Category Archives: News

Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ book sells more than 800,000 copies in first weekend
Taylor Swift’s Eras book has sold more than 800,000 copies during its first weekend on sale, new figures have revealed. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Tortured Poets Department&rsquo...
Elizabeth Aubrey Dec 05, 2024

Ben Stiller Says ‘Meet the Fockers’ Avoided R Rating by Finding a Real Person With ‘Focker’ Last Name to Show the MPAA: ‘They Thought It Was Too Close to F—er’
Ben Stiller appeared on “Hot Ones” and confirmed that the team behind “Meet the Fockers” had to find an real person with the Focker surname in order to prevent the MPA (then ca...
Zack Sharf Dec 05, 2024

This old ITV crime drama is now huge on Netflix UK
There is an unlikely title riding high in the Netflix charts in the UK this week. The second spot is taken by the prestigious Colman Domingo thriller series The Madness, but above that at Number One i...
Max Pilley Dec 05, 2024

FKA Twigs, Jarvis Cocker, Munroe Bergdorf, Marcel Dettman, Annie Mac lead AVA London line-up
AVA Festival have announced the first fave of acts and speakers for their 2025 edition. Check out more information below. READ MORE: FKA Twigs on the cover: “There are so many sides to me t...
Laura Molloy Dec 05, 2024
‘High Potential,’ ‘Tracker’ Lead Fall Cross-Platform Broadcast Series Ratings; ABC Takes Top 3 Slots in 18-49 (EXCLUSIVE)
Now that Nielsen is providing competitive multi-platform primetime data to its subscribers via its Streaming Content Ratings, the broadcast networks are getting a much clearer view of how their shows&...
Varietyschneider Dec 05, 2024

Jack Antonoff, Variety Hitmakers’ Producer of the Decade, on Getting Advice From Bruce Springsteen and Working With the ‘Incredibly Funny’ Sabrina Carpenter
With no shade to anyone, there really is no other choice for Variety’s Hitmakers Producer of the Decade than Jack Antonoff. Yes, he's won the Grammy producer of the year award for three consecut...
Jem Aswad Dec 05, 2024

‘Like That’: How Kendrick Lamar, Future and Metro Boomin’s Brutal Opening Salvo Against Drake Launched the Beef of the Year
At a time when watercooler moments are hard to come by, "Like That" - an explosive collaboration between hip-hop heavyweights Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar - dominated the cultural conversat...
William Earl Dec 05, 2024

How Daniel Nigro’s Belief in Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan Led to the ‘Year of Vindication’
Daniel Nigro knew there was something special about Chappell Roan, a young upstart who had just moved to Los Angeles from Missouri, during their first meeting in 2018. The pair cooked up a few songs a...
Steven J. Horowitz Dec 05, 2024

‘Universal Language’ Director Matthew Rankin on Making a Comedy Without Borders for His Canadian Oscar Entry
There's a notion in the film industry that comedies don't travel. Jokes have a regional audience, and humor gets lost in translation, the thinking goes. But director Matthew Rankin thinks more of audi...
J. Kim Murphy Dec 05, 2024

‘I Had Some Help’: Post Malone and Morgan Wallen Quickly Bonded and Wrote Seven Songs During Their First Session Together – Including This Smash Hit
As the definition of "genre" becomes increasingly elastic, more artists are blurring the lines. In March, Beyonc went country with "Cowboy Carter," and Post Malone, who features on that record, wasn't...
William Earl Dec 05, 2024