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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 […]
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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 […]
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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” […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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Following the death of country music legend Dolly Parton last month, the Country Music Association has set a live, two-hour evening dedicated to honoring the beloved star. The tribute, titled “CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton,” will air on Oct. 21 on ABC and Disney+, and be available for […]
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The second re-imagining of “Bad Lieutenant” — Abel Ferrara’s 1992 neo-noir starring Harvey Keitel — Takashi Miike’s baffling “Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo” borrows the broad strokes of the original, but tells its own Yakuza-centric story that never fully gets going. Its stop-start approach sees numerous characters and subplots introduced before existing ones can be resolved, or […]
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Markus Lehmusruusu’s futuristic drama “The Squirrel” has just been selected as the Finnish Oscar submission, and it already has a notable fan. “Aki Kaurismäki called it a masterpiece. He said it was like ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ but better because it’s full of humanism. I really loved that,” the director tells Variety. “I hope that […]
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