Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Five years ago this week, the television industry rose to the challenge of keeping news, daytime and late-night talk shows and other topical series on the air during the harsh early months o…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:34PMMonday, December 30, 2024
Linda Lavin, star of CBS’ long-running sitcom “Alice” and a Tony winner for Neil Simon’s play “Broadway Bound” who remained active in TV and on stage, died Sunday. She was 87. A …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:19AMSunday, December 29, 2024
Charles Dolan, a titan of the early cable industry who owned Cablevision, launched HBO and AMC Network and later branched out into iconic New York venues and sports teams, has died. He was 9…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:18AMMonday, December 9, 2024
The 2024 edition of the Kennedy Center Honors celebrated an eclectic assortment of entertainers Sunday night: filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval a…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMFriday, September 13, 2024
In the summer of 1982, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” led the box office, “Dallas” topped the Nielsen rankings and Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock �…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:04PMThursday, January 18, 2024
Landmark Theatres will mark its 50th anniversary this year with several classic film screening series and discounted tickets. As part of the exhibitor’s ongoing Retro Replay program, the W…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:49AMSunday, August 27, 2023
Bob Barker was a pillar of television’s greatest generation. Barker, the enduring host of “The Price Is Right” who died Aug. 26 at the age of 99, was a World War II veteran who trained…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMSunday, August 6, 2023
Lesli Linka Glatter has been elected to a second term as president of the Directors Guild of America. The veteran helmer known for her work on “Homeland,” “Mad Men” and numerous othe…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:56AMSunday, June 11, 2023
Actor Denée Benton took aim at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during Sunday’s Tony Awards telecast, referring to the Republican presidential hopeful as a “Grand Wizard” as she presente…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:09PMWednesday, March 1, 2023
When Ray Nutt took the reins of Fathom Events as CEO in 2017, the first thing he decided to change was the nomenclature used to describe the titles that the company distributes to hundreds o…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:07PMSunday, January 29, 2023
The spark for “Home Front,” an original play running through Feb. 19 at Burbank’s Victory Theatre Center, came 25 years ago when the first scene was written as part of a playwriting-fo…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:37AMWednesday, December 7, 2022
In a moment of crisis, the leaders of talent agency APA were not about to let opportunity pass them by. The dramatic changes that have swept across the content business and Hollywood’s c…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, October 12, 2022
“Death of a Salesman” actor Wendell Pierce, “The Piano Lesson” director LaTanya Richardson Jackson and “Till” star John Douglas Thompson are among the honorees set for the inaugu…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Veteran actor-host Wayne Brady has joined forces with Freestyle Love Supreme Academy and Speechless Inc. to launch a virtual business and educational training platform built around improv ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:26AMTuesday, December 21, 2021
In another nod to worsening pandemic conditions, SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association have extended the agreement struck last year 2020 that makes it easier for producers to offer live…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45PMSaturday, November 27, 2021
For Christine Baranski and a generation of musical theater stars, Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer who died on Friday at 91, was nothing less than a father figure, a musical…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:54PMThursday, August 5, 2021
Concord is diving deeper into its IP vault of music and theatrical performance rights to develop movies, TV shows and podcasts throught the newly established Concord Originals division. Soph…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMFriday, June 11, 2021
Playwright Katori Hall has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her comedy “The Hot Wing King.” The organization behind journalism’s most prestigious honor also bestowed a special cita…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:44PMThursday, May 27, 2021
Disney has expanded its board of directors to 12 seats with the election of Lululemon CEO Calvin McDonald and former Cisco and Google executive Amy Chang. McDonald and Chang were elected to …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:41PMFriday, May 14, 2021
David White is stepping down as SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator after 12 years at the head of Hollywood’s largest union. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA�…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PMThursday, May 13, 2021
Bill Maher has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing HBO to scrap Friday’s scheduled taping of this week’s episode. In a statement, HBO said Maher is “fully vaccinated” and “feels …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:53PMThursday, May 6, 2021
Nickelodeon has emerged as one of the most popular content hubs on Paramount Plus, offering ViacomCBS a flashback to the good old days when it dominated the linear cable kids TV business. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMMonday, April 19, 2021
The falling rate of COVID-19 infections and rising rate of vaccination has prompted California state officials to allow concerts and other indoor events to be held at 75% of capacity in some…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:03PMFriday, April 2, 2021
ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish got a massive pay bump last year with his total compensation rising by more than $20 million to $38.9 million. Bakish’s haul was padded by $19.7 million in bonus c…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:06PMTuesday, March 23, 2021
Private equity giant Providence Equity Partners is betting on the rebound of the live event business, backing Ambassador Theatre Group’s acquisition of high-end venues in San Francisco and…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:19AMTuesday, March 9, 2021
Disney and ViacomCBS shares were buoyant in trading Monday thanks to good news that allowed ViacomCBS to buck the general downtrend for the Nasdaq index. Disney shares climbed 6.2%, topping …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05AMSaturday, February 13, 2021
Lynn Stalmaster, the legendary casting director who worked on nearly 200 movies ranging from “West Side Story” to “Harold and Maude” to “Tootsie,” has died. He was 93. Stalmaster…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:47AMFriday, February 12, 2021
Hollywood’s major unions have signed on with the AFL-CIO’s push to advance public policy initiatives involving diversity, equity and inclusion issues. The broad goal is to strengthen col…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:11AMMonday, February 8, 2021
WGA West president David Goodman knew taking on Hollywood’s largest talent agencies would be an uphill battle from the start. But the veteran showrunner who led the guild’s campaign to r…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:13PMAfter adapting to COVID protocols last summer and fall, most of Disney’s TV productions have maintained virus transmission rates of less than 1%, making them “some of the safest places�…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:56AMThursday, January 28, 2021
To work with Cloris Leachman was nothing less than liberating. That’s how writer-director James L. Brooks remembered his collaborations with the beloved actor who died Jan. 26 at the age o…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50AM 
