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Paramount’s deal with the 12 state attorneys general to settle their antitrust lawsuit over the Warner Bros. Discovery merger is not official just yet: The judge in the case has some “outstanding questions” about the settlement, which requires her approval before it takes effect. In an order issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted […]
Long before the relevant authorities do, you’ll figure out the secret that immigrant homemaker Hermine Ryan (née Braunsteiner) holds close to her chest in “The Housewife” — a giveaway that may be the fault of some heavy-handed direction and scripting, but speaks to the detail and integrity of Naomi Watts’ lead performance, which often seems […]
“Looksmaxxing” influencer Clavicular has shared his first video on social media since news circulated Monday that the online personality had been charged with rape and drugging in Massachusetts. In the video posted to both TikTok and Instagram, Clavicular includes a compilation of screenshots of text messages with a contact named “Leksy,” a video of himself […]
David Worth, director of films including “Kickboxer” and DP on numerous films including Clint Eastwood’s “Any Which Way You Can,” died Sept. 4 in Sunland, Calif. He was 86. Worth started out as director of photography on low-budget movies before Clint Eastwood hired him as cinematographer on “Bronco Billy” and “Any Which Way You Can,” […]
The Thomas Guide is a map that painstakingly details how to navigate Los Angeles by car. It’s a spiral-bound relic that almost none of your junior executives remember. Your assistant thinks it’s a ranking of pale British heartthrobs. Your intern will stare at you, unblinkingly and for minutes, if you even ask. But Ari Emanuel […]
Tom Cruise world-premiered his new film “Digger” on Tuesday night to an enthusiastic audience in London, which included some royal guests. Prince William and Princess Catherine of Wales got a front row seat to Cruise’s latest transformative role, this time as wealthy oil tycoon Digger Rockwell in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy. “Digger’s” world […]
Netflix’s latest YA drama series “Crew Girl” is racing right into Season 2, the streamer announced on Wednesday. “Crew Girl” came out on Sept. 10 and rowed to the top in the Netflix English TV Top 10, where it has remained since its release, climbing to number two this week. It reached the top 10 […]
Patty Jenkins, Halle Berry, Regina King, Misty Copeland and others gathered at downtown Manhattan’s Locanda Verde on Tuesday morning for Tribeca and Chanel’s Through Her Lens luncheon. The timing was notable for an event centered on emerging filmmakers, coming just 24 hours after news that the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal is essentially complete — a consolidation […]
Sometimes films come out at a time that lines up eerily well with real life. As Americans debate the ethics of the nearly ubiquitous Flock cameras that are being placed in neighborhoods all throughout the nation, with only vague information made available about how they will help police, citizens of all political stripes are worried […]
Jake Paul’s gambling app Betr has fired back at HBO after the cabler sent a cease-and-desist letter over an ad reuniting “Entourage” stars Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier. In the letter, HBO threatened legal action if the commercial was not taken down, arguing that the three-minute spot infringes on its intellectual property and was made […]
In a competitive situation, Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Sports have landed the spec script “Knockouts” from writers Clara Nevins and Harper Oreck, Variety has learned exclusively. Per the official logline, the show is “set against the glossy world of SEC sports and Southern sorority life, where four girls in a bottom-tier sorority use their […]
Nancy Meyers has spent decades making audiences covet the kitchens, living rooms and impossibly cozy interiors in her movies. Now, her daughter is making that aesthetic a little easier to bring home. Target has teamed with Annie Meyers-Shyer, the author and creator behind @ThisOakHouse, for a new home collection under its Threshold label, featuring vintage-inspired […]
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” shed some of the viewers it snared during its much-anticipated Season 59 debut as it grappled with the effects of CBS’ football programming on its audience, even as it notched a gain in audience compared to its year-earlier performance. The audience for the second telecast of the venerable newsmagazine rose 5% […]
In line with mega-mergers that have come before, the impending marriage of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery will lead to a media company packed with assets. What differentiates this deal — which is now in the clear to move forward — from others is the sheer amount of brands and intellectual property in play. […]
Tom Cruise’s star vehicle “Digger” has finally been unveiled to members of the film press, who have been left divided by the satirical black comedy. The latest directorial effort from “Birdman” and “The Revenant” Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu is being called everything from “baffling” to “unpleasant” to “fascinating stuff.” Most film journalists seem to […]
J.Crew is celebrating 40 years of its signature Barn Jacket with a sprawling new campaign featuring everyone from Spike Lee and Bowen Yang to Amandla Stenberg, Dave Franco, Chance the Rapper and Scottie Pippen. Unveiled Tuesday, the campaign brings together 160 people photographed across New York City, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston and Chicago, marking what […]
Princess Diana's brother apologised to Morgan for a factual error in his memoir. Morgan said he is "pursuing legal action" against Spencer.
The late singer's Imagination Library posts children a free book every month until they turn five.
Past Booker winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are among the nominees for this year's award.
The Austin Film Society has announced more than $300,000 in new filmmaker grant awards through the launch a new film funding program Texas Lights. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, AFS’s grants support emerging filmmakers. The launch of the Texas Lights fund will provide cash for rising artists to create independent films. “Thirty years of the AFS […]
