Nascar is trying to get live sports back on the road. The racing association, which backs the Nascar Xfinity Series and the Nascar Cup and has rights deals with NBCUniversal and Fox Corp., intends to launch the first of seven races over an 11-day time frame at two different race tracks. Nascar said its new
The walkers are about to descend on Pluto TV — but they’re going to be even moldier than usual. AMC Networks inked a licensing deal with ViacomCBS’s Pluto TV free-to-watch streaming platform, under which Pluto TV is launching a suite of four dedicated channels on Friday, May 1, stocked with library content including past seasons
Travis Scott and Epic Games set records and a new bar last week with the immense success of the rapper’s April 23 “Astronomical ‘Fortnite‘” event. The largest in-game experience ever, Scott racked up 12.3 million simultaneous views the first day of the video game event, and a total of over 27 million unique players attended
A Canadian company filed suit on Thursday accusing Spotify of stealing its trade secrets to develop its user-generated ad platform. VoxTonePRO, headquartered in Toronto, alleges that it had a series of meetings in 2016 and 2017, during which Spotify executives dangled the prospect of a partnership in order to gain access to VoxTonePRO’s trade secrets.
When Harvey Mason, jr. took the job as chair of the Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees last June, it’s safe to say he had no idea what was coming. A veteran songwriter-producer who has worked with Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton and Jennifer Hudson as well as film and television hits like “Dreamgirls,”
Val Kilmer crafted the persona of a serious, brooding (often labeled “difficult”) actor in such films as “Heat” and “Tombstone,” so it’s interesting to remember that his film debut was in the goofy spy spoof “Top Secret!” in 1984, followed by the comedy “Real Genius” in 1985. Kilmer would go on to show his comedy
Rose Byrne is quarantining in New York City with her husband Bobby Cannavale and their two kids. “Listen, I feel lucky,” Byrne says on Friday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.” “We’re safe and we’re okay, but it’s scary. We have two little kids. We’ve just been inside, but I have
Kristin Cavallari claims Jay Cutler is already getting petty in their divorce by refusing to let her buy her own house, while also declaring he won’t leave their current crib. Kristin reportedly filed new docs Wednesday, and accused Jay of withholding money from her — money she claims he had no problem with her spending
Adam Driver will star in an adaptation of “Yankee Comandante,” Variety has learned. “Mud” director Jeff Nichols is writing and helming the pic, marking a reunion for the pair, who worked together on 2016’s “Midnight Special.” While production start dates are up in the air due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered the industry,
On Monday, Amazon Prime launched a streaming version of the SXSW Film Festival, partnering with the Austin-based event to deliver a handful of movies free until May 6. In theory, it’s a brilliant solution: Going virtual gives any cinephile access to the spring’s coolest pop-culture gathering — a gathering at which no one was actually
Looks like Ramy might have finally found someone to help him be a better Muslim. Hulu has released the first trailer for “Ramy” season 2, which sees the sex and self-obsessed central character turn to Mahershala Ali’s sheikh for spiritual guidance. The Oscar and Emmy-winning Ali is a new player for season 2, and the
The Hollywood Reporter has named veteran journalist Nekesa Mumbi Moody as its new editorial director. She has served as global entertainment and lifestyles editor at The Associated Press since 2012. Moody will relocate from New York to Los Angeles and starts the job on June 15. Prior to her role as global entertainment and lifestyles
Check out the official The Secret: Dare to Dream trailer starring Katie Holmes! Let us know what you think in the comments below. 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: 2020 Starring: Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas, Jerry
Netflix has yanked an episode of “Designated Survivor” in which a fictitious Turkish president is portrayed as a villain from its service in Turkey. “Following a demand from the Turkish regulator, we have removed one episode of ‘Designated Survivor’ from Netflix in Turkey only, to comply with local law,” the streaming giant said in a
ITV’s director of television Kevin Lygo has said the U.K. commercial broadcaster will need to “up its game” to keep audiences engaged and away from the lure of content-rich streaming giants such as Netflix and Disney Plus. During a virtual session hosted by the Edinburgh TV Festival, the executive said the broadcasters’ ratings are up
The astronaut drifted off into space elimination last night on “The Masked Singer,” but the Fox show didn’t score quite the same galactic audience numbers as usual. Episode 14 of “Masked Singer” season 3 scored a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 7.5 million viewers. While that was easily good enough to top the
In the series finale of “Parks and Recreation,” Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) looked around at all of the changes coming for her friends in Pawnee, Ind. and asked her husband Ben (Adam Scott) when this group of people would ever be together again. “That’s all I want: all of these people, in the same place,
The Weeknd has shared more teasers for his special guest appearance on “American Dad!” — in an episode he co-wrote — which airs on TBS Monday night. The episode, in which we will see “Stan abducting The Weeknd to teach Roger a lesson,” is previewed with a short trailer that offers a peek at Weeknd’s
John Cena is the latest celeb to jump on the pandemic-driven 2020 virtual graduation trend. The popular WWE superstar and actor — and children’s book author — will kick off the “Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Virtual Graduation Celebration” on Friday, May 1, an event organized by Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Random House Children’s Books
President Trump recently addressed the nation with a message of hope and reassurance, noting, “‘While we may be physically apart, we can use this time to pray, to reflect and to focus on our personal relationship with God.’” Non-fans of the president, whose polls steadily measure at least half of the country’s voters, will take
MADRID — June’s Annecy Festival, the world’s highest-profile animation event, has shared first details of its 2020 online edition and confirmed that Hollywood studios and major streaming platforms will continue to have a presence at this year’s totally online event. Even before France’s COVID-19 lockdown, “we were getting strong support from the studios and platforms,”
AT&T said it would fold its stand-alone Xandr ad-tech unit into WarnerMedia, just weeks after the CEO of Xandr abruptly departed. Gerhard Zeiler, who was named chief revenue officer of WarnerMedia last year, and oversees advertising, distribution and international operations, will supervise all ad-sales outreach across AT&T going forward, the company said. Kirk McDonald, chief business
Jack Osbourne was supposed to go to SXSW last month for the premiere of “The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne,” a documentary about his dad that he produced, before the festival was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We had a children’s choir that was going to sing ‘Crazy Train,’” Jack says on Thursday’s episode
LevelK has sold the Swedish adventure-filled family film “Faunutland and the Lost Magic” to the U.S. and several territories across Europe. Directed by Marcus Ovnell, “Faunutland and the Lost Magic” was acquired by Uncorked Entertainment for North American rights and Kinologistika for Russia/CIS. Other deals were closed for Germany and Luxembourg (MFA) and Estonia (Estin
Imax Corporation posted a loss of $49.4 million in the first quarter of 2020, as theater closures — due to the coronavirus pandemic — were a drag on earnings. In the prior-year quarter, Imax had reported a profit of $8 million. Revenues for the company also sank to $34.9 million, a sharp drop from the
NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell is not backing down from Universal’s flap with top exhibitors over the studio’s premium VOD release of “Trolls World Tour.” The NBCU CEO told investors Thursday during Comcast’s quarterly earnings call that premium VOD releases for some titles will be a “complementary element” to traditional theatrical distribution for the studio. Shell
The Recording Academy announced the appointment of Valeisha Butterfield Jones as its first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, a role that is among the recommendations of the organization’s Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion. Butterfield Jones will report directly to Academy Chair and Interim President/CEO Harvey Mason jr., effective May 11, 2020. According to the
Spotify’s Gimlet is tapping a nostalgic vein with “Mogul Mixtapes,” a throwback interview series taking listeners back to iconic moments in hip-hop history. The new show is a spinoff of critically acclaimed podcast “Mogul,” hosted by Brandon “Jinx” Jenkins. The new series comes from Gimlet, the podcast house Spotify acquired last year as part of
Tastemade has scored two more distribution deals: The food and lifestyle digital network goes live today on Vizio’s SmartCast internet-connected TVs and Dish Network’s Sling TV. The expanded footprint for Tastemade comes amid COVID-19 quarantines, when millions of Americans are streaming more video and cooking at home more frequently — a recipe for heightened engagement,
DJ and producer Martin Garrix is taking to Dutch waterways to mark Cinco de Mayo for an hour-long special for Insight TV. The special, which was filmed using remote cameras in compliance with social distancing rules, will see Garrix performing an all-new set with exclusive tracks while cruising on board his specially equipped Zeelander Z55