Why Netflix Is Still ‘Keeping Things a Little Bit Quiet’ on Its Gaming Front

Since launching its mobile games offering to members seven months ago, Netflix has released a total of 23 titles. The streamer is debuting its “Queen’s Gambit” game later this yea… | Continue reading


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Jessica Alba now on yahoo board with 5 other new members

Yahoo, the nearly three-decade-old internet brand, is adding six new members to the privately held company’s board, including actor and entrepreneur Jessica Alba. Verizon Media sold Yahoo las… | Continue reading


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Trump’s Truth Social Is Banning Users Who Post About Jan. 6 Hearings

Article URL: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/trumps-truth-social-is-banning-users-who-post-about-jan-6-hearings-according-to-reports-1235290726/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31704782 Points: 86 # Comments: 57 | Continue reading


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Disney Hires Apple Games Exec Mark Bozon to Head Metaverse Creative Strategy

Disney hired Mark Bozon, a top gaming executive from Apple, as a senior creative leader for its cross-divisional Next Generation Storytelling initiative — which encompasses Disney’s … | Continue reading


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José Andrés' Media Company Broadens Scope With Newsletter, Podcasts

Popular chef, author and humanitarian José Andrés is joining the ranks of newsletter scribes and podcasters His media company José Andrés Media, will launch "Longer Tables," a new weekly newsletter in partnership with Substack that aims to highlight stories that illustrate how fo … | Continue reading


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Artificial Intelligence Created 40 Models to Revive Val Kilmer’s Voice

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you have watched “Top Gun: Maverick,” in theaters now. “Top Gun” fans knew ahead of time that Val Kilmer would be reprising his role of Tom… | Continue reading


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Black Mirror Returns: New Series in the Works at Netflix

A new series of “Black Mirror” is in the works at Netflix, Variety can reveal. It’s been almost three years since Season 5 of the dystopian drama premiered on the streaming servic… | Continue reading


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‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Director Teases Slasher Film Plot

A.A. Milne’s original “Winnie the Pooh” stories only lapsed into the public domain five months ago, but the tubby little cubby has already made his foray into slasher films. ̶… | Continue reading


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Why It Took Six Decades for James Hong to Get a Star on the Walk of Fame

When the petition to get James Hong a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame began, the response was immediate and overwhelming. Recognizing the groundbreaking body of work from the 93-year-old actor, … | Continue reading


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Netflix Targeted with Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud After Subscriber Miss

Netflix misled investors about declining subscriber growth over the course of six months — leading to a massive drop in its stock price, according to a shareholder lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed… | Continue reading


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Neal Adams, Batman Comic Artist and Eisner Hall of Fame Inductee, Dies at 80

Neal Adams, the legendary comic book artist who drew Batman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, the X-Men, the Avengers and countless more superheroes, has died, his daughter confirmed to Variety. He was … | Continue reading


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Soccer Streaming Platform FIFA+ Launches, Will Have 40k Live Games Annually

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the highest governing body of international soccer, has launched digital platform FIFA Plus with plans to stream 40,000 live games per … | Continue reading


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Elon Musk added to Twitter's board of directors

Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, in a deal coming after the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX acquired a 9.2% stake in the social-media network to become its largest single shareholde… | Continue reading


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Apple Is First Streamer to Win Best Picture Oscar for 'CODA'

Apple made history by nabbing Hollywood's most coveted honor, as " CODA " won the Oscar for best picture at Sunday's Academy Awards. Apple Original Films' "CODA," which has a predominantly Deaf cast, marks the first time a streaming service has won the best picture Oscar - with A … | Continue reading


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The Los Angeles Police Department confirms to Variety that Chris Rock has “declined to file a police report” following an altercation with Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards. Smith t… | Continue reading


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Netflix Could Reap $1.6B/Year by Charging Password-Sharing Users Extra

Netflix wants users who share passwords with people outside their households — in violation of its terms of use — to pay an additional fee to keep streaming. The plan, if successfully r… | Continue reading


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Asia Women Look Forward to More Representative Storytelling

A wider representation of gender roles, more training opportunities for women filmmakers, and reaching out to women audiences are all ways forward to promote women-centric stories in Southeast Asia… | Continue reading


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Around 2014, after Nicolas Cage had a string of box office flops with the likes of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” the actor starte… | Continue reading


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Amazon Closes $8.5B Acquisition of MGM

Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday. The pact was first announced in May and has been winding its way through the regulatory process. Per Amazon, R… | Continue reading


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Why Are Movies and TV So Dark Now?

Have you ever been enjoying a film or TV series, only to suddenly find yourself squinting at the dark screen? Recent releases including “Euphoria,” “The Batman” and “Handmaid’s Tale,” as well as cl… | Continue reading


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HBO Accused of Sharing Subscriber Data with Facebook

HBO was hit with a class action lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that it shares subscribers’ viewing history with Facebook, in violation of a federal privacy law. A class action law firm, Bursor &… | Continue reading


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Netflix Suspends Service in Russia Amid Invasion of Ukraine

Netflix has suspended its service in Russia to protest the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this week, the streaming service had announced that it would pause all future proj… | Continue reading


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Netflix Suspends Service in Russia

Netflix has suspended its service in Russia to protest the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this week, the streaming service had announced that it would pause all future proj… | Continue reading


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Russians, Ukrainians Switch on BBC News in Record Numbers for War Coverage

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to record audiences for the BBC’s Russian and Ukrainian language news service websites. The BBC Russian news website more than tripled its year-to-date… | Continue reading


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Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

Video-game developer Epic Games announced that it has bought Bandcamp, the online music store and community geared around independent musicians. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “Fa… | Continue reading


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iSpot Acquires Tunity in Bid to Deliver New Measurement of Out of Home Audiences

The media industry’s measurement wars are expanding beyond counting traditional video audiences. iSpot, the measurement company that figures prominently in plans by NBCUniversal and WarnerMed… | Continue reading


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Netflix Declines to Carry Russian Propaganda Channels

Netflix won’t carry the 20 Russian free-to-air propaganda channels that they could be required to host under Russian law. In December 2021, Netflix was added by the Russian regulator, Roskomn… | Continue reading


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RIP Ivan Reitman, Director of “Ghostbusters”

Producer-director Ivan Reitman, whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12 in Montecito, Calif., his famil… | Continue reading


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'Everything's Gonna Be All White,' 'Uprooted' Filmmakers Struggled to Get Funding. Then George Floyd Died

Director Avril Z. Speaks and executive producer Matt McDonough spent the better part of five years pitching their upcoming Discovery Plus docuseries “Uprooted,” which investigates the 1986 unsolved… | Continue reading


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Futurama Revival Ordered at Hulu with Multiple Original Cast Members Returning

Good news, everyone! “Futurama” is being revived at Hulu. Variety has learned that the streaming service has ordered 20 new episodes of the adult animated sci-fi comedy series. The revi… | Continue reading


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What Happened to Jon Stewart?

The most surprising thing about Jon Stewart’s recent defense of the comic and podcaster Joe Rogan might have been that it made waves at all. Stewart, on a podcast affiliated with his Apple TV Plus … | Continue reading


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Douglas Trumbull, Who Pioneered VFX on ‘2001’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ Dies at 79

Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, one of the masterminds behind the visual effects on some of the most visually audacious science fiction films of all time, including “2001: A Space Od… | Continue reading


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Betty White, ‘Golden Girls’ Star and TV Legend, Dies at 99

Betty White, the Emmy-winning TV star who had a remarkable later-career resurgence in films, TV commercials and the hit series “The Golden Girls” and “Hot in Cleveland,” has died. She w… | Continue reading


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‘Lord of the Rings’ at 20: Why It Was One of Hollywood’s Riskiest Projects Ever

After success with several small-scale films, Peter Jackson in 1992 told Variety he was looking for a project “that will really push me.” He found something that surpassed everyone’s expectations. … | Continue reading


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Peter Jackson on How ‘Get Back’ Used Machine Learning on the Beatles’ Footage

There were several hurdles Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” had to mount before the eight-hour documentary could premiere on Disney Plus, including persuading the surviving members of t… | Continue reading


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A moment of silence, please, for “This Is Spinal Tap,” as that satire formally abdicates its title as the best and truest movie ever made about what it’s like to be in a rock ‘n’ roll band. There w… | Continue reading


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John Cleese Pulls Out of Cambridge Union Talk over ‘Woke Rules’

Celebrated “Monty Python” and “A Fish Called Wanda” actor and writer John Cleese has pulled out of an upcoming talk at the Cambridge Union on Friday, citing concerns over &#… | Continue reading


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Peter Jackson Selling Weta Digital’s VFX Tech Division to Unity for $1.625 Bn

Unity Software, a 3D game-development platform, is expanding its VFX footprint in a big way with the $1.625 billion acquisition of the technology division of Peter Jackson’s New Zealand-based… | Continue reading


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Ten Cinematographers to Watch

Variety’s 2021 class of emerging DPs includes rising stars from around the world whose pioneering work is gracing screens and steering the emotions of viewers. See the list below. | Continue reading


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Apple strikes huge Apple TV deal with Comcast

Comcast struck a deal with Apple that will bring the Apple TV app, which includes access to the Apple TV Plus subscription service, to the cable giant’s Xfinity X1, Flex, XClass TV and Sky Gl… | Continue reading


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Cameo Makes Its First Acquisition: Represent, a Celebrity Merch Platform

Cameo, the startup that has built a fast-growing business selling video shout-outs from celebrities (and others), is extending into a new line of fandom business. In its first acquisition, Cameo bo… | Continue reading


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Dave Chappelle willing to meet with Netflix employees

Dave Chappelle has spoken out about the controversy over his Netflix special “The Closer” in a new stand-up video, saying that he is willing to meet with transgender Netflix employees o… | Continue reading


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‘Rust’ Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Killed After Alec Baldwin Points Gun

“Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed while Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene the involved the actor pointing a revolver in the direction of a camera lens, the film’… | Continue reading


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Netflix co-CEO defends Dave Chappelle

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent a lengthy missive to the entire company following the mounting controversy around a new original special from comic Dave Chappelle. After addressing top leadership … | Continue reading


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IATSE Sets Strike Date for 60k Film and Television Workers

Negotiations to prevent a strike that could bring the film and television production business to its knees are going down to the wire. Matthew Loeb, president of the International Alliance of Theat… | Continue reading


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Drink your big black cow and get back in here. Donald Fagen has simultaneously released two new live albums — one under the nearly 50-year-old banner of Steely Dan; one billed as a solo album — tha… | Continue reading


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BMG, the world’s fourth biggest music company, announced Tuesday it has bought a portfolio of rights associated with Tina Turner and her music catalog, including her share of her solo recordi… | Continue reading


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Less than 2 months into its run, Apple TV+ cancels Mr. Corman

Apple TV Plus will not be moving ahead with a second season of “Mr. Corman,” A24’s schoolteacher drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the streamer has confirmed. The final episode… | Continue reading


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