“Zola,” a buzzy title among next year’s Sundance lineup, comes from unprecedented source material: a 148-tweet Twitter thread from October 2015. The movie had an arduous journey to the screen due to ongoing allegations around James Franco, whose company Rabbit Bandini bought the rights to the story, while Franco was originally attached to direct. A24
December 10, 2019 12:11PM PT A Cambodian boy is trafficked into slavery aboard a Thai fishing vessel in Rodd Rathjen’s archetypal but gripping and brutal debut. The sobering statistic that closes Rodd Rathjen’s impressive debut “Buoyancy,” recently named Australia’s submission in the Oscars’ International Feature category, informs us that currently around 200,000 boys and men
Fighting off a seasonal surge from Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” The Weeknd’s two new singles topped the Rolling Stone Top 100 songs chart this week. “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights,” both of which dropped last week, rocketed to No. 1 and 2 respectively with more than 40 million streams between them.
For “Avengers: Endgame,” the VFX-rich conclusion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the team raised the stakes higher than ever for one last time, complete with an epic battle. To pull off the biggest fighting scene Marvel had ever created for any of the franchise’s 23 movies—a showdown between the Avengers and Thanos (played by Josh
NBCU Digital Enterprises Group’s president of strategy and commercial growth Dave Howe is leaving his post after a total of 18 years at the company. “Dave has been a wonderful colleague for almost 20 years,” said NBCU Content Studios chairman Bonnie Hammer in a statement. “His ability to think big picture and navigate a complex
Netflix is starting to feel a bit more like regular television to some of its members: The streaming service began a global test of a new feature for its TV apps Tuesday that offers users the option to skip browsing titles, and instead start streaming right away. Dubbed “Watch Now,” the new feature is being
The Writers Guild of America revealed Tuesday that although employment numbers are rising for members, compensation is dramatically behind. “While record numbers of members are currently employed, individual writer compensation is not where it should be, with too many members working at or close to minimum,” the WGA West told its members from president David
The MTA is home to pizza rats, manspreading, and now, a high fashion runway show. Jeremy Scott staged his Moschino pre-fall 2020 collection at the New York Transit Museum. Inspired by the bustling city, the show featured busking pole dancers, models clad in NYC’s finest camo, and a ginormous puffer made for the next Polar
Pharrell Williams is giving viewers an inside look at his songwriting process for “Letter to my Godfather,” a new tune he wrote for “The Black Godfather,” Netflix documentary about legendary music executive Clarence Avant. “Clarence Avant is known as ‘The Black Godfather’ because literally as a black man, he was able to do things that
Netflix has dribbled out some viewing data on Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman”: The epically long mobster film was watched by 26.4 million Netflix households worldwide in the first seven days — to at least 70% completion, according to content chief Ted Sarandos. In the first 28 days, Netflix expects about 40 million account holders to
Steve Harvey is bringing back his daytime talk show — but this time, he’s going the streaming route, sealing a deal for a new series at Facebook Watch. The new show, titled “Steve on Watch,” is set to premiere on January 6. Harvey has already taped the first batch of new episodes for his revived
Check out the official Antlers Trailer starring Keri Russell! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Antlers: https://www.fandango.com/antlers-219916/movie-overview?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
December 10, 2019 10:27AM PT Anna Marsh, currently the managing director of Studiocanal U.K. and executive vice president of international sales, will take over as CEO of Studiocanal on Dec. 16. Marsh succeeds Didier Lupfer, who is leaving to pursue his own production projects, the company announced Tuesday. “Anna is the ideal person to manage Studiocanal
Writer, director, and producer Tom McCarthy has signed a multi-year overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios Under the terms of the deal, McCarthy will develop, direct, and produce series for broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms. McCarthy most recently co-created the Golden Globe-nominated Showtime limited series “The Loudest Voice,” which detailed the rise of the
December 10, 2019 10:00AM PT Keshet’s splashy original reality series “2025” has been canceled in Israel after a disappointing first season. The decision is a reversal of Keshet’s announcement last April that it was renewing the show for a sophomore run. Despite the network’s high hopes and a long buildup to the show’s unveiling, “2025”
Whatever you do, don’t tell Kevin Bacon to act “likable.” “I can walk into a room hungry — from an acting standpoint — angry, fearful, aggressive. I don’t know how to walk into a room ‘likably,’” he tells Variety. “That’s not an actable action for me.” Although the veteran TV and film actor has a
Muslim athletes have long been overlooked in the athletic-wear industry, as adequate performance gear that is lightweight, breathable, and comfortable isn’t always accessible. In 2017, Nike introduced the Pro Hijab—a soft, fast-absorbing garment made for competitive sports. Two years later, Nike is expanding on the Pro Hijab by releasing a full collection of modest performance-wear
“Transformers” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is the latest name making a move to Quibi. The model is set to host and executive produce a series on the beauty industry which hails from Alfred Street Industries. The show will feature Huntington-Whiteley getting up close and personal with icons of the beauty world,
Americans are already a hyper-connected, device-fixated lot. And as 5G takes flight in 2020 and beyond, the number of internet-connected screens in U.S. consumers’ lives will only increase, according to a new study. Today, U.S. households own an average of 11 connected devices, including seven with screens to view content (e.g. smartphones or TVs), a
An adaptation of Michael Chabon’s acclaimed novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” has been given a series commitment at Showtime. The series comes as part of a multi-year overall production pact which Chabon and his producing partner Ayelet Waldman have inked with CBS TV Studios. Under the agreement, CBS will have the exclusive
December 10, 2019 8:35AM PT The second part of the CW’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” “Arrowverse” crossover matched the impressive TV ratings put up by the first part on Sunday night. Monday’s episode scored a 0.6 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 1.69 million total viewers, up a hair from the 1.67 million who tuned in
UPDATED: Warner Music Group and Providence Equity Partners today announced plans to invest in recorded-music and music-publishing catalogs via a newly established platform, Tempo Music Investments, that has raised $650 million. Among the first acquisitions of the venture are selected copyrights of Grammy Award-winning songwriters Jeff Bhasker and Shane McAnally, and Ben Rector. The move
As costume designer on “Judy,” the biopic about Judy Garland, Jany Temime kept one criteria in mind. “My question was, ‘What would Judy wear for that scene?’ That how I approached it,” says Temime, who also wanted to portray the difference between “the real Judy and the performer Judy.”But instead of using replicas of the
Check out the official The Grudge Trailer starring John Cho! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for The Grudge: https://www.fandango.com/the-grudge-2020-220577/movie-overview?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.
In late 2016, in anticipation of the debut of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy spoke with Variety about the company’s efforts to diversify its director ranks in the same way the franchise had cast women as the leads on screen. “We want to make sure that when we bring a
Marie Fredriksson, singer of Swedish 80s pop duo, Roxette, died on Dec. 9. She was 61. Fredriksson died after a long battle with brain cancer for which she received aggressive treatment after being diagnosed in 2002, her management team said in a statement. “It is with great sadness we have to announce that Marie Fredriksson
U.K. filmmaker Sarah Gavron, whose latest film “Rocks” competed at Toronto in the Platform section and won two awards at San Sebastien, will be honored during the 11th edition of Les Arcs Film Festival with the Femmes de Cinema Award. Created by Les Arcs festival in partnership with Sisley in 2013, Femmes de Cinema is
Tanya Tucker is very much a “next woman of country,” as far as the Grammys are concerned, as the 61-year-old singer was practically the only veteran shown any love in multiple categories in the most recent nominations, with four nods, including song of the year. Now CMT is making it official, by putting her out
From Bye, Felicia to The Dress, memes have provided the ideal discursive forum for our ever dwindling attention spans. On this side of the century, most memes have been byte-sized digital novelties that fizzle away without manifesting in the meatspace. But as the gap between URL and IRL draws closer, memes are spilling into real
Kirill Mikhanovsky’s “Give Me Liberty” and Gu Xiaogang’s “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains won the best picture prizes in the international and Chinese cinema sections on Tuesday at the International Film Festival and Awards Macau (IFFAM). “This film shouldn’t have existed because there were so many obstacles. Everything was a miracle. Us being here is