Sunday, December 22, 2013
Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman who led Seagram Co. at the time of its acquisition of Universal Studios parent MCA, died Saturday. He was 84. The Canadian-born Bronfman d…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:11AMThursday, December 19, 2013
David Mamet is turning to the Good Book, setting a deal with Fox, Lionsgate TV and 20th Century Fox TV to develop a seven-hour limited series rooted in the concepts behind the seven deadly…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:28PMFriday, December 6, 2013
Exhausted and exhilirated — that’s how “Sound of Music Live” exec producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron feel this morning on the heels of pulling off NBC’s live …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:58AMThursday, December 5, 2013
NBC’s staging of “The Sound of Music Live” is generating a steady stream of Twitter commentary, ranging from snark to swooning over the classic tunes featured in the belove…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07PMThursday, November 28, 2013
Jane Kean, a thesp who got her start in musical theater but was best known for playing Trixie alongside Jackie Gleason in the 1960s revival of “The Honeymooners,” has died. She…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:58PMMonday, November 25, 2013
For Meryl Streep, taking on the role of Violet Weston in the Weinstein co. film adaptation of “August: Osage County” was daunting because she knew how exhausting it would be to …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:42PMTuesday, November 5, 2013
Lifetime has greenlit a telepic adaptation of the Broadway production of “A Trip to Bountiful” starring Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Blair Underwood. The Rialto rendition, …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PMMonday, September 2, 2013
The carriage standoff between CBS and Time Warner Cable has ended as the sides have inked a wide-ranging content deal that calls for CBS network, Showtime and other channels blacked out sinc…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:14PMSaturday, August 24, 2013
Julie Harris, one of Broadway’s most honored performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles in “I Am a Camera” to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in “T…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:31PMFriday, May 10, 2013
NBC added one comedy and two more dramas to its 2013-14 roster, all from Sony Pictures TV. “Welcome to the Family,” from scribe Mike Sikowitz, revolves around the culture clash o…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:39PMFriday, April 12, 2013
DirecTV is close to finalizing a deal with Momentum Television for a 1o-episode drama series from Neil LaBute for its Audience Network channel. Half-hour drama dubbed “Full Circle̶…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25PM 
