Martin Starger, who shepherded Roots, Happy Days and Rich Man, Poor Man as the first president of ABC Entertainment before producing such films as Robert Altman’s Nashville and Peter Bogdanovich’s Mask, has died. He was 92. Starger died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his
Shonda Rhimes’ showrunner reign in Hollywood has seen many sunny days. The smash hit return of “Bridgerton” and her visionary career were celebrated during Sesame Workshop’s annual benefit in New York City last night where she was presented with the Joan Ganz Cooney Award.
“The Regime” showrunner Stephen Frears is a man of few words when it comes to music — at least according to award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat. But that wasn’t a bad thing. The two had previously collaborated, and Desplat liked that approach, as it gave him free reign to
For a variety of reasons, one of the biggest stories in entertainment this year has been the precarious state of Jennifer Lopez’s “This Is Me… Now” tour, which was finally put out of its misery yesterday. The tour, announced in February, came as part of “This Is Me… Now,” a
After “The Morning Show” began its third season last fall, showrunner Charlotte Stoudt received a text message from “a very well-known anchor on a national news network” with some constructive criticism. This unnamed person had seen Episode 3, in which June Diane Raphael makes
There’s going to be a massive fight in the “Garden State” with UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier. The main event is also a title fight, Russian fighter Islam Makhachev (25-1) is set to defend his lightweight championship belt against American Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier (30-8).
In building the world of Netflix’s “Ripley,” production designer David Gropman needed to incorporate grand Italian train stations and works of art from the early 1960s. The series, shot in black and white, is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” about
The team behind “Girls5eva” has gotten used to being texted song demos out of the blue. Series creator Meredith Scardino regularly sends music supervisor (and fellow executive producer) Jeff Rich- mond and his team voice memos singing her lyrics to the show’s latest absurd
It’s another bummer of a weekend at the summer of box office, where overall domestic revenue looks to be down 67 percent — no, not a typo — from a year ago as Hollywood and theater owners continue to grapple with a lack of big event pics. For some, there is reason to smile.
Countless stories have been told about the male-dominated culture of drug kingpins such as Pablo Escobar and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, but little has been written about female Columbian drug lord Griselda Blanco. “Every story you’ve ever heard about Griselda is that she’s a
Netflix has unveiled the premiere date for the animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft,” based on the iconic action-adventure video game franchise. The show hits the streamer Oct. 10 with Hayley Atwell taking on the titular role of the intrepid British
In the upcoming Lifetime docuseries “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,” audiences will get to hear from O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole, who was found murdered alongside Ronald Goldman in 1994 outside her Brentwood condominium, in ways most viewers have not before.
It was not lost on Paul Walter Hauser that previous film representations of the Fantastic Four did not exactly set the world on fire. During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the in-demand actor reveals that those poorly received movie adaptations of Marvel’s
There is a wealth of period costumes cross the categories for Emmy voters to think about this season. In limited series, Oscar-winner Colleen Atwood built 200 to 300 leather jackets for AppleTV+’s World War II drama “Masters of the Air.” “It took six months to get them built,”
For three seasons, “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” star Patina Miller has stood in drug queenpin Raquel “Raq” Thomas’ thigh-high stiletto boots. Like her shoe preferences, the character is a dichotomy of femininity and viciousness. In the ‘90s-set series, Raq, the matriarch of
Thirty years after Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder, her sister Denise Brown has gathered friends and family to reflect on her legacy for “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.” The four-part docuseries premieres on June 1 and 2 on Lifetime, but cable-cutters can stream the
The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz. The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22. New episodes will be available each week on Friday at midnight ET on the Starz app and on all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ beloved home renovation series “Fixer Upper” is turning 10 and the couple is celebrating with the launch of a new special edition season, “Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse.” Premiering Sunday on the Gaines’ Magnolia Network (part owned by Warner Bros.
Lamorne Morris’ three-year-old daughter is getting used to seeing her dad’s face all over town. Morris is the spokesperson for BMO bank, which recently arrived in Southern California with an advertising blitz — all with Morris’ face on it. Now, the actor says she’s ready to
If the summer box office is ever going to heat up, it’ll have to wait a while longer. In a weekend being led by holdovers, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” looks to overtake “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” for first place on domestic charts. The marketplace continues to be dire overall,
After 65 episodes, “Star Trek: Discovery” boldly wrapped up its ambitious five-season run with “Life, Itself,” in which Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finally found the technology of the Progenitors that she and her crew had searched for, only to let it stay
Like her fellow documentarian Frederick Wiseman, Claire Simon is drawn to institutions, and the human flow that keeps them running. Where many of Wiseman’s films favor a big picture, a systemic view, Simon often works in more intimate close-up, picking out faces and
Three days after initial reports that a notorious hacking group had stolen info on more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers — and was attempting to sell the data online — parent company Live Nation Entertainment confirmed the breach in a regulatory filing late Friday. On
Lange, a beauty at 75, has a face that has only grown more expressive with the years. In "The Great Lillian Hall," that face is a map of emotion we read. Even when Lillian is being deceptive (even when she’s deceiving herself), the majesty of her feelings shines through.
Kristen Bell may have dozens of acting credits under her belt but that doesn’t mean she was initially fond of the idea of her children following in her footsteps. The Veronica Mars alum recently spoke to People magazine at the opening night of Reefer Madness: The Musical at The
Just because Celestina, the soon-to-be young wife in the “The Young Wife” told friends and family that while the honor of their presence was requested, they would be attending a party, not a wedding, doesn’t make it so. The weight of family, community and ritual aren’t so
“Ezra” celebrated its premiere in New York, N.Y., on Thursday with stars Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, and Tony Goldwyn all in attendance. The film is a Bleeker Street Media release that follows Max Bernal (Cannavale), who is a stand-up comedy writer (with scenes
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the limited series “Eric,” now streaming on Netflix. Abi Morgan wants the sting of her new Netflix limited series “Eric” to linger with the audience long after it’s over. Sure, there is plenty to be happy about in the final
Weeks after Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito teased that he’d be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe “sooner than you think,” Variety can confirm that he will appear in “Captain America: Brave New World,” which hits theaters next year. Esposito revealed he’d been cast in a
After “Bridgerton” dominated the top three spots on Luminate’s streaming rankings last week, the only TV title that could rival it was a complete change of pace from the high production value Regency-era drama: “Tires,” Shane Gillis’ self-funded half-hour comedy that premiered
Following in the footsteps of ILM Immersive’s (formerly ILMxLAB) “Vader Immortal” game and the company’s virtual reality experiences “Star Wars: Secret of the Empire” and “Avengers: Damage Control,” “What If…? — An Immersive Story” offers fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The void that Crowded House left in the periods of time that the group disbanded a couple of times over the years didn’t exactly get filled in by a lot of other bands with equal facilities for melody, mystery and tightness. Frontman Neil Finn didn’t give up his gift for those
As the nonfiction space continues to weather larger difficulties in the entertainment and journalism industries, a global nonprofit focused on helping documentarians connect is expanding its reach with some help from the Knight Foundation. With an investment from Knight
Coming in to the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, three films loomed large: George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1.” To varying degrees, they all fell short of the impossibly high
A group of rowdy teens party in a secluded cabin in the woods, only to be systematically and grotesquely killed off by a masked murderer. Sounds familiar, right? Well, “In a Violent Nature” switches things up from classic horror formula. It firmly plants the camera behind the
Composer Tom Holkenborg looked at his sonic palette for “Mad Max: Fury Road” as a massive rock opera. For the prequel, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” he thought it needed a sonic shift. Holkenborg, also known professionally as Junkie XL, lit up a cigarette as he joined Variety from
The fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson — to be livestreamed on Netflix — will not take place as originally scheduled for July 20 because of Tyson’s recent ulcer flare-up, the event’s promoter said. The new date of the fight will be announced by next Friday, June 7,
Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry satirical comedy earned the best movie honor at the Canadian Screen Awards on Friday, which also tapped the Canadian Indigenous TV series Little Bird as the best TV drama. In earlier prize-giving this week, BlackBerry picked up hardware for best
Sam Wilson is back in action this week in Atlanta, where Captain America: Brave New World began a round of additional photography, with a new actor now in the cast. Giancarlo Esposito, who for a few weeks had hinted at his involvement in a Marvel Studios project, is officially
Laura Karpman brought choral sounds into Season 2 of “What If…?” while Natalie Holt re-established the “Loki” theme for the series’ second season. The Newton Brothers entered the Marvel universe by scoring “X-Men ’97,” and Kris Bowers dives into “Secret Invasion.” These are
Sony Pictures Television is closing TriStar Television, the studio behind Apple TV+’s “The Afterparty” and AMC’s “Lucky Hank.” As Sony shutters the division and folds the studio into the larger TV org, executive vice president Jennifer Turner and senior vice president of
A playwright-turned-screenwriter, John Logan made a name for himself — and earned three Oscar nominations — working with some of the biggest names in the business, in genres ranging period dramas, sword-and-sandal epics and spy thrillers. His credits include Martin Scorsese’s
Xochitl Gomez, best known for playing Marvel heroine America Chavez in the studio’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is shooting Hive, a horror short from rising Colombian-American filmmaker Felipe Vargas. Written and directed by Vargas, Hive stars Gomez as a
As a child of the 1980s, I thought I knew pretty much everything I needed to know about Wham!, just as I thought I had a pretty good handle on the behind the scenes of the late-night all-star recording of “We Are the World.” But maybe that’s why I enjoyed the docs “Wham!” and
Nearly six decades after “Star Trek: The Original Series” first declared space to be the final frontier, television has maintained its fascination with exploring every corner of the unknown. But few networks or streamers are as dedicated to the cause as Apple TV+. In just the
In “Flipside,” documentary filmmaker Chris Wilcha grapples with personal regrets and middle age through the lens of the documentary projects he started but never finished. The 96-minute doc, which premiered last year at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, looks at those abandoned
