On today’s episode, Erik Gordon, professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, breaks down the Warner Bros. Discovery sale saga as the company’s shareholders prepare to vote on the deal with Paramount Skydance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode, Variety’ s Jennifer Maas reports on the return of BookCon to New York and the emergence of a new generation of romance novels – think “Heated Rivalry” -- as a creative force in Hollywood. And the entertainment industry is eager to get to know John Ternus, who will succeed Tim Cook as Apple CEO in September . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Brent Lang breaks down the weekend box office , and Lang gives us his takeaways and impressions about the state of the film industry from his time at CinemaCon last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Todd Spangler details the growing opposition within media and entertainment to Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery . And Marc Malkin talks to documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville about his Focus Features documentary “Lorne,” about the enigmatic “Saturday Night Live” leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Gene Maddaus details the Writers Guild of America’s four-year contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that will be sent out to members for a ratification vote on April 16. This time around, the guild’s focus was all about shoring up its health care plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety music mavens Jem Aswad, Chris Willman and Steven J. Horowitz unpack the first weekend of the Coachella music festival. The three discuss the experience of attending the desert gathering in person versus taking it in as “Couchella” via the YouTube live stream, and they break down impressive sets from Karol G, Addison Rae, Sombr, Slayyter, Clipse, Wet Leg and Jamie xx, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety ’s Jack Dunn unpacks another big weekend for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” as well as the art of analyzing Friday night box office numbers. And Marc Malkin brings us a Just for Variety interview with John Waters , the iconoclastic director who turns 80 on April 22. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Brent Lang and Elsa Keslassy analyze this year's Cannes Film Festival lineup which puts the accent on European auteur filmmakers. And top Hollywood litigator Patricia Glaser talks tough about social media, the Southern California economy, and she offers a full-throated defense of the embattled Casey Wasserman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety ’s Michael Schneider details his reporting and the incredible access he received to cover the fifth and final season of HBO Max’s beloved comedy “Hacks.” And Cindy Lin, executive director of UCLA’s Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports, discusses the big developments in entertainment law as Variety unveils our annual Power of Law issue including this year’s Legal Impact Report honorees. Learn more about your ad c...
On today’s episode, actor and singer Andra Day joins us to talk about her involvement in the Night Out for No Kid Hungry fundraiser set for April 11 at Rolling Greens in downtown Los Angeles. Day also reports that she will have new music coming soon. "I haven't decided whether it's going to be a series of EPs or a full album yet," she admits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety ’s Rebecca Rubin breaks down the big worldwide opening for Universal and Illumination’s “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” The moviegoing galaxy was big enough for Amazon MGM Studios’ “Project Hail Mary” to hold on strong in week 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety ’s Brent Lang breaks down the numbers and a second-weekend sigh of relief at Amazon MGM Studios as “Project Hail Mary” hangs in at No. 1. And Michael Schneider speaks to daytime TV soap mogul Bradley Bell, the writer-producer who has launched a subscription app for diehard fans of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Todd Spangler and Gene Maddaus examine why OpenAI abruptly pulled the plug on its generative AI video creation model, Sora, and why Disney insiders are relieved that the Mouse House's character licensing deal with Sora has gone away, as has Disney's plan to invest $1 billion in OpenAI. Maddaus and Spangler explain what just happened -- and why SAG-AFTRA deserves to take a victory lap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, we’re talking Star Trek and its future with Variety’ s Joe Otterson. He broke the news that Paramount+’s “Starfleet Academy” will end after just two seasons and showrunner Alex Kurtzman is likely to pass the baton as the creative steward of the franchise for TV. Otterson unpacks what’s next for the beloved space opera in TV and film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Kate Aurthur details the 21-year, three-season journey that Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King have been on with “The Comeback” as the offbeat comedy does its final lap on HBO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety 's Brent Lang breaks down a big opening weekend for Amazon MGM Studios and its Ryan Gosling fantasy vehicle “Project Hail Mary.” And Naman Ramachandran reports on the mood at Hong Kong Filmart, where AI and China dominate the conversation among top Asian producers, distributors and talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety ’s Ethan Shanfeld details his profile of Miley Cyrus as she embraces the legacy of “Hannah Montana," tackling stage fright and the buzz about her possibly playing the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode, we’ll hear from Variety’ s Marc Malkin on his chat with Zendaya on the red carpet for A24’s "The Drama ." And Variety reporter Jack Dunn details one of his cult-favorite digital series, Tim Heidecker's “On Cinema at the Cinema” and why it’s had such a long run with Gen Z cinephiles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, hear from Nancy Grace on Kouri Richins, Eva Pilgrim, producers of “Quiet on Set,” “The Fall of Diddy,” “Lost Women of Alaska,” “Wisecrack” and executives from ID, Audible, Pushkin Industries, Sony Podcasts and more in highlights from Variety’s True Crime Summit at SXSW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety ’s Rebecca Rubin unpacks the rise of the Hoover-verse as author Colleen Hoover’s latest film adaptation, Universal’s “Reminders of Him,” is No. 1 at the multiplexes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, Variety ’s Gene Maddaus offers an update on the contract negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the major studios and streamers. The Writers Guild of America is next up at the table starting March 16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety ’s Matt Donnelly details his sit-down in Nashville with Nicole Kidman for Variety ’s pre-Oscars issue, published today in print and online . Kidman revisits the whirlwind experience of her best actress Oscar win for “The Hours” in 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, we’ll hear from Variety ’s Antonio Ferme and Harper Mays on how the two assembled Variety’s 10 Creators to Watch list this year reflecting fast-rising, entertainment-centered social media stars. And Variety ’s Payton Turkeltaub explains why so many people are taking their TV with cocktails and friends as watch party events for fan-favorite shows proliferate in bars and restaurants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety ’s Brent Lang unpacks what went wrong for Warner Bros.’ “The Bride” and what went right for Pixar’s “Hoppers” this weekend. And then we step into the Wayback Machine for a look at the stories and personalities who were making news in Daily Variety on March 9, 1976. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Variety ’s Marc Malkin on how the somber mood in Hollywood and geopolitical uncertainty will affect this year’s Oscar week celebrations leading up to the Academy Awards on March 15. And Ethan Shanfeld paints a colorful picture of all that he observed while attending a “Baywatch” open casting call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety ’s Selome Hailu details her profile of actor Keke Palmer, star of “I Love Boosters, ” the Boots Riley comedy that is set to open the SXSW festival next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today’s episode, Variety’ s Michael Schneider examines the questions swirling around HBO as the storied brand braces for Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Casey Bloys and Co. are awaiting word on how the premium TV pioneer will operate under Paramount Skydance, if the $110 billion acquisition is completed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin breaks down the weekend that roared with the opening of Paramount’s “Scream 7.” And Reilly Steel, associate professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the fight between Netflix and Paramount Skydance over Warner Bros. Discovery reflects the collision of troubling business, legal and political trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, we’ll hear from Jon Brockett, executive producer and showrunner of Sunday’s Actor Awards. The kudocast veteran discusses producing a live event without strict time limit considerations for Netflix, showcasing host Kristen Bell, paying tribute to Harrison Ford’s long career and invoking vintage Hollywood glamour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
On today’s episode, in our Cover Story segment, Variety ’s Brent Lang takes a long look at Disney’s incoming CEO Josh D’Amaro and the challenges that await the parks and experiences veteran as he takes the helm of the Mouse House next month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
