November 9, 2018 1:00AM PT Alessandro Nivola plays a loner suddenly saddled with a child in this atmospheric but underdeveloped drama. Alessandro Nivola looks like a conventionally handsome leading man, but has largely had the career of a character actor so far — something that may factor in his being relatively under-sung for an impressive
George Lopez Charged with Battery … After Trump Joke Triggers Hooters Fight 11/9/2018 12:50 AM PST EXCLUSIVE George Lopez will have to answer for allegedly getting handsy with a fan who trolled him with a Trump joke and a camera in his face, ’cause he’s been charged with a crime … TMZ has learned. Law
Five months after the release of Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary “RBG” — whose runaway success, at a staggering $14.3 million, all but confirms its subject’s unlikely rock-star status — and directly on the heels of justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious appointment to the Supreme Court comes “On the Basis of Sex,” a rousing origin story for
November 8, 2018 10:17PM PT Lady Gaga was honored by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Thursday night alongside Harrison Ford, and took a quick moment to react to Tuesday night’s midterm elections. “There’s 100 women in the House and I’m really happy about that,” she told Variety‘s Marc Malkin on the red carpet. Tuesday’s midterms were notable
LOS CABOS, Mexico — In town to promote “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” celebrated writer-director Terry Gilliam met with Variety for a conversation in which the Monty Python alum laughed more than he talked, addressed graciously the good and bad of film criticism, and taking silly work seriously. Gilliam started off stressing that he is not,
LOS CABOS, Mexico — September’s 43rd Toronto Intl. Film Festival was Piers Handling’s 37th and final edition, the director and CEO since 1994 stepping down after the event following 23 years at its helm and an association running back to 1982. Honored at Mexico’s Los Cabos Festival, Handling reflected in a conversation with Mexican journalist
For a long time, performance artists cultivated the image, and maybe still do, of standing outside the system of conventional bourgeois values. (More often than not, that was the whole point.) But in the fascinating avant-garde home-movie documentary psychodrama “Narcissister Organ Player,” the performance artist who calls herself Narcissister comes off as both a liberated
November 8, 2018 8:00PM PT Global streaming giant, Netflix has unveiled “Typewriter” as the latest series addition to its growing slate of Indian original content. The series is a haunted house story set in Goa. Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, writer and director of “Kahaani,” the series is about a haunted house and a haunted book
In today’s film news roundup, Chris McKay is attached to direct “Jonny Quest,” Greg Berlanti is directing a Rock Hudson movie, documentary “The Last Race” gets an early release, and Valeria Golino is honored. DIRECTOR ATTACHMENTS Chris McKay, director of “The Lego Batman Movie,” is attached to helm a live-action “Jonny Quest” movie for Warner
Two years ago at the annual DOC NYC Visionaries Tribute Luncheon, the best and the brightest of the documentary community were in mourning. It was two days after Donald Trump’s presidential election and nonfiction filmmakers weren’t taking it well. Cut to Thursday’s fifth annual Visionaries lunch. The crowd, full of elite docu filmmakers including Steve
November 8, 2018 5:32PM PT The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present Glenn Close with the Icon Award for her performance in “The Wife.” The awards ceremony will be held Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival runs Jan. 3-14. “Glenn Close is a rare and enduring talent who has consistently
November 8, 2018 4:57PM PT Jessica Henwick is set to join the ensemble cast of Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” sources tell Variety. Adam Wingard is directing the film, which also stars Millie Bobby Brown, Alexander Skarsgard, “Deadpool 2” actor Julian Dennison, Rebecca Hall, and “Atlanta’s” Brian Tyree Henry. Plot details are vague, but the action
In the category of decent jokes that haven’t dated well, count the scene from “Men in Black” in which Tommy Lee Jones walks Will Smith through a lab where aliens are developing new technologies and he holds up a disc even more minuscule than the Sony MiniDisc. “This is gonna replace CDs soon,” says Jones’
Billie Lourd’s “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” character Mallory appeared at first glance just to be the weary assistant of spoiled socialite Coco (Leslie Grossman). But as episodes went on and the story flashed back in time to the events pre-end of the world, she was revealed to be so much more: the next rightful Supreme
Rufus Wainwright introduced himself on May 19th, 1998. He was the first new artist signed to DreamWorks Records, the label appendage of the new film studio which launched in 1996. His self-titled album was only a modest success, sales-wise — there were no hit singles — but critics and musicians immediately genuflected. The album made
One of the biggest flips in the midterm elections — at least for the stars of Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey — may have come in the state of Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker and Attorney General Brad Schimel, both republican incumbents, lost their bids for re-election on Tuesday. Described as “the top
In today’s TV News Roundup, YouTube Originals releases the trailer for comedy series “Champaign Ill.” FIRST LOOKS YouTube Premium has released the first trailer for the new series “Champaign Ill,” a comedy debuting on Dec. 12. Starring Adam Pally (“Happy Endings,” “The Mindy Project”), Sam Richardson (“Veep,” “Detroiters”) and guest starring Jay Pharoah (“Saturday Night Live,” “Ride Along”), the 10 episode
November 8, 2018 4:12PM PT Jeff Gaspin’s Gaspin Media has inked an overall deal with Stuart Ford’s AGC Television. The multi-year pact calls for Gaspin to develop a slate of scripted and unscripted TV projects. Gaspin will also join AGC’s board as a non-executive director. Ford, the indie film and TV veteran, launched AGC Studios
The follow-up to the first of five “Fantastic Beasts” films, critics have begun to sound off on David Yates and J.K. Rowling’s “The Crimes of Grindelwald.” So far, critics have accused the film of using overly dramatic fantasy-action sequences and elaborately CGI’d beasts to distract from an underwhelming script and a needlessly complicated, low-stakes plot — though
Given Alec Baldwin’s recent on- and offscreen troubles, is his most high-profile job — playing President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” — still secure? Baldwin first played Trump on the NBC sketch show in October 2016, and has made nearly two dozen appearances doing the impression since then. In that time, Baldwin won an
Vasan Bala’s “The Man Who Feels No Pain,” and Qiu Sheng’s “Suburban Birds” are among 11 films set for competition at the third edition of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Peter Farrelly’s “Green Book” will open the festival in an out of competition slot. Other films in competition include: “Aga” by Milko Lazarov
Lionsgate is expanding its European Starz network by launching its Starzplay channel on Virgin Media in the U.K. on Nov. 29. The company made the announcement on Thursday following a better than-expected earnings report for the second quarter that ended on Sept. 30, driven by a gain of 1.3 million domestic Starz subscribers. Virgin TV
You can add Common to the list of Beto O’Rourke supporters who thinks the young politician has what it takes for a possible presidential run in 2020. “I want to look and see who’s running, but I’m glad that he potentially will be a candidate, because he seems like a good guy and great candidate,”
November 8, 2018 2:42PM PT T-Mobile’s upcoming TV service may be just around the corner, if a new FCC filing is any indication: A set-top box likely built for the service surfaced in a filing made by Kaonmedia, a company that previously build set-top boxes for T-Mobile’s Layer3 TV subsidiary. The box is branded with
Danielle Staub My Ex Secretly Listed Our House!! He Left Me Out in the Cold 11/8/2018 2:22 PM PST EXCLUSIVE Imagine finding out your estranged spouse put your house up for sale without telling you, and if not for a friend’s phone call … you’d never know it — well that’s exactly what happened to
November 8, 2018 1:54PM PT Disney has unveiled the name for its Disney-branded streaming service set to launch late next year: Disney+. Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger said the company is on track to launch Disney+ in late 2019. Iger also told Wall Street analysts on Disney’s quarterly earnings call Thursday afternoon that the company will
November 8, 2018 1:50PM PT Diego Luna will star in a new “Star Wars” series for Disney’s new streaming service. The show will be a prequel to “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Luna will reprise his role as rebel spy Cassian Andor, the cocky daredevil who helped Felicity Jones steal the Death Star plans
November 8, 2018 1:33PM PT Lionsgate revenue earnings topped projections, thanks to growth from its premium cable channel, Starz. The company reported strong gains at Starz of 1.3 million subscribers for a total of 25.1 million domestic subscribers during its second quarter ending Sept. 30. The studio also topped Wall Street estimates by reporting revenue
November 8, 2018 1:17PM PT The box office success of “Incredibles 2” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp” combined with the popularity of the Walt Disney Company’s theme parks bolstered quarterly earnings at the Hollywood conglomerate. Diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter increased 37% to $1.55, while revenues climbed 12% to $14.3 billion. Net
LOS CABOS, Mexico — Cultivated and connected, Carla Gonzalez Vargas has discovered her calling. The result, “Luis Miguel – The Series,” is one of Latin America’s drama series sensations of the year, catapulting lead Diego Boneta to fame, sparking a litany of extraordinary social media stats, and turning Gonzalez Vargas into still one of the