Category Archives: News
Media Capital Technologies Backing Financier Head Gear in New Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
Media Capital Technologies (MCT) has signed a deal to provide “significant investment capital” for Head Gear. As part of the agreement, Head Gear will use the capital to deploy senior-secu...
Varietybrentlang May 14, 2025
Trans Love Story ‘Lala & Poppy’ From Veteran Producer Bobby Bedi Heads to Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Veteran Indian producer Bobby Bedi, who boldly backed Deepa Mehta’s landmark LGBTQ+ film “Fire” in 1995, returns to the frontier of boundary-pushing cinema with “Lala & Pop...
Naman Ramachandran May 14, 2025
CNN Hopes to Gain Sustenance From Tony Shalhoub’s ‘Breaking Bread’
Tony Shaloub is offering a twist on a familiar recipe at CNN. The actor, known for memorable turns in series such as “Wings,” “Monk” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,”...
Brian Steinberg May 14, 2025
Passion Paris Adds Prolific Artists’ Collective Alcyde to Its Ranks (EXCLUSIVE)
Passion Paris, part of the international production group Passion Pictures, has added the creative collective Alcyde to its roster of directors. Alcyde was founded by Antoine Charreyron, Florent Auguy...
Jamie Lang May 14, 2025
BBC Chief Tim Davie Commits to CIISA Standards in Anti-Bullying Push
BBC director-general Tim Davie has said that the broadcaster will refuse to work with anyone not committed to the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) standards, indicating a ze...
Naman Ramachandran May 14, 2025
Is Mubi Really Worth $1 Billion? Inside Efe Cakarel’s Plan to Make the Global Streamer Cooler Than A24
Mubi, the upstart indie film company that made "The Substance" into an Oscar sensation, traces its origins to Tokyo on New Year's Eve 2006, when Efe Cakarel, then a vacationing Turkish-born film fanat...
William Earl May 14, 2025
Jeffrey P. Jones on Why the Peabody Awards Are America’s Archive of TV Excellence
What makes a TV program, radio, podcast or social video post rise to the level of a Peabody Award winner? Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of the Peabody Awards, explains the metrics that matter f...
Cynthia Littleton May 14, 2025
Liam Gallagher casts doubt over manager’s claims about Oasis’ future: “He’s the accountant”
Liam Gallagher has cast doubt over claims from the band’s manager that Oasis have no intentions of sharing any new material. READ MORE: The Masterlist – every song Oasis ever recorded rank...
Liberty Dunworth May 14, 2025
‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Shifts to 2026 Release
“Game of Thrones” fans will have to wait a while longer to head back to Westeros, as the premiere of new spinoff series “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” has now been set for 20...
Ethan Shanfeld May 14, 2025
‘Emily in Paris’ Season 5 Casts Minnie Driver (EXCLUSIVE)
Minnie Driver has joined “Emily in Paris” Season 5, Variety has learned exclusively. The fifth season of the popular Netflix drama series was announced in September 2024, with production k...
Joseph Otterson May 14, 2025