Endeavor is seeking a buyer for its sports gambling and technology businesses OpenBet and IMG Arena, ahead of expected close of the company’s go-private deal with Sliver Lake. During the second quarter of 2024, Endeavor “began to actively market the businesses comprising the Sports Data
A trio of Chilean filmmakers who have either won or been nominated for Academy Awards are attending the Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) together for the first time. Sebastián Lelio, who clinched a Best International Oscar for his 2017 drama “A Fantastic Woman,” Maite Alberdi,
In the world of music, 2024 was the year of the underdog. New artists made historic strides globally and dominated the top of the charts, introducing fresh sounds — from Ayra Starr‘s danceable Afrobeats to Laufey’s Grammy-winning jazz-pop fusion — to the pop zeitgeist. Variety
When Sadie Sink was 11 years old, she started having panic attacks. After acting professionally for three years, she was starring in a Broadway revival of “Annie,” which she’d been loving. “And then it just flipped,” she says. “Singing became the worst thing ever. I
Live from New York, it’s the first Saturday night! The trailer for Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” has been released, and with it comes a nerve-wracking look at the chaotic 90 minutes that led up to the first “SNL” broadcast. Reitman and Gil Kenan penned the
In our current tumultuous political climate, with the concept of truth seemingly tested daily, the future of democracy feels like it’s hanging in the balance. Variety and Rolling Stone will explore some of the ways the media industry is navigating the disinformation age during the
Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” has been selected for New York Film Festival’s spotlight gala. The romantic drama, starring Daniel Craig as an American expat in Mexico City who becomes infatuated with a younger man, will make its U.S. premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 6. “Luca
Seriesly Berlin, a new series festival, has revealed the first topics and speakers of its two-day conference program. The conference will take place from Sept. 16 to 18 at Fotografiska Berlin. Topics to be covered range from storytelling in the age of AI, genre as