Yura Borisov is Baker’s hidden weapon. He plays the quiet Russian who falls for Anora, and he tells IndieWire about his path to the role — and what else he helped shape in the Palme d’Or winner.
CBS has blocked Sony from canceling its lucrative distribution deals for “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune,” while the two sides clash in court over their decades-old contracts. Sony moved on Monday morning to try to take over distribution of the shows to more than 200 stations around the country, as well as overseas territories. CBS […]
A TV series, a documentary, tours, a Las Vegas residency — Wu-Tang Clan have undoubtedly been busy the past eight years. The one thing missing? A new LP. But the group’s longtime friend, Wu affiliate and show DJ Mathematics, has wrangled the entire Clan for a brand new project, as he did with their 2017 album, […]
Writer, director, and executive producer Matt Hastings has signed with Gersh, Variety has learned exclusively. Hastings continues to also be repped by attorney Bob Getman and The Gotham Group. News of the signing comes on the same day as the launch of Hastings’ newest series, “Fallen,” which is set to premiere on Sundance Now and […]
Adan Manzano, a sports anchor and reporter at Telemundo 39 in Kansas City, has died. He was 27. The rising journalist died Wednesday in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl for Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports. A cause of death was not disclosed. In a statement posted to Instagram, the […]
“We Disrupt This Broadcast,” the television podcast co-produced by the Peabody Awards and the Center for Media & Social Impact, will feature several top TV showrunners for its second season, which launched on Thursday. The first episode features an interview with “Shrinking” and “Ted Lasso” executive producers Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein; new episodes will […]
In his latest Onside/Offside column, Luis Miguel Echegaray assesses the winter transfer window to make sense of who’s in good shape and who is struggling.
The Hawks are trading De’Andre Hunter to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks and two swaps.
The Trump administration is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams, according to the Education Department.
Rob Manfred says he is getting emails from fans concerned over MLB’s lack of a salary cap following an offseason spending spree by the Dodgers.
