‘The Amazing Race’ Returns To Emmy Contest As ‘The Masked Singer’ Loses Out In Reality Competition Category

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSinger Lance Bass, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and “The Masked Singer” executive producer Craig Plestis are among the names behind “Unicorn Hunters,” a crowd-financing competition series now being shopped for domestic distribution.The series centers on finding so-called “unicorn” companies — startups that reach $1 billion valuation, by attracting investors from around the world.

‘It’s better to be on team Harry, the fun team, we’re here to have a good time,’ No it’s not THAT Harry speaking but another pair of well-known brothers.

Naman Ramachandran “The Masked Talent,” a new format from Korea’s MBC, creators of global hit “The Masked Singer,” is currently in production.Unlike the celebrity-driven “The Masked Singer” and spin-off “The Masked Dancer,” where the focus is on who is behind the mask, “The Masked Talent” is a non-celebrity masked audition format concentrating on singing skills and talents.

Simone Biles' shocking withdrawal from the team gymnastics competition at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, her fellow athletes and famous fans are sending messages of support.The defending gold medalist in vault, floor exercise, all-around and the team competition, Biles left the competition floor with the Team USA medical trainer after her first rotation on the vault.

will be returning for season six with a double-stuffed premiere!Fox revealed it's fall line-up on Monday, and fans were gifted with the dates for the upcoming season's two-night debut. is set to kick off Season 6 on Wednesday, Sept.

MONDAY, SEPT. 208:00-9:00 PM                               9-1-1 (Season Five Premiere)9:00-10:00 PM                             THE BIG LEAP (new series)TUESDAY, SEPT. 218:00-9:00 PM                               THE RESIDENT (Season Five Premiere)9:00-10:00 PM                             OUR KIND OF PEOPLE (new series)WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 228:00-9:00 PM                               THE MASKED SINGER (Season Six Premiere)9:00-10:00 PM                             ALTER EGO (new series)THURSDAY,

Fox has revealed fall premiere dates for its new and returning series, including the debut of avatar singing competition Alter Ego in the plum post-Masked Singer slot, along with rookie dramas The Big Leap and Our Kind of People. Also set are the Sunday Animation Domination block and the season bows of veteran dramas 9-1-1 and The Resident.

Sexy Beasts () is Netflix’s asking if personality beats looks, especially when those looks are hidden behind animal prosthetics. It's a less heartfelt, more comical version of Love Is Blind—one where contestants proclaim they’re “ass men” with no pretense.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is heading down the mouse trap for its latest reality competition series.

It all makes sense now! Adele‘s unexpected new romance with sports agent Rich Paul, 39, was apparently alluded to weeks before their outing at the NBA playoffs on July 17. In a May 31 interview with The New Yorker, Rich said that he was “hanging out” with a major pop star — and now it’s all but clear that he was talking about Adele, 33. “She was over yesterday,” Rich told the publication. He never referred to the “Hello” singer, or whomever he was talking about, by name.

Angelique Jackson Bert Marcus, founder and CEO of Bert Marcus Productions, has signed with Range Media Partners. Marcus will be represented by a core team consisting of Matt Graham, CJ Cook, Tyler Henry, Ben Grayson and Rich Cook.“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ managing partner and head of music, said announcing the signing.

Diversity showed up strong at the Primetime Emmy Nominations this morning with a record 49 non-white nominees recognized in the acting and reality hosting categories, +17% over last year’s diversity record of 42 nominees.

The good book says joy cometh in the morning, but today’s unveiling of the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards nominations distinctly lacked such jubilation for some.

Guy Lodge Film CriticIt’s been two years since iconoclastic Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov was released from a 20-month period of house arrest on embezzlement charges widely considered to have been trumped up by the government. If things haven’t been plain sailing since then — the revived case ended in a suspended sentence last year, confining the director to his home country — he has at least been free to roam, work and film in Russia.

Christopher Vourlias Three years after his musical drama “Leto” bowed on the Croisette, Kirill Serebrennikov returns to Cannes’ main competition with “Petrov’s Flu,” a deadpan, hallucinatory romp through a post-Soviet Russia in the grips of a mysterious flu epidemic. The acclaimed director spoke to Variety about living with fear and making the most out of solitude.How did you get involved with “Petrov’s Flu”? I was hired to write the script.