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Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions has inked a first-look deal with Universal Global Television (UGT), Variety has learned. Under the deal, JuVee will develop projects for UGT across all platforms. First up, the company is developing the romantic drama “Pawn,” based on an original short story by Kennedy Ryan (“Before I Let Go,” […]
The Sarajevo Film Festival has introduced a new award, the Prix Cineplexx. It will be presented for the first time at its 32nd edition, which runs from Aug. 14 to 21. The Prix Cineplexx is awarded to the best film in the Open Air Premiere program and is chosen by the festival audience. The prize […]
Dwayne Johnson is set to star in and produce the new action-drama, “Free Byrd,” the latest film from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity. “Free Byrd” stars Johnson as a Las Vegas motorcycle stuntman who conceals his dementia diagnosis from everyone, including his mechanic brother, as he risks everything on one last jump. The […]
“Shark Tank” returns with Season 18 in the fall, and with it are some new entrepreneurs who smell blood in the water. The lineup of guest sharks includes Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, as well as the CEO of his company Beast Industries, Jeffrey Housenbold. Writer, director, actor and “The Office” star Mindy Kaling is also […]
First, the Knicks win and now this. NBC has tapped one of its primetime superstars to host the 78th Emmy Awards: “Law & Order: SVU” star and executive producer Mariska Hargitay will lead this year’s kudocast. That makes Hargitay the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years — since 2011, when Jane Lynch […]
HBO is developing a true crime drama series titled “Dorothea” based on the story of ’80s serial killer Dorothea Puente. Geena Davis has been cast in the title role and executive produces alongside showrunner Joshua Michael Stern. Michael Rosenbaum and Jeff Frost also executive produce, with Rosenbaum having pitched the project to Frost’s Bristol Circle […]
The cast of “Big Brother” Season 28 has been revealed, and the 14 houseguests include a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” all star and MMA fighter. Ahead of today’s announcement, there was heavy speculation of returning players, and two surprise players have yet to be revealed. “Big Brother” premieres Thursday, July 9, with a 90-minute premiere starting […]
Television legend David Chase, the creator of the multi-award-winning HBO series “The Sopranos,” told Variety he is independently working on a film “that deals with LSD” while also developing a series on the subject for HBO. While he could not go into much more detail, he briefly mentioned that it involves “a young woman” who […]
The fourth movie in the stoner comedy franchise “Harold & Kumar,” starring John Cho and Kal Penn, is on track with the key players from the series on board, one of the producers, Greg Shapiro, said Tuesday. Speaking at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, he said, “I made a series of movies called ‘Harold & Kumar.’ […]
After becoming a breakout theatrical hit, “Obsession” will release on Blu-ray 4K and DVD on July 14. The physical editions are available to pre-order on Amazon, where it’s a No. 1 bestseller. The Collector’s Edition release includes the film in 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10, along with English Dolby Atmos audio, a Blu-ray disc […]
Joy Behar looks and acts nothing like David Muir or Robin Roberts, but ABC asserts her program, “The View” is entitled to the same protections as program such as “World News Tonight” or “Good Morning America.” More than 76,000 comments have been filed by the public with the Federal Communications Commission after Disney’s ABC in […]
The animated film “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will now premiere in July rather than October as originally planned. Paramount has announced that the film, which continues the story from “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” will debut globally on Paramount+ on July 25. The film was originally supposed to debut on Oct. 9 in theaters before […]
Animation is taking a larger share of the California film incentive, as the state announced Tuesday that $71 million would go to four animated features. The state expanded its production incentive to $750 million a year in 2025, while also opening up the program to animated films and TV shows. “Donkey,” the spinoff of the […]
Kal Penn will never forget seeing his “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor” co-star Abbie Cornish for the first time as Anna Nicole Smith. “She really embodied Anna Nicole in a very striking way,” Penn tells me. “She was a completely different person. I briefly met Anna Nicole a handful of times way back when I […]
AUDIENCE AVALANCHE England’s 3-2 soccer World Cup victory over Mexico on Monday delivered the biggest television audience ever recorded in the U.K. for a live broadcast between 2am and 4am BST, with a peak of 9.1 million viewers tuning into BBC One and BBC iPlayer despite the delayed kick-off. The average audience across the Round of 16 match held […]
Broadway will be saying “Hello, Dolly” before the end of the year, as the musical telling the life story of country-pop superstar Dolly Parton is set to begin previews at the St. James Theatre on Dec. 7, to be followed by an official opening night on her 81st birthday, Jan. 19, 2027. “Dolly: A True […]
Sky Italia has released first-look images of its upcoming high-end series “Gucci: Game Over,” which the Comcast-owned pay-TV service has described as Italy’s answer to Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” film. Miriam Leone (“The Lions of Sicily”) (pictured above) is playing Patrizia Reggiani, the former socialite convicted of hiring a hitman to murder her ex-husband. […]
Ncuti Gatwa is reuniting with his “Doctor Who” co-star Niamh Marie Smith to executive produce her new short film “Passing Through.” Marie Smith, who featured in the 2024 “Doctor Who” Christmas special “Joy to the World” as Sylvia Trench, will star in the short alongside Gemma Laurie (“Shetland,” “The Long Shadow”) as well as write […]
Salma Hayek Pinault, François-Henri Pinault, Pamela Anderson, Simone Biles, Benicio Del Toro, Nacho Figueras, Dakota Johnson and Lorna Simpson will co-host the Kering Foundation’s fifth annual Caring for Women Dinner. This year’s event, taking place Sept. 10 at The Pool in New York City to coincide with the star of Fashion Week, will benefit Activating […]
Prince Harry has lost his long-running lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Mail. The British royal, who now lives in Montecito, California, was among a group of high-profile figures who filed suit in 2022 alleging they were victims of unlawful information gathering. The others were Elton John, David Furnish, actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie […]
