Category Archives: Variety

Entertainment Technology Company Feature.io Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
Feature.io, an entertainment studio and technology company, has signed with WME. The company, behind campaigns that utilize engagement technology like the marketing behind Vol. 3 of Netflix’s sc...
Selena Kuznikov Jul 24, 2024

Universal Music Posts $3.2 Billion Revenue in Second Quarter, Publishing up 10% as Streaming Revenue Dips
Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, has reported a mixed second quarter for 2024, with revenue of $3.2 billion, an increase of 8.7% year-over-year, or 9.6% in constant currency. ...
Jem Aswad Jul 24, 2024

Dick Asher, Veteran Music Executive Who Fought Radio Payola, Dies
Dick Asher, a veteran music-business executive who was president of PolyGram and Columbia Records and worked with artists ranging from Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and Bon Jovi to Bob Dylan, has...
Jem Aswad Jul 24, 2024

HBO Drops Official Trailer for ‘Industry’ Season 3 (TV News Roundup)
HBO has dropped the trailer for Season 3 of “Industry,” starring Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey and Ken Leung. The third season will debut Aug. 11 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and will be avai...
Diego Ramos Bechara Jul 24, 2024

‘The Coffee Table’ Helmer Caye Casas Readies Depraved ‘El Show del Gran Luciferio’ Ahead of Sanfic-Morbido Lab Pitch (EXCLUSIVE)
The latest from horror virtuoso Caye Casas, “El Show del Gran Luciferio,” is now in development and headed to the Sanfic Int'l Film Festival after being selected for this year’s Morb...
Jamie Lang Jul 24, 2024

‘The Dog Thief’ Producer Alvaro Manzano Zambrana Preps Debut Directorial Feature ’99 Secrets’ for Locarno’s Producers Lab (EXCLUSIVE)
Selected for this year’s Locarno Open Doors Producers Lab, “99 Secrets” is the debut feature of leading Bolivian producer Alvaro Manzano Zambrana, whose previous credits include prod...
Jamie Lang Jul 24, 2024

Mel Brooks Documentary Co-Directed by Judd Apatow Set at HBO
Mel Brooks’ life and career will be chronicled in a two-part documentary set up at HBO Documentary Films, with Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio. The project is already in production. Per the of...
Selome Hailu Jul 24, 2024

Pepe Aguilar on Maintaining the Aguilar Dynasty, Selling His Catalog and New ‘Que Llueva Tequila’ Album: ‘Not a Family Affair – This Is Business’
Mexican actor and singer Antonio Aguilar was already performing in Hollywood when, in 1960, he forged one of the greatest unions of Southern California entertainment families by marrying singer and ac...
Thania Garcia Jul 24, 2024

Guillermo Amoedo on His Haunting Horror Comeback ‘Loved Ones’: ‘Loving Someone, Becoming Friends, is a Death Sentence in This Place’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Spirits of those loved and lost wreak global havoc in director Guillermo Amoedo’s comeback title “Loved Ones” (“Seres Queridos”). In development, the project is produced ...
Jamie Lang Jul 24, 2024

‘Inside Out 2’ Surpasses ‘Frozen 2’ as Highest-Grossing Animated Film in History
Disney is jumping for Joy. That’s because “Inside Out 2” has surpassed “Frozen II” to stand as the highest-grossing animated film in history. After six weeks of release, ...
Rebecca Rubin Jul 24, 2024