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Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” has received two Daytime Emmy nominations this year, both in the outstanding arts and popular culture program category. That includes a nod for series’ spring 2025 run, which was geared toward the TV awards season and ran on PBS SoCal as “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” The show then moved to […]
Director Nick Taylor spent years admiring the work of special effects artist Steve Johnson in a way that went beyond basic curiosity. “He was someone who had a very special place in my heart, because I grew up as a lonely misfit horror fan,” Taylor says. “I didn’t have a lot of friends who were […]
“Jurassic Park” star Sam Neill had been “pretty sick” for a couple of weeks before his death, according to his ex, Australian journalist Laura Tingle. Tingle, who dated Neill from 2018 to 2021, was a guest on the radio show “Sydney Mornings” on Tuesday and gave more insight into the actor’s final days and years-long […]
The FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show keeps getting bigger. Variety has exclusively learned that the event will now also include members of the New York Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, who will jointly perform a tribute to Venezuela in the wake of its recent devastating earthquakes. Gustavo Dudamel, the outgoing […]
Grammy-nominated artists Tate McRae and Sombr, along with actors Tyriq Withers and Malachi Barton, will be honored at Variety’s 2026 Power of Young Hollywood presented by Disney+, on Aug. 5 in Los Angeles. The annual event will recognize the best new and upcoming actors, musicians and artists who are taking the industry by storm. McRae […]
“Dmrasbecl Pu” Nsasoe 2 si niogcm. “Scrambled Up” Season 2 is coming. The syndicated game show has been renewed for its second season starting Sept. 14. Shooting has started in Atlanta on 160 new episodes, doubling the show’s total episode count. Season 2 will premiere on stations in more than 20 new cities, including Orlando, […]
A brand-new 35mm print of Ôtomo Katsuhiro’s “Akira” – struck from the 4K master and the first of its kind to be created anywhere in the world in decades – will make its debut at BFI Southbank, London, from Aug. 14–19, distributor Anime Limited has revealed. The print will then tour selected cinemas across the […]
TV’s annual “upfront” sales market has largely closed, but not with much of the fanfare that typically accompanies its end. TV networks and big media agencies have wrapped the bulk of their discussions around the sale of advertising time ahead of the next cycle of programming from big U.S. media companies, according to two media […]
Content Partners is extending its reach into the creator economy, teaming with media veteran Ed Simpson on the launch of Wonderloom Media. The venture is designed to partner with promising creators to help them expand their scale and scope of their media activity. Wonderloom Media has made its first acquisition, buying the popular YouTube true-crime […]
Drugs, sex and murder are the backdrop of “The Shards,” Ryan Murphy’s upcoming drama series based on the Bret Easton Ellis thriller novel. FX released a trailer for the show, which premieres with two episodes on Aug. 5 on the cable channel and Hulu. “The Shards” follows a group of rich teenagers indulging in the […]
Elvis Duran, one of terrestrial radio’s biggest talk-show hosts, has formed a new partnership to develop, produce and monetize creators’ video podcasts — providing what he claims are Hollywood-level production facilities in New York City. Duran already oversees a slate of more than a dozen podcasts under the Elvis Duran Podcast Network, which is operated […]
The U.K. and Ireland box office saw a transition at the summit as Disney’s live-action adaptation “Moana” debuted in the top spot, banking an opening weekend of £2.8 million ($3.8 million). The launch was enough to narrowly edge out Disney stablemate “Toy Story 5,” which moved to second place in its fourth frame. The film […]
Searchlight Pictures has released the trailer for “Behemoth!,” a new drama film from Tony Gilroy about a family of Los Angeles musicians. The film’s logline reads, “A gifted cellist, Alex Serian, returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to […]
For years, Guatemala’s most prominent filmmaker, Jayro Bustamante (“La Llorona,” “Ixcanul”), has fought to grow a local film industry. Now, it finally looks as if it might be happening, with Argot Prods. boasting four films in production. Founded in 2022, the Guatemalan-based shingle has been focusing on emerging screenwriters and directors from Guatemala and Central […]
Even with some of the backlash surrounding the AI Michael Caine-led audiobook of Homer’s “Odyssey” poem, it appears many listeners prefer an artificially generated voice to a human one. A new Edison Research at SSRS study commissioned by Spoken, an AI audiobook company, revealed that the company’s multi-voice productions achieved a higher favorability rating than human-narrated […]
There’s Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” out on Friday. There’s the AI-generated Michael Caine-narrated audiobook of Homer’s “The Odyssey,” released last month. Now, a third title based on the Greek epic has emerged: an AI-generated version of “The Odyssey.” The latest Homer adaptation, “Odysseus: The Fall,” is a 135-minute AI-generated movie from AI film studio Fountain 0 and […]
Hailey Bieber is bringing her signature oversized denim look to Gap with a limited-edition collection inspired by the model and entrepreneur’s favorite vintage jeans — and her birth year. The retailer will launch “The Hailey Jean,” atwo-silhouette denim capsule developed with Bieber, on July 16 at 9 a.m. ET. Priced at $89, the collection consists […]
Pophouse Entertainment, the investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, has announced a partnership with legendary British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, acquiring a stake in the publishing and master music rights, and the name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Billboard reports that Pophouse has acquired a 50% “stake” in the assets; further terms were […]
Intercultural zombie romcom “Cold Feet,” from Prague-based writer-director Apoorva Satish, has secured co-producers Telemark (Poland, Ici et Là Productions (France) and line producer LaSutra Pictures (India). The news comes ahead of the project’s debut at the Fantasia International Film Festival’s Frontières Co-Production Market, held July 22–25 in Montreal. “Cold Feet” has been developed through Off […]
They’re back! The annual rampage of genre filmmakers, industry, and fans through the cinemas and social hubs of Montreal has begun, as the Fantasia International Film Festival opens its 30th edition on July 16 with Nicolas Winding Refn receiving the Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award before hosting the Canadian premiere of his sumptuously visceral, trope-defying […]
