DirecTV will write a check for one whole U.S. dollar — 100 cents — to buy onetime rival Dish Network and its Sling TV business. Of course, that’s not the only financial component of the transaction, which would create the largest U.S. provider in the
John Oliver does not agree with HBO’s decision to delay clips from “Last Week Tonight” from streaming on YouTube. While the main segment of each “Last Week Tonight” episode was previously uploaded to YouTube the day after airing on HBO, the network changed course staring
Latinos are avid gamers — and are more likely than other demographic groups to identify video games as their primary source of entertainment — but they’re dramatically underrepresented in the industry in terms of content and developers, according to a new advocacy group. The newly
“The Substance” is more than just blood and guts — it’s got a career-topping performance by Demi Moore, who is worthy of serious Oscar consideration. In Coralie Fargeat’s daring body horror film Moore delivers possibly her most daring role ever. A dark exploration of youth,
Author Scott Westerfeld never thought his 2005 novel “Uglies” would get the film treatment, for one simple reason: “There’s nobody in Hollywood who’s gonna want to make a movie abut ugly people.” Still, he had a message for the young fans of his book who
When the WB Network offered Greg Berlanti the showrunner job for “Dawson’s Creek” during its third season, he turned them down — a few times. “I thought that was a quick way to get fired, and I liked the job way too much to lose
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman and his longtime collaborator cinematographer Eric Steelberg will receive the third annual Variety Creative Collaborators award at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival in October. The award will honor their collaborations on films such as “Juno,” “Up in the Air,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix winner “All We Imagine as Light” could find itself being in the enviable position of being the entry of choice at the Oscars’ international feature category from not one but two countries – France and India. Earlier this week, “All