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Bob Costas will return to HBO to host a new sports-interview series, more than a decade after leaving the WarnerMedia outlet to take up duties at MLB Network. “Back on the Record With Bob Costas” will debut later this spring on HBO, and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The program, a play […]

“People just wanted an escape from all the traumatic issues that were happening in the world,” said Ukonwa Ojo, chief marketing officer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video. “I found it a privilege to be that escape.” At the Variety Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, editor-in-chief Claudia Eller sat down virtually with Ojo to discuss her […]

Anthony Bourdain, the globe-trotting chef and television personality, will be the subject of a new documentary. From Focus Features, “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” is coming to theaters on July 16. Directed by Morgan Neville, the documentary will explore the life of the late Bourdain, who died by suicide in 2018 at the age […]

When Ross Riege was in initial conversations for “Rutherford Falls” with fellow cinematographer and now director Lawrence Sher (DP on Todd Phillips’ “Joker”), one of the ideas was how to explore the quirkiness of a small town. The new Peacock sitcom, which premiered April 22, stars Ed Helms as Nathan Rutherford, a descendant of the […]

Carly Pearce turns 31 on April 24, and she has plenty to celebrate. Earlier this year, the singer-songwriter released one of her most personal—and successful—projects to date, with her 29 EP. During the recent Academy of Country Music Awards, Pearce was honored for her No. 1 smash hit duet with Lee Brice, “I Hope You’re...

Sheela Birnstiel, formerly known as Ma Anand Sheela, or more simply Sheela, emerged as by far the most colorful character in the Duplass Brothers’ “Wild Wild Country” documentary series, released by Netflix in 2018. While the Rajneesh religious group rose and fell, Sheela’s individual narrative included impassioned entanglements with media and prison time for attempted […]

“The Flight Attendant” Season 2 at HBO Max is bringing in a new co-showrunner. Natalie Chaidez has joined the critically-acclamed series as co-showrunner alongside Steve Yockey, who developed the series. Season 1 co-showrunners Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are exiting the series. Chaidez will executive produce along with Yockey, Greg Berlanti, series star Kaley Cuoco, […]

A judge has ruled against one of Hollywood’s top business management firms, blocking it from enforcing a non-compete agreement against a former partner. The case involves a high-stakes fight within NKSFB, which provides accounting and business management services to Hollywood stars, athletes and musicians. The company, led by Mickey Segal, has accused ex-partner Wayne Kamemoto […]

The worst thing actor and comedian Patti Harrison has ever done dates back to when she was 5 years old and  attempted to get a kid into trouble at school so that she could go home early to read a book that had just arrived. “If it would have worked, I would truly have become […]

On a cross-country flight from New York to Los Angeles not too long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Steven Canals got into a conversation with his seatmate, a woman in her mid- to late-50s who, after hearing he was a writer and producer, asked him if he worked on anything she would know. When he […]

The Scottish singer rode the wave of "Rollermania" to several chart hits in the glammed-out days of '70s rock.