Last Wednesday afternoon, I was working at my desk when my 19-year-old son came out of his room. "Are you watching?" he asked me.
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Long before former Hulu chief Jason Kilar became disruptor in chief at WarnerMedia and put the entire 2021 Warner Bros slate on HBO Max, Fredric Rosen began changing the way concert tickets were sold as the Ticketmaster president/CEO, when the service became the leading computerized ticketing company in the world.
He would become co-CEO of Outbox Enterprises, which encompassed Cirque du Soleil and The Anschutz Entertainment Group, headed Stone Canyon Entertainment and later became president/CEO
.Last Wednesday afternoon, I was working at my desk when my 19-year-old son came out of his room. "Are you watching?" he asked me.
As a new political era dawns, Americans are reeling. Images of a violent insurrection incited by a sitting U.S.
Editors note: It’s been 10 months since live entertainment went dark at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and it may be another 10 months before live venues can safely reopen. Participating in a virtual conference held Saturday by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Dr.
On January 6, rioters wielding bats and confederate flags stormed the U.S. Capitol yelling, “The steal is real, the steal is real.
Ok look — I’m a good parent. I love my kids, I’m fun-ish, and I try to raise my children practically.
Blur will be looking to reunite on stage once again whenever the coronavirus pandemic ends.The drummer looked to the future on Twitter this afternoon (January 8) as he commented on a clip from Blur’s headline performance at Glastonbury in 2009.Sharing the live ‘Tender’ video on Twitter, Rowntree showed his gratitude for the “lovely comments” left by fans of Blur and Glastonbury under the clip and said that he and his bandmates “loved the gig too”.Rowntree added: “Can’t wait till this bloody
There is a void. Where once there was sunlight. There is a void.
Dina LaPolt Guest ColumnistIn a judicial opinion filed last month, The State of Maryland’s highest court ruled that rap lyrics may be admitted in court as evidence of a defendant’s guilt. This blatantly racist decision is a travesty that sets a dangerous precedent.The case involves the January 2017 killing of George Forrester, who was shot by a drug dealer after he attempted to buy cocaine with a counterfeit bill.
fundamentally altered the way films are made, distributed and enjoyed.
Actor Demián Bichir has written numerous columns for Deadline on subjects ranging from the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the cruel forced separation of refugee children by the Trump Administration, the powerful imagery of Roma and the need to protect from Covid those locked up along the border for seeking the American dream.
as his most aggressive client.Ronnie Renucci QC said Richey’s conduct made him question whether the decision to free him was the right one.He also told how his client tried to intimidate police when he was interviewed in connection with an assault and robbery.The former US Marine, originally from Edinburgh, was sentenced to death for the murder of two-year-old Cynthia Collin who died in a fire at her mother’s apartment in Columbus Grove, Ohio, in June 1986.He claimed it was a miscarriage of
The upcoming movie The United States vs Billie Holiday, which stars Andra Day as the title character, has been sold to Hulu!
Editors note: Rachel Feldman is a Los Angeles-based film and television director whose credits include over 75 hours of longform movies and recent series including ABC’s The Rookie, CBS’ Blue Bloods and Criminal Minds, and MGM’s The Baxters. A former chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee, she is working on a political thriller based on the life of equal-pay icon Lily Ledbetter.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe entertainment industry had been under fire for irresponsible depictions of violence from the early days, including 1930s gangster movies and the glut of 1950s TV Westerns.
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.
Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live.” According to Christakis, who is also a social epidemiologist, society will make up for lost time as soon as it’s safe to, with hedonism quickly replacing conservative socializing — but that reversal remains years away.“During epidemics you get increases in religiosity, people become more abstentious, they save money, they get risk averse and we’re seeing all of that now, just as we have for hundreds of years