Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, “His Dark Materials” premieres on HBO and ABC takes viewers under the sea
“It was often thought that nostalgia was a bad thing,” Jeff Goldblum intones in his new Disney Plus documentary series, “The World According to Jeff Goldblum.” “It was thought to be an illness. But nostalgia can be a potent psychological force for uplifting.” He’s talking, here, about ice cream. “It’s like a time machine,” he
Kacey Musgraves has enlisted a starry lineup for her first holiday special, and the first one to come out under the Amazon Prime Video banner, “The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show,” set to bow on the service Nov. 29. Lana Del Rey, Camila Cabello, Troye Sivan, Zooey Deschanel and Kendell Jenner are among the guest stars
November 4, 2019 9:28AM PT As expected, Harry Styles’ second solo album is on the way — it’s called “Fine Line” and will arrive on Friday, Dec. 13. The former One Direction star will appear as both the host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 16. The album was preceded by a
A benefit for homeless charities has been slated for Jan. 23, 2020 at L.A. Wiltern, with acoustic sets by Jason Mraz, Ingrid Michaelson, Fitz and the Tantrums, Dave Stewart and the surviving members of the Doors, among others. The concert is being put together by Red Light Management’s Jonathan Shank in cooperation with Live Nation
“His Dark Materials,” the multi-universe fantasy trilogy by British author Philip Pullman, has historically proved to be a bit of daemon to adapt for the screen. Chris Weitz, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig gave it a crack back in 2007, and the result was a critically-panned, middling box office-performing feature film which, many felt, leant
Cornerstone Films has closed the first deals for Phyllida Lloyd’s female-driven drama “Herself.” The film stars Irish actor Clare Dunne, who is known for her theater work, including Lloyd’s all-female stage version of Shakespeare’s “Henry IV.” Dunne plays Sandra, a young single mother struggling to provide her two young daughters with a safe, happy home
Hearst is bringing two more original lifestyle shows — tied to its magazine brands — exclusively to Facebook Watch, the social media giant’s video platform for episodic content. The two eight-episode series are: “Breaking Event,” hosted by self-trained home Kevin Curry (pictured above) and “Relationship Rehab,” featuring former Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon and comedian
Andrea Riseborough will star in the supernatural thriller “Geechee” for Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, which will finance and produce. Ford announced the deal Monday, two days ahead of the opening of the American Film Market in Santa Monica. AGC will sell international rights at AFM. CAA Media Finance is co-representing domestic rights. “Geechee” will be the feature
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Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch for 2019 and the Newport Beach Film Festival’s Fall Honors recipients were feted on Sunday. In a partnership with Visit Newport Beach and Variety, the celebration was held at a brunch at the Resort at Pelican Hill where stars like Cynthia Erivo and Glen Powell dined against a stunning beachfront
November 4, 2019 7:44AM PT “Dunkirk” star Fionn Whitehead has signed on for art heist movie “The Duke” and will appear alongside Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. The Roger Michell (“Notting Hill”) film was written by Richard Bean (“One Man, Two Guvnors”) and Clive Coleman and is based on a true story. It
November 4, 2019 7:14AM PT Cher has extended her “Here We Go Again Tour” with a battery of dates extending well into 2020. A complete list of upcoming shows is below, and includes previously announced 2019 dates. On the North American run alone Cher has already sold more than 540,000 tickets. Nile Rodgers & Chic will
The Media and Emerging Technology Lab (METL) in the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts has created a new immersive storytelling residency. The program will highlight a collaborative approach to creating virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) content, all emerging and growing fields in the media
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “About Endlessness” following its best director win at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. It reunites the company with Swedish filmmaker Roy Andersson, who previously directed Magnolia’s 2015 release “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence.” The indie studio is planning a 2020 theatrical bow for
At first glance, “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” seems like a blatant cannibalization of a Disney property as required by a streaming service that depends on nostalgia. At second glance — well, that’s entirely accurate. To its credit, though, the show is upfront about it, delivering its gentle twist on an aggressively inoffensive
Microsoft has teamed up with Warner Bros. to store a copy of the 1978 movie “Superman” on a small glass disc about the size of a coaster. The collaboration, which will be officially unveiled at Microsoft’s Ignite 2019 conference in Orlando, Florida Monday, is a first test case for a new storage technology that could
The Estate of Michael Jackson/MIJAC Music has reached agreement with Sylvester Stewart — a.k.a. Sly Stone — to acquire a majority ownership of the U.S. rights to the Sly and the Family Stone catalog and, as part of the arrangement, will retain long-term administration rights. The catalog includes hits like “Family Affair,” “Dance to the Music,” “Everybody Is
Bob Iger wants to talk movies with Martin Scorsese over a glass of wine. The Disney CEO and chairman was asked about the vaunted director’s recent comments taking down the Marvel franchise, which ignited a ferocious debate about the artistic merit of such movies. “I don’t think he’s ever seen a Marvel film,” Iger told
Ellen DeGeneres has been tapped to receive the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s second-ever Carol Burnett Award. The honor will be handed out at the 76th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 5. The award, which honors TV notables, was introduced during last year’s ceremony; namesake Carol Burnett received the inaugural accolade. DeGeneres, who is set
November 4, 2019 4:00AM PT It’s Simon Cowell versus Little Mix in a battle of upcoming TV talent shows. Cowell is launching “The X Factor: The Band,” a new format for ITV. The BBC recently announced “Little Mix The Search,” fronted by the eponymous band, which first came to the public’s attention after winning “The
Adele Haenel, the star of Cannes prize-winning film “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and French Oscar submission “BPM,” has alleged that director Christophe Ruggia sexually harassed her for years, starting when she was just 12 years old. Haenel told French investigative website Mediapart that Ruggia, who directed her in the 2002 drama “The Devils”
Fremantle-owned Italian production company Wildside has signed a first-look deal with trader-turned-writer Guido Brera, whose financial thriller “Devils” spawned the Sky series of the same title that recently launched at Mipcom sold by NBCUniversal Global Distribution. Brera worked as a trader in London before relocating to his native Italy, where he currently divides his time
The Hollywood Bowl is in those last moments of the season where the weather is a roulette wheel of possibilities. For Sara Bareilles’ show Saturday, there was a break in the devil winds that made the night feel a little less Santa Anas, and a little more Santa. “If you’re like me and you’re slowly
The list of musicians who have made schools the focus of their philanthropy is a short one and, curiously, so are their names: Madonna, Shakira, Diddy, Pitbull and Flea, the longtime Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and active supporter of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. The Los Angeles school held its annual fundraiser on Saturday
“Terminator” might not be back any time soon. “Dark Fate,” the most recent installment in the sci-fi series, fell flat at the box office and stands to be a big money loser for Paramount, Skydance and Disney, the studios backing the big-budget tentpole. The sixth “Terminator” entry debuted with a dismal $29 million in North
Women dominated this year’s MTV EMAs, with Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish both taking home two awards. Held at Seville’s Conference and Exhibition Center on Sunday night, the awards ceremony featured performances by Becky G, Dua Lipa and Rosalía, among others. Eilish won the prizes for best new artist and best song, for “Tough Guy,”
Demi Lovato opened up about her life changes over the past year while making her first public appearance since her July 2018 overdose and subsequent hospitalization. Lovato took the stage at the Teen Vogue Summit on Saturday for a frank interview with editor-in-chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner, a move that she admitted filled her with some
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is such a rabbit hole of references, themes and moods that 40 minutes is hardly sufficient to scramble down it. But a small audience in a Hollywood theater was happy to have that much time Saturday with the rare reassembling of Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot
At a pivotal moment in Netflix’s “American Son,” Kerry Washington’s Kendra reveals that her biracial son Jamal feels like “the face of the race,” existing only to explain to his mostly white private school classmates what it feels like to be black in America. “There are various moments in my career and in my life