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Donald Trump Claims Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Is ‘Dying’ and Late Night Hosts Are ‘So Bad’: ‘Where Is Johnny Carson? Bring Back Johnny’
Donald Trump railed against the state of late night television during a Sept. 23 rally in Pennsylvania for his presidential campaign. He claimed the late night shows hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel are “all dying” and added: “These three guys are so bad.” Trump is often the target of jokes on these programs.Trump Media's Stock Price Sinks to New Low After Insider Lockup Period Expires “He’s not very funny,” Trump said specifically about Fallon after a clip from Kamala Harris’ 2020 appearance on “The Tonight Show” aired during the rally. The clip featured Harris talking about fracking...
Variety to Celebrate 10 Years of Bleecker Street and the New York Premiere of Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’
Variety will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bleecker Street with a cocktail party and awards presentation to Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen on Oct. 5 at the New York Film Festival. Karpen will be honored with the Variety Vanguard Award for his exemplary leadership and extensive contributions to the indie film community. Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh will give remarks and present the award. The invite-only cocktail party will also celebrate the New York Premiere of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” which Bleecker is releasing Dec. 6 in a qualifying run, followed by a Jan. 10 nationwide rollout. The film stars Academy Award...
San Sebastian Festival Hosts Protest in Support of the Argentine Film Industry
In what has become a regular event at major film festivals since January, members of the Argentine film community and its supporters from across the world, came together for a protest led by the San Sebastian Film Festival in support of the South American country’s flailing audiovisual industry.Johnny Depp Says His Life Turned 'Into a Soap Opera' as He Debuts First Directorial Effort in 27 Years: It Was 'Televised, in Fact' The protests have been in response to the draconian measures taken by its right-wing government, led by Javier Milei, who took over as president in December last year amid a...
‘Chicago Med’ Season 10 Will Include More Humor and Cameos by Departed Actors, Hints New Showrunner: ‘I Like Checking in With People’
The changes at “Chicago Med” aren’t only in front of the camera. Season 10 won’t only look different but may feel different as longtime showrunners Diane Frolov and Andy Schneider exited at the end of Season 9. 'Chicago Med' Season 10 Casts Sarah Ramos, Darren Barnet Allen MacDonald, who previously worked on “ER,” “CSI” and “13 Reasons Why,” among others, will fill the very big shoes — and is bringing a new tone to the show. “I feel like the show has always been very emotionally based, and that was a beautiful foundation that Andy and Diane had built and kept going...
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Launches Marshall Headphones ‘Designed for True Music Lovers’: ‘What Better Way to Flip Off the World Than Put Your Headphones On?’
From Apple to Bose to even Dyson, noise-cancelling headphones are everywhere. But none have merged the high-tech audio innovation with rock n’ roll style…until now. Green Day Delivers Fresh-Faced Performance of Decades-Old Albums at SoFi Stadium: Concert Review Marshall teamed up with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to launch the new Monitor III A.N.C Wireless Headphones, the newest update to the audio brand’s bestselling Monitor series. The new cans boast more than 70 hours of active noise-canceling playtime (100 hours without), 40 more hours of wireless charge and a sleek, foldable design. The Monitor III’s are available to shop on...
CAPE and Janet Yang Announce Grantees for Short Film Challenge for API Women and Nonbinary Filmmakers
CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and Janet Yang Productions today revealed the four grantees of the 2024 Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge for Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers. Academy Foundation Board Elects Five Trustees as 2024-2025 Members and Officers In its third consecutive year, the four filmmakers will each receive a $25,000 production grant to produce their short films. Yang, who also serves as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said, “I love it when dreams become reality – I had a dream that I shared with Julia Gouw several years...
T.I. and Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris Awarded $71 Million in Lawsuit Against Manufacturer of L.O.L. Surprise! Dolls
Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris were awarded $71 million in a lawsuit filed against MGA Entertainment, manufacturer of the popular L.O.L. Surprise! dolls.T.I. and Tiny Sued For Allegations of Sexual Assault in Graphic Lawsuit The suit alleged that MGA’s line of “O.M.G.” dolls copied the likeness of T.I. and Tiny’s defunct girl group OMG Girlz that formed 15 years ago. The pair were awarded $17.8 million in real damages for the profits that the company made, as well as $53.6 million in punitive damages. The trial, which lasted for three weeks in Orange County, was the third in T.I....
Rob Marshall in Talks to Direct ‘Guys and Dolls’ Remake For Sony’s TriStar Pictures
Rob Marshall is rockin’ the boat!Keke Palmer and SZA's Buddy Comedy at TriStar Adds Dewayne Perkins, Amin Joseph, Gabrielle Dennis and DomiNque Perry (EXCLUSIVE) The “Chicago” director is in talks to helm the remake of “Guys and Dolls” for Sony’s TriStar Pictures. Marshall and John DeLuca will write the script with John Requa & Glenn Ficarra. John Goldwyn, Marc Toberoff and Marc Platt will produce alongside Marshall and DeLuca, while TriStar president Nicole Brown and Shary Shirazi will oversee the project for the studio. Bill Condon was previously attached to direct the film back in 2021. Sony purchased remake rights in 2019 for the original Damon...
Lady Gaga Announces ‘Joker 2’ Album ‘Harlequin’ With 13 Songs
It looks like there will be two Lady Gaga albums in the coming months.'Joker: Folie à Deux' Star Harry Lawtey on Joaquin Phoenix Pranking His Mother, His Bromance With Kit Harington and Keeping Intimacy Coordinators 'Very Busy' on HBO's 'Industry' The singer, who announced that she will be dropping the first single from her forthcoming seventh studio album next month, just announced “Harlequin,” a soundtrack album titled to the forthcoming film “Joker :Folie et Deux,” in which she stars with Joaquin Phoenix. “Harlequin” will be released on Sept. 27 and feature 13 songs. In the lead up to the announcement, Gaga teased...
Brett Favre Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis
Brett Favre revealed during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that can cause stiffness, tremors and uncontrollable movements.SiriusXM Suspends Brett Favre's Weekly NFL Show Amid Welfare-Fraud Scandal The Hall of Fame quarterback appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee while testifying about his alleged misuse of taxpayer money, NBC News reports. Favre was accused of exploiting his political connections in order to redirect welfare money meant for families in Mississippi into his own pocket. “Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion...
‘The Boys’ Season 5 Casts Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs has been cast in the fifth and final season of “The Boys,” Variety has learned. Amazon Greenlights Kay Scarpetta Series Starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, Adds Five Cast Members It was announced in June that “The Boys” would be ending with Season 5. Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but Diggs will appear in a series regular role in the Amazon Prime Video series. He will appear alongside returning cast members Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit...
MGM+ Orders Robin Hood Series From John Glenn, Jonathan English
MGM+ has ordered a new drama series take on the beloved hero Robin Hood. Justin Simien's 'Hollywood Black' Is a Fascinating Reexamination of Cinema History Through a Black Lens: TV Review “Robin Hood” hails from writers John Glenn (“SEAL Team,” “Eagle Eye”) and Jonathan English (“Ironclad,” “The Ark”) as well as Lionsgate Television. Glenn serves as showrunner with English serving as director. Both are executive producers on the series. “We call MGM+ television for movie lovers and English and Glenn’s ‘Robin Hood’ is the epitome of our brand promise,” said Michael Wright, head of MGM+. “This is a new imagining of...
Gregg Nadel Named Co-Chair/Co-President of Warner Music Nashville, as Ben Kline Steps Down
Warner Music Group announced Tuesday that Gregg Nadel will become co-chair and co-president of Warner Music Nashville, taking a position alongside Cris Lacy as one of the leaders of Warner’s Nashville operations. Layoffs Begin at Atlantic Music Group Nadel (pictured above) succeeds Ben Kline, who was described as deciding to step down after a decade with the company. Kline and Lacy had been elevated to co-chairs and co-presidents at the beginning of 2023, jointly following in the footsteps of John Esposito, after that longtime label topper announced his retirement in 2022. Nadel comes in to assume co-leadership of WMN after most recently...
Jeff Zucker-Led RedBird IMI Acquires TV Production Company Efran Films Canada, Which Is Rebranding as Bright North Studios
RedBird IMI, the media investment firm led by CEO Jeff Zucker, has acquired Bright North Studios, the TV production company previously known as Efran Films Canada.Jeff Zucker's RedBird IMI Closes $1.45 Billion Acquisition of U.K.'s All3Media Toronto-based Efran Films Canada is rebranding as Bright North Studios. The company, which specializes in narrative nonfiction TV, has produced shows including “FBI True” (CBS), “Never Seen Again” and “PD True” (Paramount+), “100 Days to Indy” (CW), “While the Rest of Us Die” (Vice TV), and “Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?” (Investigation Discovery). Financial terms of RedBird IMI’s acquisition of Efran Films were not disclosed....
Journalists Abandon Johnny Depp Junket in San Sebastian as Row Over Press Access Escalates
A group of international journalists abandoned a press junket for the Johnny Depp film “Modi” at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Tuesday in the latest escalation of a growing row from within the industry over press access to talent.Johnny Depp Says His Life Turned 'Into a Soap Opera' as He Debuts First Directorial Effort in 27 Years: It Was 'Televised, in Fact' Variety understands that 12 journalists working for various international publications had been invited to take part in the interviews for the buzzy film, directed by Depp and launching at the Spanish festival. Understandably, Depp was the star attraction...
Linkin Park Drop New Song ‘Heavy Is the Crown,’ Add Tour Dates
Linkin Park, whose top-secret return was revealed earlier this month with a new album, singer, drummer and tour, have dropped a new single and video titled “Heavy Is the Crown” and new concert dates added in Dallas, Paris and Brazil.Chester Bennington's Mom Says 'I Feel Betrayed' by Linkin Park: 'They're Trying Very Hard to Erase the Past' The song, from their forthcoming album “From Zero” (due on Nov. 15), is the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Anthem, marking the band’s first collaboration with Riot Games. It follows the release earlier this month of the first single from the album, “The Emptiness Machine,” which the...
Ryan Murphy Defends ‘Monsters’ Against Erik Menendez Criticism and Backlash Over Homoerotic Brother Scenes: ‘We Had an Obligation to Show All of That’
Ryan Murphy is defending his latest Netflix series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which has stirred up controversy since its streaming debut on Sept. 19. The show covers the 1989 murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik, and the subsequent trials that ended in their conviction in 1996. The real Erik Menendez has slammed the show, saying Murphy was “naive and inaccurate” in his portrayal of the brothers.Netflix YA Drama 'Penelope' Is Beautifully Shot, but Has Little to Say About Self-Discovery: TV Review “I think it’s interesting that he’s issued a statement without having...
Johnny Depp Says His Life Turned ‘Into a Soap Opera’ as He Debuts First Directorial Effort in 27 Years: It Was ‘Televised, in Fact’
During a San Sebastian press conference for his latest directorial outing, “Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness,” Johnny Depp reflected on the nearly three decades since his last feature outing, 1997’s much-maligned “The Brave.”San Sebastian's 3rd Creative Investors' Conference Draws the Contours of a Post-Covid Film-TV Landscape Asked to compare his own experiences with those of his film’s protagonist — the bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani — Depp said both of them have had to earn their stripes. “Sure, we can say that I’ve been through a number of things here and there, but I’m alright,” he said. Depp then seemed to...
Johnny Depp Says His Life Turned ‘Into a Soap Opera’ as He Debuts First Directorial Effort in 27 Years: It Was ‘Televised, in Fact’
During a San Sebastian press conference for his latest directorial outing, “Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness,” Johnny Depp reflected on the nearly three decades since his last feature outing, 1997’s much-maligned “The Brave.”San Sebastian's 3rd Creative Investors' Conference Draws the Contours of a Post-Covid Film-TV Landscape Asked to compare his own experiences with those of his film’s protagonist — the bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani — Depp said both of them have had to earn their stripes. “Sure, we can say that I’ve been through a number of things here and there, but I’m alright,” he said. Depp then seemed to...
Former MTV, Discovery Exec Sean Atkins Named President/COO at Dhar Mann Studios, Which Has Also Signed With CAA
Former MTV president and Discovery chief digital officer Sean Atkins has joined Dhar Mann Studios as its new president and COO. The indie digital media company has also signed with CAA for representation in all areas, as Atkins looks to expand it into new business categories.CAA and Wasserman Foundation Partner to Launch School Day 2024 Atkins joins a company focused on scripted content in the digial space, producing five 25-minute scripted episodes weekly, all written, directed and shot inside its 100,000-square-foot production space located in Burbank. Founder Dhar Mann, to whom Atkins will report, said the exec’s hire comes at “a...
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