Sunday, January 29, 2023
The spark for "Home Front," an original play running through Feb. 19 at Burbank's Victory Theatre Center, came 25 years ago when the first scene was written as part of a playwriting-focused …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2022
In a moment of crisis, the leaders of talent agency APA were not about to let opportunity pass them by. The dramatic changes that have swept across the content business and Hollywood's c…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2022
"Death of a Salesman" actor Wendell Pierce, "The Piano Lesson" director LaTanya Richardson Jackson and "Till" star John Douglas Thompson are among the honorees set for the inaugural Salute t…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Veteran actor-host Wayne Brady has joined forces with Freestyle Love Supreme Academy and Speechless Inc. to launch a virtual business and educational training platform built around improv ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 21, 2021
In another nod to worsening pandemic conditions, SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association have extended the agreement struck last year 2020 that makes it easier for producers to offer live s…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 27, 2021
For Christine Baranski and a generation of musical theater stars, Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer who died on Friday at 91, was nothing less than a father figure, a musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 5, 2021
Concord is diving deeper into its IP vault of music and theatrical performance rights to develop movies, TV shows and podcasts throught the newly established Concord Originals division. Soph…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Friday, June 11, 2021
Playwright Katori Hall has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her comedy "The Hot Wing King." The organization behind journalism's most prestigious honor also bestowed a special citation o…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:44PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 27, 2021
Disney has expanded its board of directors to 12 seats with the election of Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald and former Cisco and Google executive Amy Chang. McDonald and Chang were elected to …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:41PM[SHARE]Friday, May 14, 2021
David White is stepping down as SAG-AFTRA's national executive director and chief negotiator after 12 years at the head of Hollywood's largest union. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's chi…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 13, 2021
Bill Maher has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing HBO to scrap Friday's scheduled taping of this week's episode. In a statement, HBO said Maher is "fully vaccinated" and "feels fine." "Bi…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:53PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 6, 2021
Nickelodeon has emerged as one of the most popular content hubs on Paramount Plus, offering ViacomCBS a flashback to the good old days when it dominated the linear cable kids TV business. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PM[SHARE]Monday, April 19, 2021
The falling rate of COVID-19 infections and rising rate of vaccination has prompted California state officials to allow concerts and other indoor events to be held at 75% of capacity in some…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 2, 2021
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish got a massive pay bump last year with his total compensation rising by more than $20 million to $38.9 million. Bakish's haul was padded by $19.7 million in bonus com…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Private equity giant Providence Equity Partners is betting on the rebound of the live event business, backing Ambassador Theatre Group's acquisition of high-end venues in San Francisco and D…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Disney and ViacomCBS shares were buoyant in trading Monday thanks to good news that allowed ViacomCBS to buck the general downtrend for the Nasdaq index. Disney shares climbed 6.2%, topping …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 13, 2021
Lynn Stalmaster, the legendary casting director who worked on nearly 200 movies ranging from "West Side Story" to "Harold and Maude" to "Tootsie," has died. He was 93. Stalmaster died Friday…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:47AM[SHARE]Friday, February 12, 2021
Hollywood's major unions have signed on with the AFL-CIO's push to advance public policy initiatives involving diversity, equity and inclusion issues. The broad goal is to strengthen collect…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:11AM[SHARE]Monday, February 8, 2021
WGA West president David Goodman knew taking on Hollywood's largest talent agencies would be an uphill battle from the start. But the veteran showrunner who led the guild's campaign to refor…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:13PM[SHARE]After adapting to COVID protocols last summer and fall, most of Disney's TV productions have maintained virus transmission rates of less than 1%, making them "some of the safest places" in L…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 28, 2021
To work with Cloris Leachman was nothing less than liberating. That's how writer-director James L. Brooks remembered his collaborations with the beloved actor who died Jan. 26 at the age of …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50AM[SHARE]Friday, January 1, 2021
Richard Bates, the longtime head of government relations for Disney, died Dec. 31 at his home outside Washington, D.C. He was 70. Disney said the executive's death was sudden. Bates had repr…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Howard Rubenstein, the PR strategist who led a boutique firm favored by media moguls and other high-profile figures, died Dec. 29 at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. Rubenstein's death was …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:16AM[SHARE]Friday, December 25, 2020
Roger Berlind, a prolific producer of more than 100 Broadway shows including such recent smashes as "The Book of Mormon," "Hello, Dolly!"Â and "Dear Evan Hansen," has died. He was 90. Ber…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PM[SHARE]This tribute to director Bob Clark and the 1983 chestnut "A Christmas Story" was originally published Dec. 20, 2007 on the Variety blog "Littleton On the Air" It's that wonderful time of yea…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Level Forward, the production entity launched last year by Abigail Disney and Adrienne Becker, is a winner in this year's Tony Awards derby even before the trophies are handed out on Sunday.…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 15, 2019
"Fox NFL Sunday" host Terry Bradshaw has apologized for "offensive comments" he made about actor-comedian Ken Jeong during Fox's upfront presentation in New York on Monday. During his appear…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PM[SHARE]Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier has taken to saying that the relaunch of the broadcast network following the historic Disney-21st Century Fox transaction has turned Fox into a "startup…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 5, 2019
Adam Sandler returned to "Saturday Night Live" for the first time since 1995 to sing a chorus of "I got fired by NBC" in his opening monologue, with help from Chris Rock and Pete Davidson. I…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 1, 2019
The Paley Center for Media will pay tribute to the LGBT community and its influence on television at this month's Paley Honors gala in New York. Paley Honors is set for May 15 at Ziegfeld Ba…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:20PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 28, 2019
Fans of the legendary British rock outfit Spinal Tap were given a rare treat Saturday night as the band's core trio reunited for a rare acoustic performance following the Tribeca Film Festiv…
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