The New York City Marathon brought nearly 60,000 runners to the city’s streets Sunday, including Jennifer Connelly, Antoni Porowski and Dylan Efron (the city’s most famous runner Harry Styles was notably absent, celebrating the end of a different kind of run, the 30-night kind at MSG…) Among the biggest winners of the annual race was […]
Variety has announced that Olivia Rodrigo, KATSEYE, and SIENNA SPIRO will be honored at Variety’s 10th Annual Hitmakers Celebration in Los Angeles in December. Many more honorees will be announced in the coming days. Olivia Rodrigo will receive the Songwriter of the Year Award; KATSEYE will receive the Group of the Year Award; and SIENNA […]
Global reggaeton star Daddy Yankee has joined forces with vertical media studio aTwist and Visa to launch an original microseries “La Postal: Written in the Dance” to promote his latest album. The microseries will be released on Daddy Yankee’s YouTube channel and on aTwist on Nov. 3. The series is designed as a cinematic extension […]
Taylor Swift and “La Bola Negra’s” “La Nieve,” performed by Guitarricadelafuente (written by Álvaro Lafuente, Raül Refree and Lucas Duran) are among the nominees for this year’s Hollywood Music in Media Awards. The ceremony honors composers, songwriters, music supervisors and artists for their contributions to music in film, television, video games and other visual media. […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on the eve of the 2026 midterm elections, is calling for another major expansion of the state’s Film and TV Tax Credit Program. Newsom is proposing an increase to California’s entertainment production incentive program from $750 million in annual tax credits to at least $1 billion, expanding what the governor’s office […]
TV viewers who tune in to NBC Sunday night will no doubt see some interesting plays from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Chicago Bears on “Sunday Night Football.” And if they stay a little longer, they’ll see some intriguing maneuvers from Jimmy Fallon. A special Sunday-night telecast of NBC’s “Tonight Show” will feature a […]
Lionsgate is bringing “The Housemaid” to the London stage, with an adaptation of the Amanda Seyfriend/Sydney Sweeney-starrer set to bow next fall in Richmond. Described as a “seductive psychological thriller,” it will be based on the novel by Freida McFadden and Paul Feig’s 2025 feature film adaptation, which starred Sweeney as troubled young woman Millie […]
Mariah Carey is officially back on Christmas duty, and this year she’s bringing Gucci along for the festivities. The luxury fashion house has tapped the self-proclaimed Queen of Christmas to star in its 2026 holiday campaign, directed by filmmaker Harmony Korine and set to Carey’s perennial holiday hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” […]
Tom Llamas says that on Election Night, he’ll stay up late by sipping espresso that he takes the same way he likes his news — without sugar. Hard facts are likely to surface quickly as different precincts, counties and states tabulate their votes in an election that could change control of Congress. The espresso may […]
As has been widely reported on both side of the Atlantic, a “well-known individual” in the U.K. is currently waiting to hear whether his legal effort to block two media outlets from publishing allegations of “inappropriate and exploitative sexual activity with girls and young women” has been successful. Lawyers for the individual — who denies the […]
Dominic West (“The Crown”), John Cleese (“A Fish Called Wanda”) and Portia de Rossi (“Arrested Development”) have joined Jeff Daniels in “The Reception,” Trudie Styler’s ensemble comedy. Beta Cinema is launching international sales on the project at the American Film Market, which kicks off Nov. 10. CAA is representing domestic rights. The cast also includes […]
Viva Pictures is courting exhibitors with a promise to release 26 animated family films next year in an effort to fill in the gaps between studio releases. Viva Pictures is vowing to offer exhibitors flexible booking terms to run the films on weekdays during morning and afternoon time slots, leaving the more lucrative evening and […]
