Netflix has hired Jeff Karbowski, most recently VP and chief accounting officer of PayPal, to take on the same role at the streaming giant. Karbowski, 45, will take on the role effective Feb. 13, 2023, reporting to CFO Spencer Neumann, the company said in an SEC filing Monday. Netflix’s hiring of Karbowski comes after the…

The 2023 Consumer Electronics Show returned to Vegas with a plethora exciting announcements and with it, the annual Variety Entertainment Summit. Hollywood insiders and creators filled the Aria hotel with a days worth of panels bringing in big names from Disney, Netflix, Reddit and lots more. Hollywood’s top advertisers and studio executives tackled challenging subjects…

SZA’s “SOS” came out on top for a fourth consecutive week on the albums chart in what appeared to be a tight race between her and Taylor Swift for the coveted No. 1 spot. “SOS” collected the equivalent of 125,000 album units sold in the U.S., according to data by Luminate, with an increase in…

Simon Franglen’s three-hour score for “Avatar: The Way of Water” – a massive, complex work involving orchestras, choirs and world-music soloists from across the globe – is the end product of five years of work. The London-born Franglen, who is currently on both score and song Oscar shortlists for James Cameron’s hugely popular sequel, was…

Longtime Universal Group Nashville head Mike Dungan announced his impending retirement in a memo to staff Monday afternoon, saying he will be stepping down after holding the chairman-CEO role at Nashville’s top label group since 2012. Although the memo did not go into a line of succession or timeline, sources tell Variety that UMG Nashville…

Seven days after disturbing footage surfaced of UFC CEO Dana White slapping his wife at a New Year’s Eve party, parent company Endeavor Content continues to dodge the controversy. Ari Emanuel’s silence on the matter has raised eyebrows around Hollywood given that the Endeavor CEO has been quick to chime in on various scandals and…

Gadi Schwartz, best known for NBC News’ Snapchat show, is getting a streaming 8 p.m. hour all his own. Schwartz will anchor an 8 p.m. newscast from Los Angeles. on the free, ad-supported NBC News Now streaming service, according to a memo issued Monday by Janelle Rodriguez, the NBC News senior vice president who oversees…

Marin Alsop, the female conductor namechecked by Cate Blanchett in her latest film “Tár,” has slammed the project, saying it offended her “as a woman… as a conductor…as a lesbian.” Blanchett is already being tipped for an Oscar for her performance as Lydia Tár, a lesbian conductor who is accused of being abusive towards young…

“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Empire of Light” and “Elvis” are among the films nominated by the American Society of Cinematographers in the feature film category. The ASC nominees for feature film, documentary and television cinematography represent the organization’s picks for the most compelling visual filmmaking. Last year’s ASC feature film winner was “Dune” cinematographer Greig Fraser,…

Fox is developing the comedy series “Dicks” with Mary Beth Barone and Jared Goldstein, Variety has learned exclusively. The single-camera series will star both Barone and Goldstein. It is described as “a field-based, comedic take on the true crime format. Best friends and amateur private investigators Mary Beth Barone and Jared Goldstein travel the country,…