Shane Gillis Comedy ‘Tires’ Off To Promising Start, Rolling Onto Netflix Top 10 Following Debut Weekend

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Paolo Cortellesi’s “There’s Still Tomorrow,” a box office smash in its native Italy, was Sunday named winner of the Sydney Film Prize at the end of the Sydney Film Festival (June 5-16) A jury headed by Danis Tanovic called the film about an industrious woman in post WWII Rome “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous.” The prize is one of the richest awarded at any festival and is worth A$60,000 ($39,600). The announcement was made at the city’s State Theatre ahead of the Australian premiere screening of the Demi Moore-starring Cannes hit “The Substance.” The A$20,000 ($13,200) Documentary Australia award went to local filmmaker James Bradley, for “Welcome to Babel,” which charts Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen’s plans to create an epic work.

Nicole Scherzinger is making her Broadway debut later this year in the musical Sunset Boulevard and she gave the industry a preview of her incredible vocals during the 2024 Tony Awards.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” leaped to a crushing first place debut at the South Korean box office on its opening weekend. The American animation film earned $12.3 million from 1.75 million ticket sales between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over the five days since its Wednesday debut, it accumulated $14.7 million and 2.08 million ticket sales.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Anxiety to the rescue! Disney and Pixar‘s “Inside Out 2,” an animated adventure that spotlights apprehension among other emotions, scored the biggest box office debut of the year with $155 million domestically and $295 million globally. It’s a huge win for theaters (ticket sales have been lagging way behind 2023) and Pixar (which has struggled to restore its box office touch since COVID). Those results far exceeded expectations and notched several opening weekend records in the process.

Shonda Rhimes will be on hand for a right royal London Stock Exchange opening tomorrow morning as Netflix reveals a major UK Bridgerton spending landmark.

Pond will be kicking off a tour of Australia in support of their new album ‘Stung!’ this weekend – find dates and remaining tickets below.The Australian psychedelic rock outfit are due to release ‘Stung!’, their tenth studio album, on July 21 via Spinning Top. The album is available to pre-order on vinyl, or pre-save on digital platforms now.

It’s official — Baby Reindeer is one of Netflix‘s most popular series of all time.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Turns out, Bad Boys are good for ticket sales. Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth entry in the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence-led buddy cop series, started strong with $56 million from 3,885 theaters in its domestic debut.

Jack Dunn Several Asian American groups gathered in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon to call for comedian Shane Gillis to apologize for using “offensive racial remarks” in his stand-up performances. Leaders of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Chinese American Citizens Alliance Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League gathered at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Lodge for a press conference, in which the groups also implored Netflix to cancel Gillis’ new sitcom “Tires” and that Bud Light cut all promotional funding toward his comedy tour unless an apology is issued.

Absolutely Fabulous characters, before she managed to convince her otherwise.The two comic actors starred as the leads in the ‘90s sitcom on the BBC, with Lumley playing Patsy Stone alongside Saunders’ Edina Monsoon.The show, which was created and written by Saunders, ran for five seasons from 1992 to 2003, before returning in 2004 for a Christmas special, a three-part series in 2012 and a feature film in 2016.The show revolves around Edina, a heavy-drinking PR mogul who is desperate to stay young and on top of fashion trends, and her best friend and fashion director Patsy, whose excesses eclipse Edina’s.In a new interview with My Weekly, Lumley, 78, has disclosed details about a conversation she had with Saunders in which they discussed bringing about the demise of the characters.Lumley said that Saunders wrote to her, asking: “Shall we just kill them off and bury them?”She continued: “I wrote back the fastest email return I’ve ever written. I said, ‘No, we’ve promised the world we will never die! And to be honest, if all that vodka and champagne they’ve necked over the years hasn’t done the job, then why on earth would their creator be able to do it?’”Although there has been no new update from the world of the show since the 2016 film, Saunders did say on her podcast with comedy partner Dawn French, Titting About, in October last year that she would write an Ab Fab-related project by the end of the year.She said it would contain “some Ab Fab-ness, but not totally Ab Fab”, but did not clarify whether it would be a film or a television series.

Co-founder Shane Smith is taking on a new role at Vice. The Wall St. Journal reports that he has been appointed editor-in-chief of Vice News.

Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang have had very different “Saturday Night Live” trajectories. And yet, they both have made history. Thompson, who joined the show in 2003, is the longest-tenured cast member in the show’s history.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Sofia Vergara is paying tribute to her Colombian roots — and having some fun along the way — with a new coffee brand dubbed “¡DÍOS MIO!“ Available now on Walmart.com, ¡DÍOS MIO! COFFEE is a fair trade brand that launches with three roasts, all blended by a team of female coffee growers. The name riffs off the popular Spanish expression, that Vergara says is “used by Latinos when discovering the perfect taste and flavor.” Vergara’s coffee is available as ground coffee in a light, medium and dark roast.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Two foreign-made animation movies opened on top of the mainland China box office over the latest weekend. Japanese film, “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Earth Symphony” landed in first place, ahead of “The Garfield Movie,” though the match-up was not like-for-like. According to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway, “Doraemon” earned $12.6 million (RMB89.5 million) over the three days from its Friday release.

He was one of the biggest heartthrobs on Aussie TV with his blonde curtains, perfect tan, adorable dimples and pearly white teeth. Dieter Brummer, who portrayed Home And Away's Shane in the 1990s, seemed to have it all.The young actor won over everyone, including up to 8 million TV viewers in the UK. Alongside Melissa George, who played Angel, they became a beloved soap couple.

Selome Hailu After “Bridgerton” dominated the top three spots on Luminate‘s streaming rankings last week, the only TV title that could rival it was a complete change of pace from the high production value Regency-era drama: “Tires,” Shane Gillis’ self-funded half-hour comedy that premiered on May 23. “Bridgerton” Season 3 of course still took the No. 1 position with 766.8 million minutes watched in its second full week of availability, coming out to an estimated 3.7 million views when divided by the 220-minute runtime of the four currently available episodes.

Henry Ramsay, the charming, curly-haired joker from Aussie soap Neighbours, was a character we all adored. He was the son of Madge (played by Anne Charleston) and brother to mechanic Charlene, famously portrayed by Kylie Minogue.The role was played by actor Craig McLachlan, who was introduced by show bosses in 1987 as a new heartthrob to fill the shoes of the recently-departed Shane Ramsay (Peter O'Brien). Over more than 800 episodes, he set viewers' hearts aflutter with his clumsy plots, flirtatious antics, and those iconic dungarees.

Pete Davidson won’t stand for heckling — and neither will MOST of his fans!

Netflix viewers are still falling for Penelope and Colin’s love story.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Having received a rapturous reception a week earlier in Cannes George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” grabbed a more muted win at the South Korean box office. “Furiosa” opened with $3.35 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That represented a 39.5% share of the weekend’s total cinema-going market.