Mike Dirnt’s plate is full this year. Green Day just released its first album since 2016, the saltily titled “Father of all Motherfuckers,” and the bassist is scheduled to head out on a summer-long stadium tour with Weezer and Fall Out Boy — although that looks increasingly unlikely due to the coronavirus pandemic. He also
Bon Jovi announced Monday that it has canceled its 2020 tour dates with Bryan Adams due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Due to the ongoing global pandemic, it is no longer feasible for Bon Jovi to tour this summer,” the group said in a statement. “Given these difficult times, we have made the decision to cancel
Travis Scott will premiere a new song on Fortnite as part of a new “experience” called “Astronomical.” Details were scarce at press time, but according to the announcement, “Astronomical” is “inspired by creations” from the rapper’s Cactus Jack company, “built from the ground up in Fortnite.” The company has set up multiple tour dates with
TLC is adding a new series to its late-night lineup. Variety has learned exclusively that the network has ordered the new series “Find Love Live.” The show aims to help single people find their future partner from the comfort of their couch. Originally scheduled to premiere earlier this month by utilizing a traditional production crew, “Find
IFC Films is acquiring U.S. rights to “Summerland,” a British drama starring Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Variety has learned exclusively. The movie is the directorial feature debut from Jessica Swale, who won an Olivier Award for her play “Nell Gwynn,” in which Arterton and Mbatha-Raw both starred. Swale was named as one of Variety’s
A year ago, Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, of the Beastie Boys, premiered an extended theatrical evening in which the two got up onstage and chronicled the band’s 30-year history, from soup to nuts (pun intended), with photographs, TV and film clips, home videos, animated doodads, and other archival tidbits flashing on a screen behind
Twitch hired Tracy Chan, who’s leaving Spotify after four years, as head of product and engineering for music. At Twitch, Chan joins the Amazon-owned streaming platform’s growing music team under the helm of SVP and head of music Mike Olson. In the role, Chan will focus on evolving the Twitch experience specifically for live music
Los Angeles — with its rapid and untrammeled expansion, its low-hanging sun, and its status as the factory where our collective dreams, and nightmares, are born — provides unusually fertile territory for horror. And “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” a spinoff on a previous Showtime series set in Victorian London, capitalizes, minting an engaging and
“This town is all about dreams,” Dylan McDermott says at the start of the official “Hollywood” trailer Netflix debuted Monday. In the upcoming streaming limited series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, McDermott’s character, Ernie, is a man who owns a gas station that runs a secret call boy operation on the side but who
Meghan Markle gave viewers a look inside her passion project, “Elephant,” a documentary she narrated for Disney Plus. Markle spoke about “Elephant” Monday on “Good Morning America,” though she didn’t sit for an interview. Along with the clip, “GMA” aired previously recorded footage that Markle filmed with Disney last summer as promotional material. “I’m really
During a quarter that saw that onset of a global pandemic, Universal Music Group’s recorded music revenues grew more than 13% to $1.56 billion and its streaming revenues reach nearly $1 billion, up 16.5% year over year. The results were posted as part of the quarterly earnings for its parent company, Vivendi. The company’s overall
Streaming-video hub Fox Nation is opening its borders – to advertisers. The Fox News subscription service will offer marketers the chance to embed their products in some of its programs, which have in the recent past included a crime series led by Nancy Grace, a documentary series hosted by former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan,
“If you’re interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things happen in the middle.” So opens the first volume of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” As
Venice Film Festival still plans to proceed on the Lido in the event’s customary early September slot. Roberto Cicutto, president of the Venice Biennale, the fest’s parent organization, said Monday in an interview with Italian news agency ANSA that the September 2-12 dates of the 77th edition of Venice are confirmed. Cicutto in the interview with
Three of China’s leading platforms have acquired the second season of HBO and Rai drama “My Brilliant Friend.” iQIYI, Alibaba’s Youku and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of the show, entitled “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name,” from distributor Fremantle, as well as re-licensing the first. This marks the
London and Los Angeles-based “The Little Drummer Girl” producer The Ink Factory has appointed former Big Light Productions executive Maggie Boden as director of development. Working out of the London office, Boden will report into Ink Factory creative director Katherine Butler, former scripted creative director for Raw and deputy head of film at Film4. Boden
Legendary comedian Peter Sellers is to be the subject of an in-depth BBC Two single documentary from acclaimed factual producer Brook Lapping, whose credits include “Trump’s First 100 Days” and “The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair.” Commissioned by BBC Arts, the 75-minute documentary has the working title of “Peter Sellers: A State Of Comic
An average of 5.4 million viewers tuned in to see the BBC’s coverage of the “One World: Together at Home” concert, which saw artists such as Lady Gaga and The Rolling Stones perform from their living rooms to celebrate healthcare workers. The U.K. version also introduced extra performances from British artists like Sir Tom Jones,
Atlantic Records UK is continuing to fortify its executive ranks naming Liz Goodwin general manager. Reporting into label co-presidents Briony Turner and Ed Howard, she starts at the end of April. Atlantic UK is home to a roster that includes Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie, Charli XCX, Clean Bandit, Rita Ora and Stormzy, among others. Goodwin arrives
French entertainment and advertising giant Vivendi provided an update on the impact of coronavirus on its wide-ranging business interests this morning, as it posted quarterly results showing 4.4% revenue growth on a fixed currency basis to €3.87 billion ($4.2 billion) for the period from January to March. Universal Music Group (UMG) and Canal Plus Group
Cannes Lions has launched digital education platform ‘Lions Live,’ weeks after organizers called off this year’s event. The platform will run throughout June under the theme ‘Creativity Matters,’ and activity will coincide with the original dates of the Lions, June 22-26. The initiative will be free to use for all. The Lions postponed to October
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are to end all ties with the U.K.’s tabloids — the latest step in an unrelenting war with the British media. The couple, which has now relocated to California from Canada, on Sunday night sent a letter to the editors of outlets The Sun, The Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express
You can sometimes get what you want — even an attention-grabbing appearance by the separate-but-united Rolling Stones — when you’re Global Citizen and there is seemingly no global superstar too big to turn down “One World: Together at Home.” Saturday night’s prime-time show included turns from a Beatle, Paul McCartney, too, as well as currently
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the sixth episode of “Westworld” Season 3. This week’s episode of “Westworld” was essentially one long therapy session. William (Ed Harris) found himself in an asylum, surrounded by previous versions of himself, while Maeve (Thandie Newton) sat down for a heart-to-heart with her old pal
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Monsters and Heroes,” the ninth episode of “Outlander” Season 5. On the latest episode of “Outlander,” the running theme for the main characters was that some of them were looking for a purpose, while others realized their lives could have multiple purposes. What kicked
Crime thriller, “The Unknown Man” has been confirmed to shoot in South Australia, when film productions resume after the coronavirus crisis. The film is produced by and co-stars Joel Edgerton opposite the U.K.’s Sean Harris (The King, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation). “The Unknown Man” is written and directed by Thomas M Wright, director
Exclusive The families of four of the victims who perished in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, have filed wrongful death lawsuits themselves — this after Vanessa Bryant has already gone after the chopper company in court. The surviving members of the Altobelli family and Mauser family — the remaining
The wild finale of Alex Garland’s sci-fi series “Devs” managed to do the impossible and reveal the full capabilities for the mysterious super computer. But like all good Garland creations, the answers only lead to more questions from the audience. Looking for clarity, we turned to the woman who runs the Devs operation, Katie, played
Movies traditionally are released in theaters on Wednesdays and Fridays, but come Monday, April 20, “4/20” the movie will be released on Vimeo on the date that’s considered a perennial stoner holiday — it has even greater significance this month seeing as the year is 2020. Producer Corey Moss, a veteran of MTV and management
Saturday’s star-studded “One World: Together at Home” virtual concert raised $127.9 million for health care workers and coronavirus relief, according to Global Citizen. The globally broadcasted performances were organized by the World Health Organization and Global Citizen, in collaboration with Lady Gaga, who sang during the two-hour livestream. Dozens of famous artists performed from home