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The Television Academy made it official on Tuesday morning: The Emmys are tossing the wheel and heading to the stream. Amazon’s Prime Video streamer has struck a six-year deal with the org to take over the Primetime Emmys telecast effective next year. Terms of the deal weren’t revealed, but Prime Video is believed to be […]
“Pretty Little Liars” actress Lucy Hale is solving new mysteries as the lead in Roku’s upcoming limited series “Scarlett Holmes,” which will take a romantic spin on the world of Sherlock Holmes. The show is set to debut in 2027. Per the longline, Scarlett Holmes (Hale) is a “modern descendant of Sherlock Holmes. Scarlett Holmes […]
“Star Wars: Galactic Racer” launched on Amazon’s gaming service Luna day and date alongside the game’s worldwide release across platforms including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and X and PC. Developed by Fuse Games, the studio behind the “Burnout” and “Need for Speed” franchises, “Star Wars: Galactic Racer” puts players behind the controls of a […]
A new startup pledges to give authors an easier way to bring their books to life for the screen. It, naturally, involves AI. Authors First, founded by private equity veteran Robert Hamwee, promises to let science-fiction and fantasy scribes adapt their titles as closely to their intended vision as possible. The company uses a combination […]
It’ll take a bit longer for the first AI-generated film to make it to theaters — because it’s gunning for an Oscar. The AI studio Fable has shifted the U.S. release of “Gods Don’t Give Gifts,” the collection of four anthology shorts by the AI-focused YouTuber Gossip Goblin (né Zack London), from Oct. 30 to Dec. […]
Hasbro is debuting its third Peppa Pig Play Cafe location in October this month, Variety has learned exclusively, adding one more fixed attraction to the company’s growing list of in-person experiences around the globe. Opening in October in Suzhou, China, the third Peppa Pig Play Café in the region “brings the beloved preschool brand to […]
It’s official: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are now a single company — joined together as Skydance Corp., led by chairman and CEO David Ellison. The deal, valued at $111 billion, brings together two major studios, TV networks including CBS, CNN, Comedy Central, MTV and TBS, and streaming services Paramount+ and HBO Max. The new […]
Three years after “NCIS: Los Angeles” wrapped its 14-season run, LL Cool J has returned to the franchise as Senior Special Agent Sam Hanna in CBS’ new “NCIS” spinoff, “NCIS: New York.” Created by R. Scott Gemmill — also the creator of “The Pitt” — the series follows Sam, who returns to his hometown after […]
The bestselling author and former politician died on Monday at the age of 86.
Engel & Völkers takes out for sale Villa Laubenò one of the locations of the film starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver and Al Pacino
The ex-Little Mix star worked with Hans Zimmer on an official track for the BBC nature documentary.
The Glasgow-born singer was the first solo Scottish female singer to top the UK singles chart with One Day at a Time.
The four-hour one-off performance will also star Adjoa Andoh and Juliet Stevenson and
MasterClass is getting into the podcast business. The online learning and streaming platform has launched “Other People’s Business,” its first-ever podcast, hosted by MasterClass founder and CEO David Rogier. The weekly audio and video series will feature conversations with Martha Stewart, Malcolm Gladwell, DJ Drama, Chris Voss, Daniel Negreanu and more, “digging into the money, […]
The Sitges Festival, the Biennale de Pensament, is a programme for the coses i està bé saber- les
Caleb Flynn, a former music pastor from Ohio, fatally shot his wife Ashley in February before trying to cover it up.
Polish film and TV luminary Darius Jabloński’s spy thriller “Fortel” and Estonia’s “Stormbird” from multi-awarded Kadri Kousaar (“Magnus,” “Mother”) feature in the lineup of Tallinn’s TV Beats Co-Financing Market, running over Nov. 16-17. They are joined by Spain’s “When Devils Rule” from Rodrigo Susarte (“Patagonia”), and Belgium’s “The Inheritance” powered by “This is Not a […]
"Artificial" is a brilliant but playful docudrama, meticulously true to history, that focuses on the founders of OpenAI, notably its CEO Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield). But the tale it tells is much larger than that. "Artificial" goes back to the earliest days of AI and shows you how the technology was invented, how it was developed, how it was dreamed.
On Sunday night, John Oliver dedicated the majority of his Emmy-winning show “Last Week Tonight” to the Secret Service’s failings in recent years while declining to address the major media news of the week: David Ellison’s newly-formed Skydance Corp. swallowing up Warner Bros. Discovery — which controls Oliver’s network HBO — and merging it with […]
Michael Douglas is wading into the “nepo baby” debate. The “Wall Street” actor, who is the son of the late Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, opened up on a recent episode of the “SmartLess” podcast and said the title “really pisses” him off. While discussing his success with hosts Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, […]
