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Joe Scarborough ‘Very Surprised, Very Disappointed’ by MSNBC’s Decision to Push ‘Morning Joe’ After Assassination Attempt
Joe Scarborough took to his regular A.M. spot on MSNBC Tuesday to rail against something irregular that happened the day before: a decision by network bosses to take his show, “Morning Joe,” off the schedule one day prior in the aftermath of an attack on former President Donald Trump.'Morning Joe' Pushed on MSNBC Monday After Trump Assassination Attempt “We were told in no uncertain terms on Sunday night that there was going to be one news feed against all channels,” Scarborough said on air Tuesday. “I guess after there was such strong blowback about what happened yesterday morning that they changed...
Saudi Arabia’s Muvi Cinemas Adds Four Imax Locations
Muvi Cinemas, the largest exhibitor in Saudi Arabia, has struck a deal with Imax Corp to install four IMAX with Laser systems in its cinemas two in capital city Riyadh; one system to Jeddah’s Mall of Arabia; and the first IMAX system to Dhahran. Three of the new locations are scheduled to open by the end of 2024, with the last in 2025.Shanghai: Wanda Film Strikes Huge Cinema Renewal Deal With Imax Imax currently has 10 operational locations in Saudi Arabia, with another 22 slated to open, including those covered by the muvi agreement. Imax estimates it can open at least 50...
Pixar, Nickelodeon and Netflix Among Animation and Motion Design Collision Awards Winners (EXCLUSIVE)
The Collision Awards has revealed the winners of its inaugural event, including Pixar, Nickelodeon, the American Museum of Natural History, Netflix and Crunchyroll. 'Somebody Feed Phil' Renewed for Season 8 at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) The awards honor work by studios, production companies, brands, agencies and individuals focused on the intersection of creativity and technical skills in animation and motion design across marketing and communications, commercials, television, film, experiential, games and XR. The event is presented by organizers of the Telly Awards with partners including Unreal Engine and VIEW Conference. Winners will be celebrated with a July 23 screening and reception at the...
Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Launches Diabetes Research PSA Campaign With Kevin Kline, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
The Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative has launched its first public service announcement campaign, which features narration by Academy Award winner Kevin Kline and additional remarks from Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon. The PSA campaign was created to educate the public on the need for medical research toward the cure of diabetic retinal disease, which afflicted Moore toward the end of her life. Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative and Variety Partner for Award and 'Be a Mary' Campaign Directed by James Keach, the PSA will run for one year to spread the public service message: “The Sight You Save...
Late K-Pop Star Goo Hara Featured on Kara’s New Single ‘Hello’
Goo Hara, whose death in 2019 shocked the South Korean music scene, appears on the new single from her former K-pop group Kara.K-Pop Festival KCON L.A. To Air Live Concert Event on The CW Later This Month, Featuring Zerobaseone and Others The new track, a ballad titled “Hello,” was released Tuesday evening ahead of the reformed girl group’s upcoming digital single “I Do, I Do,” which is expected to premiere on July 25. Goo (aka Hara, aka Koo Ha-ra) was a former member of the five-part girl group Kara from 2008 to 2015. After that, she launched a solo music career and...
Palestinian Director Rashid Masharawi on Producing 22 Short Films in Gaza During the War
At the Taormina Film Festival, Palestinian film director Rashid Masharawi presented “From Ground Zero,” a compilation of 22 short films, shot by filmmakers inside the Gaza Strip during the current war. He spoke with Variety about the process of making the film and what it means to face appalling conditions with art.Bella Thorne, Rebecca De Mornay, Mitzi Peirone on How Joan of Arc Inspired 'Saint Clare': 'You Don't Have to F---ing Take It' “I was born and grew up in Gaza, I made many films in Gaza as a director and producer, and this time after I saw all what’s going...
Alfonso Cuarón to Be Celebrated by Locarno Festival With Lifetime Achievement Award
The Locarno Film Festival will be celebrating multiple Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón with a lifetime achievement award.Giona A. Nazzaro on Why Locarno's Competition Features First Works Solely by Female Filmmakers and No U.S. Titles The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to global indie cinema noted that Cuarón is a five-time Academy Award winner who has written and directed a wide range of movies, spanning from low-budget films in Mexico like his 1991 debut “Love in the Time of Hysteria” and road trip movie “Y tu mamá también” to Hollywood blockbusters such as “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” Cuarón embodies...
Bella Thorne, Rebecca De Mornay, Mitzi Peirone on How Joan of Arc Inspired ‘Saint Clare’: ‘You Don’t Have to F—ing Take It’
Bella Thorne, the star of “Shake It Up” and “Amityville Horror,” and Rebecca De Mornay, best known for “Risky Business” and “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” are at the Taormina Film Festival this week with Mitzi Peirone’s horror-thriller “Saint Clare,” which opened the Sicilian event. The actors and director spoke to Variety about how the film was inspired by Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who led the French army against the English invaders, and was burned to death at the stake.Israeli Director Amos Gitai to Ask 'Why War?' in Next Project (EXCLUSIVE) “Saint Clare” tells the story of Clare...
Best Prime Day Deals for Babies, Toddlers and Parents
Children they’re adorable, sweet and (often) exceedingly expensive. But there are certain things that truly make your life easier as a parent, like the Frida Baby nose snot sucker (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like) a Yoto mini player, air purifiers, diaper bags and high chairs. Then there are the things you HAVE to have (normally) like bottles, wipes, baby hand sanitizer and strollers. Prime Day Is Here: Shop The Absolute Best Deals, From Sony Headphones to Dyson Vacuums Avoid draining your bank account on your little sweetie with the best baby deals available at the Prime Day sale. Here’s...
‘Kardashians’ Producer Sele Leota Joins Entropico as Senior Creative – Global Bulletin
ENTERING ENTROPICO Entropico, the Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles-based studio that last year hatched Netflix’s “ONEFOUR: Against All Odds,” has appointed Sele Leota as senior creative producer. He joins the team after collaborating with Entropico for nearly a year.Billie Eilish to Read CBeebies Bedtime Story - Global Bulletin Leota boasts a rich background in unscripted television and audio storytelling, including a five-year stint as storyteller and producer on E! Television’s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Previous roles at Bunim-Murray Productions saw him contributing to series such as MTV’s “The Real World” and Lifetime Television Network’s “Project Runway.” He is also overseeing post-production...
Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Mammootty, Fahadh Faasil Lead ZEE5 Global Anthology ‘Manorathangal’
South Asia-focused streaming platform ZEE5 Global is set to launch “Manorathangal,” a nine-part Malayalam-language anthology series premiering August 15. The project celebrates the 90-year legacy of literary icon M.T. Vasudevan Nair and brings together top South Indian talent.'Death on the Nile' Star Ali Fazal Joins Cast of Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam's 'Thug Life' (EXCLUSIVE) Penned by Nair himself, the series explores human duality against Kerala’s backdrop. Kamal Haasan introduces the anthology in which each story probes the interplay between noble and primal human impulses. The anthology boasts a roster of A-list actors and directors. Mohanlal stars in “Olavum Theeravum” (“Ripples and...
Ad Sales Projected to Make Up 28% of Streaming Revenue by 2028, New PWC Study Finds
Ads are about to become even more important to streaming strategies for companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon, according to a new study from firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.New Group Aims to Warn Advertisers About Podcast Perils, Hot Talk In its Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2024-2028, PwC projects that by 2028, “advertising will make up almost 28% of all the money that streaming services make,” marking a notable increase from the 20% streaming ad sales accounted for in 2023. The entertainment and media industry, which PwC forecasts will reach $3.4 trillion as a sector by 2028, is estimated to see global...
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Guest Host Anthony Anderson Suggests Americans ‘Step Back From Hatred and Vitriol and Chill the F— Out’ After Trump Shooting
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” guest host Anthony Anderson opened Monday’s show with a joke about finding himself in the spotlight to comment on the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump due to his previously planned guest-hosting stint on ABC’s late-night series. Stephen Colbert Opens 'The Late Show' By Expressing 'Grief for My Beautiful Country' After Trump Rally Shooting “Everybody’s still shaken up by the tragic events at the Trump rally this Saturday,” Anderson said at the top of his monologue. “All weekend, I kept thinking, ‘I wonder what Jimmy Kimmel is going to say about this on Monday?’ And then I...
Amber Rose Says ‘Media Lied’ About Trump in RNC Speech: ‘I Believed the Left-Wing Propaganda’ That He Was ‘Racist’
Model and rapper Amber Rose spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday, where she voiced her support for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Republican National Convention Reaches 18.1 Million Viewers Across Networks on First Night “I’m here tonight to tell you, no matter your political background, that the best chance we have to give our babies a better life is to elect Donald Trump president of the United States,” Rose said on stage. The former reality TV star claimed “the media has lied to us” about Trump, adding, “I know this because for a...
Seth Meyers Slams J.D. Vance and Others After Trump Assassination Attempt: ‘Opportunistic Purveyors of Paranoia’ Are Sharing ‘Incendiary Conspiracy Theories and Lies’
Seth Meyers has words for Donald Trump’s new right-hand man.Jack Black's Tenacious D Sparks Uproar After Kyle Gass Remarks, 'Don't Miss Trump Next Time' After condemning the “horrifying” assassination attempt made against Trump on Saturday and elaborating that “political violence must be condemned in all its forms,” the “Late Night” host also took a moment to condemn how certain right-wing political voices have responded to attack. He first called for “an inclusive politics of compassion, empathy and community” and encouraged viewers to have conversations about “the real work of democracy,” saying, “That’s what we need.” “What we don’t need are the opportunistic purveyors...
Ingrid Andress Delivers Rocky Performance of National Anthem at Home Run Derby
Four-time Grammy nominee Ingrid Andress took the mic this evening at the MLB Home Run Derby to perform the National Anthem, only to perplex attendees and social media at large with her rocky rendition.Ingrid Andress on Being Even More Transparent With Her Second Album, and the Risks and Rewards of Introspection in Country Music Andress hit the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas to open the event as expected prior to a baseball game. Only, things took a turn when she began singing, missing notes along the way and drawing visible reactions from the players on hand. Social media was quick to...
‘How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer’ Review: A Haunting Doc Captures the Majesty of the Mailer Experience, and Its Dark Side Too
Norman Mailer is the kind of writer people now tend to look at and appraise by saying, “He could never get away with that today.” And maybe that’s true. In Mailer’s case, however, the that they’re referring to could be any of the following things: his confrontational public statements; his misbehavior on talk shows; his ardent bad-boy meditations on subjects like sexuality and violence; his propensity to drink and drug and fight (he liked to literally butt heads with people at parties); and great lyrical swaths of his writing.Mark Gordon Pictures Developing Norman Mailer's 'Harlot's Ghost' for TV (EXCLUSIVE) Forget what...
‘All American’ Finale Recap: Did Spelivia Get Their Happy Ending in Daniel Ezra’s Final Episode?
Spelivia fans, rejoice! Spencer James (Daniel Ezra) and Olivia (Samantha Logan) tied the knot on the “All American” Season 6 finale, which aired on July 15, marking Ezra’s final episode as a series regular.'All American': Daniel Ezra Will Not Return for Season 7 as a Series Regular The episode, titled “I Do (Part II),” picked up where the penultimate left off — Spencer finding out that the wedding venue had been flooded and his wedding to Olivia wasn’t going to be available to happen. At first, Olivia began to spiral, questioning not only their future but their past, remembering so many...
Luminate Streaming Ratings: ‘Love Island USA’ Dominates With 919 Million Minutes Watched July 5-11
“Love Island USA” has hit its stride.Luminate Streaming Ratings: 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,' 'The Bear,' 'Family Affair' and 'Worst Roommate Ever' Drive Holiday Week Viewing Season 6 of the Peacock reality dating show was the No. 1 most-watched streaming original series in the U.S. during the week of July 5-11, hitting 919.1 million minutes watched, per Luminate. While Season 6 has consistently ranked on Luminate’s charts since its debut during the June 14-20 window, this has been its biggest week by far, marking a 61% jump in viewership from the previous week and a 257% increase from its debut week....
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