Industry Insiders Prepare for Post-COVID Production Travel Boom

EXCLUSIVE:  Green Apple Entertainment has set a digital release for its recently acquired movie Mondo Hollywoodland from filmmaker Janek Ambros (Human Capital, Ten Thousand Saints) of Aug. 3 on Amazon, transactional VOD as well as a week’s run at Arena CineLounge in Hollywood.

official Twitter account of the “Teletubbies.” Originally aired on the BBC in 1997, the nostalgic kids show — which featured four bombastically hued beings with TVs for tummies — was relaunched in 2015 for a modern audience.The tweet included pics depicting the colorful quartet of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po displaying their “COVID-19 Vaccination Tubby Cards.” These fictitious documents revealed that the creatures had gone to the “Home Dome Clinic,” where they received the made-up

Mark Kornblau is departing his spot heading up communications at NBCUniversal’s news brands for a position as global head of communications for Softbank Group.

Quentin Tarantino is sharing his thoughts on the future of movie theatres following COVID-19. 

Gregg Goldstein As an increasingly vaccinated New York lifts virtually all of its COVID-19 restrictions, there’s a turf war brewing between New York City productions and restaurants, with the Mayor’s Of­fice of Media and Entertainment caught in the crossfire.

EXCLUSIVE:  Katie Holmes has launched her new production label, Lafayette Pictures, in partnership with Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Jesse Korman of Yale Productions.

The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives will begin performances next month with audience capacity at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater expanded significantly over what was previously announced.

Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic action franchises. The tale of Indiana Jones has sustained the audience’s interest since the early ’80s though the generation of movie lovers has changed.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAs New York and Los Angeles reopen and people are dining out, Variety asked industry insiders to recommend their favorite restaurants. Bon appétit!Providence (5955 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles)  “I just love a tasting menu, and chef Michael Cimarusti is a superb chef.

Alex Rodriguez is renting a huge, $5 million mansion in the Bridgehampton section of the Hamptons this summer in New York.

George Clooney, Eva Longoria, Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, Don Cheadle and more stars are teaming up for a good cause.Along with principals at the Creative Artists Agency, the group of high-profile celebrities are creating a new high school in Los Angeles — the Roybal School of Film and Television Production, housed within the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center — to help teenagers in underserved communities train for jobs in Hollywood.

Victor/Victoria,” directed by Blake Edwards and starring Edwards’ wife, Julie Andrews. The show was a disaster.

Naman Ramachandran James Corden, Ariana Grande and Broadway musical “Hairspray” star Marissa Jaret Winokur convened for a joyous celebration of the end of COVID-19 restrictions on “The Late Late Show” on Tuesday night.They sang “No Lockdowns Anymore” set to the tune of hit “Hairspray” number “Good Morning Baltimore.”The video begins with a jubilant Corden appearing on a New York street in his bathrobe. “Woke up today, feeling okay, this is new,” Corden croons.

According to a report in Deadline, A New York judge on Tuesday ruled for the extradition of Harvey Weinstein from New York to Los Angeles where he could reportedly be facing a new set of charges while serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

Madonna is back in the Big Apple and straight to work – if her latest Instagram post is anything to go by. The mother-of-six posed for a selfie in one of her New York bathrooms and announced the big news herself, writing: "New Life, New York.