Your eyes have deceived you if you ever took too quick a look at a passing reference to one of the great singer-songwriters of our day and mistook Brandy Clark for Brandi Carlile or vice versa. But those same eyes will not be seeing double if, in the very near future, you end up seeing…
Rob Lowe Talks Working With Son John Owen Lowe on Netflix’s ‘Unstable’: ‘It’s Like Having a Second Brain on Set’
“It was a lot of highs and Lowes,” John Owen Lowe said of working with his famous father, Rob Lowe, on Netflix’s latest comedy “Unstable.” At the show’s premiere on Thursday night in Hollywood, the father-son duo spoke with Variety about their unique dynamic — and how its portrayal on the show isn’t so different…
GoFundMe Set Up for Greg Cannom, Oscar-Winning Makeup Artist Behind ‘Dracula’ and ‘The Lost Boys,’ After Major Health Setbacks
Friends of Oscar-winning makeup artist Greg Cannom have set up a GoFundMe page after major health issues and setbacks have led to soaring medical bills. Cannom, whose career spans over four decades and is a mastermind in prosthetics, has been nominated for 14 Oscars. He has won four Oscars in best hair and makeup for…
Lenny Kravitz Teases New Album and Tour, Talks ‘Hunger Games’ and Hosting the iHeart Radio Awards
Lenny Kravitz is pumped for his first hosting gig at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards. “I’m just ready to get out there and I’m grateful to still be here,” the 58-year-old rocker tells Variety. “After all the years I have behind me — to still be so vibrant and feel so inspired — is truly…
Fox News Fires Producer Abby Grossberg, Citing Dominion Disclosure
Fox News cut ties with Abby Grossberg Friday, Variety has learned, after the booker and producer for such hosts as Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo alleged in court filings earlier this week that she was coerced by executives into providing misleading testimony in the $1.6 billion defamation suit that Dominion Voting Systems has levied against the Fox…
Jessica Simpson’s ‘Open Book’ Pilot Not Moving Forward at Amazon Freevee
The scripted pilot based on Jessica Simpson’s bestselling memoir “Open Book” is not moving forward at Amazon Freevee, Variety has confirmed. Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s period comedy “Western” has also been scrapped, though both potential series are now being shopped elsewhere. The pilot for “Open Book” was ordered by Amazon Freevee back in October,…
South Korea’s LØREN Arrives With a Co-Sign From Blackpink and a Mission to Bring Back Rock
South Korean alt-rocker Loren (stylized LØREN) has written songs for Blackpink and G-Dragon, appeared at South By Southwest and recently partnered with 88Rising, leading to a performance at the influential collective’s summertime Head in the Clouds festival — all before he released his first album. Out Friday (March 24), the EP “Put Up a Fight”…
Kiffin ‘struggled’ with critics after Auburn rebuff
Lane Kiffin is confident he did the right thing by rebuffing overtures from Auburn to remain at Ole Miss last fall, but says he ‘struggled’ with backlash from fans over how he handled the process.