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Five esteemed individuals in entertainment were honored Monday afternoon on Veteran’s Day at Variety’s Salute to Service luncheon presented by History. The second annual event celebrated Montel Williams, Bob Woodruff, Dana Delany, Ken Burns, and Rachael Ray for their efforts to champion veteran’s causes and support military service men and women. Penske Media Company’s vice chairman and board […]

In Today’s TV News Roundup, The CW announced its midseason premiere dates and WGN America announced the premiere date for its upcoming drama “Pure.” DATES WGN America’s upcoming religious crime drama “Pure is set to premiere Jan. 23 at 10/9 p.m. CT. Starring Ryan Robbins and Alex Paxton-Beesley, “Pure” follows the double life of a mennonite […]

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige represents something of a super-fan in a global community of followers devoted to Stan Lee — the comicbook creator who died Monday at 95 following complications from a medical emergency. Feige spoke with Variety shortly after the news sent Twitter and an army of movie stars into tribute mode, where […]

Tom Punch, Vice Media’s global chief creative and commercial officer, has left the media company after six years to join ad agency Spring Studios. Punch has been named global president and chief creative officer for Spring Studios across its offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Milan. In the new role, Punch reports to […]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teaming up with training and sportswear brand Under Armour this Veterans Day on a new collection that highlights and supports first responders and members of the military. Launched in stores and online this past weekend, the “11.11.11” Capsule Collection is timed to Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of the end […]

Remember rock bands? You can be forgiven if you don’t, in this day and age, but one of the very few great and viable ones of the 21stcentury, Muse, is back to save the day with “Simulation Theory,” their first album in three and a half years. Just one caveat: they aren’t sounding so rock […]

Kids See Ghosts, the duo featuring Kanye West and Kid Cudi, made its live debut Sunday night at the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival in Los Angeles, performing inside a rectangular glass box that reminded many observers of the very similar rectangular glass box that Lorde used on her “Melodrama” tour earlier this year. According to […]

The movie script for “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was wrapped up and greenlit by both Jason Blum and Chris Columbus, but game creator Scott  Cawthon decided to “toss it” because it didn’t match his vision for the movie adaptation, Cawthon posted on the forum for the game Monday. A film adaptation of “Five Nights at […]

David Spade is attached to star in a comedy series currently in the works at HBO from writer Diablo Cody, Variety has confirmed. The untitled half-hour series follows Calvin Wash (Spade), a semi-famous grunge musician in the ’90s who was hooked on heroin. Now he’s clean, sober and working as a waiter in the Valley. When he […]

Dan + Shay's Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney have four nominations including song and single of the year for “Tequila,” a song they say changed their lives this year, but they also score their performance debut on country’s biggest night. To them, that’s a win in itself.

Alcon Entertainment is moving forward on its “Garfield” animated feature project with Mark Dindal on board to direct. Dindal’s credits include “The Emperor’s New Groove” and “Chicken Little.” He’s directing from a screenplay by the writing team of Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove. Pre-production is set to begin next month in Los Angeles. Alcon bought […]

What you need to know from Monday’s TV, music and movie news.