Category Archives: Variety

What’s Going on With Emmys’ Drama Category? Should It Cast an Even Wider Net?
The debate over whether shows like "The Bear" belong in the comedy race - which I think we've all tackled ad infinitum at this point - has perhaps clouded a bigger conundrum in Emmyland. It's somethin...
Varietyschneider Aug 20, 2024

SciTech Awards Committee Investigating 11 Areas of Innovation for Academy Consideration
In-camera visual effects rendering or playback engines, a component of virtual production, are among the 11 investigations launched by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the lead-up to...
Carolyn Giardina Aug 20, 2024

Amazon to Launch ‘King of Meat’ Online Co-Op Combat Game
Amazon Games is launching a new “outlandish” online co-op battle title, “King of Meat,” which allows players to “fight weird and wonderful creatures, and build treacherou...
Jennifer Maas Aug 20, 2024

Condé Nast Inks Pact With OpenAI, Latest Media Company to License Content to Generative AI Platform
Cond Nast inked a deal with OpenAI, the prominent artificial-intelligence tech company, to license content from brands including the New Yorker, Cond Nast Traveler, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired and Vogue fo...
Todd Spangler Aug 20, 2024

DNC Host Tony Goldwyn on Meeting Kamala Harris for the First Time and a Potential Taylor Swift Endorsement: ‘Could Be Significant’
Tony Goldwyn had never met Vice President Kamala Harris until Monday night at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. And what an introduction it was. Goldwyn, serving as host of the first night of t...
Marcmalkin Aug 20, 2024

‘Borderlands 4’ Launching in 2025, Teaser Released
A new game in the “Borderlands” saga, “Borderlands 4,” will be launching from 2K Games in 2025. Per 2K’s description for the title: “See if you have what it takes t...
Jennifer Maas Aug 20, 2024

Filmmakers Behind ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ On Pressure of Adapting This Beloved Book, ‘I Couldn’t Sleep Until I Got to Make the Film’
Five months passed between the audition and callback for “Red, White & Royal Blue” star Taylor Zakhar Perez, but it only took a few days to secure his role as Alex Claremont-Diaz once ...
Jack Dunn Aug 20, 2024

‘It Ends With Us’ Star Brandon Sklenar Slams Rumors That Are ‘Vilifying’ Blake Lively, Colleen Hoover and More: ‘It’s Been Disheartening to See the Amount of Negativity’
“It Ends With Us” actor Brandon Sklenar has taken to Instagram to defend author Colleen Hoover and “the women of this cast” against online backlash that has swirled around the ...
Zack Sharf Aug 20, 2024

Ana Navarro Can’t Mention ‘The View’ While Hosting at DNC
Ana Navarro is known best these days as a co-host on ABC’s “The View,” but she isn’t likely to bring up the connection when she hosts an evening of the Democratic National Conv...
Brian Steinberg Aug 20, 2024

Ilana Glazer Sets Hulu Stand-Up Special ‘Human Magic’
Ilana Glazer has set a new comedy special titled “Human Magic” at Hulu. “Human Magic” was taped at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre in Toronto in May of this year dur...
Selome Hailu Aug 20, 2024