How This Summer’s Blockbusters Are Rewriting the Future of the Movie Business

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJulie Delpy did not turn down an offer to reunite with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke for a fourth “Before” movie.Following reports that Delpy said during an interview with a French news outlet that she walked away from the project, she told me Friday morning that her comments were misinterpreted because a fourth film was never in the works.“What happened was that we — all three of use — agreed that we couldn’t come up with something

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEricka Coulter has joined Warner Records as senior vice president of A&R, the company announced Wednesday (June 23). Coulter was most recently VP of A&R at Epic Records, where she worked with acts including Rick Ross, Giveon, and Lonr., among others; prior to her six-year tenure at Epic, she held posts at Interscope and Capitol (Evolve) Records.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLiterally minutes after the announcement that the Recording Academy has named Valeisha Butterfield Jones and Panos A. Panay to the new roles of co-presidents hit the wires, the pair and CEO Harvey Mason, jr.

Ryan Lochte has failed to qualify for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and he’s emotionally opening up about his future.

The CW has filled out its Walton family for the upcoming TV movie “The Waltons’ Homecoming.” Ben Lawson will play family patriarch John Walton Sr., joining the previously announced Bellamy Young (Olivia Walton), Logan Shroyer (John Boy) and original cast member Richard Thomas, who will narrate as older John Boy.

The CW has rounded out the cast for its original made-for-TV movie The Waltons’ Homecoming.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Bar Rescue,” the bar makeover show born just a handful of years after the Great Recession, is now entering its eighth season — and hitting a milestone 200th episode — as a battered hospitality business once again attempts to emerge from another economic downturn, this time caused by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic.Host and executive producer Jon Taffer says to expect the upcoming season on Paramount Network to be an emotional one — “more emotional than any other

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHaving her nonfiction book of essays, “Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman,” turned into a streaming scripted comedy in 2019 checked many boxes for Lindy West.

It’s time to go to the movies and enjoy all the latest new movie releases out now in theatres!In a city as big and bountiful as Philly, there are so many local movie theaters near you to choose from that it can be hard to know where to start.

Forest Hills StadiumThe former site of the US Open tennis tournament will be hosting many players of a different kind — the musical one — this summer. Among the artists scheduled to take the stage in the pastoral setting nestled in the midst of Queens are Halsey (July 16 and 17), Bright Eyes (July 31) and Wilco (Aug.

Premiering Thursday, June 3, on the W network, the new musical-comedy “Girls5Eva” sees a one-hit-wonder band from the ’90s get a second shot at fame after a young rapper samples their music.

Premiering Thursday, June 3, on the W network, the new musical-comedy “Girls5Eva” sees a one-hit-wonder band from the ’90s get a second shot at fame after a young rapper samples their music.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan didn’t have to look far for role models when he decided to be a writer. His aunt was a journalist in his native Singapore at The Singapore Monitor.“At the time, it was a new newspaper.

The cast of Damien Chazelle’s Babylon movie is filling out.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentChris Harrison’s future with “The Bachelor” franchise still remains in limbo, as the longtime host — who came under fire for a racially insensitive controversy — will sit out this summer’s season of “Bachelor In Paradise,” sources tell Variety.In lieu of Harrison, the role will be filed by celebrity comedians — including David Spade — who will serve as guest hosts, according to those with knowledge of the plans.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdam Levine, the popular Maroon 5 frontman and entertainment personality, will perform an original song for the coming animated feature film “Paw Patrol: the Movie,” backed by Spin Master Corp. and ViacomCBS’ Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures.The new song, “Good Mood,” was written by Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Oscar Görres and Adam Levine and is produced by Shellback from MXM Productions and Oscar Görres for Wolf Cousins Productions.

Busy Philipps is celebrating the start of Pride Month by gushing over her 12-year-old, Birdie. Philipps took to Instagram Tuesday to share the project Birdie started last Pride to support the LGBTQ+ community.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSean “Diddy” Combs has teamed up with Salesforce to launch Shop Circulate, which the announcement describes as a curated digital marketplace that allows consumers to discover and buy products exclusively created and sold by Black entrepreneurs. The platform’s goal is to provide Black businesses with a platform to reach global audiences and empowers consumers to shop the world’s best Black-owned brands.