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BusinessVarietyVOD Services in U.S., U.K. and European Union Grew a Third in Four Years, Report Finds
The number of VOD services launched in the U.S., U.K. and European Union territories has increased by 32%, a new report has revealed. Commissioned by content distribution and financing outfit Drive, the Drive New Buyers Report finds that VOD platforms have surged from 2270 in 2017 to 3015 in 2020, with 745 new service launches […]
BusinessVarietyDisney Plus Hotstar Launches Massive Recruitment Drive in India
Leading Indian streamer Disney Plus Hotstar is hiring more than 250 people in different roles across the company. The roles include engineers, marketers, consumer growth personnel across client platforms, personalizers of video content, and security, fraud, payments and subscriptions staff. Disney Plus has 103.6 million subscribers globally. Approximately a third of these are Disney Plus […]
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UKEverything new coming to Disney+ UK in July 2021
Marvel is back with its first movie in two years, while Dwayne Johnson gets on a boat and some classic films arrive on Disney+.
CelebrityYahoo Movies UK'Hollywood Bulldogs': Rocky Taylor, double for Sean Connery and Roger Moore, looks back on 60 years of stunts
Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman is new Britbox film that charts the rise of UK stuntmen in the Hollywood scene of the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties
EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK'For Your Eyes Only' at 40: 'Roger Moore told an awful lot of really, really filthy jokes' (exclusive)
For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore in his fifth outing as 007, celebrates its 40th anniversary this week, and it was breaking new ground for Ian Fleming's famous super spy.
EntertainmentVarietyEmmy Predictions: Best Drama Series – ‘The Crown’ Still Sits On Top As Voting Nears an End
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year […]
EntertainmentThe WrapCannes 2021 Jury Will Be Majority Women, Including Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cannes 2021 will make history, as for the first time the festival’s competition jury will be majority female. Among the jurists are actress-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, French actress-director Mélanie Laurent, French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, Austrian director Jessica Hausner and French singer Mylene Farmer. Director Spike Lee will preside over the jury, which includes Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho, South Korea’s Song Kang-ho, and French actor Tahar Rahim. The jurists will d
EntertainmentVarietyStephen Colbert and Christine Baranski Bring Sondheim Back to Broadway With ‘Side by Side’ Duet
The hits of Stephen Sondheim are finally back on Broadway — kind of, anyway. A week after moving back to live audiences for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Stephen Colbert welcomed “The Good Fight” star Christine Baranski as a guest on “The Late Show” on Wednesday, and acknowledged that while they chatted during […]
EntertainmentVarietyWattpad and Webtoon Merge Studio Divisions, Parent Company Commits $100M in Production Financing
Wattpad, a top user-contributed fiction app, is combining its TV, film and books division with the studio operations of digital comics platform Webtoon. The combo comes a month after South Korea-based Naver, Webtoon’s owner, closed the $600 million acquisition of Wattpad. Naver said it will fund the newly merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios with a commitment […]
EntertainmentVarietyCannes 2021 Jury Features Five Women, Including Maggie Gyllenhaal and Mélanie Laurent
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the jury for the competition, which will be powered by a majority of women, including American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, Austrian director Jessica Hausner and cult French singer Mylene Farmer. Spike Lee will presider over the jury which will also include French […]
EntertainmentThe Wrap15 Surprises About the Original ‘The Fast and the Furious,’ From Cast Crushes to Missing Driver’s Licenses (Photos)
When “The Fast and the Furious” came out in 2001, it was meant to be a high-octane summer popcorn flick. To the surprise of almost everyone, the Universal movie went on be a huge hit, grossing $207.3 million worldwide. But even then, no one predicted that it would explode into the multi-billion dollar franchise that it is today — and became Universal’s biggest franchise of all time. The original action film, starring the late Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, cele
CelebrityVarietyJustin Timberlake Voices Support for Britney Spears After She Pleads in Court to End Conservatorship
Justin Timberlake is sending a public message of support to his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears, just hours after she made a passionate statement in court, pleading with a judge to end her controversial conservatorship. “After what we saw today, we should all be supporting Britney at this time,” Timberlake tweeted on Wednesday evening. “Regardless of our […]
EntertainmentVarietyDavid Crosby’s Announcement of a Robert Zemeckis-Directed Crosby, Stills & Nash Doc Is Walked Back as ‘Premature’
On Tuesday, David Crosby declared to Howard Stern’s listeners that filmmaker Robert Zemeckis would be directing a documentary on Crosby, Stills & Nash, making possible use of “10,000 hours” of existing footage as well as fresh interviews. On Wednesday, that announcement got walked back a bit, with word that the tantalizing prospect of a full-on […]
EntertainmentVariety‘After Ever Happy’ Helmer Castille Landon Talks About Drama and Safe Sets
Multihphenate Castille Landon added writing and directing to her resume after she couldn’t find “roles that I loved and I was getting cast in a bunch of indie things that never got the financing altogether. It’s hard enough trying to get cast in something, but then when it falls through, it’s heartbreaking,” she says. She wrote and directed family drama […]
CelebrityVarietyMariah Carey, Brandy, Rose McGowan Show Support to Britney Spears: ‘Keep Fighting, We Are With You’
Britney Spears spoke out against the 13-year conservatorship she has been under on Wednesday, telling a judge, “I’ve lied and told the whole world I’m OK and I’m happy. It’s a lie. I’ve been in denial.” Appearing before Judge Brenda Penny, Spears stated why the conservatorship held by her father Jamie Spears needs to end. […]
EntertainmentVariety‘Under Milk Wood’ Review: Michael Sheen Stars in a Tender but Fitful Reimagination of Dylan Thomas
“We are paying you to stay awake and care.” That sounds like an admonition to the audience at the National Theatre’s new production, “Under Milk Wood.” But in fact it’s sensible Susan Brown’s unnamed character’s line to a member of the junior staff of the care-home for the elderly at which she is a supervisor. […]
LifestyleVarietyThe Best Earplugs to Save Your Hearing While Sitting Front Row
All products and services featured by Variety are independently selected by Variety editors. However, Variety may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The world is turning the volume up. From concerts and festivals to clubs and sports events, you’re likely […]
LifestyleVarietyRead Britney Spears’ Full Statement Against Conservatorship: ‘I Am Traumatized’
In a 24-minute statement against the conservatorship she’s lived under for 13 years, Britney Spears sounded off before a Los Angeles probate judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday, saying that she wants to sue her family and that she was “abused” by a previous therapist, among multiple other accusations. “I’ve been in shock. I am traumatized,” […]
CelebrityVarietyBlink-182’s Mark Hoppus Says He’s Undergoing Chemotherapy for Cancer: ‘It Sucks and I’m Scared’
Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus took to social media Wednesday to reveal that he is undergoing chemotherapy saying, “It sucks and I’m scared,” while adding that he feels hopeful and expects to be back on tour when he’s cancer-free. Earlier in the morning, Hoppus had alarmed fans with a photo he posted on Instagram, and then […]
EntertainmentThe Wrap‘Them’ Director Nelson Cragg on Working With Other Creatives of Color and Why Hollywood ‘Desperately Needs Fresh Voices’
Cinematographer/director Nelson Cragg knows what it’s like to be the “other.” “I was a young half-Korean kid growing up in Ohio, so I didn’t really have much Asian anything,” he told TheWrap’s Lawrence Yee. “It was Cincinnati, so I always felt a little bit out of place.” Coming of age in the ’80s and ’90s, he found himself gravitating towards the films of John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat. “That was the only place I really saw people that looked like myself,” he recalled. “I really kind of latched onto
CelebrityVarietyBritney Spears Demands an End to ‘Abusive’ Conservatorship
Britney Spears told a judge on Wednesday that she wants to end the conservatorship that has governed her life for the last 13 years, calling it “abusive” and denouncing her father for exerting control over her life. “I told the whole world I’m OK and I’m happy — it’s a lie,” she said. “I’m not […]
EntertainmentVarietyEmily Heller Inks Overall Deal With CBS Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
Emily Heller has signed an overall deal with CBS Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. Under the deal, Heller will focus on developing comedy projects. This will come naturally to Heller, who has racked up an impressive resume in the comedy world in recent years. She has worked as a writer and producer on a number of popular […]
EntertainmentVariety‘Brighton 4th’ Review: A Bittersweet Tale of a Father’s Devotion
The tragicomedy nabbed a trifecta of awards at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, including best international narrative feature, screenplay and actor. It marks the third fiction outing by Georgian helmer Levan Koguashvili (“Blind Dates”) and follows a former Olympic wrestling champ from Tbilisi who goes to New York to help his adult son get his life back on track.
EntertainmentVarietyMonoduo Takes World Rights to U.K.-Serbia Music Doc ‘Faith and Branko’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Monoduo Films, the leading distributor of feature-length music documentaries, has acquired world sales rights to “Faith and Branko,” an intimate story that chronicles the relationship between two musicians over the course of seven years. The deal was announced on the eve of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, where the film screens in the Agora Doc Market. […]
NewsVarietyGabriel Marano Joins Entertainment One as Exec VP of Scripted TV
Entertainment One is expanding its leadership team, bringing on board Gabriel Marano as an executive vice president of scripted television, where he will oversee the development of all of the company’s Hasbro IP. Concurrently, Jacqueline Sacerio, eOne’s current exec VP of scripted TV, will expand her responsibilities and shepherd the company’s first-look ad pod deals. […]
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