Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Tony-winning activist-playwright V, formerly known as Eve Ensler, have signed on as executive producers of Pranav Bhasin’s Oscar-qualified Indian short “We Were Here.” They join Andrew Scott as the film gears up for awards season. The New Yorker has acquired the short and will premiere it on the magazine’s YouTube channels. […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam has revealed the first wave of world premieres for its 56th edition, which runs from Jan. 28-Feb. 7. The 10 titles will screen as part of the festival’s Bright Future and Harbour sections. The Harbour strand includes several films by filmmakers whose work previously featured at the festival. These include Kiluanji […]
In 2024, AMC Theatres went viral after moviegoers discovered the sandworm-inspired popcorn bucket for “Dune: Part Two” was… suggestive, to say the least. The iconic vessel was the subject of countless memes and later immortalized on “Saturday Night Live” in a sketch about a teenager with other plans for the souvenir container. Now AMC is […]
Ten years after “Hamilton” made its Broadway debut, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has received a deluxe box set that brings together fresh recordings, previously unreleased tracks and behind-the-scenes material. “Rise Up! Hamilton: The Anthology,” released through Rhino Records and Atlantic, is available in limited-edition seven-LP and five-CD formats. The collection includes the musical’s original 2015 […]
“The Diplomat” has been renewed for Season 5 at Netflix, the streamer announced Thursday. The news comes shortly after Season 4 dropped on the platform earlier this month. While no information has been released about plot details of the forthcoming season (fans can expect further information from Netflix in the future), there is hardly a […]
Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners, coming off its major investment in David Ellison’s Skydance, announced a pact with Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures to jointly invest up to $1 billion in “emerging platforms at the convergence of technology, media and culture.” As part of the agreement, RedBird will contribute the “expertise” of RedBird X, the firm’s […]
The Backstreet Boys have moved into competitive gaming with a celebrity-owned team, and a search for the players who will represent their new Backstreet Gamers Team. Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, and Kevin Richardson join GGL as celebrity team owners, building a franchise that will compete against other teams led by T-Pain, […]
LL Cool J has announced “Rock the Bells: The Residency,” taking over Las Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM next spring. The veteran rapper will stage 11 shows across May and July 2027. The first run of dates will be May 15, 16, 19, 21 and 22, followed by the concluding batch on July 9, […]
Lauded for the stylized studio environments of his debut fiction feature, 2021’s Locarno prizewinner “A New Old Play,” Qiu Jiongjiong returns to the soundstage for a second helping in his follow-up, “Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting.” “A New Old Play” told the story of an actor who played different roles in successive epochs of Chinese […]
The lingering trauma shared by two middle-class families, once friendly but now estranged following a tragic camping incident, is finally addressed through the unlikely prism of a high-school drama club production in “Between Us,” Shingo Matsumura’s well-intentioned, yet only fitfully successful, exploration of unprocessed grief. The writer-director’s fourth feature film premieres as part of the […]
“Paddington the Musical” is sticking around London a little longer. The hit stage adaptation of Michael Bond’s beloved children’s books has extended its West End run through June 25, 2028, as the production approaches its first anniversary at the Savoy Theatre. The extension comes following a record-tying seven wins at the 2026 Olivier Awards, including […]
The next novel by Tahmima Anam, the author of acclaimed and award-winning books “A Golden Age” and “The Good Muslim,” is being adapted for TV, Variety has learned. According to sources, “Good Books,” set behind the scenes in the world of publishing, is being developed for screen by Pacesetter Productions and Kudos. Anam is adapting […]
