Category Archives: Variety

Roku Q2 Sales Rise 14%, Beating Expectations, as Losses Narrow
Roku’s numbers for the second quarter of 2024 beat Wall Street expectations, helped by a 2% drop in operating expenses and a 39% increase in devices revenue. The streaming platform company repor...
Todd Spangler Aug 01, 2024

Harrison Ford Says Red Hulk Acting in ‘Captain America 4’ Required ‘Not Caring’ and ‘Being an Idiot for Money, Which I’ve Done Before. I Don’t Mean to Disparage It’
Harrison Ford is confirmed to hulk out in next year’s Marvel tentpole “Captain America: Brave New World,” where he will be making his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Thadde...
Zack Sharf Aug 01, 2024

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 Review: Here’s Where To Get the Best Folding Phone To Buy In 2024
Folding phones are still a new category in smartphones with its introduction in 2018. In fact, there are only a handful of companies that make phones with Motorola re-making the Razr brand and Google ...
Rudie Obias Aug 01, 2024

‘Moulin Rouge!’ at 5: How The Broadway Musical Overcame the COVID Lockdown and Went Global in Record Time
The fifth-anniversary Broadway performance of "Moulin Rouge!" didn't exactly go as planned. A technical issue with the set delayed the July 25 curtain by some 45 minutes and required certain pivotal s...
Gordon Cox Aug 01, 2024

Amazon Q2 Ad Revenue up 20% to $12.8 Billion, Short of Wall Street Forecasts
Amazon’s initiative to insert ads into Prime Video helped drive its advertising revenue up 20% for the second quarter of 2024 — but it was less than analysts expected. The company reported...
Todd Spangler Aug 01, 2024

PinkPantheress Cancels All 2024 Tour Dates to Focus on Her Well-Being: ‘I’ve Reached a Wall Which I Am Struggling to Penetrate Through’
PinkPantheress has canceled all tour dates scheduled for the rest of the year, including opening slots on Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts tour and Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres world tour. In a po...
Steven J. Horowitz Aug 01, 2024

Disney Sees 5% Uptick In Upfront Ad Sales Commitments
Mickey Mouse still has some pull on Madison Ave. Walt Disney Co. said it was able to secure a higher level of ad commitments in the 2024 “upfront” ad sales market, noting its volume of ad ...
Brian Steinberg Aug 01, 2024

Big Changes at Warner Music Group: Max Lousada Stepping Down, Elliot Grainge Moving Up
Warner Music Group has announced dramatic changes in its recorded music operations: Max Lousada, CEO of recorded music and a 20-year veteran of the company, will step down at the end of the fiscal yea...
Jem Aswad Aug 01, 2024

‘NCIS’ and ’48 Hours’ Spawn New ’48 Hours: NCIS’ Crossover Podcast Hosted By Natalie Morales (EXCLUSIVE)
Two iconic CBS primetime brands from very different lanes are joining forces in the podcast space. Paramount Audio is set to reveal the launch of “48 Hours: NCIS,” a crossover series that ...
Varietyschneider Aug 01, 2024

‘Instigators’ Star Jack Harlow Admits Acting ‘Is Harder Than I Thought’ After Movie Debut in ‘White Men Can’t Jump’: ‘I’ve Got to Get Better’
If Jack Harlow once lit a fire under his career by flirting with Saweetie on a red carpet, the rumors of his suave are true. At a movie premiere - still fresh ground for the Grammy-nominated artist - ...
Marcmalkin Aug 01, 2024