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On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, we get a perspective on Variety’s plans for its TV Week celebration in a conversation with Variety’s Emily Longeretta. And today, some 87 years ago, Vintage Variety takes a look back at the memorable launch of television in the United States on the opening day of the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Happy anniversary, TV. April 30, 1939, the opening day of the landmark New York World’s Fair, is generally considered the start date of commercial television in the United States. RCA and NBC boss David Sarnoff flipped the switch, and NBC…
Is Taylor Swift hiding a secret message in her latest outfit choice? The Life of a Showgirls hitmaker, 36, was spotted out and about in New York with her dad Scott on Monday, leaving fans questioning her outfit. In the photo, the pop star was seen wearing a $325 STAUD blue and white pinstripe midi dress, which she accessorized with a yellow Lady Dior mini bag that retails for $9,750. On her feet, she wore dark carmine Christian Louboutin Herr Roman Patination Calf Leather Block Sandals (retail price $1,195). Fans believe Taylor Swift was sending a message about her outfit…
West End Films has launched worldwide sales of Ignition, a high-concept thriller starring Emmy-nominated Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, The New Look, Practical Magic 2) and written and directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker James Erskine (Copa 71, Billy, Sachin: A Billion Dreams). The film co-stars BAFTA nominee Rory Kinnear (No Time to Die, The Diplomat, The Imitation Game) and Lovi Poe (Badman, Seasons). West End Films is releasing a first look today and will be giving buyers exclusive footage of the film at the next Marché du Film in Cannes. In “Ignition,” currently in post-production, Williams’ character Sylvie Johnson is told…
Meryl Streep admitted that she and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour are distant cousins while promoting her long-awaited film The Devil Wears Prada 2. On Wednesday, “Today” host Jenna Bush Hager told the “Mama Mia” star on the “Open Book” podcast, “…it turns out you guys are fifth cousins or something.” Streep explained the connection between Hagar and co-stars Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci, noting that their family roots are in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Meryl Streep admitted that she and Anna Wintour (both pictured here) are distant cousins. Getty Images for 20th Century Studio The actress explained the relationship…
Ian Somerhalder revealed in a new interview with E! News that he was forced to pay off an eight-figure debt (more than $10 million, although the exact figure was not given) after he retired from acting. Somerhalder said “financial turmoil” was one of the reasons he had to give up his lucrative television career. He made his name playing Boone Carlyle on four seasons of ABC’s “Lost” (two as a series regular and two as a special guest), and then became a sensation playing vampire Damon Salvatore on all eight seasons of The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries.” “I retired from…
“Real Housewives of New York City” newcomer Erica Hammond threw a lavish birthday party filled with fellow reality TV stars. The guest list for her 35th birthday party on Wednesday night included “RHONY” stars Carole Radziwill, Jessel Turnk and fellow newcomer Haley Glassman, according to photos obtained exclusively by Page Six. The women started the night with dinner at a Soho pasta bar hosted by Hammond’s husband, billionaire Bild founder Uncle Jayne. “Real Housewives of New York City” newcomer Erica Hammond (pictured above) held a lavish birthday party in New York City on Wednesday night. LJ portrait The guest list…
Ahead of its world premiere in Cannes, Oscar-nominated director Reed Van Dyke’s feature debut Tsugunai has been joined for international sales by The Veterans. CAA Media Finance and WME Independent are jointly handling U.S. rights. The film, selected by Directors’ Fortnight as the only American feature in competition, stars Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh (Dunkirk, The Devil Wears Prada 2), Boyd Holbrook (Completely Unknown, Logan), Hiam Abbas (Succession, Ramy) and newcomer Guido. Written and directed by Van Dyke and inspired by Dexter Filkins’ 2012 New Yorker article, “Atonement” is set in the early days of the Iraq War, when a U.S.…
Tori Spelling breaks down Hilary Swank’s intensely emotional reaction to being fired from “Beverly Hills 90210” in 1998. “We were all in the dressing room. Hilary and I were getting pretty close,” Spelling said on Friday’s episode of the 90210MG podcast, adding that her recollection was from her “point of view” and that she was “not going to take literally what[Swank]said” during the encounter. Ms. Spelling recalled that she, Swank, and Swank’s then-husband Chad Lowe were “hanging out” together at the time. “I was kind of her safe space on set and she would tell me anything,” Spelling said. “And…
Adam Scott, who stars in the new horror movie “Hokum,” which opens in theaters on Friday, looks back with Variety at his time playing Ben Wyatt on NBC’s hit comedy “Parks and Recreation.” The small-town government sitcom, which ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015, exuded a healthy innocence that seemed at odds with the Trump America that began in 2017. Asked if “parks and recreation” could happen today given the different energies of our country, he weighed in with a nuanced answer. “It reminds me of Parks and Rec and the hope and joy it brought to people,”…
NBC host Sarah Gore has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be taking a break from hosting “Open House” and “New York Live” to undergo treatment. “I thought it was the right thing to tell myself. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and I’m going to retire for treatment and surgery,” Gore, 49, said Thursday on “New York Live.” “I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was a little scary.” NBC host Sarah Gore, pictured above, announced her breast cancer diagnosis during an emotional episode of “New York Live” on Thursday. New York Live/Instagram Gore told viewers…