Variety TV Summit Tunes In to Trends in the Industry
It was a day of examining the latest trends in the industry at “Tune In!,” the Variety TV Summit, an annual confab featuring panel discussions and spotlight conversations with leading executives and talent in the television business. Held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on June 14, the event attracted several hundred industry professionals from across the country. Among the many highlights were keynotes with...
Diversity Takes Center Stage at Variety’s Home Entertainment Hall of Fame
Ever since the slate of Oscar acting nominees announced earlier this year was without any minority representation, spawning the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, there’s been a renewed and intense discussion about diversity in Hollywood. And it was no different at the Variety Press Play Home Entertainment and Digital Hall of Fame when honoree Paul Feig made it the centerpiece of his acceptance speech at the 35th annual gala dinner event held...
Variety and Women in Film Emmy Nominee Reception
With beautiful floral arrangements gracing West Hollywood hotspot Gracias Madre inside and out, Variety and Women in Film honored this year’s Emmy nominees at a swanky soirée two nights before the ceremony. Among those spotted making the scene were Christina Hendricks, Sarah Hyland, Terry and Rebecca Crews, Cathy Schulman, Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin, Niecy Nash, Gwendoline Christie, Angie Harmon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kate Walsh,...
Randall Park to Host Inaugural Edition of New Global TV Awards
There’s a new television awards show coming down the pike. Set for September 12, the first Global TV Awards will celebrate achievements in television as chosen by viewers from more than 200 countries. The kudofest, to be held at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, will be hosted by Randall Park, star of the ABC comedy “Fresh off the Boat” and Sony Pictures’ “The Interview.” The show will be live streamed on Viki, a television...
Home Entertainment Heavyweights Lauded at Variety’s Press Play Hall of Fame
What better way to demonstrate what Variety’s Press Play Home Entertainment and Digital Hall of Fame was all about than director Brett Ratner holding up a LaserDisc copy of “The Silence of the Lambs” during his acceptance speech at the 34th annual gala dinner event held December 9 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Ratner, whose films include “Hercules,” the “Rush Hour” series, “Red Dragon,” “Tower Heist” and “X-Men,” was one of the...
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