Dear Hollywood, Support the Restaurant Act! (Guest Column)

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe public often assumes that if celebrities are rich and famous, their lives must be trouble-free. Actually, lots of showbiz horror stories negate that, but they’re usually about addiction and/or self-destruction.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAs a long-delayed sequel to Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1939 guest column, Variety invited First Lady Michelle Obama to write about showbiz. The item ran on the front page on Oct.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe sixth-anniversary issue of Daily Variety, on Oct. 20, 1939, contained something that was unprecedented for the newspaper and for the author: A guest column by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt about movies.She started by saying she was uniquely unqualified to write about the motion picture industry.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentOne of the many upheavals created by World War II was the method of news reporting. In May 1939, for example, Variety carried a story about an exciting system that allowed newsreel footage from Europe to be seen in the U.S.

When Universal, Disney and Warner Bros. revealed changes to their film release plans during the past nine months, the focus had been on tentpoles.

George Clooney has defended Tom Cruise after the movie star was caught on tape blasting Mission: Impossible crew members for ignoring COVID protocols.The action man reportedly lost his cool when he spotted two assistants huddled around a monitor, watching playback, and he fired off an angry rant threatening to fire anyone who didn’t take the health and safety rules he helped put in place seriously.He raged, “We are the gold standard.

Editors Note: As chairman/CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment in the era of Titanic, X-Men, Independence Day and Braveheart, and producer of the Oscars and Oscar-nominated films like Hacksaw Ridge and Coraline, Bill Mechanic has been part of the fabric of the film industry his whole career. He thought he had seen every iteration and change in a business striving to stay relevant in the digital age.

Tom Cruise’s rant on the Mission: Impossible 7 set about crew members not following COVID-19 protocols drew reactions of praise from some, including fellow celebrities.The actor, 58, made headlines on Tuesday, December 15, when The Sun published a recording of him screaming at the film’s crew. “They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us,” he reportedly said in the audio clip.

Whoopi Goldberg is as big a fan of her own Sister Act and Ghost merchandise as the rest of Us.The 65-year-old star spoke with Elle about her Etsy holiday shop and obsession with the website, during which she revealed that she has been known to buy her very own Whoopi Goldberg merchandise.“I swear to you, I bought some of it,” she told the publication. “The pins from Sister Act; the pins from Ghost.

George Clooney revealed his young son Alexander, 3, has asthma, and because of this, his family has barely left their Hollywood Hills compound since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

George Clooney spoke about the coronavirus pandemic and not leaving his Hollywood Hills home for months in a new interview with Observer magazine.

Peter Csathy COVID-19 forever changed many aspects of our lives this past year, and our collective media and entertainment choices certainly were no exception.The global pandemic fueled a massive industry divide where in-home entertainment choices thrived, while many out-of-home entertainment players, quite literally, died. Whereas Netflix living-room streaming reached new heights, many live music venues and movie theaters shuttered.

Lauren Appelbaum As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter people’s holiday celebrations, many people are finding that watching holiday films is one tradition that can continue.

Editors’ Note: Michael Shamberg is a tenured film and TV producer whose credits include Contagion, Get Shorty, The Big Chill, Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight, Pulp Fiction, A Fish Called Wanda and many others.

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are officially the greatest.

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore are teasing a fourth movie together.