Bertha Bay-Sa Pan To Helm Adaptation Of Joan Bauer’s Bestseller ‘Hope Was Here’, Producing Alongside ‘Face’ Collaborator Derrick Tseng & Jackol Kao

Emily Longeretta Trevor Donovan and producer Brian Bird have teamed up to create a series of “edutainment”-style films via Birds’ production company True Brand Entertainment, Variety has learned exclusively.These films will be in the tradition of the popular “after school specials,” which became staples of American pop culture. The projects will explore many struggles teenagers and young adults are facing today, including substance abuse, equality, bullying and inclusion issues.“These scripted narratives will be fun and humorous presentations of contemporary issues which inspire and uplift, just as they did in the original series,” says Donovan, who rose to fame on “90210,” playing the show’s only LGBTQI+ series regular character.

David Byrne’s American Utopia has extended its Broadway run for the final time and now will conclude performances on Sunday, April 3 at the St. James Theatre.

Whether we’re looking at his iced-out ‘fits or his exceptional rise from college football to the Super Bowl, Joe Burrow’s net worth today makes plenty of sense. But how much is he making, exactly?

Jan DeWitt, who produced over 500 hours of television and features, including many episodes of Bones and Judging Amy, died as a result of Covid on the morning of January 29 at his home in Santa Barbara. His friend and partner, Charlene, was by his side and his daughter, Anika, was on the phone from Colorado when he passed. He was 75.

Ethan Shanfeld Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley have joined Michael Mann’s racing film “Ferrari.”The big-budget biopic follows ex-racecar driver and auto manufacturing giant Enzo Ferrari in the summer of 1957. With his marriage in crisis over the mourning of a son, and the threat of bankruptcy looming over the company he and his wife built 10 years earlier, Ferrari embarks on a bold race — the Mille Miglia, 1,000 miles across Italy.Driver replaces Hugh Jackman, who had initially signed on to play the title character.

Courteney Cox looked loved-up on the Brit Awards red carpet as she made a rare appearance with her beau Johnny McDaid. Friends actress Courteney, 57, and Snow Patrol rocker Johnny, 45, cosied up together as they posed for the camera on the red carpet for the event on Tuesday 8 February.The couple have had an on-off romance, starting when they first embarked on a relationship in 2013. After a whirlwind love story, the pair got engaged, but had called off their nuptials by the end of 2015.

The 2022 BRIT Awards are set to kick off in just a few hours and we have the details of which celebs you can expect to see on stage throughout the evening.

Jon Burlingame editorJohn Williams turns 90 years old on Feb. 8.

The Bay is back with its third season, following family liaison officer DS Jenn Townsend at the centre of a new case.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has ordered the drama series “The Brothers Sun” from co-creators Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu, Variety has learned.The streamer has given the series an eight-episode order. It follows a Taipei gangster, Charles Sun, who’s settled into his life as a ruthless killer. But when his father is shot by a mysterious assassin, Charles must go to L.A.

Netflix is heading into the world of Taipei gangsters.

Cristiano Ronaldo will stop at nothing to make his girlfriend’s birthday as memorable as possible. For Georgina Rodriguez’s 28th birthday, the legendary athlete arranged for a themed laser show on the tallest building in the world: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The building was lit up with images of the Spanish actress in her Netflix show I Am Georgina, which was released on the same day.

Hangmen, Martin McDonagh’s Olivier Award-winning comedy that became (seemingly) an early casualty of Broadway’s 2020 Covid shutdown, has gotten a reprieve: The play will begin previews at Broadway’s Golden Theatre on Friday, April 8, with an opening night set for Thursday, April 21.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to the public health documentary The End of Medicine, executive produced by two-time Oscar nominee Rooney Mara and Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix, with plans to release it in theaters and on digital and VOD platforms this summer.