The Library of Congress has released its annual list of 25 audio recordings earmarked for celebration and preservation as part of the National Recording Registry, and the musical artists selected for inclusion run the historical gamut from “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” to “Ready to Die.” Benny Goodman, Gene Autry and Perry Como are among the
Shakira is ready to reunite with her “Shewolves” on tour. After announcing the 2024 tour during her surprise appearance at Coachella with Bizarrap, Shakira shared the first slate of tour dates on Tuesday morning. Shakira will start the 14-date trek on Nov. 2 in Palm Desert, California (Acrisure Arena), and includes stops in Los Angeles (Kia Forum),
“Shazam” star Zachary Levi is set to headline rock-climbing action thriller “Free Fall” for XYZ Films, with acclaimed New Zealand stuntwoman and stunt coordinator Zöe Bell tapped to direct. The film — written by Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell Parker — tells the story of a father’s attempt to reconcile with his estranged daughter on a rock-climbing trip
In “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill authorizes an illicit mission to undermine Hitler’s fleet of German U-boats during World War II. The plan calls for renegades with little respect for the rules, led by a cocky ex-criminal named Gus March-Phillips (Henry Cavill), who’s released from prison and called into a
“Beating Hearts” (“L’amour ouf”), an epic crime romance directed by Gilles Lellouche and slated to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, has lured major distributors in key markets ahead of its world premiere. The sprawling movie, which is budgeted in the $30 million range, is financed, co-produced represented in international markets by Studiocanal. One of
Dior has long wanted to have a fashion show in New York. And on Monday night, under the glow of fluorescent lights shaped as diamond hand signs, the French house did just that, with Anja Taylor-Joy, Rosamund Pike, and NewJeans’ Haerin sitting front row. For her pre-fall 2024 collection, Maria Grazia Chiuri turned her focus
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. For years, street-style peacocks would be stationed outside runway shows as New York Fashion Week took over the city—and Johnny Cirillo was not there. “Fashion week would be going on and I would just be on Bedford Avenue walking up and
Tyler Perry has struck a new multi-year deal with BET Media Group that includes the renewal of eight of his shows for BET and its BET+ streamer. BET has also ordered another new scripted series from Perry, “Route 187.” As part of the new content deal, BET has renewed “Tyler Perry’s Sistas” for its eighth
Entropico, an Australian creative firm that last year enjoyed hit status with its first feature-length production, “ONEFOUR: Against All Odds,” is establishing its own film and TV unit Entropico Originals. The new shingle will have Sydney and Los Angeles outposts. Documentary feature “ONEFOUR: Against All Odds” is an examination of the drill rap phenomenon that
Janelle Monáe, Bleachers and Hozier are just a few of the artists scheduled to perform at All Things Go Festival 2024, taking place in the Washington, D.C. area on September 28-29. All Things Go, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, will touch down at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Colombia, MD. In addition to the aforementioned
On the heels of the two albums they’ve released in the past three weeks — “We Don’t Trust You” and “We Still Don’t Trust You” — Future and Metro Boomin have announced dates for a six-week North American tour called, naturally enough, the “We Trust You” tour, presented by Cash App and Visa and produced by Live
J.K. Rowling’s bestselling children’s book “The Christmas Pig” is set to get a film adaptation. Variety understands the project is in a very early stage of development in-house and a production company has not yet been attached. Rowling’s production company Bronte already produces the BBC/HBO adaptation of her adult detective series “Cormoran Strike.” “The Christmas
The upcoming video game “Spine” is already being eyed for film and TV adaptations. Variety learned exclusively that “Spine” developer Nekki has teamed with Story Kitchen to develop potential adaptations of the game. “We’re pleased to begin our journey with Story Kitchen,” said Nekki CEO Dmitry Terekhin. “We believe that truly great stories always stand
“Roots of Comedy with Jesus Trejo,” a new comedy-documentary series hailing from PBS SoCal, is slated to start streaming for free on the PBS app and PBS.org on May 24. The series follows Mexican American comedian and host Jesus Trejo as he embarks on a journey to tell the “stories behind the laughs,” revealing how
There was a lot of breaking character during the April 13 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Ryan Gosling, but no one broke harder than Heidi Gardner during the now-infamous “Beavis and Butt-Head” sketch. Gardner played a NewsNation anchor hosting a discussion on AI, but the event is disrupted by two audience members who
TikTok inked a partnership with ticketing provider AXS to let users of the popular video app discover and buy tickets to live events. The feature is going live initially in the U.S., U.K., Sweden and Australia, with additional markets to follow at an undetermined date. Now, any certified artist on TikTok can use the in-app
NBCUniversal Studio Group chair and chief content officer Donna Langley will be celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival, where she will receive the Women in Motion Award from Kering‘s chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault, Cannes president Iris Knobloch and director Thierry Fremaux. The awards ceremony will take place at a glamorous gala dinner hosted by
For decades, the attitude toward the documentary “Let It Be” in the Beatles‘ camp seemed to be: Let it it rest in peace. But the film is finally going to be seen again. A restored version of the 1970 movie is coming soon to Disney+, the same service that brought fans “The Beatles: Get Back,”
France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, will be the subject of a biopic series produced by French mini-major Gaumont. The six-part show is being penned by Bénédicte Charles and Olivier Pouponneau, who previously teamed on the thriller series “J’ai menti.” Titled “Brigitte, une femme libre” (“Brigitte, a free woman”), the series will chart the life of
It turns out that when Pete Townshend recently told the New York Times that he was planning on a final Who farewell tour, he was “being sarcastic,” he told the “Sound Up!” podcast in an interview released today (April 16). “It feels to me like there’s one thing the Who can do, and that’s a
Killer Mike, Vince Staples, Steve Aoki, Lane 8, Snow Tha Product, BadBadNotGood, Sudan Archives and more lead the lineup at the inaugural Elsewhere Festival and Conference will make its debut in Wichita, Kansas on the weekend of June 21-22, 2024. (The full lineup of participating artists and venues is below.) Created and produced by Midtopia,
Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” debuted atop the U.K and Ireland box office with £2.77 million ($3.4 million), according to numbers from Comscore. It was neck-and-neck for the second spot. Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Civil War,” directed by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, debuted with £1.82 million, including previews. In its third weekend,
SZA will be honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame with the Hal David Starlight Award, which recognizes young songwriters. SZA — who won three Grammy Awards for her sophomore album “SOS” and was Variety’s 2023 Hitmaker of the Year — joins previous recipients Taylor Swift, Post Malone, Lil Nas X, Halsey, Sara Bareilles, Ed
Don’t call Courtney Love a Swiftie. In an interview with the Evening Standard, the Hole frontwoman made her thoughts known about the pop singer, saying: “Taylor is not important. She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.” Love further elaborated that
The 77th edition of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight will kick off with “This Life of Mine,” a dramedy directed by Sophie Fillières, a renowned French filmmaker who died last year. Presented posthumously, the film is headlined by French stars including Agnès Jaoui, Philippe Katerine and Valérie Donzelli. The independent selection, which has recently gone through a
Paris-based Luxbox, a sales company on a multiple standout Spanish-language debuts bowed at big festivals – from “1976” to “20,000 Species of Bees,” “Clara Sola,” “Song Without a Name” and “The Heiresses” – has swooped on international sales rights to “Simon of the Mountain” (“Simon de la Montaña”), in the run-up to the Cannes Film
Paris-based sales company Alpha Violet has come on board as representative of “Mongrel,” the debut feature of Taiwan-based Singaporean filmmaker Chiang Wei Liang. The film will have its world premiere next month at Cannes in the Directors Fortnight section. Set in the mountains of Taiwan, “Mongrel” stars Thai actor Wanlop Rungkumjad (“Eternity,” “Manta Ray”) as
Anil Thadani’s AA Films has acquired the Hindi-language distribution rights for four highly anticipated 2024 southern Indian titles. The films are: Sukumar’s “Pushpa: The Rule – Part 2,” starring Allu Arjun; Shankar’s “Game Changer,” headlined by Ram Charan; Nag Ashwin’s “Kalki 2898 AD” led by Prabhas; and Koratala Siva’s “Devara,” starring NTR Jr. All these
Athens-based boutique film outfit Heretic has two titles in the Cannes ACID (Association for the International Distribution of Independent Cinemas) sidebar. Heretic’s own Greek production, co-produced with North Macedonia’s List Production, “Kyuka Before Summer’s End,” by debut director Kostas Charamountanis, is the opening film of the ACID program. The film follows a family of three,
The first footage from India–Taiwan co-production “Demon Hunters” will be unveiled at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. The action-horror-comedy film is directed by Chen Mei-Juin (“The Gangster’s Daughter”) and produced by Light House Productions (Taiwan) and Kleos Entertainment Group (India), with the backing of the Taiwan government. The cast is headlined by India’s Arjan Bajwa
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