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Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.In 1929, Variety hated the musical comedy “A Wonderful Night” at Broadway’s Majestic Theater (“remarkably dull … the outlook for this one is dreary”).
Amazon has announced a deal to acquire rising podcast power Wondery and make it a key part of its Amazon Music streaming operation.
Tim Gray Senior Vice President“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the ensuing trial, features great work by writer-director Aaron Sorkin, who is quick to salute his below-the-line colleagues: “They’re not there to take my instructions; they’re there to top my instructions. I consider these people to be co-authors of the film.” “In the opening seven minutes, we wanted to do two things.
You have to admire the dedication and resilience even though it might be rooted in severely damaged sociopathy. For the third year in a row, following his #MeToo career implosion, disgrace and subsequent expulsion from Hollywood, actor Kevin Spacey has returned to deliver another festive holiday message on YouTube in the guise of his Frank Underwood character from “House of Cards” — a Netflix show he was fired from.
Watch: Trailer for Promising Young WomanCarey Mulligan has criticised beauty standards in Hollywood, which force women to look like “supermodels” in order to get major roles. The Oscar-nominated star is currently promoting her awards-tipped performance in Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller Promising Young Woman.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentVariety is celebrating its 115th birthday and, amid all the upheaval of 2020, it’s good to remember that the entertainment industry has survived constant change and adaptation. That’s reassuring.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe entertainment industry had been under fire for irresponsible depictions of violence from the early days, including 1930s gangster movies and the glut of 1950s TV Westerns.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentVariety is celebrating its 115th birthday and, amid all the upheaval of 2020, it’s good to remember that the entertainment industry has survived constant change and adaptation. That’s reassuring.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentSony Classics’ “The Father” is an act of daring; it could have gone wrong in so many ways, but it works like gangbusters.The film marks the movie debut of writer-director Florian Zeller, whose background is as a novelist and playwright; in many cases, that would send warning signals.What’s more, it all takes place in one location, the apartment of Anthony (Anthony Hopkins), so it might have turned out to be a photographed stage play.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.Ava DuVernay is a force of nature.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.Meryl Streep first caught the public’s attention in a few high-class projects: in 1977, the Fred Zinnemann-directed “Julia” and, in 1978, “Holocaust” and “The Deer Hunter,” where she earned her first Emmy and Oscar nominations, respectively.
Mission Impossible: 7 for breaking COVID-19 guidelines, Variety reports. Cruise allegedly shouted at two crew members for standing too close together in front of a computer screen while on set at Warner Bros.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.On July 5, 1950, Variety reviewed the floor show at Ciro’s London, mentioning “a nice dance routine by Diana Monks and Audrey Hepburn.” When you think of nightclub dancers, Hepburn is not the image that comes to mind.
Tom Cruise told the Mission Impossible 7 crew that if he sees them breaking COVID-19 protocol “again,” they would be “f–king gone.”The actor, 58, could reportedly be heard yelling at the film’s staff during a heated rant in an audio clip obtained by The Sun on Tuesday, December 15.
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.Variety first mentioned Charles Chaplin, as he was billed, in his American stage debut, before he had made any films.
Tom Cruise told the Mission: Impossible 7 crew that they would be “f–king gone” if they didn’t stick to safety rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.“They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us,” the actor, 58, could reportedly be heard saying in an audio clip obtained by The Sun on Tuesday, December 15. “I’m on the phone with every f–king studio at night, insurance companies, producers.
Mission: Impossible 7 for breaking COVID-19 guidelines.The Sun first reported that Cruise scolded two crew members who were seen standing too close to each other in front of a computer monitor, saying: “If I see you do it again you’re fucking gone.”The story was then confirmed to Variety by two sources close to the production.“We are the gold standard,” Cruise can be heard saying in an audio file obtained by The Sun. “They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us.
The Sun, going on an intense tirade. He said that the work they’re doing is “the gold standard” that the rest of the industry is basing its safety protocols on.