The Hollywood Commission is launching its second Entertainment Survey with the goal of giving voice to entertainment industry workers.
05.10.2022 - 22:01 / variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Hollywood Records is launching a new podcast series titled “The Big Score.” Each episode of the original series will offer first-person audio and video vignettes that delve deep into the creation of film and television music for influential and award-winning movies and shows from Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Studios, Hulu, Freeform, FX, National Geographic, Onyx Collective and more. “The Big Score” gives audiences a chance to gain personal perspectives, stories and insights from some of today’s most innovative composers and artists, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes access into the recording process and creation of their scores.
Emmy-nominated composer Siddhartha Khosla kicks off the series. Kholsa, who worked on NBC’s “This is Us” and Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” will share insight into the latter show’s process.
A further two episodes featuring Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Pierre-Phillipe Côté a.k.a. Pilou (“Not Okay”) will also be available. “The Big Score” episode lineup is below. 10/6Siddhartha Khosla“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)Podcast + Docuseries Jeff AmentFX’s “Under The Banner of Heaven” (Hulu)Docuseries Pilou“Not Okay” (Searchlight Pictures)Docuseries 10/11Daniel Pemberton“See How They Run” (Searchlight Pictures)Podcast + Docuseries 10/18Ian Hultquist and Drum & Lace“Rosaline” (20th Century Studios/Hulu)Docuseries Amanda Jones“Super/Natural” (National Geographic/Disney +)Docuseries 10/25Carter Burwell“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)Podcast + Docuseries 11/2Daniel Pemberton“Amsterdam” (20th Century Studios)Podcast + Docuseries 11/9Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest“Reasonable Doubt”
The Hollywood Commission is launching its second Entertainment Survey with the goal of giving voice to entertainment industry workers.
Emiliano De Pablos Boosting its profile as a Spanish reference point, not only for TV drama but also for documentary production, Atresplayer Premium, the pay TV platform of media conglom Atresmedia Group, is preparing docuseries “Érase una vez en Marbella” (Once Upon a Time in Marbella). Produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Seville-based Happy Ending (“Pongamos que hablo de…”), the four episode 50 minutes series will dive into real-life stories of deep impact that had the city of Marbella, in Spain’s southern Andalusia coast, as a common element. The documentary will explain how Marbella went in a few years, since the 1950s, from being a fishing village in Málaga province to becoming one of the most ostentatious leisure centers for the worldwide jet set.
Rihanna may be surprising fans with new music ahead of her Super Bowl appearance.
Friday's scheduled Los Angeles City Council meeting has been canceled as pressure continues to mount for two council members to resign after they were heard on a leaked audio recording making racist statements. Acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell announced the move Thursday, a day after former council member Nury Martinez resigned.
Lenny Kravitz is, apparently, not afraid of sharing the occasional thirst trip — especially when it could lead to a big project!
Lenny Kravitz is, apparently, not afraid of sharing the occasional thirst trip — especially when it could lead to a big project! The 58-year-old rocker flashes his abs in the trailer for and on Instagram, where his shirtless photos have garnered a hilarious response from his daughter, Zoe Kravitz, and even her boyfriend, Channing Tatum.In an interview with ET's Rachel Smith, Lenny jokes about the time that Zoe and Channing commented on his posts with questions about whether he intended to audition for . «Well I figured, you know, your boyfriend might give me a job,» Lenny cracks, acknowledging that he «missed the boat» on the franchise's third installment. «There's always the number four,» he jokes. Unfortunately, however, the upcoming is expected to be the final piece of the franchise. A post shared by Lenny Kravitz (@lennykravitz)Lenny spent Wednesday evening celebrating the launch of his latest business endeavor, a partnership with the new spirit Nocheluna Sotol. The drink originates from the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico and is harvested from the Dasylirion plant. «I tasted it and I fell in love with it,» he says.
Ten Five Hospitality gave one of Hollywood’s most historic neighborhoods a makeover and now the Vinyl District has become one of the most popular hotspots in the City of Angels.
Michaela Zee editor Neo Studios has partnered with New World Distribution for the upcoming docuseries “Life After,” set to premiere Oct. 18 on Prime Video. Directed by Nick Ruff, the eight-part docuseries follows 12 retired NFL players as they face a new chapter of their lives following their professional football careers. Each episode of “Life After” spotlights a former NFL player, including DeMarcus Ware, Spice Adams, Thomas Q. Jones, Bear Pascoe, Al Baker, Justin Forsett, Jeff Allen, Andrew Hawkins, Domenik Hixon, Sherrod Martin, Daniel Wilcox and Myron Rolle. The series features intimate interviews with the NFL veterans, along with their family members and friends.
Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic Emily Ratajkowski, the model and bestselling author of essay collection “My Body,” is ready to add “podcast host” to her resumé. “High Low with EmRata,” which Ratajkowski describes as “‘Call Her Daddy’ meets ‘Fresh Air,'” will launch Tuesday, November 1. “I decided I wanted to write the book before I ever would even think about a podcast, but it’s sort of a natural progression for me,” the 31 year-old tells Variety exclusively. “I’m very excited about producing the show and doing it in my own way.” Launching in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, “High Low with EmRata” will release two episodes a week plus a bonus episode for subscribers only. The two main episodes will consist of one guest interview and one “themed” episode that Ratajkowski describes as “a monologue” more in the vein of her essays. “I grew up listening to NPR and radio because we didn’t have television…Ira Glass was my hero,” she continues. “To be able to dive into topics that I’m interested in, in this format is so exciting.” The range of topics Ratajkowski hopes to tackle include feminism, pop culture, self-image, relationships, and “cultural moments” that encompass all the above. “I don’t want the show to at all feel pretentious, but I want to be talking about things that I find interesting and important,” she says, citing interviewer influences ranging from Terry Gross to Howard Stern.
FLO made their television debut this week, bringing viral single ‘Cardboard Box’ to Jimmy Kimmel Live! – watch the performance below.The track, which was released earlier this year and features on the girl group’s debut EP ‘The Lead’, was written alongside the Grammy Award-nominated MNEK.Discussing the process of working with him on the song during a recent NME Radar interview, the band’s Stella said: “It was more about watching him do his craft and taking it in. He wanted us to be our best, melody and writing wise.
Sade have been recording new music at Miraval Studios in France, which have been freshly renovated and reopened by Brad Pitt and producer Damien Quintard.The news was revealed yesterday (October 10) in a Billboard cover story in which both Pitt and Quintard were interviewed, with the pair sharing that Sade have visited Miraval Studios in the time since its renovation.Quintard spoke of Sade frontwoman and solo artist Sade Adu, saying that “you could feel the love that she and the band had for [Miraval Studios]”. Quintard went on to explain that the band – who previously recorded at the studio during its active years in the 2000s – are one of the acts with a “special connection [to] Miraval that can’t really be explained.”“It’s a dream come true to see this place activate again,” Quintard said.
On Saturday during the BFI London Film Festival, Deadline hosted an industry party at The Twenty Two.
At the CW’s May upfront presentation, then-Chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz announced that a new initiative with United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy would launch in the 2022-23 season to tackle “the number one issue facing America’s youth: mental health” by developing storylines across the network’s programming as well as working with advertisers and affiliates and across social media.
Jordan Moreau “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” is slowly getting ready to take a bite out of the weekend box office. It earned $575,000 from 3,453 theaters in Thursday previews, while David O. Russell’s “Amsterdam” picked up $550,000 million from 3,005 theaters. Sony’s live-action/CGI hybrid, co-financed by TSG, is a family-friendly movie about a singing crocodile, starring Grammy-nominated artist Shawn Mendes as the titular reptile. The studio projects an opening haul of $11 million to $12 million, with some projections belting out upwards of $15 million. With a budget of $50 million, it will need plenty of support from kids and families over the fall to snap up a profit. The cast includes Javier Bardem as Hector P. Valenti, Lyle’s flamboyant owner, Brett Gelman as Mr. Grumps and Constance Wu, Scoot McNairy and Winslow Fegley as the Primm family. The Primms move to a new house in New York City, where they discover Lyle, a saltwater crocodile with the voice of a high-end recording artist, living in their attic.
"The Brady Bunch" alums Barry Williams, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland reunited on "The Masked Singer" stage for their first performance together in 45 years. The Brady Bunch brothers were eliminated on Wednesday’s episode of the hit FOX show.The trio — who were unmasked as The Mummies — later spoke with Fox News Digital about what it felt like to perform together after so long, revealing the last time that happened was "Brady Bunch Variety Hour 26" more than four decades ago.
Every role is designed for Leonardo DiCaprio, according to Christian Bale.
Coolio will be heard in the upcoming “Futurama” reboot, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that the rapper and actor recorded his performance prior to his death at age 59 on Wednesday.