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Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s largest digital music business, managed to increase its profits in the July to September quarter despite “challenging macro conditions” and the continued retreat of its social music business. The company, which is a major shareholder in Spotify and Universal Music Entertainment, and is itself controlled by the games to streaming giant
Warner Bros. Discovery values its NBA programming so much that it recently struck a multi-year deal to keep its top basketball. analysts in their chairs over at TNT. Warner Bros. And yet the company doesn’t “have to have the NBA,” the company’s top executive said Tuesday at an investor conference. And so begins the long
Bruce Springsteen kicked off his week-long tenure as lead guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Monday night by celebrating the release of his new album of soul covers, “Only the Strong Survive,” and clearing up the ongoing debate over lyrics to his iconic song, “Thunder Road,” from the 1975 album, “Born to Run.”
TikTok’s second annual Discover List is here. This year, the app is spotlighting global creators who are making a positive impact, both on and off the platform. Divided into five categories — changemakers, foodies, icons, innovators and originators — each of the 50 nominated creators has something unique to share with the world. Take Dylan
Will Ferrell has said he wants to take his mom to the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Liverpool – if he can find somewhere for them to stay. “It’s in Liverpool this year, right?” Ferrell, who appeared in “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” asked radio host Zoe Ball while stopping into
MARRAKECH – Chain smoking in a green, pleated Issey Miyake outfit, paired with cream loafers, his hair tied neatly back, Tahar Rahim, 41, speaks, between puffs, in such a convincing, powerful American accent, that you would never imagine that the actor grew up in the Paris banlieue, in a poor French-Algerian family packed with children. His
First-time filmmaker Asimina Proedrou makes her auspicious debut with “Behind the Haystacks,” a family drama set against the Greek refugee crisis that won six awards after premiering at the recently wrapped Thessaloniki Film Festival. The film tells the story of a middle-aged fisherman who, faced with mounting debt, begins to smuggle refugees across a lake
The title “Poker Face” suggests a droll, methodical cunning that unfortunately proves elusive everywhere else in Russell Crowe’s sophomore effort as writer-director. As handsomely produced as his first, 2014’s historical drama “The Water Diviner,” it offers an even more overstuffed narrative whose myriad elements barely have time to register before we arrive at a nearly
The first trailer for “I Am Ruth” – the feature-length drama featuring Kat Winslet acting opposite her real-life daughter Threapleton – has dropped. In the drama, which was conceived and developed by Winslet and filmmaker Dominic Savage, the “Titanic” actor plays Ruth, a concerned mother who struggles to help her teenage daughter Freya (Threapleton) as
MARRAKECH — One Moroccan highlight at this year’s Atlas Workshops has been given a special berth, as its director merits: “Deserts” from actor-helmer Faouzi Bensaidi whose films have played Berlin (“Death for Sale,” 2011) and Venice (“Volubilis,” 2017). A modern take on the Western, “It will be an abstract Western, but not a Spaghetti Western. It will be more
Italy’s 102 Distribution (“A School In Cerro Hueso”) has boarded Egyptian filmmaker Shaimaa Elgawady’s debut feature-length documentary “Independent Scene.” It joins first-time producer and the film’s cinematographer, Amr Nazeer, as a production partner and will handle global distribution of the project. The pickup comes as 102 Distribution is preparing to premiering Carlos Kaiser Eichelmann’s redemption
SF Studios and leading Nordic streamer Viaplay have teamed up on a drama series adapted from “The Åre Murders,” the Swedish crime novels penned by bestselling author Viveca Sten (“The Sandhamn Murders”). Joakim Eliasson (“Honour,” “Gåsmamman”) is set to direct the six-part series which is penned by Karin Gidfors (“Snabba Cash”) and Jimmy Lindgren (“Honour”),
CONNECTIONS MADE Korean-made thriller series “Connect” will upload to the Disney+ streaming service from Dec. 7, it was announced on Tuesday. The six-part chiller was produced by Studio Dragon and directed by Japan’s Miike Takashi (“Audition,” “Ichi the Killer”(. It had its debut last month as part of the new series strand of the Busan International
Video streaming and the metaverse are converging to carry immersive live images of a moon launch to viewers worldwide. The collaboration centers on NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time in 50 years. Visuals of the program’s Nov. 15 launch – albeit without people on board –
U.K. public service broadcaster ITV has re-branded its channels ahead of the launch of its next streaming service ITVX next month. Its flagship channel, ITV, has been re-branded as ITV1. All the channels have also been given new branding, on-screen presentation and idents. The re-brand launches today (Nov. 15) with the idents spanning the entire
Paramount has pulled the curtain back on “Babylon,” Damien Chazelle’s period comedy documenting the excess of the early age of Hollywood. An early screening Monday evening at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills has opened the floodgates for first reactions. The 188-minute epic represents a return to awards season for Chazelle, who became the
Krishna, a major star in the 1980s Telugu language film industry, has died. He was 79. Indian media reported that he was taken to hospital in Hyderabad on Monday with severe cardiac problems that needed resuscitation. He died in hospital on Tuesday morning. In addition to his own career as actor, director and producer over
The emotions were running high at the “Dancing With the Stars” semifinals. In addition to the routines, the show included a big announcement, with head judge Len Goodman revealing that this will be his final season. Goodman, 78, who has been part of the show since its 2005 debut, will be going back to the
It’s the end of an era on “Dancing With the Stars.” Len Goodman, the head judge on the reality series, will be exiting after this season. He has been on the ABC-turned-Disney+ show since Season 1. “This will be my last season judging ‘Dancing With the Stars,’” the judge, 78, said on Monday’s show. “I’ve
Karen Bass has expanded her lead over Rick Caruso to 4.3%, putting her closer to making history as the first female mayor of Los Angeles. Bass now holds 52.2% of the vote, with a margin of 29,271 ballots over Caruso, who has 47.8%. She trailed by 2.5% on the morning after election day, but has
Anthony Rapp has offered his first public comments since the conclusion of his $40 million civic lawsuit against Kevin Spacey. On Oct. 20, a New York jury sided with Spacey, finding that the Oscar-winning actor did not molest Rapp when he was a teenager. Rapp opened up about the trial and his original decision to
Megan Thee Stallion isn’t letting anyone screw up her shot at an American Music Award — not even her own label, and a Texas judge is backing her up by granting a restraining order. Megan filed legal docs to get the restraining order against her label, 1501 Certified Entertainment, and her distributor 300 Entertainment. According
In the lead-up to the upcoming “Andor” finale on Disney+, The Walt Disney Company will air the first two episodes of the series across networks including ABC, FX and Freeform, and also make it available to view on sister streamer Hulu. “Andor” episodes “Kassa” and “That Would Be Me” will be made available on the
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Israeli pop star Noa Kirel brought chatter to the MTV EMAs on Sunday night, showing up in a midriff-baring outfit adorned with photos of Kanye West — who now goes by Ye — and bejeweled with the Jewish Star of David. Kirel, a household name in her native country who will represent Israel in the
Henry Winkler is a television icon thanks to “Happy Days” and an Emmy Award winner thanks to “Barry,” but that doesn’t mean his hugely successful acting career is without regret. There’s one role that got away that still pains Winkler: Danny Zuko in “Grease.” In a recent interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace, Winkler revealed he
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “Smile” is hitting Paramount+ this Tuesday. The Paramount original horror film, which made its theatrical debut in September, follows a devoted therapist named Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) who begins having bizarre, frightening experiences
The Latin Recording Academy has revealed Karol G and Romeo Santos have joined as performers for the upcoming Latin Grammys, taking place on Nov. 17 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation scholarship recipients Xavier Cintrón, Valentina Garcia, Nicolle Horbath and Sergio De Miguel Jorquera will also take the stage alongside
While Hallmark Channel is leaning into more inclusive storylines, Candace Cameron Bure and Great American Family are seemingly doing the opposite. In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, Bure, who exited Hallmark to join former CEO Bill Abbott at the new company earlier this year, opened up about her new role as chief