Variety Announces Virtual Entertainment Marketing Summit on Aug. 26 & 27

Will Smith encouraged movie-goers to follow the social distancing rules in China in a new safety PSA.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Douglas Smith, who currently stars in the Emmy-winning TNT series The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.The Canadian actor and musician portrays Marcus Isaacson in The Alienist, alongside Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning.Smith recently portrayed Corey Brockfield in the second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed Big Little Lies.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorVariety has selected its 10 Comics to Watch for 2020.This year’s honorees will be profiled in the September 29 issue of Variety and take part in a live virtual panel at this year’s Just for Laughs Digital Festival. Traditionally held every year in Montreal, the festival will going digital this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and held Oct.

Gordon Smith insists clubs should have to forfeit games if players continue to ignore coronavirus restrictions. Aberdeen were forced to postpone their meeting with St Johnstone after two players tested positive for COVID-19 and it later emerged that a group of eight had gone out for a meal in a city centre restaurant.

Jason Derulo appearing to knock Will Smith‘s teeth out with a golf club has gone viral.Last week, Derulo pranked fans on TikTok, sharing a video which saw him seemingly knock his own teeth out after eating a corn on the cob off a power drill.In the latest video, Smith is seen to be teaching Derulo how to play golf, though when the singer swings his club, it hits Smith in the face, before Smith crawls over to the camera to inspect his broken teeth.

Patti Smith has announced that she’ll perform a special show next month featuring music and excerpts from her most recent book.The virtual event, which takes place on September 4 at 2am BST, will be filmed at the Murmrr Theatre in Brooklyn, where Smith will read from her 2019 book Year Of The Monkey and play a handful of songs with longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan.The ticketed event, which is being billed as Smith’s only worldwide staged program of 2020, will be filmed by cinematographer Matthew

Dallas Smith fans won’t have to wait much longer for new music.

Creamfields has announced plans to host a virtual festival in lieu of their cancelled 2020 event.The dance-orientated three-dayer was set to take place over August bank holiday weekend (28-30), but was pushed back one year due to the coronavirus crisis.Yesterday (August 3), organisers revealed that they “will be bringing Creamfields live to your living room” on that same weekend with their first-ever ‘House Party Edition’.“We’ve curated a line up featuring over 40 artists, picking some of the

Los Angeles duo Best Coast has announced a 10th anniversary virtual show celebrating their debut album Crazy For You. The one-night event will take place on Aug. 14 via Seated and feature special guests, archival footage, interviews and more.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Minneapolis-based production company, Winterstate Entertainment is quickly prepping a feature project about Minneapolis civil rights leader and the state’s first female African American attorney, Lena O.

Alfonso Ribeiro is ready to offer a supportive ear to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith in the aftermath of the couple going public with their marriage struggles.The America’s Funniest Home Videos host, 48, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, July 22, that although he’s fallen off the grid due to the coronavirus quarantine, he hopes to reconnect with his former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air costar.“I have not stayed in contact during this incredibly awkward time,” Ribeiro said while discussing

After a successful inaugural launch on May 6, the creators of the virtual AMP Music Summit are launching their second online event, set to take place July 29, 2020. The events curator's attorney Simon Lamb, Rebel Industries founder Josh Levine and Seth Combs announced the return of AMP, which list Southern California NPR-affiliate KCRW as a sponsor, in an open letter to past attendees.

Virtual entertainment company Wave revealed Monday that former Riot Games executive Jarred Kennedy has been appointed as COO, where he will oversee core operations and expand the scale of digital concert experiences. In the role, Kennedy will report to Wave CEO and co-founder Adam Arrigo.

August Alsina appeared on Lil Wayne’s Young Money Radio show on Apple Music, where he spoke about his infamous “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett Smith. The R&B crooner surprised many by revealing that he still has love for Jada and that he misses her.

livestream on Yahoo Finance, just as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting did in May.On Tuesday, July 21, at 5 p.m. ET, the outlet will host a virtual one-hour special, “All Markets Summit Extra: Road to Recovery,” as a lead-up to the event.