November 26, 2018 10:56AM PT “Saturday Night Live” has set its hosts for the final three episodes of 2018: Claire Foy, Jason Momoa and Matt Damon. Foy, who will host on Dec. 1, the first episode back for the NBC late night sketch series after a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, stars in “First
Guido Rud’s Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks Intl., one of the most influential sales agents for Spanish-language cinema worldwide, has released the international trailer for Spaniard producer-director José Luis Cuerda’s upcoming sci-fi dystopian comedy “Some Time Later.” (“Tiempo Después”) “This is Cuerda at his best,” Rud told Variety, “The one that can fly, the one who was
Tekashi 6ix9ine pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering and firearms charges in New York on Monday morning, according to TMZ and multiple news reports. A pre-trial conference is set for January 22 and the trial is scheduled for September. The rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, and his co-defendants, who also pled not guilty, will remain in
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, “F Is for Family” returns for Season 3 while “Manifest” airs its first
The 2019 Emmy Awards are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, Fox and the Television Academy announced Monday. Airing live coast-to-coast (8-11 p.m. ET / 5-8 p.m. PT) on Fox from the Microsoft Theater at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., the host and producers for the 71st annual primetime ceremony will be announced
Amazon has set an all-star cast for its upcoming anthology series “Modern Love,” based on the New York Times column and weekly podcast. The cast includes: Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, John Slattery, Dev Patel, Catherine Keener, Andy Garcia, Cristin Milioti, Brandon Victor Dixon, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, Julia Garner, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr, Sofia Boutella, and
Reality show specialist Optomen Productions has agreed to a four-year successor deal to its collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America East. Optomen’s shows include Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America,” Animal Planet’s “Monsters Inside Me,” Nat Geo Wild’s “When Sharks Attack,” and ID’s “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Sins.” “The Guild’s new
November 26, 2018 9:42AM PT Amazon Studios signed an exclusive first look feature production deal with Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, putting the streaming service in business with one of the most acclaimed and honored actresses of her generation. Tennon is an actor and producer, as well as Davis’s husband. Davis has been
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Tekashi69 Pleads Not Guilty … Still No Bail 11/26/2018 9:03 AM PST EXCLUSIVE Tekashi69‘s got a date with the judge — he got a trial date in court Monday morning after he entered a plea in his federal racketeering case. The rapper — who has been behind bars since Nov. 18 — was in court,
WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer streaming video group has a new boss: Brad Bentley, previously head of marketing for AT&T Entertainment Group and DirecTV. Bentley, as GM and executive VP for Direct-to-Consumer Development at WarnerMedia, will oversee all aspects of the company’s forthcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service, which AT&T has said is targeted to launch in the fourth quarter
Alicia Silverstone Divorce Paying Ex-Husband $12k Per Month 11/26/2018 8:44 AM PST Breaking News Alicia Silverstone‘s divorce agreement calls for her to pay her ex-husband spousal support — but she’s included a clause that gets her out of it sooner than usual. Alicia and Chris Jarecki‘s divorce was finalized earlier this month, and according to
Netflix has joined forces with Lagardere Studios’ Atlantique Productions on “The Eddy,” the upcoming Paris-set musical drama series which will be directed by Oscar-winning helmer Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”), Variety has learned. Atlantique Productions has been tapped to executive produce the series, which will start shooting during the first half of next year on
Two sequels entered a competitive box office ring this weekend. Both emerged victorious. “Ralph Breaks the Internet” and “Creed II” dominated the domestic box office, generating a respective $84.5 million and $55 million over the five-day holiday. Those numbers buoyed the stateside market to a record Thanksgiving weekend at multiplexes as ticket sales soared past
There’s a scientific connection between turkey leftovers and hitting the “Add to Cart” button, it’s been proven. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it! At any rate, retailers are crowding our inboxes and Instagram ads with very friendly deals, and it’s been pretty persuasive for us so far. Here’s what ELLE.com editors are eyeing
Ficunam, the international film festival organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has launched new film lab, Catapulta, in a bid to extend more support to indie films in post. The open call for its First Cut competition runs from Nov. 27 to Jan. 14. The 9th Ficunam unspools Feb. 28 to March 10. Founded
Khabib Nurmagomedov Calls Out Mayweather … Trashes McGregor 11/26/2018 7:57 AM PST Breaking News Khabib Nurmagomedov says he REALLY wants his next fight to be against Floyd Mayweather — saying he’s ready to prove all of the critics wrong. And as for Conor McGregor … Khabib says that guy was ALL TALK — but ever
November 26, 2018 7:50AM PT Back in the day, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose used to cancel a show if he didn’t feel the audience was appropriately enthusiastic. What a different 25 years can make: Sunday night in Abu Dhabi, a “severely ill” Axl powered through 20 songs of the group’s usual 28-song set.
Earlier this year reports emerged of Donald Glover and Rihanna filming in Cuba, and it looks like the fruits of that effort, a film reportedly called “Guava Island,” were previewed at Glover’s PHAROS festival in New Zealand last weekend. Fan footage of the trailer, first posted by Stereogum, appears below. The film, credited to Glover’s
In late 2016 Boston-based startup Neurable, the brainchild of neuroscientist Ramses Alcaide and a collective of fellow alumni from the University of Michigan, received a $2 million investment to develop software that will make it possible for users to control virtual and augmented reality with their mind. In other words, a “brain mouse” connecting your
Daytime talk show veteran Jerry Springer is moving into a new arena next year as the star of “Judge Jerry,” a syndicated court show to be distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution. Word of the plan to launch “Judge Jerry” in fall 2019 comes nearly six months after production stopped on “Jerry Springer Show” in June.
Paradigm Talent Agency and Morris Higham Management today announced an agreement to bring Dale Morris & Associates, the latter company’s in-house touring arm, to Paradigm. As part of the deal, agents Mike Betterton and Nate Riches become part of Paradigm’s Nashville team, bringing with them country superstar and touring titan Kenny Chesney, ACM and CMA
November 26, 2018 5:07AM PT Tributes have begun to pour in for Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci, who died Monday at the age of 77. “A giant of Italian filmmaking, he will remain forever a leading light in world cinema,” the Cannes Film Festival tweeted. Bertolucci served as jury president at Cannes in 1990 and won an
On the heels of Spotify’s recent announcement that it’s launching in 13 new markets in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing its service to 78 markets in total, Variety has learned that a launch in India is expected as soon as the next six months and will offer an extended free trial period — longer
Greg Kinnear (“Little Miss Sunshine”), Lesley Manville (“Phantom Thread”), Keeley Hawes (“Bodyguard”), Rhys Ifans (“Notting Hill”) and Phyllis Logan (“Downton Abbey”) have joined the cast of “Misbehaviour,” alongside the previously announced Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Jessie Buckley. Principal photography began Monday on the dramedy, based on the true story of the 1970 Miss
Bernardo Bertolucci, whose epic “The Last Emperor” won nine Oscars and who influenced generations of filmmakers with other groundbreaking works such as “The Conformist” and “Last Tango in Paris,” in which he explored politics and sexuality through personal storytelling and audacious camera work, has died. He was 77. His publicist, Flavia Schiavi, said Bertolucci died
November 25, 2018 10:44PM PT Chinese crime thriller, “A Cool Fish” climbed to the top of the China box office in its second week of release. Doing so, it held off the continuing performance of “Venom” and the opening sally of “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” According to weekend data from Asian film and cinema consulting
November 25, 2018 10:06PM PT The Tokyo Filmex festival concluded its 2018 edition by giving its grand prize to Sergey Dvortsevoy’s “Ayka.” This was the first edition of the festival under the control of property to entertainment group, Kinoshita. “Ayka” debuted in competition in Cannes earlier this year. It is a drama about an immigrant
SPOILER ALERT: Do not keep reading if you have not seen the midseason finale of “The Walking Dead” Season 9, titled “Evolution” In the Season 9 midseason finale of “The Walking Dead,” fans finally get their first official look at the long-awaited villains, The Whisperers. But first… The rescue team consisting of Daryl (Norman Reedus),
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Common Ground,” the fourth episode of “Outlander” Season 4. When “Outlander” last left Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Hueghan), they decided to take Governor Tryon (Tim Downie) up on his offer to settle 10,000 acres of land in America in exchange for Jamie