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Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Small Engine Repair, the indie adaptation of John Pollono’s play, finally gets its big screen moment as it tries to find theatrical distribution the only way it is done in Los Angeles these days — at the drive-in. Written and directed by Pollono a decade after it became an underground stage hit in LA, the film will be screened by 30WEST and CAA Media Finance for buyers at The Electric Dusk Drive-In on Wednesday.

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For his first public performance since experiencing a gut-wrenching pregnancy loss weeks ago with Chrissy Teigen, John Legend dug deep and brought heartfelt emotion to his set at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday night.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has launched attack ads against his Democratic challenger MJ Hegar with less than three weeks left before the election.

John Frusciante has shared the third taste of his forthcoming album – a new track titled ‘Brand E’.The track premiered alongside an abstract, sci-fi music video, which was directed by Amalia Irons and shot in various locations in Los Angeles.Frusciante and Lee Bootee star in the visual, as well as a cat named Tanya – a stand-in for Frusciante’s late cat Maya, which his forthcoming album is named after.Watch the music video for ‘Brand E’ below:The new track follows previous singles ‘Amethblowl’

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has shared a cover of John Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’ to mark the legendary singer-songwriter’s birthday.The late Beatle, who would have turned 80 today (October 9), died on December 8, 1980 after he was shot in New York by Mark Chapman.Posting the cover to Instagram, Parker wished Lennon a happy birthday, tagged his son Sean Ono Lennon and included the hashtag #gimmesometruth.

would have been his 80th birthday. The pair both shared tributes to the legendary musician, who died in New York in 1980, after he was shot by Mark David Chapman. Sharing a black and white photograph of them together on Instagram, Sir Paul wrote: “I love this picture, it reminds me of the bond between us. Happy 80th John.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicMy heart dropped on August 25 when I looked on Instagram and saw that John Fredericks, aka the musician John the Baptist, was leaving Manhattan.

New York Comic Con, along with some high-flying women in Hollywood who teamed up for a fun and insightful panel about Black female superheroes on the small screen. The panel's origin story begins with Black History Month back in February, when TV Guide presented The Rise of Black Superheroes, an in-depth look at TV's Black superheroes, past and present: The Pierces of Black Lightning, the pint-sizedstar of Raising Dion, Sister Night (Regina King) of HBO's Watchmen, and Iris West (Candice Patton)

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorKate Mulgrew, who played Captain Kathryn Janeway for 170 episodes on Star Trek: Voyager, will be reprising that character on Nickelodeon and CBS Studios’ new animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. The surprise announcement was made today at the end of the Star Trek Universe New York Comic-Con virtual panel.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKate Mulgrew is set to reprise her iconic role as Captain Kathryn Janeway in the upcoming Nickelodeon animated series “Star Trek: Prodigy.”The announcement was made Thursday as part of the “Star Trek” universe virtual panel at New York Comic Con. Janeway will be a central figure in the show, which will follow a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterMusic agents Jeffrey Hasson (pictured at right) and Matt Meyer have joined UTA.  Both arrive from Paradigm with Hasson based in Nashville and Meyer in Los Angeles.Hasson got his start at Monterey Peninsula Artists in 2005 and has worked with such artists as Young The Giant, Tori Kelly, Surfaces, Jamey Johnson, Dashboard Confessional, and Blues Traveler, among others.Meyer began his career at electronic dance music agency AM Only, which was later acquired by