Beta Cinema has boarded “Nowhere Special” and will sell the Uberto Pasolini film internationally. “The Full Monty” producer Pasolini directs from his own screenplay. Based on true events, the movie stars James Norton (“McMafia”) as, John, a window cleaner who has dedicated his life to bringing up his son on his own. When John is
There’s a good reason why the upcoming movie “Hustlers” may remind audiences of a Martin Scorsese film. The stripper crime drama, based on a true story and written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, stars Jennifer Lopez as Ramona, a New York City stripper who takes a newbie (Constance Wu) under her wing. But when business
September 5, 2019 8:35AM PT “America’s Got Talent” came out on top on a quiet Wednesday night for TV ratings. Last night’s results episode came in at a 1.2 in the key 18-49 demographic and was watched by around 8.4 million total viewers. “AGT” pipped “Big Brother” to first place, with the CBS unscripted stalwart
While curating a retrospective on Arab women filmmakers at the TIFF Cinematheque in Toronto earlier this summer, programmer Kiva Reardon considered how the foregrounding of marginalized and underrepresented cinematic voices could make an impact in 2019. “We’ll always have tent-pole, staple retrospectives for big familiar names in North America that tend to be European, white
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band this morning announced what they say are “the last shows to their very successful ‘Roll Me Away Tour’” — although surprisingly there is no date listed for his hometown of Detroit. There was no immediate comment from a rep; Seger played six shows in Detroit back in June. Tickets for
For about three years, Billy Bush has listened, apologized and explained. Now he’s doing the talking. “It’s a relaunch. It’s a comeback,” he said of his new celebrity newsmagazine, “Extra, Extra,” slated to debut next week. It’s a retooling of Warner Brothers’ long-running “Extra,” which is moving over to Fox-owned stations in seven major U.S.
September 5, 2019 8:15AM PT Variety is returning to the Toronto Film Festival with its annual interview studio in partnership with AT&T. Running from Friday, Sept. 6 to Monday, Sept. 9, the Variety Studio presented by AT&T will include interviews with cast members and directors from the top films premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
September 5, 2019 8:03AM PT Tony Award-winners Jayne Houdyshell, Jefferson Mays, Marie Mullen and Shuler Hensley will join stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster in the upcoming Broadway revival of “The Music Man.” In “The Music Man,” Jackman will play con-man Harold Hill, who arrives in a small, fictional Iowa town called River City and
For those looking to get an easy handle on how thoroughly the digital revolution has reshaped the entertainment landscape, look no further than actor/comedian David Spade’s new Comedy Central talk show “Lights Out With David Spade,” which was inspired by a series of Instagram posts. “I’d walk around and try to do jokes instead of
Bob Greenblatt will collect the Personality of the Year award at Mipcom, the biggest market of the year for the international TV businesses. Veteran exec Greenblatt is chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer. Prior to that, he was chairman of NBC Entertainment during a period in which the network enjoyed success with shows including “This
Nipsey Hussle’s legacy will live on in apparel. Today (Sept. 5), Puma unleashed the highly-anticipated Marathon Clothing collection, which features 19 unique pieces and is giving 100% of net proceeds to the Neighborhood ‘Nip’ Foundation. Well-respected for his entrepreneurial efforts, which included supporting black-owned businesses while pushing his The Marathon Continues brand and movement, Nipsey
This morning Lil Nas X has dropped the official music video for his new single “Panini,” the follow-up to his global smash “Old Town Road.” Set in a futuristic world of flying cars and hologram billboards, the video follows guest-star and Disney actress Skai Jackson in her attempt to escape Lil Nas X as he
In the four years since she released her breakthrough second album “Art Angels,” Grimes has posted a lot and complained about her record label, 4AD, but has only released one song, “We Appreciate Power,” and a demo for another called “Pretty Dark.” Earlier this week she wiped her Instagram account and began posting teasers for
The Afrikaans word “moffie” is South Africa’s answer to “faggot”: an anti-gay slur used liberally and illiberally across the country’s tangle of languages, in casual playground teasing or brutal bigoted assault alike. If it sounds ineffectively soft and silly on the tongue, trust that it can land with the targeted force of a bullet. We
Hollywood decamps for Canada this week hoping that this year’s Toronto International Film Festival will help define the coming awards race and give it a better sense of studios’ appetites for making movies that are aimed at adults. Splashy, star-studded premieres of “Joker” and “Ford v Ferrari” will command the lion’s share of the press
Great Point Capital Management has signed a deal with Lionsgate to build a new production facility in Yonkers, NY, with Lionsgate becoming a long-term anchor tenant and investor. As anchor tenant, Lionsgate will have naming rights to the studio. Construction on the site will start in November, and the facility will be running in late
Sonos is embracing the outdoors: The smart speaker maker unveiled its first-ever portable speaker Thursday. The speaker, dubbed Move, is a major departure for the company, as it is also the first Sonos product to embrace Bluetooth. In addition to the Move, Sonos also introduced a new version of its Sonos One speaker Thursday that
Facebook Watch has signed video partnerships with France’s Le Monde, Germany’s Axel Springer and Sweden’s Expressen, among other news outlets, to deliver original content and continue building a globally diverse slate. “The internet has fundamentally changed how news publishers reach their audiences. We know that shows by established publishers resonate with people on Watch,” Jesper
This morning, Camila Cabello dropped two songs from her forthcoming second solo album, “Romance.” The songs are called “Shameless” and “Liar” and Cabello says, “These songs are basically the story of my life the past couple years and the stories I’ve accumulated – I knew for a long time I wanted my album to be
Exclusive Getty R. Kelly‘s far from sleeping with one eye open now that he’s back in general population because he feels totally at ease among his hometown inmates … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the singer tell us … Kelly doesn’t anticipate any problems in gen pop at the federal prison where he’s being
Richard Linklater’s recently declared plan to shoot a movie version of “Merrily We Roll Along” over a 20-year period, much like he shot “Boyhood” over 12 years, is being rightly hailed for its chutzpah. But he’s still got nothing on Michael Apted, who has essentially been directing the same movie since 1964, a record for
In today’s film news roundup, MGM dates its “Tomb Raider” sequel, President Obama’s production company makes a hire, a “Rambo” marathon is unveiled, Andrew Matthew Welch gets a lead role and “After Midnight” finds a home. RELEASE DATE MGM is moving ahead with its “Tomb Raider” sequel, hiring Ben Wheatley to direct and setting a release date
“I want to know why all the girl singers crack up. They crack up!” That’s Tony Bennett, in voiceover, musing aloud about the fate of the subject of “Billie,” an absorbing new documentary about master jazz singer Billie Holiday that had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. Maybe Bennett was also thinking of
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Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Kyle Richards says Camille Grammer‘s dead wrong by suggesting she shut out CG for another season of ‘Real Housewives’ — however, we’re sensing there’s no love lost here. We got the ‘RHOBH’ star Tuesday night as she left Craig’s in WeHo, and our camera guy asked Kyle straight-up … was
Adam Lambert is embracing his freedom in the new track “Superpower,” from the album “Velvet: Side A,” released today. Produced by Tommy English (BØRNS), the “American Idol” season 8 runner-up gets colorfully bold in the song, with lyrics like: “Try to put me in a box / Make me something I’m not / Don’t give
In today’s roundup, Hallmark announces its “Countdown to Christmas” lineup, including a first look at “A Christmas Love Story,” and Nickelodeon announces a premiere date for “The Loud House” spin-off “The Casagrandes.” FIRST LOOKS Kristin Chenoweth and Scott Wolf star in Hallmark Hall of Fame‘s upcoming holiday film, “A Christmas Love Story,” and Variety has
CBS may have previously expressed interest in acquiring Lionsgate-owned Starz, but now that the Eye has merged with Viacom, it’s unlikely that the newly formed ViacomCBS would look to actively pursue the premium cabler in the near term. According to sources close to the situation, there have not been any substantive talks about a potential
September 4, 2019 4:15PM PT DC Comics seems to be making a pointed effort to get fans to the theater. The trailer for its forthcoming film “Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” will only be shown in cinemas before “It: Chapter Two” and won’t be available online, Variety has confirmed. However, a
Janice Min is stepping down from her content executive role at Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form premium video startup, Quibi. “Janice Min will be leaving Quibi,” a Quibi spokesperson told Variety. “We thank her for her leadership and wish her well as she embarks on her next chapter.” The exit of Min, the former