Warner Bros. Discovery knew the announcement that it was restoring “HBO” to the name of its Max streamer would elicit forehead-slapping derision. The media company tried to preempt mockery of the move by posting a slew of self-deprecating memes immediately after it said the “new-ish”
The kickoff of the NFL’s next season remains months away, but Madison Avenue can’t wait to play football. Demand for commercial slots in regular-season NFL games as well as in NBC’s scheduled 2026 telecast of Super Bowl LX is heavy, according to three people familiar
The Cannes world premiere of Sepideh Farsi’s documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” turned into a moving tribute to its protagonist Fatma Hassona, who was killed by an Israeli missile just weeks earlier. An emotional Farsi fought back tears as she introduced
The Golden Trailer Awards, the prestigious event honoring marketing executives and companies that create movie trailers, commercials and posters worldwide, will be hosted by James Murray, best known as Murr from TBS’s “Impractical Jokers.” The event will be held Thursday, May 29, at the Orpheum
James Van Der Beek has joined the “Legally Blonde” prequel series at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. Van Der Beek will appear in a recurring guest star role in the series, which is titled “Elle.” As previously announced, Lexi Minetree will star as Elle
A dozen or more of series you wouldn’t want to miss, and in a few cases may have well seen. “Anti-Kidnapping Unit” Globoplay 5 x 45’ and 60’ Created by José Junior and José Luiz Magalhães and directed by Lipe Binder, the fourth season of
Take-Two Interactive reported its latest earnings Thursday, which included a writedown of more than $3 billion. But despite that hit, the biggest news for the company still came out nearly two weeks ahead of the financial results: the publisher’s highly anticipated Rockstar Games-developed “Grand Theft
In what is a continuous effort to strengthen their international reach and collaborations, Brazilian media powerhouse Globo has signed a understanding (MoU) to develop and co-produce premium scripted content with Telemundo Studios, a division of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. Under this new signed understanding, Globo and