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It started with a text: “He said, ‘It’s time,’ so that’s all I needed to hear,” says Adam Blackstone, Jay-Z’s bassist and longtime collaborator. He’s discussing the first word he received about the string of shows the legendary rapper would be staging throughout the year, starting with a grand return to the stage at Philadelphia’s […]
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Mallory Morehead Pritzl has joined bi-coastal communications firm Kovert Creative on their entertainment PR team, Variety has learned. In her new role, Morehead Pritzl will oversee communications for programming-focused Kovert Creative clients like “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett’s SmartLess Media, as well as Bloomberg Media […]
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The final 35-day multi-platform ratings for the 2025-2026 TV season are finally in, now that we’re more than a month beyond the official end of the TV season. According to Nielsen’s multiplatform 35-day linear and streaming ratings, Netflix’s “Stranger Things” was still the TV season’s most-watched non-sports series, with 32.9 million viewers, followed by the […]
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A judge ordered a temporary halt to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger on Monday, as a state coalition argues it would violate federal antitrust law, leading to higher prices and fewer movies and TV shows. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued the order after hearing argument from both sides on Friday morning. Paramount had previously agreed not to […]
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Variety’s annual Faith & Media Impact Report returns Dec. 2. The list recognizes a thriving segment of the entertainment industry that includes storytellers across the religious spectrum who are offering up compelling and creative experiences featuring faith and spirituality for broad audiences. Comprised of directors, writers, creators, studio executives and more working in the entertainment […]
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Grupo Mórbido founder/CEO Pablo Guisa has boarded two projects at the Costa Rica Media Market (CRMM) as a producer, a strong endorsement to the revived market’s growing status as a genre hub. Both projects, “Greetings from Maryland” (“Saludos desde Maryland”) by Ricardo B’atz’ of El Salvador and “What Lives in the Storm” (“Lo que trae la tormenta”) by […]
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Jalen Brunson isn’t sure yet if his New York Knicks will visit the Trump White House after winning the NBA championship and thought it was “really cool” that Taylor Swift was cheering on the team courtside at Madison Square Garden during Game 4 of the NBA Finals. As for Swift’s star-studded wedding at MSG, and […]
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Horror fans better get ready to stay on pitch … or else! “Bad Karaoke,” a new comedy-horror from directors Chris Lightbody and Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., is set to have its world premiere at Tubi FrightFest, the London-based genre film festival, on Aug. 30 at the ODEON Luxe West End. Lightbody co-wrote the script alongside […]
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Disney+ has ordered the series version of the “Afterlife With Archie” comics, Variety has learned. The show was originally reported to be in development at the streamer in 2025 with a script-to-series commitment. Disney is slating the series for a potential launch around Halloween 2027. As previously reported, the show is based on the comic […]
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Lewis Pullman is set to star opposite Julia Garner in the upcoming Apple TV series “Guilty Creatures,” Variety has learned. The show, with Garner as a lead and executive producer, was announced on July 6. It is an adaptation of the Mikita Brottman true crime book “Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida.” […]
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“The Odyssey” defied the gods odds in its opening weekend, delivering a sensational $124.5 million domestically and $264.1 million globally. After all, it’s highly unusual for a centuries-old poem that everyone was forced to read in school to be the basis of a popcorn movie. Those mighty ticket sales are a testament to the appeal […]
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup once again demonstrated the value of home-team interest to broadcasters, with television audiences across Europe skyrocketing when national teams were still alive in the tournament before declining after their elimination. Yet, fans still turned up in force for the July 19 final opposing Spain to Argentina, proving that while national […]
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