Variety Announces A Night in the Writers’ Room Lineup

William Earl Variety will host the first-ever Women of Reality TV Dinner, presented by DIRECTV, on Nov. 29 in Los Angeles, honoring the successful reality TV genre and its stars.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The comedy “Colin from Accounts” tends to surprise viewers who tune in expecting one thing, and realizing it’s something else altogether. It’s a romantic comedy with a most unusual name (read on if you want to find out who “Colin” actually is) and has become a phenomenon first in Australia, then on the BBC in the U.K., followed by the Nordic region and now in the U.S. via Paramount+, where it premiered earlier this month.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Juno Temple has just learned about Jon Hamm’s “Fargo” stunt nipples, and she’s in awe. “A full, fake nipple?,” she asks, turning to her co-star at FX’s “Fargo” Season 5 premiere screening and panel on Nov. 15 at Nya Studios.

Blackpool Week is the highpoint of Strictly Come Dancing. Regarded as the 'spiritual home' of ballroom dancing in Britain, Blackpool's Tower Ballroom has been a fixture in the seaside town for nearly 120 years.

Kid Rock and Jason Aldean just announced their seven-concert ‘Rock The Country Tour’ that will send them to small towns that “know how to party” from April through July 2024.“Can’t wait to bring you Rock the Country,” Kid Rock shared on Instagram. “A music festival like no other for hard working folks who love this country!”At each stop on the run, the co-headliners will put on two days worth of shows in each city along with many big name acts they’re bringing along for the ride on select dates.Just a few of the icons set to join the duo include Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miranda Lambert, Hank Williams Jr., Koe Wetzel and Brantley Gilbert.That’s not all, though.They’ll also perform with Uncle Kracker, Travis Tritt, Lee Brice, Randy Houser and Big and Rich featuring Gretchen Wilson.Nelly will be there, too.And if you want to join in on the Southern-fried fun, you can grab two-day passes for all concerts as of today.Below, you’ll find all the information you need about the 2024 ‘Rock The Country Tour.’A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues, five special guests set to appear and links to buy tickets can be found below.But wait, there’s more!In total, 21 artists will be joining Kid Rock and Jason Aldean on the road.

Emily Longeretta Gerry Turner was ready to find love again. When he became the Golden Bachelor in 2023, he was determined — for the first time since his wife died in 2017 — to put himself back out there. “I was really open to it,” he told Variety in an interview conducted at the start of the season.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 10, Episode 8 of “The Masked Singer,” “Trolls Night,” which aired Nov. 15 on Fox. Metta World Peace knows he’s not a great singer, but “The Masked Singer” is the one place where you can get away with it. Well, one of two places.

Manchester City's injury crisis is growing, with Matheus Nunes becoming the fourth player to withdraw from international duty in as many days.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large GLAAD — the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer media advocacy organization — has been named the recipient of the Television Academy‘s 2023 Governors Award. The honor will be presented during the 75th Annual Primetime Emmys telecast, set to be broadcast live on Fox (after a lengthy Hollywood strikes delay) on January 15.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic A chyron that appears at the end of “Napoleon,” after two and a half hours of turgid spectacle and grime-encrusted showmanship, informs that France’s self-anointed emperor oversaw 61 battles, listing the six that director Ridley Scott opted to stage for our benefit … or for his own glory. The director’s motives are unclear, much like those of Napoleon Bonaparte as played by Joaquin Phoenix, who gives a mumbly and oddly anti-charismatic performance as the figure — short, slender and something of an outsider, owing to his Corsican birth — who came to rule France after the revolution.

Sammy Hagar is pulling out all the stops next year.The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer just announced his summer 2024 ‘The Best Of All Worlds Tour’ with Sammy Hagar and the Circle members former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Foreigner drummer Jason Bonham. But wait! There’s more!The trio will be joined by guitar legend Joe Satriani as well as opening act Loverboy all summer long.On the 25-concert run, the hard rockers will make a stop in both New York and New Jersey.First, they’ll swing into Saratoga Springs’ Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Monday, July 22.

Tom Morello has said that there is “no room for Anti-Semitism” when criticising “horrific war crimes in Gaza”.The Rage Against The Machine guitarist took to his official X/Twitter page to speak up on the current Israel-Hamas war. “Important to remember the horrific war crimes in Gaza aren’t being done by “the Jews” but rather by a particular murderous right-wing Israeli administration,” he tweeted on November 13.He continued: “Many brave Jews in Israel & abroad condemn the slaughter.

Tim Minchin announced his mother’s death during a recent show in Sydney.The musical comedy star was performing at the State Theatre on Friday (November 10) for his show, An Unfunny Evening With Tim Minchin And His Piano when he told the crowd of his loss.“My mum died yesterday,” he explained to the audience before he went on to say that he felt he must go ahead with the performance despite the tragic loss, and then launched into his tune ‘White Wine In The Sun’, according to news.com.au.According to the outlet, his voice also briefly faltered as he sang, “I’ll be seeing my dad, my brother and sisters, my gran and my mum… they’ll be drinking white wine in the sun.”Earlier in the show, he had revealed that his mother, Ros, had been diagnosed with terminal blood cancer back in 2020.He closed the show with a cover of Leonard Cohen‘s ‘Hallelujah’, which saw the audience singing along to the track.A post shared by Tim Minchin (@timminchin)Following the show, Minchin shared a photograph of his mother on Instagram, simply captioned: “So it goes.”He frequently previously discussed his parents in both his comedy and his songwriting.“Mum and Dad had high expectations of us as human beings – it wasn’t just about education,” Minchin told The Guardian in a 2017 interview.“It’s a fantastic way to go about parenting, and I aspire to that.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Variety chief correspondent and rising star Elizabeth Wagmeister is heading to CNN, where she’ll cover the entertainment beat for the news cabler, based in Los Angeles. Wagmeister was a driving force who helped Variety reclaim its role as the most-read, No.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Comedian Tom Segura has announced the first leg of his new global stand-up comedy tour “Tom Segura: Come Together.” “This tour is bigger and blacker than anything I’ve ever done,” Segura said. “But that name has already been used, but ‘Come Together’ gets the point across. Let’s all come together for a night.

Alanis Morisette has announced her 2024 tour with special guest Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and support act Morgan Wade.The Canadian musician has unveiled the dates for “The Triple Moon Tour”, which will tun from November this year through to August 2024.There will be a Live Nation presale on November 16 (access code BACKSTAGE) to access tickets. General sale will begin November 17 – grab your tickets here.“I am inspired and heartened and feel giddy inside to be going on this upcoming summer tour with Joan and Morgan and all our teams,” ​​Morissette said about the tour.

Met Gala has been revealed in a new article in Vogue.On Wednesday this week (November 8), Vogue announced that the theme for the annual star-studded gathering would be “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”The Met Gala is the annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. According to Vogue, “cutting-edge curation and technology will together reveal precious masterpieces of fashion as they’ve never been seen before at next year’s Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.”The collection will include 250 items from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection, some of which have “rarely been seen in public before”.

AJR brothers took to the streets and performed for the first time at Washington Square Park and Central Park.18 years later, the trio have announced their largest venture yet — ‘The Maybe Man Tour’ that will send them to arenas all over North America in support of their new album with the same name from April through August 2024.That includes a huge concert at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Friday, July 26.“Our goal was to bring the show to arenas no matter how long it took,” the band shared in an uplifting inspirational Instagram video. They added that ‘The Maybe Man Tour’ will give them “a chance to make a concert into a new kind of thing, a chance to create effects we’ve always wanted to, a chance to create something I don’t think you’ve ever seen before.”And if you want to see their ambitious, never before seen stage show live next year, you can secure your tickets as early as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Homer Simpson’s reported decision to stop strangling his son, Bart, has fans talking — at least on the Internet. That’s where everyone, of course, has an opinion.

Alanis Morissette is striking out on her own next summer.The seven-time Grammy winner and “Great North” voice actor just announced her 31-concert ‘The Triple Moon Tour’ with special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Morgan Wade.Midway through the run, they’ll drop into New York and New Jersey for four concerts.First up, Morissette and co. will play Camden, NJ’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on July 2.After that, the “Ironic” singer has gigs lined up at Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on July 3, Bethel, NY’s Bethel Woods Center For The Arts on July 5 and Wantagh, NY’s Jones Beach Theater on July 10.And if you want tickets to hear “You Oughta Know,” “Hand In My Pocket,” “Thank U,” “Head Over Feet,” “You Learn” and so many more classics live, you can pick your tickets up as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Nov.