With COVID-19 shuttering film fests worldwide, YouTube has stepped in to launch a 10-day digital film festival this spring with 20 partners — streaming free to cinema fans everywhere. 29 more words
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NFL Draft Smashes Ratings Records With Virtual Presentation — Variety
The 2020 NFL Draft was unlike any other. Over seven rounds, league commissioner Roger Goodell, the 32 NFL head coaches and almost 100 NFL prospects were broadcast virtually from home using over 600 camera feeds. 23 more words
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HBO Max Will Be on Apple TV, iPhone and iPad at Launch — Variety
HBO Max will get an assist from Apple for the WarnerMedia streaming service’s May 27 debut, in a continuation of their “coopetition” arrangement. At launch, HBO Max will be available on Apple devices and fully integrated with the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple TVs. 8 more words
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What to Watch on TV This Week: ‘Parks and Recreation’ Reunion Special and ‘Hollywood’ — Variety
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. 19 more words
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Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ Will Expand to 45 Minutes — Variety
The best late-night companion for Comedy Central’s long-running “The Daily Show” may just be “The Daily Show.” The ViacomCBS cable outlet will expand Trevor Noah’s late-night showcase to 45 minutes per night during production that takes place during the coronavirus. 18 more words
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Idris Elba’s ‘Turn Up Charlie’ Canceled By Netflix — Variety
Netflix has canceled “Turn Up Charlie” after its first season. The comedy, starring Idris Elba, centered on a struggling DJ and bachelor who becomes a nanny for the daughter of a childhood best friend who has since become much more successful than him. 17 more words
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Seth Rogen Comedy ‘An American Pickle’ Acquired by HBO Max From Sony — Variety
HBO Max has acquired worldwide rights to the Seth Rogen comedy “An American Pickle,” which will be released under the platform’s Warner Max label this year. 32 more words
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Daft Punk to Score New Dario Argento Film, ‘Black Glasses’ — Variety
Along with Sade albums, new Daft Punk music is among the rarest of the rarities in contemporary music — and while it’s not a new album proper, Italian film director Dario Argento revealed in an interview with Repubblica that the duo has reached out to him to collaborate on his next film, “Occhiali Neri” (aka…
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Bernie Sanders Campaign Blasts Decision to Cancel New York Primary — Variety
Sen. Bernie Sanders has suspended his presidential campaign, but his camp is nevertheless livid that New York officials decided on Monday to cancel the June 23 primary. 31 more words
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‘Contagion,’ the Movie That Predicted Our Pandemic, Is Really About the Virus of Things Falling Apart (Column) — Variety
In “Contagion,” the 2011 Steven Soderbergh drama that predicted, in eyebrow-raising, scientifically rigorous, this-could-be-happening-to-you detail, exactly what’s happening to us right now (incompetent trash-talking authoritarian president? 31 more words
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