HarbourView Equity Partners (HarbourView) has acquired a share of Fleetwood Mac’s record royalties owned by the estate of the late Christine McVie, along with a share of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo’s publishing and recorded music assets. The deal for both artists spans the entirety of their respective careers. Benatar and Giraldo are lauded for
A giant in the world of podcasting needs a “sonic signature.” So when the prolific publisher Wondery decided it was time to brand its product by establishing an unforgettable signature, its leaders hired the creative-design firm, Made Music, behind the iconic static-screen clip that opens every HBO show. Wondery CEO Jen Sargent recalls that the
The partners of transatlantic production company Fulwell 73 have released a statement condemning the “devastating terrorist attack against Israel” two weeks ago and expressing concern over how the conflict is being reported by the media. James Corden, Ben Winston, Leo Pearlman, Gabe Turner and Ben Turner, whose company produces fare including “The Kardashians” and “Mammals,”
Sofia Coppola recently spoke to Rolling Stone on her press tour for “Priscilla” and touched upon two high-profile projects that fell by the wayside. The first was the final “Twilight” movie, “Breaking Dawn,” which Summit Entertainment split into two films that were released in 2011 and 2012 and grossed a combined $1.5 billion at the
Former Amazon executive Leo Zimbrón has been appointed senior vice president of Spanish-language features and international co-productions at Eugenio Derbez and Ben Odell’s 3Pas Studios. “There are few executives with the levels of experience and success that Leo has garnered over the years. Eugenio and I have both worked with him previously and love what
Q-Tip has signed on as the music producer and co-lyricist to the creative team for the upcoming musical “Ali,” based on the life of the famed heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. “Ali” will premiere in fall 2024 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Ali’s hometown of Louisville, with plans to bring the
Animation Is Film has announced the 2023 winners of its annual film festival, with “Chicken for Linda!,” directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, winning the grand prize. The film also took home the audience award. The special jury prize went to Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams.” In the short categories, “Letter to a Pig,” directed
In a new interview with GQ Magazine UK ahead of the release of his latest directorial effort “The Killer,” David Fincher expressed a bit of relief over his “World War Z” sequel never getting off the ground. Why? He revealed the sequel’s storyline was a bit too similar to HBO’s wildly popular, apocalyptic video game
Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore’s vintage TV series “Il Camorrista,” starring Ben Gazzara as one of the fiercest bosses of the Neapolitan Camorra crime syndicate, is being unearthed from the vault 37 years after the mobster himself quashed the show before it aired. “Il Camorrista” was shot in 1985 as part of an innovative production mounted
FX has released the first official trailer for “Fargo” Season 5. As previously announced, the cast for the season of the critically acclaimed anthology series includes: Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Joe Keery, Sam Spruell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lamorne Morris, David Rysdahl, Richa Moorjani, and Dave Foley. See the full trailer below. FX has also revealed
FilmNation Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Sean Baker’s new romantic dramedy film “Anora.” Following the acquisition, FilmNation sold rights internationally to Le Pacte in France, Lev in Israel, Kismet in Australia and New Zealand and Focus Features and Universal Pictures International in the rest of the world, excluding North America. The film was written
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan bring Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre to life in the first official trailer for “Maestro,” premiering in limited theaters on Nov. 22 and arriving on Netflix Dec. 20. In the trailer, Cooper and Mulligan travel through time as the couple experiences love, betrayal and music. The movie encompasses Bernstein’s professional
The immediate family of leading Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien said on Wednesday that he had retired from filmmaking due to illness and is now living peacefully in retirement. They said that their family-run company remains active and in business. The statement (see below) was issued in response to news articles earlier this week that
Jonathan Majors will face a trial on domestic abuse charges after a New York judge denied the motion to dismiss the case. The trial date is set to begin on Nov. 29. Majors appeared on Wednesday morning in a lower Manhattan courtroom via Zoom because he’s out of state. During the hearing, his defense attorneys
Peter Morgan, the creator of Netflix’s sweeping Queen Elizabeth II series “The Crown,” is having a royal crisis. Only a tiny contingent of people sworn to secrecy have seen the show’s sixth and final season, set to premiere in November. But somehow a tabloid — as is always the case with anything related to the
Apple has hiked the price of its Apple TV+ streaming service for the second time in a year. The tech giant updated the pricing info for Apple TV+, along with its Apple Arcade and Apple News+ subscription services and Apple One bundles, on its website Wednesday. The new price of Apple TV+ is $9.99/month in
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. For years, Moonlighting has existed as a secret handshake. Fans have either had to trade DVD box sets of the classic ’80s show or bid for them on eBay. Until this month, that is, when Hulu announced the series would be
Michael Eisen, a professor at UC Berkeley, said he was fired as the editor of eLife, a medical and life sciences academic journal, after he praised the “moral clarity” of an article about the Israel-Hamas war published by satirical website The Onion. “I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in
Rodrigo Sorogoyen, director of ‘The Beasts,’ the Best Foreign Film winner at France’s 2023 Cesar Awards, has gone into production on a new series, “The New Year’s Eves.” Following on Sorogoyen’s acclaimed “Riot Police,” and his episode in “Offworld,” chosen by Variety as one the best international series of 2022, “The Beasts” is produced by
The Country Music Association and ABC have announced the first rollout of performers for the 2023 CMA Awards telecast, foremost among them the year’s two most nominated artists: Lainey Wilson, who goes into the ceremony with nine bids, and Jelly Roll, who’ll arrive with five nominations. Others named as singing on the Nov. 8 telecast
Christopher Nolan deserves a really nice fruit basket. The director’s latest blockbuster “Oppenheimer” was shot with Imax cameras, something that Nolan talked up during the film’s press tour. That advocacy contributed to $180 million in global ticket sales for Imax venues, lifting the big screen company’s latest earnings results. Overall, Imax’s revenues jumped 51% during
TelevisaUnivision powered to its highest third-quarter revenue total in the U.S. to date, up 5% year-over-year, as overall global revenue increased 11% to $1.28 billion. The Spanish-language media company also touted growth of streaming service ViX to more than 40 million monthly active users and said the direct-to-consumer segment was on track to become profitable
TikTok has announced its first-ever live global music event for fans, with a lineup that includes Cardi B, Niall Horan, Anitta and Charlie Puth. The social media platform is set to host “In the Mix” at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona on December 10. In addition to the headliners, TikTok is planning to highlight musicians
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is shaping up to replicate the high stakes of the Netflix drama, as demonstrated by photos released from rehearsals of the West End stage play. Among the first looks are images of Henry Creel and Dr. Brenner (played by Louis McCartney and Patrick Vaill) in an intense face-to-face standoff and
“Good Morning Britain” received 2,378 complaints on Oct. 17 after presenter Richard Madeley asked Member of Parliament Layla Moran, who has family living in Gaza, if there was “any word on the street” about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to U.K. communications regulator Ofcom. While discussing the Israel-Hamas war, Madeley asked Moran (via
Toei Animation, the Japanese studio behind “Dragon Ball,” “Slam Dunk” and the “One Piece” cartoon franchises, is planning to open a European office in Italy. That may be followed by others in Latin America and India as well as a ramp up of its international production. The group already has a handful of overseas regional
DR Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.” Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (UK and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Networks (U.S.), SBS (Australia), NPO (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium). Revolving around four desperate prison guards,
Arnold Schwarzenegger for president? Though the former Governor of California can’t legally run for the United States’ highest office — the position requires one to be a natural-born citizen, and Schwarzenegger hails from Austria — he said in a new interview with the BBC that he thinks he’d be a good fit. “I feel like
Italy’s Luca Guadagnino and India’s Mani Ratnam will receive the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival‘s 2023 Excellence in Cinema awards. Ratnam will receive the Excellence in Cinema (South Asia) award and Guadagnino the Excellence in Cinema (International) award. The awards will be presented at the festival’s opening ceremony on Oct. 27. Both filmmakers will be
Launching an ambitious program of compelling global and Czech work, the 27th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival opened on Tuesday, kicking off six days of more than 350 film screenings by veteran and new filmmakers. Fest head and founder Marek Hovorka, who launched the event in his hometown in 1997, introduced what