Spain’s Vertice 360 Teams with Born Wild on ‘Motorway’ Series, Handled by Eccho Rights (EXCLUSIVE)

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.com101 Studios, Grain Media and the Miami Herald are partnering on a documentary about the horrific collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., that killed 98 people in 2021.The film, about one of the deadliest building failures in modern history, will be based on the Herald’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting. “Surviving Surfside” will feature interviews with survivors, first-responders, journalists and engineers.

Israel Adesanya would win his UFC fight last Saturday night. But don’t feel too bad for the house. Adesanya was such a favorite that, according to odds offered by FanDuel, the sky-high bet paid a relatively modest $222,000 even though Drake would have surrendered a cool million if he lost.But with a net worth of some $150 million, Drake — who keeps fans abreast of his gambling capers via posts on Instagram where he goes by @champagnepapi — can clearly afford to spew big bucks.

Joe Manganiello recalls the time he learned Sofia Vergara was single. The actor appeared on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show to promote his new series Moonhaven. During their conversation, Manganiello opened up about the time he showed Vergara his People magazine placement as “Number One Bachelor in the World.”Manganiello also revealed that Jess Cagle gave him a heads up that Vergara was single.

ESSENCE Festival this year. Machel Montano, Kes The Band, and Wyclef Jean had some amazing sets that were full of surprises.Following the Grammy Award-nominated singer Mickey Guyton, the Trinidadian soca group Kes The Band rocked the crowd and sang many of their hits. In what was a dance filled set, they performed many of their hits.

ABC is dipping its toes back into live productions with Beauty and the Beast!

Ed Westwick and his girlfriend Amy Jackson are having a fun night out together.

Kesha is on the case! The music superstar is breaching the veil to the supernatural world of the unknown in her new TV series, , and she's looking to explore the scariest places in her hunt for the paranormal.ET was on the scene with the «Raising Hell» singer at the Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee — a supposedly haunted locale, also known as the Alcatraz of the south, where demonic activity has been reported for decades.The songstress opened up to ET about her investigation, and how the supernatural has been something close to her heart since she was a little girl.«My love for the supernatural has kind of been omnipresent throughout my entire life,» Kesha shared. «My mom always talked to me about spooky things.

Kyle Richards is clarifying her comments after a new clip from Wednesday's  sees the 53-year-old actress laughing at castmate Erika Jayne after she cursed at Garcelle Beauvais' son, Jax, during  co-host's birthday party.In the clip, Richards and castmate Dorit Kemsley discuss Jayne's apparent drunken rant, in which the  author told the 14-year-old to «get the f**k out» of his mom's birthday party. Kemsley was a first-hand witness to the incident, and though she said Jayne's comments made her «feel sick to her stomach» in a confessional, she laughed them off with Richards in the clip.«It's not funny, but it is funny,» Richards said before discussing it further in a confessional of her own, adding, «The Erika that we've known all these years was holding a lot in, so seeing this side of her — more open and honest — even if she's not always showing her best side, at least it's genuine.»Richards and Kemsley's husbands also laughed off the tense moment, and seemingly cosigned Jayne's decision to curse out Beauvais' son, with Mauricio Umansky calling it «great» and Paul «PK» Kemsley insisting that Jayne is entitled to «a blowout» every now and then.PK also noted that Jayne's rant included a flirty exchange with Beauvais' eldest son, Oliver, who he said she «tried to bang.» A post shared by Queens of Bravo (@queensofbravo)Richards commented on a fan account that posted the clip, which called Richards and Kemsley «mean girls» for laughing off Jayne's behavior."#RHOBH Preview: Kyle, Dorit, Mauricio, and PK laugh off Erika yelling at Garcelle’s son!," Queens of Bravo captioned the clip.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSUN VALLEY, Idaho — David Zaslav was upbeat as he arrived in Sun Valley, Idaho on Tuesday for Allen & Co.’s gathering of business media and tech moguls. The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO had kind words for Netflix and “Stranger Things,” and he told reporters that he expects the annual summit to be “a great week” amid “a lot of turmoil in the business.”Zaslav indicated that Warner Bros.

In the wake of Universal/Illumination Entertainment’s Minions: The Rise of Gru beating its $80M 4-day projection by 54% at $123M, tentpole fever at the domestic box office isn’t stopping as Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder is looking at a $140M-$160M start in U.S./Canada and another $150M abroad for a global debut that’s around $300M.

Two men arrested last year in the deaths of model Christy Giles and her architect friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola have now been charged with murder, rape and accessory after the fact charges by the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Film production company Warner Brothers has doubled down in support of author J.K. Rowling after Harry Potter actor Tom Felton was told not to discuss her past transphobic remarks.Felton, who played Draco Malfoy in the eight-part Harry Potter movie series, was on hand to promote the opening of Professor Sprout’s greenhouse at Warner Bros.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterTeri Hendrich Cusumano went into contract negotiations with the major studios with the goal of making major gains for animation color designers. Such workers choose the color palette for animated films and TV shows, and traditionally they have tended to be women.They have also been paid about $300 per week less than the designers who do characters, backgrounds and props.

Thania Garcia American soul singer P.P. Arnold has penned a memoir called “Soul Survivor,” in which she alleges that, during the time she was a member of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, Ike Turner “trapped her in a room and raped her.” The allegation was published in an interview she did with the Telegraph in the U.K. ahead of the book’s release there.In the interview, Arnold, now 75, references the assault, stating: “It was awful.

is not expected to return for another season, announced today. The show was one of Bravo's most important in its real estate franchise. The series began in 2012 as a spinoff of which premiered on Bravo in 2006.

A union seeking to represent more than 200 workers employed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is accusing management of “anti-union actions.” The union, the Academy Museum Workers United, will hold a virtual press conference Wednesday morning to air its grievances.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran talent agent Matt Jackson has joined MSA Agency as Vice President of the West Coast Theatrical Division, as the agency expands into representation of actors in TV and film.

Keeping their distance? Travis Barker’s ex-wife Shanna Moakler and Kourtney Kardashian may have the Blink-182 drummer in common, but the extent of their relationship ends there.

Knocking out of the park! Derek Jeter and wife Hannah Jeter (née Davis) hit a home run when they found each other in 2012 and three kids later, they’re still in love.

Putting his kids first. Nick Cannon will always prioritize his children — even if their mothers don’t always get along.

regret the cast’s lack of diversity, she also feels bad about the show’s portrayal of a transgender character. In a clip from Kauffman’s upcoming interview on the Conversation on the BBC World Service, she recalled the choice to refer to the transgender mother of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) as his “dad.” “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood,” Kauffman admitted.

broke Netflix on Friday when the release of its final two episodes caused a website crash and record-high Nielsen streaming numbers. Atop the nail-biting mystery and heart-wrenching reveals, the newest installment of Netflix's hit show was also filled with new chapters of more than one iconic romance.

An upcoming television special will celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Beauty and the Beast”, one of Disney’s most successful animated features.

Emiliano De Pablos Montreal and Madrid-based Pink Parrot Media has picked up international distribution rights to 3D CGI animated feature project “Onca & The Protectors of the Amazon” (aka “Arara and the Guardians of the Amazon”).“Onca” is being brought by Pink Parrot onto Annecy Festival’s MIFA market, where the company will look for financial partners.Aimed at 8-12year-old children family audiences, the feature is written and directed by Colombia’s Vlamyr Vizcaya (“Out of Love”). Its story takes place in the Amazon rainforest and aims to raise environmental awareness.The film co-producers take in Belgium’s Walking The Dog (“Another Day of Life,”  “Where is Anne Frank?”), L.A.

Emiliano De Pablos Celebrated Uruguayan producer Fernando Epstein, co-founder of Mutante Cine, one of Latin America’s key arthouse outfits, is entering into TV fiction creation with thriller drama series “La tinta invisible” (“The Invisible Link”).The show is a two-season series based on two novels by Uruguayan author Eduardo Mariani that go through part of the recent history of South America, linked to Europe through the exile of some of its characters.The project, at an early development stage, will be pitched at the Co-Pro Series session during the 6th edition of Conecta Fiction & Entertainment forum, which runs June 21-25 in Toledo, Spanish region Castilla-La Mancha’s capital city.Toledo will be “The Invisible Link’s” first participation in the international market. Epstein has been a film producer and editor since 2000, with more than 50 credits and several awards at A-class festivals, having produced and edited significant Latin American titles such as “Whisky” and “Gigante.”“After 20 years as a producer and editor of auteur films, I found in the series format the possibility of adapting the work of Eduardo Mariani, a Uruguayan author whose narrative force combines thriller with drama in a story that takes place over 40 years,” Epstein told Variety.Epstein has teamed with “Manny’s Garage Sale: A Hitchcock Knot” co-scribe Janine Zaruski to write “The Invisible Link.”Set up at Mutante Cine, the project tells the story of two opposite and complementary characters.

Emiliano De Pablos Two of Portugal’s most international production houses – SPi, producer of the country’s first Netflix Original series “Gloria,” and Caracol Protagonista – are teaming to co-produce police drama series project “O Último Lobo” (“The Last Wolf”).The show tells the true story of Franklim Lobo, one of the greatest European drug lords, exploring his rise, and the corruption in the Portuguese police in the late 1990s. Portuguese filmmaker Bruno Gascon, whose credits include “Carga” and “Shadow,” is the writer-director.The eight-episode series focuses on Castilho, an honest police investigator with a dark past, who sees it as his personal mission to capture Lobo.