Miller writing the script. The movie is still in the development stage
Check out an official Featurette for The High Note starring Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Watch the Home Premiere 5/29: https://www.fandangonow.com/details/MMVF0C2579844EF06F5DCD86C6F47FB5533D?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up
MTV is currently working with numerous government and health agencies in hopes of mounting its annual Video Music Awards live from New York this August, Variety can report exclusively. The show is eyeing an Aug. 30 broadcast date from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for its 36th edition of the VMAs, where MTV honors the best in
Only day after its launch, HBO Max is the latest platform to set-up its own piece of quarantine-inspired content. The streamer has given the greenlight to “Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020,” a scripted special which will give high school students whose spring musicals have been canceled the opportunity to sing and dance in front of
Writers Guild of America leaders are pushing for paid parental leave as one of the demands in the guild’s master contract negotiations with studios. The WGA’s negotiating committee disclosed its focus on the issue of paid time off for parents in a message sent Thursday to members about the guild’s talks with the Alliance of
It’s a family reunion between “Succession” producer Adam McKay and series director Mark Mylod as Searchlight is in negotiations with Mylod to direct “” with McKay producing the dark comedy. McKay will produce through his Hyperobject Industries banner and will be joined by his partner Betsy Koch to produce. The film is a darkly comedic
Veteran Disney distribution executive David Kornblum, who has led the studio’s theatrical sales distribution in Asia/Pacific and Russia, has departed from Disney after more than 31 years. Kornblum played a key role in the release of nearly 800 films over the course of his tenure at The Walt Disney Company, including the record-setting launches associated
President Donald Trump said he signed an executive order to “defend free speech” from social-media companies by limiting their legal protections from liability — an action he took two days after Twitter applied fact-checking labels to two of his inaccurate tweets about mail-in ballots. The White House announced Trump’s order seeking to limit legal protections
Just when you thought that dating in quarantine would at least free us from the world of ghosting, a sneaker collab dropped early this morning like an unprompted 2 AM text. Launching today, Converse teamed up with Carhartt Work In Progress (WIP) for a pair of messy sneakers that are out here to undo all
Check out the official Viena and the Fantomes Trailer starring Dakota Fanning! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit FandangoNOW: https://www.fandangonow.com?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: June 30,
MGM is developing a “Fiddler On The Roof” movie with “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, who will direct and produce with Dan Jinks and Aaron Harnick The original “Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway in 1964 and won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Score of a Musical, Best Director and Best
UPDATED: Reports by U.S. users of problems with Amazon’s website spiked Thursday afternoon, with people across the country complaining that it was inaccessible before the issues were resolved less than an hour later. According to DownDetector.com, problem reports for Amazon.com began soaring at just after 3 p.m. ET, with 77% reporting issues in accessing the
The Gal Gadot-led series about film legend Hedy Lamarr is on the move. Variety has learned exclusively that the project is now set up at Apple with a straight-to-series order after having previously been in the works at Showtime. The eight-episode series hails from writer and executive producer Sarah Treem, who previously served as co-creator
On top of her packed singing and acting schedule, Cynthia Erivo is adding documentary producer to her list of credits. Erivo, who is set to play the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin in the Nat Geo series “Genius” later this year, will executive produce a new docuseries coming to Quibi called “What We Keep.” The
In 2001, the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” was a global TV phenomenon. And in the U.K., where the show had originated, there was such a frenzy for the show that a large underground network of fans communicated ways to game the system and get on the show. Around the same time,
Emmy-winning “Chernobyl” director Johan Renck is in talks to direct “The Magus,” an adaptation of John Fowles’ famously cryptic cult novel. The TV miniseries is being produced by “1917” production house Neal Street Productions, headed by producer Pippa Harris and filmmaker Sam Mendes. The news leaked in a suitably mysterious way Thursday when Renck posted
It took some 35 years, but ‘80s metal band Ratt has finally returned to television screens with the sort of frequency it hasn’t seen since its MTV days. In a popular campaign for Geico’s home and car insurance bundles called “Ratt Problem,” frontman Stephen Pearcy and his bandmates illustrate an unexpected nuisance for homeowners. The
Paramount Pictures has landed Daniel H. Wilson’s spec script “The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever” from “A Quiet Place” producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller. Form and Fuller will produce under their Fully Formed Entertainment banner, which signed a first-look deal at Paramount last summer. Wilson adapted from his own short story, which follows a