April Reign, Creator of #OscarsSoWhite, Partners With Overture Global on Ensemble Venture

Jay Baruchel is probably best known for his comedic roles in films such as “She’s Out of My League,” “Knocked Up,” and “This is the End.” But for his latest directorial effort, “Random Acts of Violence.” the actor-turned-filmmaker is venturing into the world of horror. As seen in the trailer for “Random Acts of Violence,” the film tells the story of a comic book creator and his crew of friends that find themselves on a bloody trip from Toronto to the New York Comic Con event.

Justin Kroll Film ReporterAfter a fierce bidding war, Sony Pictures and SK Global have acquired the film rights to bestselling author Kevin Kwan’s new novel “Sex and Vanity,” which became an instant New York Times bestseller after its release on June 30.Published by Doubleday, this is Kwan’s first novel since the release of his “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy, which became a worldwide phenomenon and was adapted into a critically acclaimed and box office hit film earning $240 million

Tyson Beckford is talking teamwork! The model opened up to Us Weekly about raising his 21-year-old son, Jordan, with his ex April Roomet.“I can’t take all the credit,” the New York native, 49, exclusively told Us on Monday, July 6, while promoting his Orion Sky cologne. “I can take just the gentleman side of it, the father’s side of it, but he has an incredible mom.”The actor gushed that the makeup artist, 43, does an “amazing” job juggling her career with motherhood as a working mom.

Broadway fans are petitioning to rename a New York City theater after late actor Nick Cordero, who died this week due to complications from the coronavirus. The petition seeks to change the name of the city’s Longacre Theatre to The Nick Cordero Theatre in honor of the beloved Broadway actor.

Amanda Kloots said on Sunday. He was 41.“God has another angel in heaven now,” she wrote on Instagram.

HBO have shared the trailer for their upcoming new comedy An American Pickle, which sees Seth Rogen starring in two different roles.Set to premiere on HBO Max on August 6, An American Pickle is based on Simon Rich’s 2013 short story, New Yorker.It follows struggling immigrant Herschel Greenbaum (Rogen), who falls into a vat of pickles in Brooklyn in 1920, only to wake up brined and young 100 years later.Rogen also stars as Greenbaum’s grandson Ben, a mild-mannered coder, which doesn’t make sense

The trailer for Seth Rogen‘s upcoming movie An American Pickle has been released!

NEW YORK -- Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died. He was 98.

Mekeisha Madden Toby The cultural upheaval caused by the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police made its way to a number of high-profile print and digital publications in recent weeks, resulting in disruption at The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Variety and several other organizations.

Brit immersive theater pioneers Punchdrunk, behind the hit New York production Sleep No More, have teamed teamed with U.S.-based augmented reality company Niantic, which developed Nintendo's 2016 smash Pokemon Go. Under the partnership, the two are developing multiple projects they say will "reinvent storytelling for a 21st century audience and further expand the horizon of interactive entertainment," combining both real-world augmented reality and live theatrical performance.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThere’s a new publicity firm in town.A group of former BWR senior publicists has launched The Initiative Group, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterBack in 2015, Kanye West said he would “like to be the Steve Jobs of the Gap,” and now he’s got his shot: His fashion company, Yeezy, on Friday announced a 10-year deal with the retail giant called Yeezy Gap that will be introduced in the first half of 2021, according to the New York Times.The line, designed by Yeezy under West’s creative direction, will create “modern, elevated basics for men, women and kids at accessible price points.” West will also oversee

The 2015 movie Love, directed by Gaspar Noe, has been climbing up the charts on Netflix this week, but those who saw it in theaters had a much different experience.

Five years ago, lawyer and influencer April Reign turned a single tweet about the Academy Awards all white acting nominees into a movement that has continued to hold Hollywood accountable on diversity and inclusion efforts. Now, Reign is getting into the content business in a move that will focus on creating opportunities for people of color in front of and behind the camera.

French anti-racism activist Assa Traoré will be honored with the BET International Global Good Award during this weekend's international airing of the BET Awards. Since the death of her brother Adama in 2016 while in police custody, Traoré has worked to uncover the truth about his death, hold police accountable, and advocate for Black lives through the "Justice for Adama" movement.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEquity advocate and #OscarsSoWhite founder April Reign has teamed with media company Overture Global to launch Ensemble, a digital content studio that advances opportunities around content and development in front of and behind the camera for people of color.Ensemble will develop sustainable programming while leveraging distribution platforms to create large audiences.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe primary account of Carpe Donktum, a prominent pro-Donald Trump meme maker, has been permanently suspended by Twitter, which cited “repeated” violations of copyright infringement.Twitter’s move to kick Carpe Donktum off the platform Tuesday came just days after a video from the account — tweeted by Trump — was pulled after a copyright complaint from the original video’s owner.

Paris Hilton thinks she's found her knight in shining armor.The heiress was flaunting her romance with boyfriend Carter Reum on Instagram on Monday, indicating she's "in love" during a picturesque visit to a New York vineyard.While sharing an image with her beau of more than a year at Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Paris, 39, wrote, "You are my fairytale and dream come true.

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefDespite the rave reviews and a career-best role, Regina King isn’t sure if she’ll return to playing the masked police detective Sister Night on HBO’s “Watchmen.”In an interview for Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue, King explained to Reese Witherspoon why there might not be a second season of the superhero series.“I don’t know,” King told Witherspoon when asked about more episodes.