Season 2 of “The Night Agent” was the most-watched Netflix series of the week of Jan. 20-26, debuting with 13.9 million views in its first four days of availability. The season’s success is unsurprising given how Season 1 performed when it debuted in 2023 — landing at No. 7 on Netflix’s list of its most
The Matthew Perry Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have created an addiction medicine training fellowship in Matthew Perry’s name and selected its inaugural fellow, the organizations announced Tuesday. The Matthew Perry Foundation Fellowship in Addiction Medicine allows a residency-trained physician to join MGH’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship to study addiction treatment and work toward
Always a frontrunner, “Black Crab” scribe Pelle Rådström has won Göteborg’s Nordic Series Script Award for his screenplay of “Pressure Point,” a tense, involved and compelling three-part miniseries on the build up to murders which shook Sweden to its core. The winner was announced at an awards ceremony on Jan. 28 during the Göteborg Film
Sony Music Publishing has announced the promotion of Katie Welle to president, head of u.S. A&R, effective February 1. Welle, who most recently served as senior vice president of creative for the company, will succeed Walter Jones, who is leaving Sony Music Publishing. According to the announcement, in her new role, Welle will lead the creative
Marlee Matlin is an Oscar winner for her work in “Children of a Lesser God,” and starred in the 2021 film “CODA,” which won the Oscar for best picture, but she feels that Hollywood is so rigid that it hasn’t necessarily given her advantage when it comes to pitching projects. “I’m not happy with the
British comedian, producer and “Chicken Shop Date” host Amelia Dimoldenberg will return as the face of the 97th Oscars social media campaign, once again serving as social media ambassador and red carpet correspondent. Dimoldenberg will participate in multiple events throughout the awards season, including hosting interviews with nominees and talent on the Oscars red carpet.
Timothée Chalamet learned to play guitar and sing like Bob Dylan for “A Complete Unknown.” He also gained 20 pounds to look more like the folk music legend, he revealed an interview with NPR. “I’ve turned over every stone. I did all the work, like you just described, physicality, behavior-wise,” Chalamet told “All Things Considered”
Kate Mara has signed on to star opposite Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington in the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Imperfect Women,” Variety has learned. The series was originally commissioned at Apple in March 2024. It is based on the Araminta Hall novel of the same name. The official description of the projects states that it
Ashley Sutton is set for a guest star role in “Yellowjackets” Season 3. Sutton will appear alongside previously announced guest stars Joel McHale and Hilary Swank in the new season of the Paramount+ with Showtime series. They join returning cast members Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie
Mena Suvari, Skeet Ulrich, Elizabeth Marvel, Lin Shaye, Alicia Sanz and Nick Stahl have joined the cast of “Devoted,” an upcoming horror film from writer and director Richard J. Bosner. The film follows a woman (Suvari), who takes guardianship of her estranged sister (Marvel), the only survivor of a recent mass cult suicide. Yet her happiness at their reunion soon turns to
Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone help plan a sham wedding in the first trailer for “The Wedding Banquet,” a modern retelling of Ang Lee’s 1993 queer comedy of errors. Set in Seattle, “The Wedding Banquet” follows Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and her girlfriend, Lee (Gladstone), who are trying to have a baby through IVF but
Kevin Kline will star in a new half-hour comedy called “American Classic,” which has been picked up to series by MGM+. The “Disclaimer” actor will star alongside Jon Tenney (“The Closer”) in the show, co-created by Michael Hoffman (“Soapdish”) and Bob Martin (“The Prom”). The eight-episode series follows a narcissistic Broadway star named Richard Bean
Amazon Prime Video has released the first trailer for the Biblical epic series “House of David.” Newcomer Michael Iskander, who starred in the Tony Award-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo,” plays David and was chosen after a four-month international search. The first three episodes of “House of David” are set to premiere Feb. 27 on Prime Video
UTA has signed Mexican singer-songwriter Jasiel Nuñez, one of the several rising artists signed to George Prajin and Peso Pluma‘s Double P Records. A long-time friend and collaborator of Peso Pluma, Nuñez was one of the first artists signed to Double P Records in 2023. He contributed to Peso Pluma’s Grammy-winning “Génesis” album, performing and
The Elevate Prize Foundation, the global non-profit committed to Making Good Famous, has announced the launch of Elevate Studios, a groundbreaking production initiative aimed at leveraging the power of storytelling to inspire cultural and social change. Elevate Studios will serve as a strategic arm to amplify the work of social entrepreneurs and global changemakers through
Rolling off her lead role in “Mortel Kombat 2,” Adeline Rudolph will star opposite Arden Cho (“Partner Track,” “Avatar: The Last Airbender”) in “Perfect Girl,” an elevated psychological thriller set in the competitive world of K-pop. “Perfect Girl” (previously titled “Unnie”) will be directed by genre filmmaker Hong Won-ki (“Goedam,” “Zombie Hunter”), with an original
“The Wretched” sequel is happening. Five years after the film’s original release, Brett and Drew Pierce (“Deadheads”) and their Little Runway Productions will begin production on “The Wretched 2” this September in Oregon, with casting underway. The Pierce brothers — who are returning as writers, directors and producers — said in a statement to Variety,
Memento International has scored a wave of deals for “Gazer,” a neo-noir psychological thriller by Ryan J.Sloan which had its world premiere at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. Set in New Jersey, the paranoia thriller was lensed in 16mm stock, and stars Ariella Mastronianni as Frankie, a young mother with a rare degenerative brain condition called dyschronometria. Struggling to
Indie streaming service Nebula has set its first-ever scripted original series, “Sub/liminal,” with Oscar-winning producer Dan Jinks (“American Beauty,” “Big Fish,” “Pushing Daisies”) on board to executive produce. Per Nebula, “The new dark anthology series from the indie streamer will be in the vein of The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. The show will explore
“On Patrol: Live,” the weekly live series that follows police officers in action around the country, has been ordered for another season by Reelz — keeping the show going on Friday and Saturday nights through the start of 2026. The deal calls for 90 new episodes of the series, which airs three hours live on
A single home in the rural southeastern U.S. stands at the center of a growing rift between Nielsen and the Spanish-language broadcasting giant whose audiences it measures. Executives at TelevisaUnivision are livid about a quirk in Nielsen’s process of tabulating the audiences for Spanish-language TV that they say is giving rival Telemundo a significant boost
Dolly Parton announced Tuesday that her autobiographical stage musical “Dolly: An Original Musical” will have its world premiere in Nashville this July, the first public stop on the way to a planned Broadway opening in 2026. Directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher, the Nashville production will play a limited four-week engagement on the campus of
Forty-five years after “Honeysuckle Rose,” Amy Irving is set to release an album of her interpretations of 10 Willie Nelson songs — all picks suggested to her by Nelson, who also contributes a guitar solo to a song plucked from that film, “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.” The forthcoming album, “Always Will Be,”
Lady Gaga is finally weighing in on the negative reviews that her latest film “Joker: Folie à Deux” received after it opened last fall. “Joker” (2019) was a critical and box office success that made more than $1 billion and won two Academy Awards. The sequel, however, was a drastic departure from the original. It
Miso Film Sweden is bringing Linn Ullmann’s acclaimed novel “The Cold Song” to the small screen in a six-episode series for SVT and Film i Väst. Directed by Mikael Marcimain, known for his work on “Blackwater” and “The Hunt for a Killer,” the series promises to be a gripping exploration of family dynamics and hidden
Netflix has released the trailer for Season 8 of “Love Is Blind,” which this year celebrates its fifth anniversary on the streamer. The new season, which takes place in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn., premieres on Valentine’s Day. “Love Is Blind,” which has spawned multiple international spinoffs since its 2020 debut, puts singles through a series of
Finding ways to take creative risks in the tricky environment of corporate studio financing was a major talking point at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. As a mixed Indigenous woman, Kali Reis, who’s featured in the drama “Rebuilding” alongside Josh O’Connor, often reflects on her own values before signing onto a role or agreeing to
Most Super Bowl commercials aim to entertain. A minute-long Big Game ad from telehealth company Hims & Hers Health might do something very different. The spot, slated to air during the third quarter of Fox’s February 9 telecast of Super Bowl LIX, uses a collage of video footage to tell viewers that obesity has become
The three Scandinavian broadcasting partners in the Scandi Alliance – TV4 Sweden, TV2 Denmark and TV2 Norway – have announced their first joint drama bet “Royal Blood” (“Blått Blod”), currently in early development at Miso Film Norway, part of Miso Film, a Fremantle company. Head-writers of the mega-historical project are the multi-awarded Stephen Uhlander (“Nobel,” “The
Which is more important: a potty break or a commercial break? One Super Bowl advertiser thinks it has the answer. As one of the nation’s biggest makers of consumer goods like Brawny paper towels and Dixie cups and paper products, Georgia-Pacific has crafted hundreds of commercials over the years that millions of people choose to
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