The L.A. Chargers, whose first pre-season game will be broadcast on KABC TV Sunday as they kick off against the Seattle Seahawks, have taken their Fight for L.A. directly to fans with a new video…
With two NFL teams, plus UCLA and USC, Los Angeles football fans can look forward to a packed season on the field and TV. The Chargers, who have made the move up from San Diego, have enlisted their…
Live sports events reliably draw in huge audience numbers, which broadcasters and cablers cherish in the splintered world of content programming. Variety's Sports and Entertainment Summit on July 13…
Producer Uri Singer launched Passage Pictures in 2016, taking its drama 'Marjorie Prime," starring Jon Hamm and Lois Smith, to Sundance earlier this year. That film was picked up by FilmRise…
The paranoia and instability of the court of Henry VII of England drive the look of Starz's limited series "The White Princess." And while Henry Tudor's marriage to Elizabeth of York (the titular…
CalArts director of character animation Maija Burnett, Variety's Animation Educator of the Year, has been on a journey to reshape and rethink the venerable department. When she arrived at the…
Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Tim Smit's sci-fi thriller “Redivider.” Based on Smit's short “What's in the Box?,” the pic stars Dan Stevens and Bérénice Marlohe. Pic…
Actor John Larroquette didn't start out in the acting business . In fact, he was a DJ in New Orleans in the 1960s, then worked at a San Diego record label, and it was there that acting drew his…
North American rights to "Blind," a romantic drama starring Alec Bladwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott, have been picked up by Vertical Entertainment, with a late summer/early fall release date…
Variety has unveiled its third edition of 10 Europeans to Watch, highlighting 10 talents from across the Continent who are all poised for breakthroughs in 2017. The group will be feted at a reception…
Viggo Mortensen's choice of roles demonstrates his broad range, eclectic point of view, and love of complex characters. In David Cronenberg films alone, he has played a hardened Russian gangster in…
