Noah Wyle is sitting in a corner booth at the Smoke House, a classic Hollywood haunt across from the Warner Bros. lot that he began to frequent when he was making “ER,” the groundbreaking medical drama that launched his career 30 years ago. After he
Fremantle has launched Imaginae Studios, a standalone label that will harness the power of artificial intelligence to “push production boundaries and drive innovation in storytelling,” according to the production and distribution giant. Fremantle is known for hit unscripted shows like “American Idol” and “America’s Got
From “The Woman King” to Madam President, Viola Davis’ growing roster of fierce commander-in-chief roles reveals a star who takes the words “leading lady” literally, no matter what skepticism audiences may show. The internet seems to have rolled its collective eyes at the idea of
Some collaborations are obvious — others, not so much. It’s fair to say that the first reaction from the lucky people who received invitations to last week’s event in New York featuring indie icon Bon Iver (aka Justin Vernon) and menswear maven Todd Snyder was
Like everyone else, the entertainment attorneys honored on this year’s Legal Impact list — who’ll be gathering at the Variety Power of Law Breakfast, presented by City National Bank, on April 9 — are dealing with progressively more jarring cycles of disruption. Still, they keep
MetFilm Sales has picked up worldwide rights to “Marriage Cops,” the feature documentary from directors Shashwati Talukdar and Cheryl Hess set to world premiere at this year’s Hot Docs festival in Canada. The filmmakers have unveiled the first clip from the documentary. The Hindi-language doc,
The fights have been the same for years: Pepsi wrestles with Coke; Verizon tangles with T-Mobile; and Fox News jousts with CNN and MSNBC. In recent months, however, Fox Corp. has been working to put its much-talked-about cable-news outlet on a different battlefield. Sales executives
Now that President Donald Trump has guaranteed TikTok at least 75 more days to find an American owner, “Strictly Business” podcast host Andrew Wallenstein is breathing a sigh of relief. He kicks off the latest episode confessing to his new obsession with the controversial app