For a company that rarely does anything quietly, over the past decade Live Nation’s film and TV division has been developing a formidable slate of music-related documentaries and scripted content in a very under-the-radar way. But it’s making a big splash at this week’s Tribeca
The Television Academy has announced the class of inductees for its 27th Hall of Fame: Viola Davis, Conan O’Brien, Ryan Murphy, Henry Winkler, Don Mischer and Mike Post. “All six honorees have elevated the art of storytelling and have had an extraordinary influence on television
COVID conspiracy theories abound in the first full trailer for Ari Aster’s latest film, “Eddington.” Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, the Western goes back to the politically charged summer of 2020, following a mayoral race between a small-town sheriff (Phoenix) and the incumbent electee
“Vanguard,” a drama about Swedish mogul Jan Stenbeck, has sold to TG4 (Ireland), ERR (Estonia), Viaplay SVOD on Amazon Prime (U.S., U.K., Poland), Viaplay Select on Cindie (LatAm), Prima+ (Czech Republic) and Vodafone (Greece), Variety has found out exclusively. FLX’s Lejla Bešic produced the five-episode show – about to
In a move that sees two of the most important and influential American indie music companies joining forces, Secretly Group has announced a new partnership with Merge Records that sees Secretly co-founders Ben Swanson, Chris Swanson, Darius Van Arman and Phil Waldorf acquiring a 50%
Denise Rehrig, a veteran news-and-talk producer who recently held a senior role at “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” has been named executive producer of ABC News’ flagship streaming program, “Prime With Linsey Davis.” The show streams weeknights on ABC News Live. Rehrig will manage
Justin Baldoni plans to keep at his legal battle with “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively after a judge dismissed his $400 million defamation lawsuit against her and her husband, Ryan Reynolds. “Ms. Lively and her team’s predictable declaration of victory is false, so
The Libera Awards, the American Association of Independent Music’s annual show celebrating the best in indie music over the past year, used to be the finale of Indie Week, the conference that unites the community every year. But it was previously held on the same