High-flying Access Entertainment, a division of Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries and equity investor in A24 and “His Dark Materials” producer Bad Wolf, is investing in “Red Skies,” one of the biggest titles set to world premiere at this year’s Series Mania, in main International Competition. Blavatnik and Danny Cohen,…
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Watching “Kiss the Future,” a documentary about the band U2’s relationship with wartorn Sarajevo in the 1990s, it’s hard not to think: “We’ve seen this movie before.” That’s not to do with the doc itself so much as how aspects of the 30-year-old footage from Bosnia’s brutal civil war parallel…
There’s no shortage of movies that gauzily peddle the notion of art as a balm. Few, however, are as invested in the charged immediacy of art’s relationship to real-life pain as “Kiss the Future,” a documentary enjoying its world premiere Feb. 19 in the Berlinale Special slot, with Fifth Season…
Marne Levine, who currently serves as Meta’s chief business officer, is leaving the internet company after 13 years. According to Meta, Levine will step down from the CBO role on Feb. 21, 2023, and will remain an employee until she departs in the summer. During her tenure at Meta, Levine…
Tom Martin has been named head of business affairs and general counsel for the CW. He joins the currently restructuring network after most recently serving as head of business affairs for MasterClass. There, he negotiated deals to set up classes taught by Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Bob Iger, Aaron…
“I will always regret that,” the former president has said.
Prince Harry may have hung up his crown, but he could soon own a Grammy.
Barack Obama will appear as a guest on the Nov. 17 episode of “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” Variety has learned exclusively. The episode airs on Comedy Central at 11 p.m. In conversation with Noah, the former president will discuss the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum and critical issues facing…
The first I heard of Eminem’s music was “The Slim Shady LP.” My boy Rod was excited about it and said, “You gotta hear this!” so I took his advice. But before I put in the cassette, I studied the cover art, and those accompanying images were dark — particularly…
He even performed one song in Italian, a flawlessly operatic take of “Torna a Surriento.”
National Dessert Day arrives October 14th with an emphasis on polishing the sweet tooth, and surrendering to caloric abandon. Just as every zodiac sign has a set of qualities, quirks, charms and insufferable tendencies so too do they have a dessert.
Former President Bill Clinton believes that “democracy is fragile right now,” and he spoke candidly on Saturday at A+E Networks and the History Channel’s History Talks about the issues “tearing us apart.” “What’s more important? Our common humanity or differences?” he mused on stage. “And what works better to build…