ENTERING ENTROPICO Entropico, the Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles-based studio that last year hatched Netflix’s “ONEFOUR: Against All Odds,” has appointed Sele Leota as senior creative producer. He joins the team after collaborating with Entropico for nearly a year. Leota boasts a rich background in
Children they’re adorable, sweet and (often) exceedingly expensive. But there are certain things that truly make your life easier as a parent, like the Frida Baby nose snot sucker (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like) a Yoto mini player, air purifiers, diaper bags and
Bella Thorne, the star of “Shake It Up” and “Amityville Horror,” and Rebecca De Mornay, best known for “Risky Business” and “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,” are at the Taormina Film Festival this week with Mitzi Peirone’s horror-thriller “Saint Clare,” which opened the Sicilian
The Locarno Film Festival will be celebrating multiple Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón with a lifetime achievement award. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to global indie cinema noted that Cuarón is a five-time Academy Award winner who has written and directed a wide range of
At the Taormina Film Festival, Palestinian film director Rashid Masharawi presented “From Ground Zero,” a compilation of 22 short films, shot by filmmakers inside the Gaza Strip during the current war. He spoke with Variety about the process of making the film and what it
During my visit to BioWare in its Edmonton, Canada, office earlier this year for the current Game Informer cover story on Dragon Age: The Veilguard, I heard a sentiment repeated throughout the day from the game’s leads: in past Dragon Age games, BioWare stumbled onto
Republic Records has appointed David Wolter and Miles Beard as co-heads of East and West Coast A&R respectively, as announced Monday by label president and chief creative officer Wendy Goldstein. According to the announcement, Wolter and Beard will “spearhead, develop and lead A&R for the Republic Records roster in partnership with a host of ventures and strategic alliances
The Motion Picture Association has hired Marissa Bostick as its new senior vice president and head of global litigation. She is responsible for overseeing global anti-piracy legal matters on behalf of the MPA, its Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and its member companies. Before joining