Voltron Global, The Company That Purchased Tyler Perry’s Original Atlanta Studio, Launches Production Outfit

New York-based actor David Kaverman is four months into his contract as a swing performer on the second national tour of the hit Broadway musical WICKED. During the Houston stop, Kaverman took a break from his grueling schedule and the triple-digit heat index in Texas to chat with Georgia Voice. He jokingly recalled his first night in the hit musical and the advice he received from the show’s dance captain before his first performance: “The only thing you have to do today is just not fall down,” he recalls being told. “Don’t fall—just get on and get off stage. That’s all you have to do.”

Sophia Scorziello editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Ready for an All-Star-studded night? The Major League Baseball All-Star game is set for Tuesday, July 11 at 8 p.m. ET at the Mariners’ T-Mobile Park in Seattle.

Sophia Scorziello editor Ready for an All-Star-studded night? The Major League Baseball All-Star game is set for Tuesday, July 11 at 8 p.m. ET at the Mariners’ T-Mobile Park in Seattle. The event will broadcast on Fox, but can also be streamed live on a variety of live TV streamers such as DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV.

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosier’s Southbox Entertainment has secured a $25 million partnership with sister company FilmHedge and is raising another $55 million from private investors — for $80 million in fresh funds to greenlight film and TV projects.

Kim Zolciak Biermann makes her return to the Real Housewives of Atlanta and opens up about her marriage to Kroy Biermann.«B**ch, you know I just speak my mind,» she tells fellow RHOA OGs Shereé Whitfield, Lisa Wu and DeShawn Snow during a reunion for season 15 that was filmed back in December. «I may not be right, but I [speak my mind].»Kim tells Shereé, «You know what? I think about you all the time.» Shereé, after all, introduced Kim and Kroy to each other in 2010 when Shereé and the former Atlanta Falcons linebacker were both competing in a local Dancing with the Stars-style charity event, which occurred during the filming of season 3.«I was like, literally, 'Shereé, introduce me to tight-a**,'» recalls Kim.

EXCLUSIVE: Cole Brown, DreamCrew Entertainment, Jermaine Dupri, and Jami Gertz announced that production has wrapped on the forthcoming documentary series Magic City: An American Fantasy – a three-part series uncovering the story behind the famed Atlanta strip club, Magic City, and its decades-long influence on hip-hop. Drake joins the production through his DreamCrew Entertainment, with Executive Producers Adel “Future” Nur and Peter Nelson. Dupri joins with music executive Michael Mauldin as Executive Producer, and production company Scheme Engine.

We have been introduced to dozens of Real Housewives over the years!

Thania Garcia Lil Uzi Vert will be performing in venues across the U.S. later this fall for the newly-announced “Pink Tape” tour in support of their latest, 26-track album album “Pink Tape.” The 17-date trip will be Uzi’s first headlining jaunt since 2018’s “Endless Summer Tour,” and is slated to begin on Oct. 21 in Minneapolis, before making numerous stops across major cities like Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, New York City, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Denver, among other cities. They will close the tour with a special hometown performance in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Nov. 22. “Pink Tape,” the follow-up to the rapper’s 2020 record, “Pluto x Baby Pluto,” is expected to be one of the top rap releases of the year when it arrives on U.S. charts next week. It features guest verses from Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon and more.

Sanya Richards-Ross revealed that she is pregnant with her second child.

The peaches of The Real Housewives of Atlanta have some juicy storylines as the second part of Season 15 begins. Bravo dropped a midseason trailer for the series that airs Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT and things get heated.

Beyoncé's Pittsburgh stop on her Renaissance World Tour might be feeling a little heated right now.On Wednesday, Acrisure Stadium's official Twitter account announced that the Aug. 3 stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been pulled from the singer's schedule due to «production logistics and scheduling issues.»«Unfortunately the Aug. 3rd Pittsburgh stop of the RENAISSANCEWORLD TOUR will not be taking place.

Keke Palmer’s boyfriend Darius Jackson had a few things to say about the outfit she chose to wear to watch Usher’s Las Vegas residency show this week.

They are taking flight one last time.Popular rock ‘n’ roll band The Eagles announced Thursday that they plan on embarking on a final cross-country tour beginning in September through 2025.“Our long-run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed,” the band said in an emotional statement. “But, everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle.”  “The official farewell tour is currently in the planning stages,” continued the statement, which then goes on to give a bit of the band’s history.

The Eagles have announced a farewell live tour across North America with Steely Dan – find all the details below.The legendary band will begin the run of shows – titled ‘The Long Goodbye’ – at Madison Square Garden in New York on September 7 ahead of further performances in Boston (September 11), Newark (16) and Elmont, New York (20).Resuming in early October, the group’s final tour is then set to visit Denver, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland and Atlanta before additional stop-offs in other cities throughout November.‘The Long Goodbye’ will see The Eagles – comprising Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill and Deacon Frey – “perform as many shows in each market as their audience demands”, per a press release.The tour is expected to continue into 2025, but further dates – potentially including the UK and Europe – are yet to be announced.The Eagles, who’ll be commemorating their 50+ career with the concerts, will be supported by Steely Dan on all confirmed dates.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time next Friday (July 14) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

4th Of July baseball, the Cleveland Guardians took on the hottest team in the MLB last night on our country’s birthday and it was one to remember! The Guards snap the Atlanta Braves’ nine-game win streak behind a monster game by Amed Rosario. Rosario was able to dive in four of Cleveland’s six runs on three hits, The Guards ended up winning with a final score of 6-5 in 10 innings.Those three hits gave Amed 41 games with three or more hits since 2021. He has done this 10 times already this season and his big night got Shane Bieber off the hook from one of his worst starts this season.

“Cousins” was selected as a finalist in this year’s ShortList Film Festival, presented by TheWrap. You can watch the films and vote for your favorite here.To paraphrase one of the many quips Billy Crystal throws down in “When Harry Met Sally”: “In a city of 8 million people, you’re bound to run into your ex.” This is the shrewd setup for Karina Dandashi’s “Cousins,” a 13-minute, Brooklyn-set short centering on Layla (played by Dandashi) and Tarek (Ribal Rayess), two cousins whose reunion is turned upside down when Layla’s ex (Monica Sanborn) turns up at the same bar.“This is the first time I’ve actually done a comedy,” Dandashi told TheWrap.

EXCLUSIVE: Just a day after announcing Black, White, & Blue as his first film under a four-picture deal with Amazon inked back in November, Tyler Perry has named Divorce in the Black as his second. Starring in the pic, which Perry will direct and produce from his script, are Meagan Good (Harlem), Cory Hardrict (All American: Homecoming), Joseph Lee Anderson (Young Rock), Taylor Polidore (Snowfall), Shannon Wallace (City on a Hill), Richard Lawson (For Colored Girls) and Debbi Morgan (Power Book II: Ghost). 

Netta is back, and it’s “Everything”!

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Fans spent a lot of the time out of the kitchen and in front of the TV over the weekend, saying “Yes, chef,” to the second season of FX’s “The Bear.” On Tuesday, FX and Hulu announced “The Bear” Season 2 had seen a 70% increase in total hours streamed in the first four days following its June 22 launch — when compared to the FX comedy’s first season stats over that same post-premiere time period. While FX and Hulu did not reveal the actual streaming figures behind that data point, the Disney-owned brands did confirm “The Bear’s” second season debut was the most-watched premiere of any FX series on Hulu.

“Rob Schneider: Woke Up in America,” a hilarious take on the current events of modern America that debuted on Fox Nation earlier this week.The actor and comedian proved he hasn’t lost his luster, keeping the audience in stitches by wisecracking on everything from today’s culture wars, COVID-19 mask mandates and his own vasectomy to making a movie with Donald Trump. Schneider told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that the secret to modern comedy comes from appealing to the demand for someone who isn’t afraid to push back against censorship or “go against the grain.”Here are some can’t-miss moments from the actor-comedian’s latest endeavor, exclusively available on Fox Nation:Schneider said he voted for Trump – a few times – in 2016.“It was in California, and I was writing on my kitchen counter – I had the ballot because, you know, in California, they mail you like 100 of them,” he joked. “I was just filling them out.