By Anthony D'Alessandro
29.01.2020 - 04:06 / variety.com
Netflix is poised to let go of roughly 15 staffers from its Los Angeles office as the streaming platform shifts its marketing strategy in an effort to promote the whole streaming service, Variety has learned. The company will continue to promote individual shows as part of its greater marketing initiatives.
The layoffs represent a small percentage of the greater marketing division, according to a source, and follows the hiring last July of Jackie Lee-Joe as chief marketing officer, who hails
By Anthony D'Alessandro
LOS ANGELES – Life couldn’t be going any better for Brittany Furlan.
By Nellie Andreeva
On Jan. 26, Ava DuVernay introduced a tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle at the 2020 Grammy Awards that included performances by Meek Mill, DJ Khaled and John Legend — but the Emmy-winning director has much more planned.Sources say DuVernay is working on a Hussle documentary for which Netflix has won the rights.
Filmmaker and basketball superfan Spike Lee paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on the 2020 Oscars red carpet by wearing a purple suit emblazoned with the late sports icon’s jersey number.
"It’s for Kobe."
Spike Lee is wearing his love, admiration and respect for Kobe Bryant on his sleeve -- literally -- at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards.The Oscar-winning director arrived for this year's ceremony on Sunday night (Feb. 9) wearing a Gucci tuxedo bearing the number of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend, along with the Lakers' colors of purple and gold. "24" was not only emblazoned on the lapels of Lee's custom formalwear, but across the back of his jacket as well.
Spike Lee might be a life-long New York Knicks fan, but he showed major love for Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at Sunday's Academy Awards.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The vibe of Netflix’s “Locke and Key” is best described in Netflix terms.
Netflix has canceled the musical drama “Soundtrack” after one season, Variety has confirmed.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Fly-on-the-wall portraits of pop-music stars used to be dominated by, you know, pop music. The life and personality and woe-is-me-I’m-caught-in-the-media-fishbowl spectacle of the star herself was part of the equation, yet all that stuff had a way of dancing around the edges.
It was a night of high highs for artists like five-Grammy-winner Billie Eilish — and low lows, especially for the broadcast itself.
The helicopter Kobe Bryant was travelling in was "too low" moments before the tragic crash.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Netflix said “The Witcher,” the fantasy series starring Henry Cavill, is pacing to be its biggest first-season original TV series ever.
America Ferrera's latest project is almost here!