Variety’s Miami Entertainment Impact list will be celebrated April 13 at the Miami Entertainment Town event, presented by City National Bank. CEO The Latin Recording Academy Abud’s appreciation for Miami is multi-layered.
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Jon Burlingame editor Variety writer Jon Burlingame’s new book, “Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring,” is published today. The product of 35 years of research and more than 450 interviews, it tells the backstory of every great TV theme dating back to 1949. What follows is an excerpt from the sitcom chapter.
In the summer of 1994, ABC Entertainment president Ted Harbert (in response to a question from this writer at a network press conference) admitted that he was asking his producers to eliminate the traditional main-title sequence – and with it, the musical theme – from all new shows. “I think it’s an antiquated practice,” he said. “It gives the audience an opportunity to take the little remote and zap around.
We really have to find ways to stop them from doing that. The 60-second, or in some cases 90-second, main title that they see week after week, given all the choices they have, just doesn’t make sense to me anymore.” The growing trend of channel-switching by anxious viewers instilled fear in network executives. Their radical decision turned TV themes (both songs and instrumentals) into collateral damage, destroying any chance for a composer to make a definitive opening musical statement – a long-held and appreciated television tradition.
TV critics were outraged. “Are you robbing a future generation of theme songs?” New York Daily News critic David Bianculli demanded to know. (The headline on his next column read: “Ban theme songs? Dumb-dee-dumb-dumb,” a clever reference to the famous “Dragnet” signature.) In fact, the practice had already begun.
Variety’s Miami Entertainment Impact list will be celebrated April 13 at the Miami Entertainment Town event, presented by City National Bank. CEO The Latin Recording Academy Abud’s appreciation for Miami is multi-layered.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez coordinated their looks during their recent outing in Los Angeles. The couple wore all-black ensembles during their romantic date at the Italian restaurant Madeo, located in West Hollywood, California.And while the pair looked very chic and sophisticated for their night out, it was Lauren who stole the attention by wearing a black slip dress, showing off her figure, and walking hand-in-hand with the Billionaire.The TV host paired the dress with a pair of black stilettos and accessorized the look with a red purse and minimal jewelry.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a heartfelt example of life imitating art, “Babe” star James Cromwell is helping save a real baby big from being slaughtered. Cromwell serves as an honorary director at PETA and is working with the animal rights organization to transfer a piglet to the Indraloka Animal Sanctuary after it fell off a truck that was transporting it to be fattened for slaughter. According to PETA, the abandoned piglet was found “scraped, bruised and covered in mud” when he was rescued shortly before the Easter holiday weekend. Cromwell met the piglet virtually (see photo below) and named him Babe, a nod to his films “Babe” (1995) and “Babe: Pig in the City” (1998). Cromwell starred in the franchise as Arthur Hoggett, a farmer who becomes the father of the eponymous orphaned pig.
Authorities in Florida are investigating a tragic situation that took place on board a Virgin Voyages cruise ship on Sunday.
Roselyn Sánchez is offically 50 years old. The beautiful actress from Puerto Rico has managed to find the perfect balance between her career and as a mother and wife. And since celebrating five decades of life is special, she pulled out all the stops, celebrating an incredible party with her loved ones.On April 3, a day after her birthday, Roselyn shared on Instagram a glimpse of her spectacular celebration, which took place over the weekend at a Los Angeles hotel.
Shanghai Film Festival Sets Dates For Return As In-Person Event
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled plans for its return to an in-person event that will mark its 25th edition and its 30th anniversary. The festival was canceled last year, due to the severe restrictions imposed on the city in reaction to a Spring flare-up in the COVID outbreak. The 2023 edition will run June 9-18, 2023, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. They said it would, “open a two-way journey between Chinese films and world films.” The Jinjue (Golden Goblet) Awards competition will this year operate across five categories: main feature film competition, Asian newcomers, documentaries, animation and short films.
Colombian star Maluma cheers on Spanish tennis phenom Carlos Alcaraz during the semifinals match against Italian Jannik Sinner during the Miami Open tournament held at the Hard Rock Stadium on Friday (March 31) in Miami Gardens, Fla.
It’s the new face of beauty in a cost of living crisis. Why pay for two things individually when you can combine the benefits of both in just one workhorse product – and if you’re lucky, you might even squeeze out a third use too at no extra cost? Hard-grafting beauty is “having a real moment in 2023,” confirms Boots beauty trends guru Grace Vernon. “Multi-use products are convenient, cost effective and space saving, and we’re seeing lots of launches across the market.” The best multi-purpose beauty products really can save you time and money, and the great news is there are more to choose from than ever before.
wcinkala pmc-editorial-manager Variety announced Thursday the programming for its second annual Miami Entertainment Town lunch, to be held on Thursday, April 13, in Miami. The event, in partnership with CN Bank, celebrates the growing entertainment and media industry based out of Miami and recognizes those profiled in Variety’s Miami Entertainment Impact Report. At the celebration, Ronald Day, President of Entertainment and Content Strategy for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, and Karen Barroeta, Executive Vice President of Production and Development Telemundo Global Studios, will participate in a keynote conversation with Rodrigo Nieto-Galvis, Entertainment Banking Team Leader at CN Bank Miami. The conversation will be centered around Telemundo’s strategy and around music and original programming based out of Miami.
Eva Longoria’s loyal friends are coming to her defense after she was the center of a Twitter rant. On March 19, Eric Braeden took to the social media site with thumbs of fury, saying she “wasn’t good enough to survive the pressures of daytime television.” Her friends Roselyn Sánchez and Eric Winter called the whole thing “unwarranted.” Braeden, who is 81, starred as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless.
King Charles has been getting assistance from the Queen Consort with restructuring the Royal Family in the hopes of getting “value for money," according to reports. It was long suspected that the former Prince of Wales would shake up the Royal Family when he stepped into his late mother's role as Monarch and with his Coronation just weeks away, plans are coming together.
Carlos Alcaraz volunteers during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.
Alexis Sanchez has opened up on his decision to join Manchester United in 2018, picking the reds ahead of Manchester City, saying a phone call from Jose Mourinho and promise of the number seven shirt turned his head towards Old Trafford.
Colombian star Maluma catches the New York Knicks face off against the Miami Heat during a basketball game on Wednesday (March 22) at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Fla. The Heat beat out the Knicks in an exciting game, 127-120.
Norway’s Casper Ruud and Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti helped groom puppies while volunteering during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor As it tries to reverse a tide of red ink, FuboTV is rebranding its internet pay-TV service Fubo — and the company unveiled a new brand campaign co-produced with Maximum Effort, the advertising and production company headed by Ryan Reynolds, who’s an investor in Fubo. Fubo’s new nationwide ad campaign features NBA champion and Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett (pictured above) and former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, with the tagline, “If Sports Fans Built a Streaming Service.” The multiplatform campaign comprises a series of 15- and 30-second TV spots and digital display ads. Maximum Effort, co-founded by Reynolds and George Dewey, owns $10 million worth of shares in Fubo under a multiyear, first-look deal for unscripted content the production company inked with Fubo.
Andy Cohen is finally admitting why he yelled at Larsa Pippen during The Real Housewives of Miami reunion. On Monday’s episode of SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live, the Bravo honcho admitted to yelling at the 48-year-old reality star over her treatment of co-star Nicole Martin."[I] do want to give you a little more inside tea, which is everyone was speculating after theHousewives of Miami reunion," he shared. «I posted something saying, 'I yelled at Larsa [Pippen] and I apologize, Larsa.' And so people have been trying to figure out, well, what did I yell at her about? What did I get so heated about? And I, to be honest with you, I kind of remembered, but then when I saw the clips, I was like, ah-ha.
The Miami Open tennis tournament kicks off this week and Denmark’s Holger Rune and Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas were just two of the ATP stars who volunteered during the Miami Open Unites campaign on Monday (March 20) in Miami, Fla.
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has suggested Jadon Sancho would benefit from the Reds signing a 'better' right-back in the summer transfer window.