Vince Vaughn is joining Shane Gillis in his Netflix comedy series “Tires” among other Season 2 guest stars Ron White, Jon Lovitz, Veronika Slowikowska and Steph Tolev. It was previously announced that Thomas Hayden Church would appear in the second season as Gillis’ character’s dad. Details on most of their characters have yet to be
Six documentaries that have premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival are among the 46 recipients of The Ford Foundation‘s $4.2 million donation as part of the organization’s commitment to social justice stories, Variety has exclusively learned. The Sundance documentaries chosen include “Free Leonard Peltier,” “Heightened Scrutiny,” “How to Build a Library,” “Seeds,”
“Twin Peaks” and “The Addams Family” actor Carel Struycken and his wife, Tracey, lived in their Altadena, Calif. home for more than 12 years without ever having to evacuate, despite a few close calls. Usually when there’s a fire in the nearby brush-covered hills, they see it coming toward them, giving them ample time to
Scott Belsky, Adobe’s chief strategy officer and executive VP of design and emerging products, is leaving the company to join A24 full-time as a partner leading tech and innovation projects at the studio. Belsky is an entrepreneur, author and creator who in 2006 founded Behance, an online platform that is used by more than 50
The Academy Awards have staged some iconic showdowns. Think of the tension around “La La Land” versus “Moonlight,” “12 Years a Slave” versus “Gravity” or “The Godfather” versus “Cabaret.” Each was a nail-biter that kept viewers on the edge of their seats. But what happens when six films — “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,”
Jennifer Love Hewitt was the latest guest on Mayim Bialik’s “Breakdown” podcast (via US Weekly) and recalled how it wasn’t until she was in her thirties that she registered just how much the media sexualized her as a teenager. The actor got her breakthrough on shows like “Party of Five” and movies such as “I
Despite a cryptic teaser earlier this week, Jake Paul and Logan Paul will not face off against each other in the ring. Rather, they are launching a reality series on Max, the brothers announced during a livestream event Thursday. Jake and Logan peacocked around one of their mansions for five minutes, pretending to spar, until
Pick your peaches in the summer! Season 3 of “Ginny & Georgia” will premiere on June 5, Netflix just announced. The drama, which follows mother-daughter duo Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Georgia (Brianne Howey) as they navigate life together, will pick up shortly after the Season 2 finale. Per Netflix, “Georgia has just been arrested for
“Saturday Night Live” is bringing Studio 8H to Radio City Music Hall with a three-hour, livestreamed concert on Feb. 14, in celebration of the sketch comedy series’ 50th anniversary. Jimmy Fallon will host the event, which boasts a lineup including Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Backstreet Boys and Post Malone. Jack White, David Byrne,
Mike Chester has been promoted to general manager of Warner Records, the company announced on Thursday. Chester was most recently executive vice president of promotion & commerce. In his newly expanded role, he will add marketing, digital marketing, artist development, and viral marketing to his purview while continuing to oversee promotion and commerce. In his new role,
There was both a fervor and a tenderness to the nature of Zayn‘s performances at the Shrine in Los Angeles. For the first of three back-to-back sold-out dates — his first L.A. concerts in over a decade — the English singer-songwriter seemed oddly taken aback by the reception of the crowd. Of course, the shrills
Apple reported its latest quarterly earnings results Thursday, revealing all-time record-breaking sales for its October-December 2024 period. For the quarter, the first full quarter during which the new iPhone 16 models were available, Apple drew $69.1 billion in iPhone sales. That’s down slightly from $69.7 billion in the period ended December 2023. To put a positive spine
Amazon is raising prices on its Music Unlimited plans, coming two months after it added access to Audible’s collection of audiobooks. In a section of Amazon Music FAQs titled “2025 Subscription Plan Pricing Changes,” the ecommerce giant says, “In order to bring you even more content and new features, we’re updating the price of select
Lionsgate, Tucker Tooley Entertainment and G-BASE are moving a third film in the “Den of Thieves” franchise into active development. “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” opened in the No. 1 spot at the North American box office and has grossed more than $32 million at the domestic box office to date. The film launched on
ITV has held early talks with the Abu Dhabi-backed investment group RedBird IMI, led by CEO Jeff Zucker, about a potential merger of their production businesses, according to a report. Citing two people with “knowledge of the situation,” Reuters claimed that the discussions had centered on merging ITV Studios with All3Media, which RedBird IMI acquired
Ben Vaughn, the president-CEO of one of Nashville’s top publishing companies, Warner Chappell Nashville, died Thursday morning at age 49. No cause of death was immediately given. A memo sent to staffers from Warner Chappell Music co-chairs Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall, obtained by Variety, reads as follows: “To everyone at WMG, It is with
Brendan Carr, the President Trump-appointed FCC chairman, warned the CEOs of PBS and NPR that they “could be violating federal law by airing commercials” — and that he has ordered an investigation by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau into the matter. For decades, PBS and NPR have engaged in the practice of airing underwriter acknowledgements to
Eagerly-awaited as one of the star projects of the new Nordic Gateway strand of the Göteborg Film Festival, a new section connecting international features to Nordic partners, “Honor of Persia,” the solo directing debut of French-Iranian actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi, was handed Jan. 30 the inaugural Tint Post-Production Award worth SEK 400,000 ($36,600). Inspired by
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from the series premiere of Hulu’s “Paradise.” In an overly saturated media market, it’s hard for any show to break through. And it becomes even harder when a network or streamer can’t truthfully answer this simple question regarding new TV series: “What’s it about?” So in the case of “Paradise,”
Bradley Whitford and Allison Janney are back together in the White House again. It’s a “West Wing” reunion in “The Diplomat” Season 3, as Whitford has joined the cast as Todd Penn, husband to Janney’s Vice President Grace Penn. Netflix has released three first-look images from the upcoming season of the political thriller, which is
Mikey Madison is still processing her Oscar nomination. The 24-year-old actress, known for her roles in the FX series “Better Things,” as well as the films “Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood” and “Scream 5,” has been a working actor for over a decade, navigating the highs and heartbreaks of the industry. But this year,
Though many of the Grammy week events were canceled due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the Black Music Action Coalition saw an opportunity to shift gears and give back to the community. “Not only was it important for us to keep the spirit moving,” Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, BMAC’s co-founder, president and CEO, told the
Vocalist Marianne Faithfull, whose 1960s sojourn as a swinging London pop star was succeeded by a striking punk-era artistic rebirth, died Thursday. She was 78. The BBC posted a statement from her family reading, “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family.” Blond, blue-eyed and beautiful, Faithfull had logged
Andre Rohe, who previously held senior engineering roles at Meta, YouTube and Google, has been hired to lead a newly created consolidated product engineering team in the Disney Entertainment and ESPN technology group. Rohe reports directly to Adam Smith, chief product and technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, who joined the company last September.
“Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón is under fire for a series of social media posts to her account on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which the actor appears to express controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars. The posts, many of which were deleted on Thursday after they were
Will Smith is stepping into the Matrix. Smith and rapper Big Sean have released the song “Beautiful Scars,” featuring OBanga, along with a “Matrix”-inspired music video. The actor has also announced that he will be dropping a new solo album, “Based on a True Story” — his first full length album release in over 20
UTA has signed the viral podcast “The Telepathy Tapes,” and its host and creator Ky Dickens, for global representation in all areas. The agency will also represent Dickens’ forthcoming documentary feature associated with the podcast. “The Telepathy Tapes” captured the world’s attention over the holidays, surpassing Joe Rogan to claim the No. 1 podcast spot,
Pantheon Media Group, the studio formerly known as Asylum Entertainment Group, has tapped producer and marketing vet Kelly Mullen to serve as its head of brands. Mullen will report to Pantheon Media Group chairman Steve Michaels, who announced the news on Thursday. At Pantheon, which is part of Endeavor’s nonscripted content group, Mullen will work
Two entertainment organizations will host a new “Breaking In” virtual event in February aimed at providing early career professionals information on how to get their foot in the industry’s door. Presented by the Hollywood Radio and Television Society Foundation and Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program, the event will occur Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. PT
“Forever,” the 1975 coming-of-age novel by Judy Blume, is the inspiration for Netflix‘s newest teen drama. The series is named after Blume’s classic book about two high schoolers losing their virginity, but it isn’t a beat-for-beat adaptation. Instead, “Forever” is described as “an epic love story of two Black teens exploring romance and their identities
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