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Five years after sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein ignited the global #MeToo movement, the former film producer is back in court. The convicted rapist is facing 11 charges in Los Angeles, separate from the sexual assault allegations that led to his monumental 2020 criminal trial in New York and his subsequent conviction, for which he is serving 23 years. Weinstein’s trial, which got underway Oct. 10, is one of four #MeToo cases playing out in courtrooms across America this week. Danny Masterson’s rape trial is taking place across the hall from Weinstein’s; on the other coast, writer-director Paul Haggis is on trial for rape, while Kevin Spacey is facing Anthony Rapp, who has claimed that Spacey sexually abused him when he was 14 years old. These sexual violence cases…

Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s longtime senior media and tech correspondent, spent her pandemic lockdown months diving deep into reporting and research for her nonfiction book “When Women Lead.” Boorstin’s reported tome, out Oct. 11 from Simon & Schuster, goes well beyond platitudes about girl bosses to study the question of how female leadership in business differs from that of men in the C-suites, and what that difference means for the bottom line. The takeaways from “When Women Lead” are many, but one of the biggest is that representation matters, on so many levels. Boorstin found that female leaders were more likely than men to incorporate diverse perspectives into their decision-making processes, and those companies tended to perform better over the long run than those with less diversity at the top. “The…

Oct. 8 Carousel of Hope Ball The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills Brass Ring Award recipient Diane Keaton dedicated her acceptance speech to chairwoman Barbara Davis, highlighting her work toward finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. “I just want to honor one amazing, fearless, generous woman for spending much of her life championing an incredible cause,” Keaton said, pointing out Davis in the crowd. The black-tie gala marked Howie Mandel’s first time serving as master of ceremonies since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Until then I was doing over 200 to 300 live events each year,” he told Variety on the red carpet. “I can’t tell you how scared and uncomfortable I am, but there is no way, through that fear, that I could say no to this event…

OSCAR-NOMINATED director Darren Aronofsky and his longtime creative partner, Ari Handel, are on a mission. At their production company, Protozoa Pictures, the two want to use movies and television to make science cool at a time when it’s under attack. “There’s a lens that we look at things through,” says Handel. “A lot of our work is pro-science or involves technology or the environment. Morally, we think the world can use that right now.” Some of that has to do with the backgrounds of the pair — Aronofsky did field research as a student at Harvard, and Handel has a Ph.D. in neuroscience. But that embrace of empiricism was also something the two felt had become important during the Trump era, when the government was often at odds with experts. From…

THREE DAYS AFTER Emily Ratajkowski’s book of essays, “My Body,” was published, in November 2021, Britney Spears was released from her conservatorship. As the subject of “Toxic,” one of Ratajkowski’s most pointed pieces about growing up as an object of lust and scrutiny, Spears has been a preoccupation for the 31-year-old model, author and mother. Almost a year later, Ratajkowski is thinking about the world’s many reactions to how a newly freed Spears has expressed herself — especially in her ongoing Instagram series of cheeky, defiant nudes, a genre Ratajkowski knows well. “She’s gone through things that affect you for the rest of your life,” Ratajkowski says, “and she has this public stage where we will continue to watch her. It just makes me sad. And the way people are…

When we created this list six years ago, we were determined to recognize the new faces of storytellers, executives and entrepreneurs who were reinventing New York. A lot has changed since then, but the city’s can-do spirit is as potent as ever. Here, we’re taking note of the shift in fortunes, paradigms and vibes over the past year or so by calling out the New Yorkers you need to know. Ranging from movies and television, where New Yorkers are newly setting the agenda, to theater and media, where the city has long dominated, our list celebrates those who are making change and carving out space for themselves, with celebrity contributors weighing in too. These artists and visionaries personify all the brio of this everevolving city and show us what New…

THE TONY-WINNING Broadway revival of “Take Me Out” returns this fall, and Jesse Williams is back with it. In Richard Greenberg’s 2002 play, the “Grey’s Anatomy” actor plays a biracial baseball player who comes out as gay at the height of his career. Why bring “Take Me Out” back to Broadway? We weren’t done. We had a lot more in the tank, and I felt like we were really hitting a new stride. The possibility of coming back was brought up to me before we even finished the first run, and frankly, I didn’t want to do it; I was tired and missed my children. But once I was able to recharge at home, I just kept thinking about the show. I’d find myself running lines in the shower or…

For the first time in history, an all-Spanish-language act is the biggest artist in the world. Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — better known as Puerto Rican rap-reggaeton titan Bad Bunny — is dominating the global music market. He has been the world’s most-streamed artist on Spotify for two consecutive years. His fourth studio album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after its release in May and has spent 12 non-consecutive weeks there — that’s three months — mak ing it not only the longest-running Spanish-language album at the top of the chart, but the first to hold the position for that length of time It’s just one week short of Drake’s run for “Views,” six years ago, which hit 13 weeks. Bunny’s previous albums…

February will be the first time a composer will walk away with a Grammy for scoring a video game. And many in the creative community are saying “it’s about time.” Game scores have, over the past two decades, become a huge part of the media music landscape. Yet, despite being eligible for music’s highest honor since 1999 (in the film and TV music category), only one game has ever been nominated: Austin Wintory’s landmark score for “Journey,” in 2012. After years of lobbying by game executives and composers alike, in June the Recording Academy announced a new category, the tongue-twister score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media to “recognize excellence in score soundtrack albums comprised predominantly of original scores and created specifically for, or as a companion…

The Newport Beach Film Festival is attracting more interest from Hollywood as it opens its 23rd edition Oct. 13. The festival, which runs through Oct. 20 will feature a battalion of acclaimed films and attract talent for its numerous awards. This year’s opening night screening is the Daniel Radcliffe-led biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” while the closing night selection is “Glass Onion,” which is Rian Johnson’s hotly anticipated follow-up to “Knives Out,” a big critical and box office success in 2019. “We’re seeing all of the major studios and distribution companies seeking to work with us, as they understand the many benefits and opportunities of screening at festivals that are growing, and bringing in an enthusiastic crowd to their films,” says CEO and co-founder Gregg Schwenk. Other standout titles that…

New York City’s luxury residential real estate market has everything: the country’s most expensive listing, stunning pent-houses, condos rich with amenities, vintage brownstones, contemporary townhomes and chicly updated pieds-a-terre. What it doesn’t have now is certainty. Sales cooled off in the summer (as they always do seasonally) and real estate pros are anticipating an uncertain fall due to rising interest rates and inflation, coupled with recession fears. Despite prevailing macro-economic conditions, prime Man-hattan and Brooklyn real estate remains a portfolio must-have for industry talent and power players, while up-and-comers and below-the-line buyers venture further out to red-hot Brooklyn neighbor-hoods such as Bushwick and Bay Ridge, and outer Queens, though not Staten Island just yet. Predicting where the market will go next is difficult. Caution abounds. “It’s safe to say, which-ever…

NATASHA CAPUTO DIRECTOR, WESTCHESTER COUNTY TOURISM AND FILM visitwestchesterny.com/film/ LOCATIONS TO SET ANY SCENE Bordered by the shores of the Hudson River and Long Island Sound, with quaint main streets, suburban neighborhoods and diverse urban centers, Westchester County has locations that can stand in for any point in time and almost anywhere in the world. Our appealing assets include charming river towns seen in “Divorce” and pristine historic mansions featured in “The Gilded Age” and “Halston.” Our verdant parks and bucolic farms have hosted filming for “Sesame Street,” “The Blacklist,” “Law & Order” and its spin-offs, and “City on a Hill,” while our airport has taken a star turn in “Madam Secretary,” “Billions” and “Succession.” Westchester is also home to film-friendly hotels, corporate sites, college campuses and courthouses that have…

The VIEW Conference, now more than ever, is turning its eye toward the future, bringing top industry talent from around the world to Turin, Italy, for a week of presentations, talks and masterclasses across animation, VFX, gaming and more. “We are talking about the future so much this year,” says conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez. “It’s the theme of this year’s event, Living in the Future, and in many of the sessions, we’ll be talking about how the future is already here.” The VIEW Conference, which runs from Oct. 16-21, remains a hybrid event, but in 2022, most of the speakers will attend in person and some of the year’s most anticipated movies will unspool or show fresh footage at the event. One of the highlights will be “Wendell &…

Making “Armageddon Time” proved both a gift and weirdly traumatizing for director James Gray, who revisited his old New York City stomping grounds for the Focus Features release arriving in theaters next month. One of Gray’s most personal films yet, it loosely follows his experiences as a student at the private Kew-Forest School in Queens during the 1980s. While Gray could not shoot in his childhood home — the current owners didn’t grant filming permission — it didn’t stop neighborhood friends from coming out to see him when he toured the area. “It felt like a gift,” Gray says of those interactions. But his warm feelings faded in the editing bay. “When I saw the footage, it was oddly disturbing and weirdly traumatizing,” he says. “I don’t know why I…

Thirty years ago, former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom created the independent arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment with full autonomy to produce, acquire and distribute films from cinema’s notable auteurs. In the decades since, Sony Pictures Classics has picked up 158 Oscar nominations and 41 statuettes. It has also made history: Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) earned 10 Oscar nominations. It also racked up $214 million at the global box office. Aside from “Crouching Tiger,” the studio has amassed eight other best-picture-nominated films: “Howard’s End” (1992), “Capote” (2005), “An Education” (2009), “Midnight in Paris” (2011), “Amour” (2012), “Whiplash” (2014), “Call Me by Your Name” (2W017) and “The Father” (2020). Here are my top five SPC films. Visit Variety.com to see more. “Crouching Tiger,…

AWARDS CIRCUIT Reputations go a long way in Hollywood, and when you’re seeking Oscar attention, a good one provides a significant edge against the competition. While more than a few contenders in this year’s mix have had previous run-ins with colleagues and journalists, those without that baggage have social media, and the industry, rooting for them. At the top of the list is Brendan Fraser, one of the best comeback stories in years. In Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” where he plays a 600-pound man looking to reconnect with his daughter, he delivers an astounding performance. The adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play may face an uphill battle in other major categories, based on reactions so far. However, the star of “The Mummy” (1999) and “Encino Man” (1992) has been able…

THE NEW MUSICAL “Kimberly Akimbo” has already beguiled New York critics. Now it has to win over Broadway audiences. Based on David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2001 play of the same name, “Kimberly Akimbo” is the story of a teenage girl who is aging so rapidly, she appears to be a woman in her 60s. The musical, which premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company last winter, picked up awards from nearly every organization that hands them out, including the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. And it’s not surprising: Avoiding the usual Broadway spectacle, the intimate play instead sidles up to its heartbreaking conceit with sucker-punch poignance and oddball comedy. “The challenge now is to expand what we have without losing this gem of a story,” says director Jessica Stone. Back in 2008, after…

SAMUEL L. JACKSON had his marching orders. So when actor John David Washington approached him for tips about playing Boy Willie, a role Jackson originated in the 1987 production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” he clammed up. “I was specifically told by the director not to give him advice,” Jackson says. “John David asked several times, but when he realized that I was not allowed to help him, he stopped asking.” The director, in this case, is LaTanya Richardson Jackson, who also happens to be Jackson’s wife, as well as the first woman to oversee a production of Wilson’s work on Broadway. The two are teaming up on the hotly anticipated revival of the classic drama, only this time Sam is playing Boy Willie’s uncle, Doaker Charles. It marks…

When it comes to the 2023 Grammys, it’s easy to jump ahead and look at what we expect will be the final showdown on Feb. 3 between the top two competitors — Adele and Beyoncé. Because, yes, in the top three general categories, it’s likely to be a narrow contest that runs the gamut from A to B, as it were … almost a direct sequel to the 2017 Grammy race, in which “25” was pitted against “Lemonade.” The big question may be, will this movie have the same ending, with Adele apologizing to Bey for besting her — again? Of course, there’s a lot of road to travel before then and considerable suspense over which other eight artists will fill out the 10 available slots in the album, record…

The Grammy for remixed recording (non-classical) is a notoriously difficult-to-predict category, with lesser-known names rubbing shoulders with giants of the touring DJ world annually among nominees. But the space has gained increasing relevance in recent years as remixes such as Iman-bek’s take on SAINt JHN’s “Roses” can now generate billions of streams globally. The Kazakh DJ-producer won the remixed recording Grammy two years ago for “Roses,” and he may find himself nominated again in 2023 for his punchy re-work of Dua Lipa’s “Love Again.” So which DJs may surface as contenders in February? Look for buzzing DJ John Summit’s name to potentially be in the proverbial mix for his hypnotic remix of Kx5’s “Escape,” or maybe he finds himself nominated as an artist via SOFI TUKKER & John Summit’s “Sun Came…

We don’t talk about Bruno, but we should discuss “Encanto’s” chances at the Grammys. While the mega-selling soundtrack, which boasts eight original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, is likely to be nominated for compilation soundtrack for visual media, it has the bona fides for major category love too. In addition to glowing reviews, “Encanto” spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — the second-longest run of the 2020s. More significantly, it cut through the cultural clutter, producing a series of resounding hits that are forever ingrained on the psyche of children, their parents and anyone who just happened to be in the general vicinity while the film was playing. “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while “Surface Pressure”…

In addition to bestowing Variety’s Legends and Groundbreakers Award on Ron Howard, the festival will recognize several creatives at their 2022 Festival Honors on Oct. 16 and Eddie Redmayne on Oct. 15. Eddie Redmayne Icon Award When Oscar winner Redmayne sat down in his first production meeting for “The Good Nurse,” his daughter had just been born. His daughter is 6 now as the feature is finally seeing its Netflix debut on Oct. 26. “It’s been a passion project, and it’s been one of those projects that each step of the way has been massively enjoyable, despite the intensity of the subject matter,” Redmayne says. The feature, directed by Tobias Lindholm, is inspired by the true crimes of nurse Charlie Cullen who was investigated by nurse Amy Loughren, played by Jessica…

“Misrepresented” grew out of a series of audio tours Aggarwal was developing when the pandemic hit. “I started with monuments in South Asia, because I was living in India at the time,” she says. While researching, she realized that many of those regional stories had global consequences. “These events that I’d never heard of growing up in Europe in the U.S. had taken place on the Indian subcontinent, and were actually deeply connected to people and places and events that I’d spent my entire life hearing about.” Each episode is sparked by an image or idea that challenges Aggarwal’s understanding of history. With the help of a paid intern, Aggarwal researches multiple sources, trying to uncover how and why the tales have been twisted or distorted over time. She’s meticulous…

Horse-drawn carriages were back on the streets of Troy, N.Y., in August, alongside equipment trucks, honey wagons and camera cranes. HBO’s “The Gilded Age” had returned to shoot scenes for the second season of the series, which explores the lives of monied families and the people who serve them in 1880s New York. The previous year, the production had covered the streets of Troy’s Monument Square with truckloads of dirt to turn it into a period-correct downtown Manhattan shopping district, and also utilized other well-preserved 19th century structures in the town (population: 51,400), 152 miles north of Manhattan, including the Rens-selaer County Court House, the Savings Bank Music Hall and the Troy Public Library, along with its Washington Park neighborhood and the Oakwood Cemetery. “The buildings [in Monument Park] were…

While Jamie Lee Curtis will for-ever be immortalized as Laurie Strode, the babysitter-turned-survivalist from the “Halloween” films, it’s a testament to her talent that she managed to avoid being typecast. As she once told Variety, her career has been varied and unique. “I’m an actor. I write books for children. I create websites and podcasts. I have sold yogurt that makes you poop. I’ve done Hertz commercials with O.J. Simpson. I’ve been able to do so much and I’m very lucky to be able to do what I do, in whatever form it is.” And now Curtis will receive one of Hollywood’s highest honors when she places her hands and feet in cement outside the legendary TCL Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard on Oct. 12. The event coincides with the…

This past spring, as the omicron wave subsided and the world began a ready-or-not return to something resembling normal, the floodgates opened and thousands of musicians went back on the road. Audiences flocked to arenas and big theaters to see Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo, Elton John and many others. Coachella launched the festival season with a bang, and smaller clubs began to cautiously figure out how to put on shows in tight spaces. It was a bumpy start — many acts (even Sir Elton and Bon Jovi) had to cancel or postpone shows because of positive COVID tests — but a start nonetheless. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino says ticket sales are on their way to a record year. “At my level, even before COVID, it was only profitable when…

Angela Lansbury, the beloved actor whose 75-year career encompassed triumphs on the big screen, in musical theater and on TV, died Oct. 11 at her Los Angeles home. She was 96 — five days shy of her 97th birthday. Nominated for three Oscars, she won five competitive TonyAwardsandearned18Emmynominations, 12 alone for her role as the flinty crime-solving novelist Jessica Fletcher on the long-running CBS drama “Murder, She Wrote.” Lansbury’s mother, Moyna Macgill, appeared in West End productions, and her younger twin brothers Bruce and Edgar became film and TV producers. While in her late teens, Lansbury scored a supporting actress Oscar nom for her first role, as the scheming cockney maid, opposite Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in the 1944 classic “Gaslight.” Lansbury landed a contract at MGM and appeared…

AT CAROLINES ON Broadway, the legendary comedy club in Times Square, taking the main stage can be a death-defying proposition — and not just because the audience, likely several drinks in by the time the headliner grabs the mic, expects to laugh uproariously and often. More than the crowd, it’s the very layout of the space that gets comedians’ pulses racing: There’s a curious gap between the dais and the wall, meaning one wrong step and … “The first thing they said to me,” says comedian Jo Koy, “was ‘If you back up, just remember, you’re going to fall.’” And yet, many have risked taking the plunge, because it’s an opportunity to perform at the venue that gave countless stand-up comics—Jerry Seinfeld, Rosie O’Donnell and Kevin Hart among them —…

THE STREAMING revolution was supposed to usher in a big, bright, beautiful future for media conglomerates. Instead, increased competition, rising interest rates, a looming recession and the mountain of debt that these corporations amassed to fuel a wave of consolidation has left everyone from Netflix to Warner Bros. Discovery scrambling to revise their pitch to shareholders. If consumers feel they have less disposable income, they may start shedding subscription services. After spending tens of billions of dollars to ramp up programming for subscription-based streamers, media giants have discovered that the growth potential of the venture may be reaching its end. Consumers purchase only two, maybe three, of these services, and it’s getting harder for certain subscription companies to convince people to sign up for what they’re streaming. At the same time,…

The most remarkable thing about the new Grammy award for songwriter of the year is that it didn’t already exist. Instead, the song of the year category — a marquee honor given to songwriters — may have been considered as fulfilling that recognition. By contrast, producers have been getting awards since 1975, and the engineered album category has existed since the very first Grammys in 1959. All of which leaves both Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Grammy-winning songwriter and chair of the Academy’s songwriters and composers wing Evan Bogart say they’re baffled as to why it took so along for the talents of songwriters to stand on their own. But after several years of lobbying — and under-the-breath frustration — it’s finally here, and although there are some questions…

For the first time in … well, maybe ever, hip-hop fans applauded the Recording Academy in 2021 for “getting it right.” Nominees in the rap album category included unconventional releases that weren’t necessarily expected to get the nod: Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist’s critically acclaimed “Alfredo,” D Smoke’s “Black Habits,” Royce Da 5’9’s “The Allegory,” Jay Electronica’s long-awaited debut, “A Written Testimony,” and the winner, Nas’ “King’s Disease,” which netted the mighty 25-year vet his first Grammy. The following year’s noms followed suit, with mentions going to Tyler, the Creator’s “Call Me if You Get Lost,” Nas’ “King Disease II,” J. Cole’s “The Off-Season,” Kanye West’s “Donda” and Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” (although the famous Grammy skeptic decided to withdraw the project before the votes were cast). Now the question remains:…

When Dove Cameron sat down to write “Boyfriend,” the 26-year-old singer-actor thought no one would ever hear it. “It was my first foray into trying to write for myself,” Cameron tells Variety. “I was like, ‘I just want to write a song that I know no one’s gonna hear, just for me as an experiment.’” Then Cameron teased the demo on TikTok, and it went viral. Released on Feb. 11, “Boyfriend” quickly became a queer anthem, with its bold chorus proclaiming: “I could be a better boyfriend than him/I could do the shit that he never did.” The track came to dominate mainstream formats as well, reaching No. 2 on Top 40 radio and No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. And with an MTV VMAs new artist win under…

KERRY CONDON “The Banshees of Inisherin” Since making her debut at 16 in Alan Parker’s 1999 adaptation of “Angela’s Ashes,” Condon has steadily built a career that encapsulates virtually every kind of work a person in her profession can do, from film (“The Last Station,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) to television (“Rome,” “Ray Donovan”) to theater (“The Lieutenant of Inishmore”). It’s in that last medium where she met one of her longest-running collaborators, playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh. She is drawing praise for her role in McDonagh’s latest project, “The Banshees of Inisherin.” “Even though I’ve worked with Martin many times since I was 17, I still feel like I need to prove how good I am and that I deserve the part,” Condon says. “So I continue to…

The 14th edition of the Lumière Film Festival, a week-long celebration of classic films that’s one of the world’s leading heritage cinema events, will take place Oct. 15-23 in the host city of Lyon, birthplace of the brothers and filmmaking pioneers who lend the festival its name. The event, which is headed by Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux, includes a wide-ranging lineup of tributes, retrospectives and movie screenings, including newly restored classics and works that have never been shown before, alongside a program of discussions and masterclasses. Running parallel to the festival is the influential Intl. Classic Film Market (MIFC), which brings together distributors, exhibitors, streaming platforms, broadcasters, restoration experts and other industry professionals involved in the business of heritage cinema. Maelle Arnaud, head programmer at the Lumière Institute, which organizes…

“Our team at ‘American High’ has fallen in love with filming in Syracuse. Everything from the wide variety of locations, community engagement, and overall support from the county has made production affordable, efficient, and a really great experience.”—Will Phelps, Head of Production, “American High” ERIC VINAL VICE PRESIDENT OF FILM, TV & ENTERTAINMENT, SYRACUSE NATIVE AND MEMBER OF AFCI visitsyracuse.com STATE AND LOCAL TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAMS The Upstate New York tax incentives are among some of the most aggressive in the country with 35% toward production (below the line) and 40% toward post-production. Central N.Y. offers up to an additional 25% incentive on top of NYS toward both production and post-production through CNY Arts, which also rewards productions for diversification on set. This local program, combined with the state’s, gives…

Even before “Bad Cinderella,” there was a little dreams-come-true magic in actor Genao’s story. She knew she wanted to perform from a young age, so when it came time to apply for college, she auditioned for the country’s top three drama schools. But she didn’t get in. Instead, she went to school for business and went into banking. But Genao, who grew up in Hamden, Conn., still acted in community theater. So when she saw an open call for Gloria Estefan’s musical “On Your Feet!,” which was in development, she took a headshot, printed it at Walgreens, went to an audition and got the role that became her Broadway debut. Now Genao is returning to Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Bad Cinderella.” She’ll be the first Latina leading lady…

TV REVIEW Drama: Apple TV+ (12 episodes; 8 reviewed); Oct. 14 Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Antonia Desplat, Sujaya Dasgupta “Bombay felt exhilaratingly free, a place where everyone started new.” That’s Lin Ford, played by Charlie Hunnam, speaking to us in voice-over about the city where he hopes to begin again. Today known as Mumbai, the Indian metropolis is many things; on “Shantaram,” it’s the staging ground for a white fugitive to lose and find himself. It’s that dynamic that tends to frustrate over the course of a long season. Based on the novel by Gregory David Roberts and executive produced by Steve Lightfoot, “Shantaram” is set in the 1980s, in the wake of Lin’s prison break. Making his way out of an Australian penal institution in the pilot episode, Lin, a…

Age: 30 Hometown: Rumson, N.J. Well schooled: Attended Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship; graduated in 2013 with a degree in music production and engineering Man at work: For the “Light Switch” video, he was aiming to show off his behind-the-scenes process; “Nobody ever gets to see that. So I just kept the camera rolling.” It’s been seven years since Charlie Puth’s single “See You Again” thrust him into the pop spotlight. While the pandemic cratered the touring business, Puth, like almost all musicians and performers, turned to social media to stay in the public eye. He used TikTok to reach out to fans, replacing some of the energy that came from live shows. Not only did his more than 19 million followers get some of his thirst…