Before they appeared on the cover of “Sports Illustrated,” before the TV appearances and red-carpet galas and the surprise home makeover from Tyler Perry, the Sheppard sisters were living in a homeless shelter in Brooklyn with their single mother. How they overcame adversity and raced their way into the limelight is the subject of “Sisters
Pusha T Massive Brawl Breaks Out During Toronto Show 11/20/2018 9:46 PM PST Pusha T‘s show in Toronto was just interrupted by several people tossing drinks on the stage and then rushing it … sparking an all out brawl. Push was performing at Danforth Music Hall Tuesday night when a flurry of beverages were tossed
Anke Schäferkordt, the former co-CEO of media giant RTL Group, is stepping down as chief of the group’s Germany division and exiting the company after nearly three decades. Schäferkordt will leave RTL on Dec. 31. The company said Schäferkordt’s departure was a mutual and amicable decision. Bernd Reichart, the current managing director of the German channel
In the opening shot of “The Border Fence,” the camera straddles the invisible line between Austria and Italy, watching without comment as a man blithely walks from one country to the other. This is as it should be in modern Europe, where a heavy influx of refugees and migrants from countries devastated by war and
November 21, 2018 1:15AM PT Sony Pictures Television has hired Holly Comiskey as its country manager for the U.K. and Ireland. The new SPT recruit will join the studio in January from Sky, where she was the head buyer for the pay-TV operator’s Sky Cinema service. Comiskey will report to Mark Young, SPT’s executive vice
November 21, 2018 1:00AM PT Netflix has picked up “Murder Mountain,” a true-crime murder-mystery documentary series from the team behind “Man on Wire” and “LA 92.” The six-part series examines a series of murders that took place in a remote California community. The Lightbox-produced series bowed on U.S. cable net Fuse earlier this year. Netflix
Tekashi69 Give Us Cash and Apology, Or Else!!! Booking Agent Threatens 11/21/2018 12:50 AM PST EXCLUSIVE Problems are piling up for Tekashi69 as he sits in prison — his old booking agents are threatening to sue AND claim the money he’s trying to use for bail is cash he owes them. MTA Booking is pissed
Khabib Down to Box Mayweather After UFC Contract Ends 11/21/2018 12:20 AM PST EXCLUSIVE Khabib Nurmagomedov only has 1 fight left on his UFC contract — and if that final UFC fight is not a bout with Floyd Mayweather — he’ll schedule it himself when he becomes a free agent. This is the plan according
November 21, 2018 12:04AM PT Sony Pictures has succeeded in getting theatrical slots in mainland China for two of its key movies. Both will launch in the peak month of December. Family action-adventure film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” will be released on Dec. 21 in Chinese theaters. Before that, Screen Gems’ critically acclaimed and sleeper hit
November 20, 2018 8:21PM PT In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Lionsgate claims the top spot in spending with “Robin Hood.” Ads placed for the action-adventure remake had an estimated media value of $7.88 million through Sunday for 1,037 national ad airings
In today’s film news roundup, “Green Book” gets a festival honor, the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild names lifetime achievement winners, and indies “Tyger Tyger” and “Sons of the Cross” are heading into production. HONORS The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the drama “Green Book” with the Vanguard Award at its annual
Musician and actor Jay Chou is joining Vin Diesel in the fourth “xXx” movie, with D.J. Caruso directing for the H Collective. Diesel is reprising his role as Xander Cage — an extreme sports enthusiast and reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum will produce with Diesel, Samantha Vincent for One
The controversy over Viggo Mortensen’s use of the N-word during a recent Q&A for his movie “Green Book” appears to be over, but can he and the film recover enough to emerge as a genuine awards contender? In the immediate days following the incident, glowing profiles in the likes of USA Today (“Finally, an Oscar for
November 20, 2018 4:11PM PT Fox Networks Group Latin America (FNG) is jumping on the music biopic bandwagon. The leading multi-platform group in the region has inked an agreement with Argentine shingle Underground to develop five original series based on the lives and careers of iconic Latin American pop and rock artists. FNG’s move follows
Jennifer Lopez Walk of Fame Star Vandalized 11/20/2018 4:09 PM PST EXCLUSIVE Jennifer Lopez now has a strange and unlikely connection to Donald Trump and Bill Cosby … because her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame caught the attention of a vandal. Someone used what looks like black spray paint to deface J Lo’s star
Barclays Corporate Banking has announced a doubling to £200 million ($256 million) of its fund to help British TV producers develop content for streaming services. The £100 million ($128 million) fund was launched in March 2017 in “response to the rapidly evolving TV production landscape,” according to a statement, with the rise of subscription video-on-demand
YouTube has been aggressively vocal in its opposition to the European Copyright directive, which was approved by the European Parliament in September — particularly its Article 13, which makes the platform YouTube legally responsible for any copyright-infringing material uploaded by its users. As the European Parliament negotiates with the European Council and Commission to finalize
November 20, 2018 3:36PM PT [embedded content] Lunacy prevails in the new trailer for “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” with Chris Pratt returning to voice Master Builder Emmet Brickowski along with new character Rex Dangervest. The footage show the unfailingly optimistic Emmet searching the galaxy for Lucy — aka Wyldstyle — (voiced by
Alt-rocker Dean Ween is about to take the Mile-High City even higher. The founder of the eponymous band with “brother” Gene Ween plans to open a marijuana-friendly concert venue in Denver dubbed Dean Ween’s Honeypot Lounge right near Coors Field, according to a report in the Denver Post. The proposed venue’s COO Michael Polansky announced
In today’s TV News Roundup, Hulu drops the first teaser for “Future Man” Season 2. FIRST LOOKS [embedded content] Hulu has released the first teaser trailer for season two of “Future Man,” premiering Jan. 11 on the streaming service. The series takes place in the year 2162, following Josh (Josh Hutcherson), Wolf (Derek Wilson), and
November 20, 2018 2:59PM PT Singer-songwriter Jason Derulo has joined the cast of the film “Cats,” the live-action adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Derulo will portray Rum Tum Tugger, a cat who’s rebellious and never satisfied. The cast includes Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, and Francesca Hayward. Hudson
Megyn Kelly and NBC News are close to a $30 million settlement deal that will pay out the full value of the time remaining on her three-year contract. News that the formal parting of Kelly and NBC is getting closer was first reported Tuesday by the New York Post. A source close to the situation
Aaron Carter I’m the OG Biebs … Kids Have No Respect!!! 11/20/2018 1:32 PM PST Aaron Carter insists he laid the foundation for dudes like Justin Bieber … even if kids these days don’t wanna give him props for it. Aaron hilariously responded to a random fan on Twitter Tuesday, who wondered why Aaron never achieved the
November 20, 2018 2:22PM PT It looks like David Chase and New Line have found their first star for the “Sopranos” feature film. Sources tell Variety that Alessandro Nivola is in negotiations to star as Dickey Moltisanti in “The Many Saints of Newark,” the prequel movie to the critically acclaimed and massively successful HBO TV
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November 20, 2018 1:23PM PT First-day advance ticket sales of “Aquaman” by online ticket service Fandango have eclipsed “Venom” and “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” in their first days of pre-sales. Sony’s “Venom” overperformed in its North American launch with $80.3 million during the Oct. 5-7 weekend. Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” took in $61.2 million
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Despite accusations of voter suppression and calls for a boycott from Judd Apatow and other top Hollywood figures, the film and television industry is unlikely to pull out of Georgia. Films such as “Venom” and shows such as “The Walking Dead” have been flocking to the Peach State for years, drawn by its generous tax
From the soft-spoken methodical meter KiKi Layne’s Tish Rivers uses to narrate the history of social and criminal injustices that have ruined the lives of black men and their families in writer-director Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” to Carey Mulligan’s Jeanette Brinson, a curt and frustrated midcentury housewife who flaunts her extramarital affair