Sara Bareilles, Jackson Browne and Kristen Chenoweth have been added as honorees and performers, alongside the previously announced Wyclef Jean, for a concert gala in New York benefiting Music Will, which is described as the nation’s largest nonprofit music education program for schools. The org’s
There’s yet another person at the top of CBS News, a job that hasn’t been as long-lived as it may have been in the past. Tom Cibrowski, a TV news veteran who has managed both “Good Morning America” and the San Francisco station KGO, has
May the odds be ever in your favor this October. The first-ever live stage adaptation of “The Hunger Games” will begin performances on Oct. 20 at the Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre, a brand new 1,200 seat venue situated in the heart of London’s vibrant Canary
“The Substance” distributor Mubi is pursuing its buying spree with another anticipated film from an internationally celebrated auteur, Paolo Sorrentino (“Parthenope,” “The Great Beauty”). The global distributor, streaming service and production company has bought Sorrrentino’s next movie “La Grazia” for worldwide rights excluding Italy and
“The Commuter,” an Audible original starring Lizzy Caplan as an ex-FBI agent who is unexpectedly entangled in a bizarre murder plot, has made its debut on the audio service. The series, co-starring Richard Schiff and Thomas Lennon, is written by James Patterson and Aaron Tracy,
Disney and ESPN have cooked up a plan to try to whet the sports appetite of Disney+ U.S. customers — who may not necessarily be the more voracious fans of sporting events. ESPN is set to launch “SC+,” a new, daily “SportsCenter” show, exclusively on
ASCAP, the only remaining not-for-profit performing rights organization in the U.S., delivered a record-breaking $1.835 billion in revenue in the 2024 calendar year, an increase of $98 million, or 5.7% over 2023, with $1.696 billion available for royalty distributions — up by $104 million, or
Paul Scanlan, CEO and co-founder of the fan-owned Legion M, attributes some of the success of the company’s latest film “My Dead Friend Zoe” to the community support from its many fan investors. Speaking with Variety‘s Jennifer Maas on the weekly Variety podcast “Strictly Business,”