Category Archives: Variety

Matthew McConaughey Drives Uber Eats Into Super Bowl Commercial Competition
Uber Eats is counting on a dizzying array of Matthew McConaugheys to help it make a Super Bowl splash in an ad game that counts two of its many competitors as advertisers. The transportation and deliv...
Brian Steinberg Feb 04, 2025

Fox Corp. Expects to Launch New Stand-Alone Streamer By End of 2025
Fox’s Sunday-afternoon football games and Fox News host Jesse Watters may soon have a new digital home. Fox Corporation expects to launch a new stand-alone subscription-based streaming service b...
Brian Steinberg Feb 04, 2025

Jesse Eisenberg Says ‘I Don’t Want to Think of Myself as Associated’ With Mark Zuckerberg: He’s ‘Doing Things That Are Problematic’ and ‘I’m Concerned’
Jesse Eisenberg, who received an Oscar nomination for playing Mark Zuckerberg in 2010’s “The Social Network,” is distancing himself from the Facebook and Meta chief. In an appearance...
Ellise Shafer Feb 04, 2025

‘Fantastic Four’ Trailer: Pedro Pascal Leads Invisible Woman, Human Torch and the Thing in Retro MCU Debut
Marvel has unveiled the first trailer for "The Fantastic Four: First Steps." The film stars Pedro Pascal ("The Last of Us") as Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby ("Napoleon") as the Invisible Woman, Joseph ...
Andrés Buenahora Feb 04, 2025

Fox Corp. Gets Q2 Profit Boost From Political Ads, Sports
Fox Corporation saw profit in its fiscal second quarter surge due to its reliance on news and sports programming, with ads tied to the 2024 presidential election and big-audience MLB and NFL telecasts...
Brian Steinberg Feb 04, 2025

Shania Twain Gives New Voice to Coffee Mate’s Super Bowl Commercial
Nestle's Coffee mate aims to lick Super Bowl advertising rivals not with a celebrity cameo but rather with a celebrity tongue. Shaina Twain provides the voice of a multitalented mouth appendage that d...
Brian Steinberg Feb 04, 2025

‘Conclave’ Producers Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell on Their First Oscar Nomination, Building House Productions Into a ‘Home’ Where Talent ‘Will Want to Come Back Again’
Robert Harris' novel "Conclave," a political papal thriller set in the Vatican as cardinals jostle and conspire to elect a new Pope, was released in September 2016, coincidentally just weeks after Hou...
Alex Ritman Feb 04, 2025

Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington,’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, Heads to EFM as A24 Eyes Cannes Debut and Summer Release (EXCLUSIVE)
A24 is bringing “Eddington,” Ari Aster’s hotly-anticipated contemporary Western thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler, to the European Film Ma...
Alex Ritman Feb 04, 2025

Lay’s Chooses Sweet Over Salty for Potato Chip Pitch in Super Bowl
Frito-Lay is getting ready to turn traditional notions of potato-chip advertising into mash. The snacking giant, part of PepsiCo., will run a minute-long Super Bowl commercial for its flagship Lay's t...
Brian Steinberg Feb 04, 2025

Brian Murphy, ‘Man About the House’ and ‘George and Mildred’ Star, Dies at 92
Brian Murphy, an English actor and comedian best known for his roles in the ’70s sitcoms “Man About the House” and “George and Mildred,” died on Sunday. He was 92. Murphy...
Ellise Shafer Feb 04, 2025