Amazon Sets Licensing Deal for Bollywood Blockbusters With India’s Yash Raj Films (EXCLUSIVE)

The first trailer for “Pachinko” has been released, offering a first look at the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s sprawling multigenerational saga chronicling how one family’s journey from Korea to America over the course of decades, told in three different languages: Korean, Japanese and English.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSAG Awards executive producer Kathy Connell, who helped launch the awards show 28 years ago and has been with the show ever since, has confirmed that this weekend’s ceremony will be her last.“I am retiring,” she tells Variety. “It’s been 28 wonderful years. Well, last year was sort of interesting, but 27 wonderful years.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorTroye Sivan remembers that first time he got tested for HIV. “I was in a new relationship and I wanted to have sex,” he recalls on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “We both went and got tested and once we were all clear, it was all good to go.”He also remembers learning about the virus that causes AIDS while growing up in Australia.

Tegna, one of the last large publicly held station groups, announced a $5.4 billion deal with Apollo and media-focused hedge fund Standard General to take the company private. The deal for Tegna’s 64 stations comes to fruition as the nation’s largest station group, Nexstar, is taking steps to bolster its national reach by wrangling a deal to acquire The CW Network from WarnerMedia and Paramount (formerly ViacomCBS).This activity is driving speculation about Nexstar making next-generation programming plans for its nearly 200 stations in 116 markets around the country — ranging from the nation’s largest market (New York City’s WPIX-TV) to market No.

Pete Davidson’s return to Instagram is over just as fast as it began! On Wednesday, all signs of the star’s @PMD account were scrubbed from the site. In the morning, the 28-year-old shared a classic clip from the 1982 film , starring Robert De Niro.In the clip, that was posted to his Stories, De Niro’s character claims, “It’s better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.”  After Davidson’s post, many fans speculated that he was taking shots at his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian’s, estranged husband, Kanye «Ye» West.  Wednesday was another milestone day for the star on the platform, as he shared his first post to his grid.

Ed Sheeran has paid tribute to Jamal Edwards and described how 'he would not be here without him professionally and personally'.The Shape of You hitmaker, 31, who was reportedly spotted offering his support to grieving mum Brenda Edwards at the vigil to remember the music mogul in West London Tuesday evening, took to Instagram to share touching words with his 37.1million followers. Ed posted a photograph with the SB.TV founder, who died on Sunday 20 aged 31, with the pair both wearing matching grey hoodies printed with 'The Grime University'. The singer-songwriter penned: "I haven’t posted anything coz I can’t find the words, I can’t reply coz I don’t know what to say.

We’ve seen the ziper-free Round Jacket and we’ve been blessed with the Hoodie, but Kanye West’s latest drop in his Yeezy Gap line takes the collection to a whole new level. 

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Tommy Davidson says Jamie Foxx hasn’t reached out since the actor released his memoir.

Clearing the air. After Lauren Graham accidentally fueled Gilmore Girls reunion speculation, she is setting the record straight.

Off again. Sam Hunt‘s estranged wife, Hannah Lee Fowler, filed for divorce again after withdrawing her initial petition.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterShowtime’s upcoming “The First Lady” anthology series is described as “a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House.” While the first season focuses on icons Michelle Obama (played by Viola Davis), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), the executive producers are not opposed to a potential future season including possibly the most divisive first lady: Melania Trump.During a virtual panel promoting the show at the Television Critics Association’s press tour Wednesday, “The First Lady” showrunner Cathy Schulman and director and executive producer Susanne Bier playfully tossed a reporter’s question about featuring President Donald Trump’s wife as subject before Bier answered definitively, but with a laugh: “Look, I do think that the series could do with a fun season — so let’s talk about that.” Star Anderson, who was sitting on the panel alongside co-star Davis, added: “I think the hope is that there’s going to be future seasons and there will be the opportunity to have many, many more first ladies represented. So maybe not just four — but maybe 104.”But Bier says that no matter how many seasons they do, she’d like to keep the number of first ladies to three per installment for a very specific reason.“Three is a great number for a season because you can do in-depth contrasts, but it’s also incredibly interesting how the three ladies reflect upon each other,” Bier said.

From what we understand, this is just part of the Bar Exam in the state of Florida… LOLz!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation has released financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021, and those results are strong, despite a return to concerts that was disrupted by omicron and the tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival last fall.While comparisons to 2020 are virtually moot, the company’s revenue thundered back in 2021, more than tripling to $6.27 billion, according to the company’s earnings report issued Wednesday; while that is just slightly more than half of its 2019 revenue of $11.55 billion, it is based on what was effectively a half-year at best of live entertainment. Concert revenue was $4.72 billion, up $3.3 billion.The company has continued the resilience it has displayed throughout the pandemic, putting on more than 17,000 concerts for 35 million fans in 2021, mainly in the U.S.

Longtime well-known Las Vegas-based impersonator Donny Davis has died.

GBH in Boston said Jonathan Abbott will step down after 15 years as CEO, and more than two decades at the flagship public media group.

The business of being funny can be an incredibly lucrative one.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ is rounding out its supporting cast for the upcoming Grease prequel series Rise of the Pink Ladies, adding Charlotte Kavanagh (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Josette Halpert (The Other Kingdom), Nicholas McDonough, Maximo Weber Salas and Alexis Sides. Production is underway in Vancouver.

Ben Stiller and his ex-wife Christine Taylor have rekindled their romance.

Tuesday returned to its regularly-scheduled programming with a tie between the finale of ABC’s Jeopardy! National College Championship and the post-Olympics comeback of NBC’s This Is Us.

NBC is making decisions about their shows!

It’s over for Cheryl Burke and Matthew Lawrence.

EXCLUSIVE: Olatunde Osunsanmi, director/executive producer of Star Trek: Discovery, has signed a multi-year overall deal with the studio behind the flagship Star Trek Universe series, CBS Studios.