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Variety and CNN are back in business for awards season. After producing Actors on Actors and a town hall with Timothée Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey, the two legacy brands have unveiled an expanded content partnership. Together, the brands will develop, produce and distribute premium content throughout awards season. “This partnership allows us to expand how we […]
After “Weird Al” Yankovic made headlines this month for backing out of an ad for AI software, the musical satirist revealed he also turned down an offer worth at least $1 million to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia last year. “I wish people would offer me things that I didn’t feel […]
The “Today” show has issued new security guidelines for its on-air guests following a recent incident in which an intruder entered the studio and lunged at co-anchor Craig Melvin while yelling a racist slur. Hollywood publicity firms received an email on Wednesday outlining the new protocols. “We wanted to reach out with an important update […]
Italian director Dario Albertini’s family drama “Armony” has secured Swiss distribution via Xenix Filmdistribution ahead of its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival’s Piazza Grande section. Sold internationally by True Colours, “Armony” is produced by Fremantle company The Apartment, Damocle and Rai Cinema in association with HBO Max. It stars Valerio Mastandrea, Asia Argento, […]
The London opening of “Burlesque the Musical” has been postponed while the U.K. tour, which was due to start this weekend, has been pushed back, Variety has learned. The stage version of the 2010 movie starring Christina Aguilera, Cher and Stanley Tucci was set to open on 12 Sept 2026 at the new 550-seat Arts […]
When ABC this Saturday shows the first game in the annual championship series of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, it will do so with a few special guests in tow. Woody and Jessie, the famous “Toy Story” characters, will lead a pregame parade featuring youth softball players, and also take part in the ceremonial first […]
EightState Studios has announced the premiere date for “The Spell Off Live!” The first season of the creator-driven competition series will kick off on Aug. 11 at 10 p.m. ET on YouTube. DC Young Fly is the host and executive producer, with creator Funny Marco serving as remote host. The series brings together celebrities, comedians, […]
Venice Biennale chairman Pietrangelo Buttafuoco slammed the European Union at the film festival press conference on Thursday for withdrawing a €2 million ($2.3 million) grant in response to Russia’s participation in the Biennale’s arts exhibition this year. It was the first time the country has returned to the event since the invasion of Ukraine in […]
Writer George Kay certainly knows his way around a mystery. The success of his Netflix series “Lupin” and his Apple TV drama “Hijack” (especially the first season) have well proven his abilities. With his latest crime drama, BritBox’s “Gone,” loosely inspired by Julie Mackay and Robert Murphy’s true crime novel, “To Hunt A Killer,” Kay […]
Amazon is bringing video games to Prime Video beginning Thursday with the launch of its cloud gaming service Luna within the app. Previously a standalone app from Amazon available to Prime members, Luna is now also available on Prime Video on Fire TVs in the US and UK alongside the streamer’s movies, TV shows and […]
It turns out Tyler Perry’s Netflix series “Beauty in Black” will be back for Season 4 after all. Netflix has announced that the show is returning for a fourth season despite the fact that a third and final season was announced in December 2025. That season does not yet have a release date at the […]
The International Union of Cinemas has criticized the European Commission’s approval of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger, saying the decision was based on “too narrow a scope.” The union, known as UNIC, represents the European theater trade, including cinema associations and operators, across 39 territories. While UNIC welcomed the EC’s requirement for Paramount to cancel film […]
The concert film “George Michael: The Faith Tour” has been acquired by Universal Pictures Content Group and Bleecker Street’s event cinema division Crosswalk. Universal Pictures Content Group will release the film internationally, and Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk will release the film in North America. Shot at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy during the European leg of […]
Fandango Sales has boarded international sales on “The Girl With the Leica,” directed by Alina Marazzi, just announced by the Venice Film Festival as the opening film of its Horizons section. The film paints a portrait of pioneering photojournalist Gerda Taro, the German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist and artist whose legacy has long been overshadowed. Together […]
Paradise City Sales has boarded worldwide sales on Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s latest feature, “Falling House” which is set to world premiere in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival. “Falling House” marks his follow up to “Blockage,” a 2017 drama that portrayed contemporary Iranian society and won best film at Busan before going on […]
You don’t have to hit hard to win pickleball — that’s the chief lesson to be taken from “The Dink,” a sports comedy titled for the dainty signature shot of the fast-growing racket sport, and it’s one that Josh Greenbaum’s film takes to heart with its own softball comic style. Following a conceited former tennis […]
Hits like “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” and “Michael” helped lift Imax’s second quarter earnings. During the three-month period ending in June, the big screen provider’s revenues increased 12% to $102.8 million, while net income improved 30% to $15.9 million. Imax recorded adjusted earnings per share of 43 cents, a 65% improvement over the prior-year […]
The Venice Film Festival has suffered its steepest decline in female representation in five years, with just one woman director selected for this edition’s main competition. It marks a dramatic fall from the six female filmmakers in last year’s edition, which saw Kaouther Ben Hania win the grand jury prize for “The Voice of Hind […]
Michelle Zhou’s debut feature “Big Little Things” has landed backing from Hong Kong-based Moebius Entertainment, which will handle worldwide sales and festival representation after the Hong Kong-U.S. co-production earned a berth in the Horizons section of the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The story centers on a woman who moves back to her native Harbin after […]
Heretic has acquired world rights to Jelena Maksimović’s fiction feature debut “Until the Day Ends,” set against the backdrop of Serbia’s student protests. The film will celebrate its world premiere as part of Venice’s Horizons section in September. The film follows Lena (Lena Trifunović), an anarchist student active in Belgrade’s anti-government movement, and Stefan (Stefan […]
