Holger Rune, who beat Novak Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters in November, again defeated the 22-time Grand Slam champ at the Italian Open.
‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Trailer: Tom Cruise Risks His Life Over and Over in New ‘Dead Reckoning’ Footage
Paramount Pictures has released a new trailer for “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” teasing Tom Cruise’s seventh, and likely penultimate, mission as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. In addition to Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Czerny, Vanessa Kirby and Frederick Schmidt reprise their roles from previous “Mission: Impossible” films. “Part One”…
Behind Warner Bros. Discovery’s Secret Audience-Shifting Strategy: Schedule Switches and Simulcasts
A lot of TV companies are judged by how quickly they can introduce new shows. Warner Bros. Discovery thinks it may find some gains by developing new ways to introduce audiences to series and content that already exists The strategy has been playing out in open view on some of the company’s biggest cable networks….
Obama’s Star Power Overshadows the Worthwhile Message of Docuseries ‘Working: What We Do All Day’: TV Review
In 2020, the Academy Award for Documentary Feature went to “American Factory,” a portrait of a former General Motors plant taken over by Fuyao, a Chinese company that lowered safety standards and pay while fiercely resisting unionization. The Oscar was a victory not just for filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, but for the company…
Netflix to Launch ‘Nailed It’ Spinoff This Summer, Sets Premiere Date for ‘Is It Cake, Too?’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix announced the return of “Is it Cake?” and the addition of its latest “Nailed It!” spinoff, “The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge,” with both to premiere on the platform this summer. “Is It Cake, Too?” will premiere on June 30. It will keep deceiving celebrity judges as some of the world’s most talented bakers…
REinvent Sells Psychological Thriller ‘The Angel Maker’ to France (EXCLUSIVE)
REInvent has closed a French deal on “The Angel Maker,” a psychological thriller starring a top Nordic cast including Julie R. Ølgaard (“The Killing”), Roland Møller (“Riders of Justice”), Christopher Læssø (“The Bridge”) and Stine Stengade (“Those Who Kill”). The banner has sold the film to Koba Films in France and will be hosting a…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Told Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to ‘Write Me More’ During ‘Seinfeld’ Early Days: ‘I Need to Be in This Show More’
Julia Louis-Dreyfus became a comedy icon for playing Elaine Benes on nine seasons of NBC’s “Seinfeld,” but the role wasn’t completely fulfilling for her when the show first got off the ground. Speaking to The Daily Beast, Louis-Dreyfus revealed she regularly urged series creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld to give her character more to…
Foo Fighters to Host Streaming Event on Sunday — and Reveal New Drummer?
Foo Fighters have dropped the second song from their forthcoming album “But Here We Are,” a bruising punk-tinged song called “Under You,” with the album due on June 2. But they also announced a special streaming event on Sunday that seems likely to reveal their still-unannounced new drummer, who is widely expected to be session…
Patricia Arquette Sets the Tone for Noisy, Chaotic PI Comedy ‘High Desert’: TV Review
Patricia Arquette likes to go big. In 2018’s “Escape at Dannemora,” she donned copious prosthetics to play a prison employee who assists in an escape. In “The Act” the following year, she played an eerily doting mother with Munchausen by proxy. And in “Severance,” she’s an unhinged boss who lives a double life, surveilling her…
Forget Kieślowski’s Veronique: In ‘Delicate’ Melodrama ‘Let Me Go,’ It’s All About the Double Life of Claudine
Swiss director Maxime Rappaz isn’t sure if there is more space for stories about more mature women these days. But he is certainly willing to give it a try. “I am fascinated by that phase in someone’s life,” he tells Variety, opening up about his fiftysomething protagonist played byJeanne Balibar. “I want as many people as…