Category Archives: Variety
PGA Awards Debra Hill Fellowship to NYU Stern and Tisch Alum Karen Madar
The Producers Guild of America has awarded its 2024 Debra Hill Fellowship to Karen Madar, a recent graduate of NYU Stern and Tisch. Madar has produced a number of shorts since she graduated with a dua...
Oct 18, 2024
FanDuel Takes Over Naming Rights to Diamond Sports RSNs
FanDuel is getting into the chaotic world of regional sports TV. The online gaming giant will be able to crown the 16 regional sports networks operated by Diamond Sports Group with its moniker, wiping...
Oct 18, 2024
From ‘That ‘70s Show’ and ‘Roseanne’ to ‘Peaky Blinders,’ Producer Caryn Mandabach Turns Out TV Shows With Lasting Power
Caryn Mandabach's storied career as one of the most successful producers in television has something that few others in her field can claim - longevity of nearly 50 years. During that time, her output...
Oct 18, 2024
How to Watch All the New Holiday TV Movies This Year: Full Schedule
It’s officially the holiday season. Beginning Oct. 12, Great American Family kicked off their Great American Christmas 2024 event, while Hallmark Channel will start to roll out their new movies,...
Oct 18, 2024
‘They Will Be Dust,’ ‘Black Dog’ and ‘The New Years’ Headline Impressive Valladolid Program
The Valladolid International Film Festival, Seminci, will take place for the 69th time this fall, running Oct. 18-26. To prepare, we've scanned the festival's catalog for ten standout titles that atte...
Oct 18, 2024
Valladolid Invites Spanish Indies and Student Filmmakers to Sophomore Industry Sidebar
Valladolid’s Seminci International Film Festival will host its 69th edition from October 18-26 and, along with it, the second edition of its new industry sidebar. Below, we highlight three key e...
Oct 18, 2024
Valladolid International Film Festival Director on Embracing Spain’s Evolving Indie Scene, the Rise of Genre and the Importance of Retrospectives
The Valladolid International Film Festival celebrates its 69th edition from Nov. 18, and according to fest director Jos Luis Cienfuegos, it’s one of the most modern and international editions th...
Oct 18, 2024
Simon Cowell Pays Tribute to Liam Payne: ‘I Feel Empty’ and Son Bear ‘Will Be So Proud of Everything You Achieved’
Simon Cowell, who played an integral role in the rise of One Direction in the early 2010s, has issued a statement expressing condolences regarding Liam Payne’s death. “You never really kno...
Oct 18, 2024
Tim Heidecker Is Not Trying to Make You Laugh With Folk Album ‘Slipping Away’: ‘My Artistic Life Has Been About Obscuring Identity and Irony’
Over the last couple decades, Tim Heidecker has built a vast universe of comedy through TV shows, movies, web series and podcasts. In the bulk of it - hundreds of episodes of "Tim & Eric," "On Cin...
Oct 18, 2024
Why ‘Tales of the City’ Helped to Open Screen Doors for Queer Stories
The acclaimed American novelist Robert Coover, who recently passed away, once explained why he skipped out on reading perhaps more high-brow fiction in favor of "sci-fi, detective novels, Westerns, po...
Oct 18, 2024