Category Archives: Variety

FerenComm Promotes Krista Zoch and Emily Hunter to Senior VP as PR Firm Hits 30th Anniversary
FerenComm has promoted longtime staffers Krista Zoch and Emily Hunter to senior vice president, just as the PR agency, founded by Sheila Feren Thurston, celebrates its 30th anniversary. Both Zoch and ...
Andrés Buenahora Nov 21, 2024

‘Queen SongShares’ Offers Fans and Investors a Percentage of Royalties From Several of the Group’s Songs
SongVest, a company that enables fans and investors to purchase fractional shares of music royalties, is opening the reservation period for "Queen SongShares." From today (Nov. 21) through Thursday, D...
Jem Aswad Nov 21, 2024

Amazon Taps Jennifer Hudson, Martha Stewart and More to Host Black Friday Shopping Shows Powered by TalkShopLive
The day after Thanksgiving, Jennifer Hudson and Martha Stewart will suit up to pitch Amazon special deals, as part of a series of live shopping shows produced by video-commerce company TalkShopLive. A...
Todd Spangler Nov 21, 2024

Spain’s World Cup Kissing Scandal Was a ‘Symptom of a Broken System,’ Netflix Documentary Director Says as Fallout Continues: ‘This Is Certainly Not a Finished Story’
Netflix’s documentary “It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football” hit the platform on Nov. 1 and has changed the conversation around women’s soccer in Spain i...
Jamie Lang Nov 21, 2024

‘The Mask’ Was Supposed to Be a Horror Film, Says Director Chuck Russell, but ‘It Would Be Too Much Like Freddy Krueger’
Legendary Hollywood director and producer Charles 'Chuck' Russell says that the breakout film "The Mask" was originally conceived by New Line Cinema as a horror movie. Instead, the 1994 action comedy ...
Patrick Frater Nov 21, 2024

‘Parthenope’ Trailer: Paolo Sorrentino Pens a Love Letter to Naples in Decades-Spanning Drama as A24 Plans U.S. Release for Next Year
A24 has dropped an eye-catching new trailer for Paolo Sorrentino's "Parthenope" ahead of the U.S. release of the Oscar-winning director’s lavish love letter to his native Naples. The U.S. traile...
Nick Vivarelli Nov 21, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils New Shoppable Ads, Consumer ‘Moments’ for Max
Warner Bros. Discovery is adding some new commercial concepts to ad-supported Max that could turn the streaming hub into a shopping mall or a microscope. Using artificial intelligence, the company can...
Brian Steinberg Nov 21, 2024

‘The Expanse’ Creators Set ‘Captive’s War’ TV Series at Amazon, Launch New Media Company Expanding Universe (EXCLUSIVE)
The team behind Amazon’s cult hit sci-fi epic “The Expanse” has set a new series at Amazon MGM Studios. The project, a TV adaptation of book series “The Captive’s War,...
Jennifer Maas Nov 21, 2024

BBC Anthology Series ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ Sets E. Nesbitt’s ‘Man-Size in Marble’ as Next Adaptation, Mark Gatiss Directs (EXCLUSIVE)
Mark Gatiss is adapting E. Nesbitt's "Man-Size in Marble" for the BBC as part of its annual "’A Ghost Story for Christmas" anthology series. Titled "Woman of Stone," the spooky Christmas special...
K.J. Yossman Nov 21, 2024

Josh Brolin on His New Memoir and Why Denis Villeneuve Deserves an Oscar for ‘Dune 2’: ‘If He Doesn’t Get Nominated … I’ll Quit Acting’
There’s a moment in Josh Brolin’s raw, frequently self-eviscerating memoir “From Under the Truck” where the actor, shirtless, shoeless and wandering around Manhattan’s Up...
Varietybrentlang Nov 21, 2024