NBC Pushes NBA Launch With 30 Rock Basketball Site, Nostalgic Gear
Brian Steinberg
Variety - TV News
Winning NBA rights was only the start for NBCUniversal. Now the company needs to get viewers to watch dozens of games slated for broadcast across NBC and Peacock.At the company’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters next week, NBC will open a custom LED basketball half-court, with 30 pieces of team-inspired basketball artwork, using the so-called “30 Rocks at 30 Rock” display to generate interest in...
TV Ratings: NFL Regular Season Grows Across the Board
Rick Porter
The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The NFL was — as it just about always is — the biggest thing on TV in the fall. Every one of the league’s weekly broadcast partners saw an uptick in ratings for the just completed regular season compared to 2024.With a number of record-setting games (and a change in the way Nielsen measures viewing), Amazon, CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC all saw their audience numbers grow year to year. Amazon, CBS and N...
DreamWorks Remote Team, Netflix and ‘Ted’ Show Production Workers Vote to Unionize With the Animation Guild
Jazz Tangcay
Variety - Film News
DreamWorks Animation (Dwa) remote workers across the United States, feature production workers at Netflix Animation Studios and production workers on the show “Ted” have officially voted to unionize with the Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839) and the Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700), in an effort to ensure fair pay and treatment for all animation workers.The National Labor Relations Board (Nlrb) bal...
DGA, PGA and BAFTA Predictions: ‘Frankenstein’ Eyes Longlist Dominance, Josh Safdie on Director Bubble and ‘Sinners’ Faces Key International Test
Clayton Davis
Variety - Film News
Before Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, Hollywood will officially enter the “playoff” stage — or wildcard — stage of Oscar season. By Friday afternoon, the Directors Guild of America, Producers Guild of America, American Society of Cinematographers and BAFTA will roll out nominations and longlists that will dramatically narrow the field for more than two dozen films vying for Academy Awards attent...
The Animation Guild Notches Organizing Wins at Netflix, DreamWorks
Katie Kilkenny
The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Several organizing drives launched in 2025 have paid off for The Animation Guild.On December 30 feature production workers at Netflix Animation Studios voted to join the union in a National Labor Relations Board election. Forty-four workers voted to join the union, which has organized production workers at several separate studios in recent years, while 13 voted against.These workers have been inv...
Gwyneth Paltrow Says She Was ‘Fired’ From a Movie After Divorce With Chris Martin: Distributor Thought She Was ‘Too Hot to Touch’
Jack Dunn
Variety - Film News
Gwyneth Paltrow recently told Amy Poehler on her “Good Hang” podcast that she was “fired off” a film shortly after her divorce from Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin. The “Marty Supreme” star speculated that the distributor thought she was “too hot to touch” at the time of the widely covered split.“I was supposed to do a movie at one point, and it was like right after the conscious uncoupling thin...
‘High Potential’ Boss Breaks Down Morgan’s Tricky Winter Premiere Decision, Wagner’s Growing Suspicion
Loree Seitz
The Wrap
Note: This story contains spoilers from “High Potential” Season 2, Episode 8.After Kaitlin Olson’s Morgan put herself on thin ice with Steve Howey’s captain Nick Wagner by breaking protocol during an art heist investigation, the “High Potential” winter premiere sees Morgan potentially further diminish that trust with a “tricky” decision that brings her outside of her bounds as a police contractor....
‘Doc’ Star Molly Parker Unpacks Brutal Winter Premiere Death: ‘Everybody Was in Tears’
Jose Alejandro Bastidas
The Wrap
Note: This story contains spoilers from “Doc” Season 2, Episode 10.“Doc” returned from its holiday break with a sobering installment that featured a brutal death, grounding the Fox medical drama after a soapy winter finale.Episode 10, titled “Chief,” followed the fallout of a cyber attack that leaked one of Amy’s (Molly Parker) therapy sessions and wreaked havoc on the doctors of Westside Hospital...
‘The Rookie’ Boss on Tim and Lucy’s Big Move: ‘I’m Not Scared of What Happy Might Look Like’
Haleigh Foutch
The Wrap
Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Rookie” Season 8, Episode 1.“The Rookie” creator Alexi Hawley doesn’t fear the so-called “‘Moonlighting’ curse.” Named after the 1980s series starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, the term refers to the dropoff that sometimes follows when a series’ will-they-won’t-they couple finally makes things official.In the Season 8 premiere of “The Rookie,” f...
Chris Redd Says He Sold Pills to Fellow Cast Members While on ‘SNL’: ‘I’m Not Gonna Snitch on Y’all Motherf—–s’
Jack Dunn
Variety - TV News
Former “Saturday Night Live” star Chris Redd posted an emotional video to his Instagram on Tuesday morning, in which he admitted to selling pills to his fellow “SNL” cast members while on the show. He said at the top of the rougly six minute confessional that the post was made in an effort to lead with more “vulnerability and openness” in his life and work.“While I was at the show, I had some pill...
Sarah Jessica Parker on More ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ and Calls ‘The Family Stone’ Sequel a ‘Bittersweet Quandary’ Following Diane Keaton’s Death
Marc Malkin
Variety - Film News
Sarah Jessica Parker isn’t saying no to anymore “Sex and the City,” but it doesn’t sound like she’ll be reprising Carrie Bradshaw anytime soon.Sjp told me Tuesday at the Golden Eve gala in Beverly Hills that she’s up for reprising her beloved fashion-obsessed character, but it all depends on one person and one person only – “Sex and the City” creator Michael Patrick King.“I hear lots of very origi...
‘A Minecraft Movie,’ ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Lead U.K., Ireland Box Office to $1.45 Billion in 2025, Best Post-Pandemic Result Yet
Naman Ramachandran
Variety - Film News
The U.K. and Ireland theatrical market generated £1.07 billion ($1.45 billion) in 2025, marking a 1% increase over 2024 and representing the strongest box office performance since the pandemic, according to data from Comscore Movies.Warner Bros.’ “A Minecraft Movie” topped the annual chart with $76.9 million, followed by Universal’s “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” at $62.7 million. Universal’s...
David Harbour Departs Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’ Film
Alyssa Ray
The Wrap
David Harbour has exited Tony Gilroy’s upcoming drama for Searchlight Pictures, titled “Behemoth!,” TheWrap has learned.The “Stranger Things” star was slated to appear in the film opposite Pedro Pascal, Eva Victor and Olivia Wilde. However, a spokesperson for Searchlight Pictures has confirmed that Harbour has since “stepped back” from the movie.This confirmation came shortly after media reports c...
Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Hindi-Language Film in India
Naman Ramachandran
Variety - Film News
“Dhurandhar,” starring Ranveer Singh, has overtaken the Hindi dubbed version of “Pushpa 2: The Rule” to become the highest-grossing Hindi-language film in India.Aditya Dhar directed the film, with Jio Studios and B62 Studios producing. Singh leads the cast, with Akshaye Khanna playing the antagonist. The cast also includes Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Manav Gohi...
Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Caper ‘Marty Supreme’ Becomes A24’s Highest-Grossing Film in the U.K.
Lily Ford
The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Is anyone surprised? After a headline-making press run for Josh Safdies’ ping-pong caper, Timothée Chalamet has smashed A24 records at the U.K. box office.Sources confirmed that Marty Supreme is now, officially, the studio’s highest-grossing release of all time across the Atlantic, having so far accrued $8.6 million as of Jan. 6.The dramedy, also starring Odessa A’zion, Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler,...
