Weinstein Co. Adds Board Member to Navigate Bankruptcy Sale The Weinstein Co., which is two weeks away from a bankruptcy auction, appointed a new board member on Friday who will weigh in on the sale. Ivona Smith is a...
First U.S. Samsung LED Cinema Screen Debuts at Pacific Theaters Winnetka in Chatsworth Samsung on Friday debuted its first-ever LED cinema screen in the U.S. at Pacific Theaters Winnetka in Chastworth, Calif., pitching the new ... Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics Talk Sexism, Gender, and Record Store Day Thanks to the birth and immediate ubiquity of MTV in the eighties, English duo Eurythmics — who won the VMA for Best New Artist back in 1984 ...
Writers Guild Seeks to Reshape Talent Agency Business in Proposed Deal Amping up its battle with talent agents, the Writers Guild of America has issued proposals to Hollywood agents aimed at stopping potential conflicts of...
UTA Promotes Eight Coordinators to Agent UTA has upped eight coordinators to agent across seven divisions in Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville. Additionally, 20 assistants have been upped to coordinators in music,...
Film News Roundup: California Production Tax Credit Extension Moving Forward In today’s film news roundup, California legislators have started working on an extension of the production tax credit, Golden Lion winner Lorenzo...
Ariana Grande to Make Surprise Appearance at Coachella (EXCLUSIVE) Ariana Grande will make a surprise appearance at the Coachella music festival on Friday night, Variety has learned. The performance will occur on the same day...
Charlie Corwin Exits Imagine CEO Post Charlie Corwin has left Imagine Entertainment, where he was CEO. Corwin joined the Ron Howard and Brian Grazer-founded production company last year after departing Endemol Shine North...
TV and Film Producer Susan Reiner Dies at 69 TV and film producer Susan Wynne Reiner died April 6 at her home in Gearhart, Ore., following a brief battle with cancer. After graduating NYU’s Masters in Cinema program, Reiner...
Brandon Gregory Joins Third Coast Content Brandon Gregory has joined Third Coast Content as VP of development and production. Launched earlier this year, TCC is dedicated to producing content for faith and family audiences and ...
ASCAP Appoints New Digital Chief Performance rights organization ASCAP has named Nick Lehman EVP and chief strategy and digital officer. Lehman will oversee strategy and product development, as well as manage partnerships like ...
Appeals Court Questions Why FCC Revived UHF Discount Rule WASHINGTON — A panel of appellate judges questioned why the FCC reinstated a rule that allows media companies to amass a greater number of stations and still fall... Remembering Avicii, the Pop Innovator Who Led EDM Into the Mainstream One of the most defining moments of Avicii’s too-brief career came at the 2012 Ultra Music Festival, when Madonna appeared on stage to introduce him and...
Location-Based VR Predicted to Surpass $800 Million by 2022 Virtual reality (VR) arcades and other location-based VR entertainment venues could generate more than $800 million in worldwide revenue by 2022, according to the...
Lance Armstrong Settles Lawsuit With USPS, Seeks Sale of Austin Mansion After years of legal wrangling, Lance Armstrong finally settled the $100 million fraud lawsuit filed against him by the U.S. Postal Service — he will pay... Harvey Weinstein Still Seeking His Emails to Combat Sexual Assault Claims Harvey Weinstein on Friday asked a bankruptcy judge to order the Weinstein Co. to turn over his emails and personal files, which he argues will help...
Vevo Hit by CTO Exit, Product and Engineering Team Layoffs (EXCLUSIVE) Music video platform Vevo has had significant layoffs, and lost another key executive, roughly four months after the departure of its CEO: CTO Alex Nunes...
Amy Schumer, Jimmy Kimmel, Alyssa Milano and More Help Launch Anti-NRA Coalition Activists and members of Hollywood launched a coalition Friday against the NRA and its elected official beneficiaries on the 19th anniversary of...
Valve Loses Appeal Over $2.3M Fine in Australia The High Court of Australia dismissed yet another appeal from video game publisher Valve on Friday, upholding a 2016 ruling that the company must pay a $3 AUD million (or about...
Avicii Dies: Musicians, Celebrities Pay Tribute Following news of the death of DJ and producer Tim Bergling, a.k.a. Avicii, on Friday, celebrities and fellow musicians expressed their condolences on social media. “It is with...
Avicii Dies at 28 Artist, DJ and producer Tim Bergling, a.k.a. Avicii, died this afternoon in Oman, according to a statement from his rep. He was 28. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also...
Virginia Offers Producers Multiple Locations, Tax Credits and Grants The Old Dominion State offers a cornucopia of locations: historic Williamsburg for films set in the 13 colonies, naval shipyards near Norfolk and the...
Vice Media Launches Local Operations in India Vice Media has given an official launch to its operations in India. The move is a partnership with newspaper and digital media group Times of India. Vice is producing and...
Cinedigm Signs Six Chinese Partnerships at Beijing Film Festival Cinedigm Corp. has formed six new Chinese entertainment partnerships. Cinedigm chairman/CEO Chris McGurk and representatives from the participating companies...