Penske Media is buying the industry trade magazine Variety for an undisclosed sum.
The publication has covered Hollywood for more than 100 years and is still considered a top industry news source.
The Reed Elsev...
"I just don't believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others," one of Michael Jackson's closest friends said on Twitter this week. "I cannot be part of the public whoopla."
But toda...
Editor Anne Thompson of Variety Magazine writes about HitFix on our unique offerings. Read the full story, New-media startups ramping up on Variety.
KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic - As I mentioned in a previous dispatch, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, though reasonably august itself in its 47th year, has a reputation as one of the “youngest&rdqu...
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Is it really already the last weekend of February? Good god, at this point, time goes by so fast that I feel like Dave Bowman inside the monolith. It seems like Sundance was y...
If it's a Saturday in November there were likely numerous guild and Academy screenings today for all the major contenders who haven't hit theaters yet. And while many Los Angelenos were home watching the USC/Ore...
"Jersey Shore" may be in its final season and most of the actual location has been washed away by Superstorm Sandy, but we're not getting rid of the guidos and guidettes quite that easily. MTV today a...
Variety published a music-focused Eye on the Oscars special today, and it's packed with interesting nuggets, from spotlights on individual composers in the awards race this year -- including "The Master"'s J...
Just as the Emmy voting period began last week, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was all over the news, specifically for lopping off the second half of its show title. Stewart is taking the summer off to di...
