Viewers are still taking a little time to enjoy ABC’s “The View.” The daytime talker, which has been in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration’s FCC, averaged 2.518 million total viewers when it returned for Season 30 last week — up 8% from last year’s audience (2.324 million) and posting the show’s largest overall premiere […]
Variety•Michael Schneider8h ago
It’s almost enough to un-break your heart, if you’re a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan. The four members of the original/classic lineup of Petty’s longtime band will reunite on stage for the first time in more than 20 years this week, fronted by Chris Stapleton for an opening performance at Wednesday night’s Americana Honors […]
Variety•Chris Willman8h ago
HBO Max is expanding its French originals slate with two new shows, the medical drama “Rush” and police horror-thriller “Bodycam,” both of which will start shooting this fall. Unveiled Tuesday at the Festival de la Fiction in La Rochelle, the projects follow HBO’s recent French originals, from Marie Monge and Vladimir de Fontenay’s “Privilèges” to […]
Variety•Elskes8h ago
Veteran actor Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honor in cinema. Nag will receive the award at a ceremony in Kevadia, Gujarat, on Sept. 22, the Government of India announced. The award will be presented as part of the 72nd National Film Awards. The award – instituted in 1969 in memory […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran8h ago
Long before Nia Long could picture her name pressed into the concrete of Hollywood Boulevard, she was a little girl on a city bus rolling down that same street — and her mother was at the wheel. “We used to walk down the block and look at all the stars,” Long recalls. She remembers stopping […]
Variety•Clayton Davis8h ago
“Roses fade. True love lasts forever,” says Chris Harrison in a cheeky teaser for “The Vow,” his return to reality television five years after his controversial exit from the “Bachelor” franchise. The new dating show premieres on Fox Nation on Nov. 11, with six episodes rolling out weekly until a series finale on Dec. 9. […]
Variety•Ethan Shanfeld8h ago
More an epic act of trolling than a sincere creative endeavor, “Run Hide Fight: Infidels” aspires to “own the libs” and antagonize Muslims, but the filmmaking is so shoddy that neither group will likely seek it out, even to assess whether they should be offended. Written and directed by onetime Hollywood hopeful Kyle Rankin (“The […]
Variety•Todd Gilchrist8h ago
Since 2015, YouTube Music’s Foundry program has had one clear mission: to support the diverse and innovative voices of the global independent music community. We’re proud to have worked with more than 250 artists, helping them build sustainable careers on their own terms. Artists selected for Foundry receive a grant, dedicated partner support from YouTube, […]
Variety•Jem Aswad8h ago
All hail Peter Parker. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has notched a heroic box office milestone, overtaking 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as the highest-grossing domestic release of all time. “The Force Awakens” had spent more than a decade as the biggest movie ever at the North American box office with $936 million. It has […]
Variety•Rebecca Rubin8h ago
James Cameron has long loved 3D. Now he’s added an AI-powered 3D tech company to his collection. Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision has purchased Outsyders, a technology company focused on boosting the 3D production and post-production pipeline with the help of AI and machine learning to create “premium stereoscopic content.” Founded in 2024 by Paul Becker, Jared […]
Variety•Corbin Bolies8h ago
James Ransone’s widow Jamie McPhee is calling out the Television Academy for excluding the late actor during the Emmys In Memoriam tribute, which marked the second time this year Ransone was snubbed by a major awards ceremony. The Oscars also excluded the actor from its own In Memoriam segment in March. Ransone broke out on […]
Variety•Zack Sharf9h ago
Judy Sheindlin, the beloved media personality and legal maven better known as Judge Judy, is retiring from onscreen work. Sheindlin has presided over court cases on TV for 30 years now, first on “Judge Judy” and currently on “Judy Justice,” which will release its series finale on Oct. 22. With her time on the bench […]
Variety•Selome Hailu9h ago
CNBC, in the midst of developing more direct-to-consumer services under a larger initiative by corporate parent Versant Media, said it hired two new executives to oversee work tied to development of subscriptions and partnerships. Ian Moore, who has logged stints at Verizon Media and New York Times Co., was named vice president of subscriptions, and […]
Variety•Brian Steinberg9h ago
The long-awaited film of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s final concert has finally set a release date for later this year. The movie, now titled “Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning,” will bow in theaters worldwide on Oct. 28. It is directed by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, who also helmed “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” […]
Variety•K.J. Yossman9h ago
One of three Nigerian films playing at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, “The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives” immediately throws the audience into the central dilemma of its plotty narrative. In the first scene, post copulation, Baga Segi (Odunlade Adekola) demands that his fourth and youngest wife Bolanle (Omowunmi Dada) see someone about being […]
Variety•Murtada Elfadl9h ago
The Vatican is set to submit a film for Oscar consideration for the first time in the 97-year history of the Academy Awards. “Green Lava,” an inspirational Vatican-produced documentary short featuring a young Italian man named Giacomo Mattivi who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, will premiere this week in Los Angeles as a preamble to […]
Variety•Nvivarelli9h ago
Less than two months after part stealing the spotlight in Annecy, Canadian producers, broadcasters, investors and institutional execs crossed the Atlantic once more to showcase the wide range of talents the Quebec-Canada animation industry has to offer. At the 37th edition of Cartoon Forum, Europe’s main co-production event for animated TV series once again hosted […]
Variety•Kevin Giraud10h ago
The wondrous paintbrush of Cartoon Saloon has now reached the Latino community of Brooklyn. The acclaimed Irish studio gained international prominence (and multiple Oscar nominations) with local folktales in gorgeous animated form (“The Secret of Kells,” “Song of the Sea,” “Wolfwalkers”), and tackled an Afghanistan-set story in 2017’s “The Breadwinner.” Now, they’re once again pushing […]
Variety•Carlos Aguilar10h ago
Two-time Grammy-winner Laufey has signed with Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records and Verve Records in an arrangement that reflects the fast-rising singer-songwriter’s combination of pop and jazz music. The move follows her six years as an independent artist, during which she’s amassed more than 7 billion combined global streams across three studio albums; been named […]
Variety•Jem Aswad10h ago
Ashlyn Maddox, Tyler Jordan Wesley, Ryo Kamibayashi and Amalia Yoo are about to learn about the “bitch of living.” The young actors will star in this fall’s off-Broadway revival of “Spring Awakening,” the angsty coming-of-age musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. Maddox (“Parade”) has been cast as Wendla alongside Wesley as Melchior, Kamibayashi (“Oh, […]
Variety•Rebecca Rubin10h ago