Madison Avenue seems to have more to say to Spanish-speaking TV viewers. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision expects the volume of advance advertising commitments for its next programming cycle to rise after wrapping its negotiations in TV’s annual “upfront” market, according to a person familiar with the matter. This person says Univision saw its overall volume grow
Netflix has announced its fourth Italian original titled “Zero” which will mark the first Italian series centered around the present-day lives of black Italian youths said its writer and director, Antonio Dikele Distefano, in a Netflix launch video posted on Youtube. Dikele Distefano, a 27-year-old writer and TV music show host born in Italy from
The glitz and glam of Judy Garland’s prolific career didn’t come easy. In the new trailer for “Judy,” Garland (portrayed by Renee Zellweger) fights through her fair share of emotional and financial turmoil. “Judy” shows the world through Garland’s eyes 30 years after her star-making role in “The Wizard of Oz.” The musical biopic is
July 8, 2019 9:02AM PT Samuel L. Jackson has joined Chris Rock in Lionsgate’s upcoming “Saw” reboot. Production has officially begun on the film, in which Rock will play a police detective investigating a series of grizzly crimes. Jackson will portray Rock’s father. Max Minghella, who stars in Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and recently directed
Patty Jenkins is now known as the director behind celebrated films “Monster” and “Wonder Woman,” as well as the recent gritty TNT limited drama series “I Am the Night.” But her first passion is comedy — and in particular, surreal, absurdist comedy. “A lot of my friends who I’d known in the comedy world, in
Singer-songwriter-producer Dev Hynes — aka Blood Orange — will release a mixtape called “Angel’s Pulse” on Friday, he announced this morning. In a press release announcing the mixtape, Hynes wrote: “My new record is called ‘Angel’s Pulse’ & I performed, produced and mixed the entire thing myself. I’m calling it a mixtape. I have a habit through the
Russell Westbrook and LeBron James aren’t the only ones stepping out in trendsetting game-day drip. WNBA players like Tamera “Ty” Young and Lexie Brown are also making fierce sartorial selections and it’s high time we recognize them. Thanks to fashion blogs like WSLAM, WNBA Kicks, and LeagueFits, professional female ballers are finally starting to get
July 8, 2019 7:56AM PT SPI International has acquired the Film1 premium movie channel brand in the Netherlands from Sony Pictures Television. Sony acquired the channels in 2015 from Liberty Global. It said a year ago that it was launching a branded Film1 streaming service in the Netherlands with titles including “Blade Runner 2049” and
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The U.S. national women’s soccer team achieved a spectacular World Cup repeat yesterday, beating the Netherlands in a tense final in Lyon, France. If the early figures are anything to go by, the game also provided a strong finish for Fox in the ratings. Sunday’s final posted a 10.0 overnight metered market rating. For comparison,
July 8, 2019 7:20AM PT Jacqueline Dupuis will be stepping down as executive director of the Vancouver International Film Festival, Variety has learned. After eight years in the post, Dupuis is departing to pursue other interests. She will leave the position after the 38th annual festival, which runs Sept. 26 through Oct. 11. “I joined
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” might not have saved the summer from box office doldrums, but its successful start lifted the spirits of a movie business that was in a depressive state. The superhero adventure, starring Tom Holland as the masked web-slinger, opened ahead of the July 4th holiday and collected a mighty $185 million
Studio71 continues to selectively invest in the multichannel network model: The company has added several notable YouTube creators and digital influencers to its roster, including Joey Graceffa and gaming personality Jacksepticeye. Jacksepticeye (above left), the online alias of Seán McLoughlin, has 22 million subscribers on YouTube. The Irish games vlogger signed with WME earlier this
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SUN VALLEY, Idaho — The art and commerce of the content business will surely be center stage this year as media moguls gather once again in this mountain resort for Allen & Co.’s annual conference. From Apple to Disney to AT&T, most of the major players who are on the guest list this week at
July 8, 2019 6:28AM PT In the wee hours of Monday morning Ed Sheeran dropped a new video for “Blow,” the song featuring Bruno Mars and Chris Stapleton from his forthcoming “No. 6 Collaborations Project” album, which comes out Friday. The video for the unexpectedly hard-rocking song was directed by Mars and apparently does not
China’s Parallax Films has sold the U.S. rights to the Chinese art house film“Girls Always Happy” to New York-based Icarus Films, with a licensing period of five years. The title is the feature film debut of young Chinese female filmmaker Yang Mingming. It stars Nai An — best known as the longtime producer for Chinese
July 8, 2019 5:13AM PT With an unprecedented Tuesday wide release, “Spider-Man: Far from Home” dominated the South Korean box office. Showing on more than 2,140 screens nationwide, the Sony release earned $33.1 million from 4.52 million admissions over six days. That includes $21.3 million from 2.86 million admissions earned over the Friday to Sunday
July 8, 2019 5:04AM PT CNN will rely on two Washington-based hosts and one of its primetime anchors for the next round of debates among Democratic candidates for president. Dana Bash, Jake Tapper and Don Lemon will moderate a two-night series on CNN during which 20 candidates will debate each other. The media venues for
July 8, 2019 4:15AM PT Norah O’Donnell will launch her tenure as anchor of “CBS Evening News” with talk about outer space. The anchor will hold a joint interview with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy in which they discuss the future of space exploration, part of a broader
July 8, 2019 3:42AM PT BBC Studios has invested in Quibi. The production arm of BBC Studios recently won its first commission from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s soon-to-launch shortform video platform, for nature series “Fierce Queens. The company has now also taken a small stake in the business. BBC Studios confirmed the deal. “We
Barbra Streisand went deep, not shallow, in her song choices for a massive show Sunday night at London’s Hyde Park. As expected, or at least hoped for, the presence of Kris Kristofferson as an opening act on the bill did result in a “Star is Born” flashback, as the duo revived “Lost Inside of You,”
Jack Charlton is the subject of a new feature documentary from the producers of “Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager.” Charlton was part of England’s 1966 World Cup winning team and is also hugely popular in Ireland after a stint managing its national team. Noah Media has teamed with Charlton and his family on the
The Andy Lau– and Louis Koo-starring Hong Kong action film “White Storm 2: The Drug Lords” was the third highest grossing film in the world this weekend thanks to a strong $62.4 million China opening. It far outstripped other Chinese and U.S. content in Chinese theaters. Directed by Herman Yau and produced by Lau, the
Camsing International, the Chinese firm that has owned the late Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment since 2017, has revealed that its founder and chairwoman Lo Ching has been detained by mainland Chinese authorities. The company’s shares crashed by more than 85% on Monday morning. Camsing revealed Lo’s detention in a filing to the stock exchange in
Justin Bieber is stoking the battle flames again by nominating Tom Cruise after doing the bottle cap challenge and saying the cap could be Tom’s dome, if he wants to join the party. JB threw up a video Sunday, showing himself doing the now-famous viral challenge that tons of celebs have taken part in. He
Czech-born Milos Stehlik, an award-winning film critic and commentator for National Public Radio station WBEZ and the film curator, founder and artistic director of the pioneering media arts center Facets Multimedia in Chicago, died Saturday of cancer. Stehlik founded Facets in 1975, screening hard-to-find international and independent films in a Chicago Lutheran church. When the
Kodak Black has a new photo straight from the pen — and it’s not even an updated mug … just a cheesin’ KB letting us know he’s hanging in there. The Florida rapper had someone post a fresh pic of himself Sunday from behind bars, and you can see he pretty much looks exactly
Veteran Writers Guild of America member William Schmidt is challenging incumbent WGA West President David Goodman in the upcoming election, citing complaints with Goodman’s handling of the bitter standoff with Hollywood agents. Schmidt, whose credits include “Yellowstone,” “Outsiders” and “Charmed,” told Variety that he disagrees with Goodman’s leadership regarding the directive for members to fire
Play video content LionsShareNews.com Sherri Shepherd‘s ex-husband says she’s preventing him from getting work by constantly bashing him — but Sherri says if she did have that kinda power … she’d put it in reverse. The ex-‘View’ co-host was at LAX this weekend, where a pap asked her how she felt about Lamar Sally firing