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Lisa Rinna, Phaedra Parks and Dolores Catania are among the Bravo’s “Real Housewives” stars who are uniting for a new Off-Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s farce “Rumors.” They will be joined by Stacey Rusch, Cynthia Bailey, Eileen Davidson, Carole Radziwill and Candiace Dillard-Bassett. This production will mark the New York stage debut for everyone other […]
The 1990s were a very different time — especially in Silver Lake, California — once a fertile neighborhood of artists and musicians and now a pricey hot spot. Three decades ago, the indie music scene was flourishing with homegrown acts like Beck and Rilo Kiley, based around clubs like Spaceland and the Garage. And for […]
Is it a gamer’s dream job of the year? Ahead of the release “Grand Theft Auto 6” in November, TV and broadband provider Virgin Media has launched a new sweepstakes: It’s going to pay one winning candidate almost $900 to play the hotly anticipated adventure-action title for eight hours and share their “honest” review of […]
The Lego Group has appointed its first head of celebrity talent and brand first partnerships. Kelsey Gray Sherman has joined the company in the Hollywood whisperer role, which is part of the Entertainment, Partnerships & Content division. The new position “reflects the company’s growing focus on expanding the Lego brand’s presence across entertainment and culture,” […]
Nakama, the start-up behind anime licensing platform AniBiz.com, has raised an initial $6 million in funding from three of Japan’s top anime licensors: TBS Group, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo Holdings. AniBiz was launched in July by Crunchyroll founder Kun Gao along with former Crunchyroll execs Brady McCollum and Sae Whan Song. The site now […]
The upcoming Apple TV series “Guilty Creatures” has added three recurring guest stars, Variety has learned exclusively. Brian d’Arcy James (“The Copenhagen Test,” “Rabbit Rabbit”), Reed Birney (“Blue Film,” “Silo”), and Gus Birney (“Shining Vale,” “Black Rabbit”) are all set to appear in the series, which is based on the Mikita Brottman true crime book […]
The man is asking the High Court to prevent two news organisations from publishing the allegations.
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred opposite Rock Hudson in “McMillan & Wife” and Jane Curtin in the CBS sitcom “Kate & Allie,” died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 80. Her death was confirmed to People by a representative. In a statement shared with the magazine, Saint James’s family […]
“Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” the blockbuster French animated series, is gearing up for a global rollout of its seventh season across Disney, France’s TF1 and Brazil’s Globo. Miraculous Corp, the joint venture between Mediawan and ZAG, has unveiled a staggered release schedule for the 26-episode season, which will premiere on Globo in […]
“I have this problem,” shares Errol Morris, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker behind “The Thin Blue Line,” “The Fog of War” and countless other renowned docs. You see, the 78-year-old can’t seem to screen Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s docu-phenomenon on Elizabeth Holmes, “You Can See Everything.” He claims to have contacted the appropriate parties but […]
U.S. artist and documentarian Lynne Sachs has often screened her past films at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, but she’s finally made it in person this year, serving on the First Lights jury, which evaluates docu debuts. Sachs says she’s been impressed by Ji.hlava films that span the globe while showcasing the full range of filmmaking […]
Actor Billy Bob Thornton will host and executive produce “Billy Bob Thornton Presents: The Mayflower,”a three-part docudrama series that will stream on Fox Nation and examine the voyage of the Mayflower. The series will debut on November 23, just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday its subject helped spur. “Billy Bob Thornton is a captivating storyteller […]
Christina Applegate returned to the “MeSsy” podcast one week after revealing she was misdiagnosed with MS to tell listeners that she will never stop advocating and fighting for those impacted by the disease, even if she does not have it herself. The Emmy winner said people in the MS community are still “my people.” “Even […]
Netflix blazed a path in the streaming era that many of its media rivals have tried to follow. As it has tried to navigate Madison Avenue, however, the company has found bumps in the road. The streaming giant last week rolled back its projections for advertising revenue, calling for $2.7 billion instead of $3 billion […]
Amid the turmoil of mass student protests in the streets of Belgrade, two young people are bonded by a rash act of rebellion, despite their outwardly incompatible ideologies. The premise of Serbian writer-director Jelena Maksimović’s “Until the Day Ends” portends a tidy political parable — a sort of “why can’t we all get along” homily […]
Amelia Dimoldenberg’s “Chicken Shop Date” is coming to the big screen. To celebrate its final series after 12 years, Dimoldenberg is holding a one-night-only event on Nov. 24 at cinemas in the U.K., Ireland and Paris in collaboration with YouTube’s Cine Club. All six episodes of the final series — which so far includes interviews […]
Sosie Bacon is set for a lead role in the upcoming MGM+ series “The Black Tapes,” Variety has learned. Bacon will star in the series alongside previously announced cast member Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. As previously reported, the show is based on the hit horror podcast of the same name and will begin production on its eight-episode […]
Lesbian artist Barbara Hammer felt invisible for most of her life. She started making films in the late 1960s, but emerging queer filmmakers often face the same challenges today. “I really felt her frustration at so many different points,” says Brydie O’Connor, director of “Barbara Forever.” “We had such wonderful partners, but we were all […]
The “Harry Potter” HBO series has cast another casting spell. Harry Gilby, Jasper Talbot and Hannah Chinn have joined the cast as Charlie Weasley, James Potter and Lily Potter, respectively. The actors will appear in Season 1 of the series, which is dubbed “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” James and Lily Potter, parents of […]
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is set to take on a new role as co-host of “Junior MasterChef Australia.” The news was announced in a press release from Australia’s Channel 10 on Tuesday, saying that Markle would feature as a “special guest” on a new series next year alongside chef and presenter Poh Ling […]
