On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart slammed President Donald Trump for his reaction to the press following the death of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham died on July 11 at age 71. “The big news of the weekend was the sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina,” Stewart said
Legendary Entertainment’s first theme park attraction, “Kong x Godzilla” at Lotte World in Seoul, opens on July 24, marking the studio’s entry into location-based entertainment after several years of development on the project. “It was a big priority for me when I joined Legendary nine years ago,” says James Ngo, executive vice president of franchise
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has been quietly backing a bill to launch a federal tax incentive for film, with support from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, multiple sources said. Variety. Ellison has spent at least six months in exploratory meetings for the proposed legislation, two sources added, and on Monday night he
The 53rd annual Daytime Emmy nominations announcement is underway. Among the early nominees: recently completed talkers “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (nod for talk series and talk host) and “Sherri” (with a nod to talk host). The Daytime Emmy Awards, administered by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, recognize daytime drama, talk
On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, in our weekly box office segment, VarietyDisney’s Rebecca Rubin looks at what went wrong with Disney’s live-action remake of “Moana.” And Jon Erwin, the filmmaker behind “Young Washington,” explains how his Wonder Project brand is making independent films work like a business. The box office dynamics around
With Paramount Skydance’s deal to take over Warner Bros. Discovery still pending, WBD CEO David Zaslav continues to cash out his shares in the company he will leave in the coming months. Zaslav filed to sell about 2.18 million shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, valued at $59.47 million, according to an SEC filing on Monday.
