‘Sound of Metal,’ ‘Lovecraft Country’ Teams to Be Honored at Variety Entertainment Marketing Breakfast

A contemporary re-imaging of the 1973 action feature Cleopatra Jones is in the works at Warner Bros and Charles D. King’s Macro, with Lovecraft Country and Snowfall writer Ihuoma Ofordire writing.

Willow Smith has returned with a new single titled ‘Transparent Soul’ – a pop-punk outing featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.The actress and singer, known mononymously as Willow, explores a confrontational pop-punk sound on the new track with Barker. The song came accompanied by a performance visual, featuring Smith in a vacant white studio.

Antonio Ferme editorThe COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the largest disruptors the business of entertainment has ever seen, demanding industry professionals to take a closer look at certain trends that are accelerating at an unprecedented rate.During Variety’s virtual Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte on April 22, some of the prominent marketing leaders in the entertainment business gave their two cents on how to navigate the constantly shifting landscape and where they

Ethan Shanfeld “People just wanted an escape from all the traumatic issues that were happening in the world,” said Ukonwa Ojo, chief marketing officer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video.

Gary Numan has opened up on how the late Mark E. Smith once “scared the shit” out of him, after he joined forces with the Fall frontman for a joint interview.Numan was speaking to NME for the latest in our ‘Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells Series‘ when he opened up on how he had been referenced by Smith in ‘We Want You’, an unreleased 1997 duet with Elastica’s Justine Frischmann.Opening up on meeting Smith, Numan said: “I did a joint interview with Mark E.

All the ongoing royal family drama is still unresolved — and it may be that way for a while — but at least Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did something nice for Queen Elizabeth‘s 95th birthday.

Robert Marich The mantra that the pandemic has accelerated existing trends is evident across the entire Hollywood landscape.Variety’s virtual Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte on April 22, will analyze some of these trends. The most obvious is that filmgoers have been driven to at-home viewing.

In 2015, Vice Media mogul Shane Smith and his wife Tamyka paid $23 million to purchase Santa Monica’s Villa Ruchello estate from filmmaker Henry Jaglom and his ex-wife, actress-director Victoria Foyt. Now the Smiths have officially sold the stunning 3.35-acre spread — featured in the film “Beverly Hills Cop” and comedy series “Entourage” — for $48.67 million.

As with all award shows, the Independent Spirit Awards will be quite different than previous years. The virtual ceremony means there will be no day drinking in a tent on Santa Monica beach, and the Spirit’s first-time host, Melissa Villaseñor, won’t be able to interact with the always buzzed audience.

Wigan Warriors scrum-half Harry Smith reckons Jackson Hastings’ departure could “open a big door” for him to replace the Australian next season.

Variety curates a list of the top film school programs and film school educators both in the United States and abroad. This year, as the COVID-19 crisis continues unabated, most film and digital arts programs worldwide relied on online models of instruction.

M.I.A. has started a crowdfunding campaign in support of people affected by the recent volcanic eruptions on the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Last Friday (April 9), the La Soufrière volcano erupted, covering the island in ash and forcing more than 16,000 people to evacuate their homes.

new voter law.The film — a thriller about a runaway slave that’s titled “Emancipation” — is the first big-budget movie project to pull out of the state on the basis of the new law, Variety reported.

Lovecraft Country standout Wunmi Mosaku will co-star alongside Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Mara, and Rupert Friend in Call Jane, a women’s rights indie drama directed by Carol screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. The pic is based on The Blacklist script by Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi.

Made in Chelsea has returned to our screens with a new series filmed at the sprawling Langley House in the Cotswolds. And despite a new setting, some familiar faces have returned including model Paris Smith.