Innholdsfortegnelse for 7/14/2022 i Variety

1 ‘Million Dollar Listing New York’ on ‘Pause’ at Bravo “Million Dollar Listing New York” — a key part of Bravo’s long-running real estate franchise — won’t be returning anytime soon, sources tell Variety. Bravo never uses the word “canceled,” instead considering series to be “paused,” since it sometimes brings shows back years later, as was the case with the revived “Real Housewives of Miami” on Peacock last year. In the case of “Million Dollar Listing New York,” the network had no comment, but the current incarnation of the show is over. — Kate Aurthur 2 Vice’s ‘Dark Side’ Franchise Adds ‘Comedy’ Spinoff Vice TV is adding another “Dark Side” series to its growing fan-favorite franchise with spinoff “Dark Side of Comedy.” The cabler describes the new show as “a…

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs decision overturning abortion rights that were established under Roe v. Wade in 1973, Hollywood creatives and bean counters have a new calculus to consider when determining where to shoot movies and TV shows: Do they accept tax incentives to film in states where abortion is banned or severely restricted, potentially endangering the reproductive rights of women working on those productions? The majority of U.S. states – 36 in all – offer some production incentives, but their reproductive laws are all over the map. Many of them ban abortion or place severe restrictions on it, and several more are poised to do so in the coming days and weeks. In others, including California, abortion rights remain in place. As it stands, Georgia…

Getting in shape in Los Angeles just got a lot more luxurious with the opening of Heimat, RSG Group’s five-floor, 75,000-square-foot gym and spa complex on La Brea Avenue. The monthly rate is about $350 and gives members access to an abundance of free weights, machines and cardio equipment — as well as classes including spinning, boxing, boot camp, barre, dance cardio, Kinesis, TRX, yoga and Pilates. “Los Angeles to us is one of the most competitive fitness markets in the world,” RSG Group North America CEO Sebastian Schope tells Variety . “It’s the birthplace of physical fitness, and a lot of trends have started in L.A. … We created Heimat to disrupt what people thought a fitness club could be. Whereas most gyms connect with their members by preaching sacrifice and…

The glass is half-full in the Emmy diversity landscape. At least that’s what we can tell ourselves with this year’s Primetime Emmy nominations. Quinta Brunson’s historic showing as the first Black woman to score three noms for comedy series, lead actress and writing for ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” is one of the brightest spots. An undeniable force in the industry, Zendaya, as exec producer of HBO’s “Euphoria,” became the youngest person ever to be nominated. At 25, she’s also the youngest person ever to land two lead acting noms (she won in 2020 for the drama). And how can we not mention “Squid Game,” the first non-English-language series to be recognized in TV Academy history? Not only did it rack up an impressive 14 nominations overall, but also four acting mentions…

With Netflix’s TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman,” debuting Aug. 5, composer David Buckley sought to bring dreams to life. Based on the DC Comics character, the series stars actor Tom Sturridge as Dream —aka Morpheus. He lurks in a realm called the Dreaming, and when he’s captured, his absence triggers events that change both the sleeping and waking worlds. Buckley had a vast tonal range from which to choose in his musical palette, from deep trauma to horror to otherworldly magic. But since the story was told with human feelings, he kept that in the back of his mind. “I embraced the full orchestra and a choir,” Buckley says. “Early on, I also embraced the viola da gamba and baroque flutes.” The full orchestra was reserved for big,…

FILM REVIEW Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas At age 13, Ryan Gosling was spreading cheer on “The Mickey Mouse Club.” But something must have snapped in the dozen years between “The Notebook” and “La La Land.” The Canadian heartthrob seems committed to convincing us that he can be a cold-blooded, even-keeled, unsentimental killer. Starting with Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive,” followed by the Danish director’s “Only God Forgives” and now playing the title character in the Russo brothers’ “The Gray Man,” an actor who once radiated charisma in “Crazy Stupid Love” has been perfecting an inexpressive cool that borders on nihilism, keeping his pulse stable and poker face fixed as he offs whatever adversaries come his way. Gosling doesn’t just want to be…

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No matter the studio, there’s nary a theatrical movie poster or TV spot today that doesn’t feature the phrase “only in theaters” as prominently as the film’s title. It’s not a coincidence. It’s a form of damage control. Hollywood’s unified marketing push comes after a two-year period in which movie distribution patterns were ceaselessly changing and nearly every major movie was released in a different way. Even though studios are using a one-size-fits-most approach for bringing movies to the masses, industry experts believe COVIDera effects are still reverberating. “We use every piece of paid or earned media as an avenue for in-theater messaging.”— Danielle Misher, Sony “Because of those hybrid strategies, the lines have been blurred,” says Paul Dergarabedian, a senior Comscore analyst. “It’s created consumer confusion that’s going to…

Over the course of his career, James Caan brought a series of tough guys, gangsters and military men to vivid life on screen. But few films captured the actor’s swaggering physicality better than “Rollerball,” the 1975 dystopian classic with Caan as the star attraction of a futuristic game that devolves into gladiatorial chaos. Norman Jewison, the film’s director, says that Caan, who died July 6 at 82, was the only performer at the time who combined athleticism and heart. He spoke with Variety about “Rollerball” and the ineffable quality that made Caan such a great actor. When I was casting “Rollerball,” I was looking for an actor who was tough and athletic, and I couldn’t think of anyone else other than Jimmy, who could put on a pair of roller…

At a time when global streamers have been pushing local originals overseas, Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to cease all new local fare for HBO Max in the Nordics, Central Europe, Holland and Turkey has come as a rude shock to the international industry Variety revealed last week that HBO Max, which began its international rollout in June 2021, is halting all development of originals in the aforementioned territories and removing some locally produced shows from the platform in order to relicense the titles elsewhere. Markets where originals have been spared are Spain and France — the latter where HBO Max has yet to launch. The pivot, which Warner Bros. Discovery attributes to a companywide $3 billion cost-savings measure, has astonished the industry, mainly because HBO Nordic has been an entrenched…

Taylor Kitsch (1) thinks a reboot or revival of “Friday Night Lights” could happen. “You may see it, but I will not be a part of it,” the actor, who played Tim Riggins on the beloved NBC series, tells me. “I’m done. I’m good. I want to keep growing as an actor. Going back to Rigs — let him live in everyone else’s memories. Whatever that is, whatever he means to them, let him lay there.” However, let me be clear — Kitsch has no bad feelings about “FNL”: “It was such a huge springboard for me, but I’m such a different actor now. It allowed me to explore the process, be fucking green and embrace it.” Paramount Pictures chief Brian Robbins told Variety in June that the studio and…

California’s first Louis Vuitton men’s store has landed in Beverly Hills. The French fashion house’s two-floor stand-alone boutique, at 420 N. Rodeo Dr., opens July 14 and will feature items from the Fall-Winter 2022 Collection designed by late men’s artistic director Virgil Abloh. On-site stamping offers personalization of leather goods, and the fragrance counter features custom engraving of cologne bottles. The opening comes ahead of L.V.’s “200 Trunks, 200 Visionaries” exhibition, which features trunks designed by boldfaced names including Frank Gehry, Gloria Steinem and artist Alex Israel in celebration of what would have been founder Vuitton’s 200th birthday. Starting July 29, the trunks will be displayed at 428 N. Rodeo Dr., the space that once hosted Louis Vuitton X, and auctioned off by Sotheby’s for charity.…

Apparently the next best thing to being Emmy-nominated is being Emmy-snubbed. At least, that seemed to be the case on July 12, when publicists quickly switched gears after their clients failed to get an Emmy nomination — and instead started pitching them to be included in the roundup of this year’s biggest “snubs.” It’s a further sign of just how important the awards industrial complex has become in Hollywood. If you aren’t nominated, the next best thing is to have fans and the press agonizing about the fact that you should have been nominated. And sometimes it finally works: Look at how years of “Better Call Saul” star Rhea Seehorn being on the “snub” list got to the point that many of us in the media — myself included —…

The joy of achieving a certain je ne sais quoi gleams in Anthony Fabian’s heartwarming “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” in theaters July 15, about a widowed ’50s-era cleaning lady—Lesley Manville’s affable Ada Harris — as she travels from London to Paris to purchase a Christian Dior gown. Designing the intricate costumes with exact Dior replicas was the job of Jenny Beavan, in another couture-centric film after her Oscar-winning designs for “Cruella.” As a storyteller in her own right, Beavan was charmed by Mrs. Harris as a brave, hardworking woman pursuing her dreams. Portraying those with accuracy meant deep archival research, as well as a close collaboration with the House of Dior and its leading archivist, Soizic Pfaff. Beavan was able to borrow five pieces from Dior’s Heritage collection for…

Before Danai Gurira returns this fall as the Wakandan general Okoye in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” she’s scheming and murdering her way onto the English throne in director Robert O’Hara’s new production of “Richard III” at the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park. Here are three things to know about “The Walking Dead” star’s latest endeavors. Her “Richard III” is all about toxic masculinity. “We’ve always been around toxic masculinity, but I think there are ways that we’re labeling and seeing it now,” says Gurira. “There are these ongoing issues in how our nations are led and in how our politics function and in how toxic masculinity finds its way through society, and I hope it illuminates things when it’s coming through my being.” She adds: “It’s been interesting…

More than two decades after delivering an Oscar-winning performance in “The English Patient” and starring in “Chocolat,” Juliette Binoche still possesses that je ne sais quoi. In many of her films, particularly those with French director Claire Denis, the Binoche mystique has manifested in a kind of erotic boldness. Binoche has reteamed with Denis on “Fire,” a drama that IFC released in the U.S. (as “Both Sides of the Blade”) on July 8, and she recently appeared in HBO Max’s “The Staircase.” She’s now in Paris shooting Apple TV+’s “The New Look,” a series in which she plays fashion designer Coco Chanel. She spoke with Variety about collaborating with Denis and missed opportunities to work with Steven Spielberg, whom she refers to as more of a “men’s director.” • You’ve…

Alma Settles Into a Grove Groove The prime corner restaurant space at The Grove has been a French bistro, a deluxe pastry shop and now, in perhaps its most useful incarnation, Alma, a casual taco and cocktail spot downstairs with a bigger menu of dishes from several regions of Mexico upstairs. The upstairs menu was designed as a celebratory experience by chefs from Mexico City’s Grupo Hunan. Alongside traditional preparations like chicken mole, grilled skirt steak, Ensenada lobster and lamb barbacoa, don’t miss the hard-to-find escamoles. Known as Mexican caviar, they’re the subtly flavored, nutty-tasting eggs of black agave ants and are paired with epazote and guacamole for a bucket-list tasting experience. Alma stocks more than 100 types of tequila and mezcal, the better to make cocktails like the fruity,…

When cinematographer Polly Morgan and director Olivia Newman were brought on to adapt Delia Owens’ bestselling novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing,” the story spoke to them on a natural level. The Sony Pictures film of the same name, in theaters July 15, tells the tale of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a young woman raising herself in the marshes of North Carolina in the 1950s. Her journey — and her relationship to nature in particular — resonated with Morgan (“A Quiet Place Part II,” “6 Balloons”). Her experience growing up in West Sussex in the U.K., “in the middle of nowhere with the nearest house miles away,” was similar. When a man Kya was once involved with is murdered, the woman known to the community of Barkley Cove as Marsh Girl becomes…

TV REVIEW Comedy: HBO (six episodes; five reviewed); July 15 Starring: Nathan Fielder Nathan Fielder’s first show felt — in the manner of life — as if it could go anywhere. On his Comedy Central series “Nathan for You,” which aired from 2013 to 2017, Fielder, playing a version of himself in real-world settings, pitched small business owners on ludicrous plots to gin up money and attention, with an endlessly ascendant imagination belying his grave, awkward manner. Now, Fielder returns with “The Rehearsal,” an HBO series that will leave many viewers perplexed as to what happens next, moment to moment and for Fielder more generally. The closest comparison might be “Synecdoche, New York,” the 2008 Charlie Kaufman film that, like “The Rehearsal,” treats life as a performance that can be…

Quinn Shephard may be only 27, but she’s already a veteran of the film festival circuit. At 22, she was lauded at Tribeca for her feature debut, “Blame,” which she also wrote (she started the screenplay in high school) and in which she starred with Chris Messina. Shephard began acting when she was 3 years old. “I just grew up feeling really comfortable on sets; like sets were my happy place,” she says, burying any clichés about troubled child actors. In middle school, she started making short films. “Film was the intersection between all the different kinds of art. I always loved visual arts and music, performance, writing — like just all the kinds of storytelling — and film was the one place where you could kind of do everything.”…