‘Demon Slayer,’ ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Lead Data Showing Anime Is Asia Pacific’s Most Underused Growth Engine
#Variety #Asia #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AmpereAnalysis #Anime #AsiaTVForumandMarket #DemonSlayer

https://variety.com/2025/tv/markets-festivals/demon-slayer-cyberpunk-edgerunners-apac-anime-demand-gap-1236599569/

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Animatronic Killers are Back, and So Is the Slapdash Filmmaking, in the Lousy Sequel to 2023’s Monster Hit
#Variety #Reviews #FiveNightsatFreddy039s2 #JoshHutcherson

https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/five-nights-at-freddys-2-review-josh-hutcherson-1236599283/

Jon M. Chu Moves First-Look Film and TV Deal to Paramount
#Variety #News #JonMChu #ParamountSkydance

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jon-m-chu-first-look-film-and-tv-deal-paramount-1236599477/

Trump Pardons Sports Exec Tim Leiweke in Texas Bid-Rigging Case
#Variety #News #PresidentTrump #TimothyLeiweke

https://variety.com/2025/sports/news/trump-pardons-tim-leiweke-texas-bid-rigging-1236599468/

Hong Kong Fire Remembrance Sets Poignant Tone at Hainan Film Festival Launch
#Variety #Asia #Festivals #Global #News #AvatarFireandAsh #HainanIslandInternationalFilmFestival #HongKong #JamesCameron

https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/hong-kong-fire-remembrance-hainan-film-festival-launch-1236599480/

Australian Drama Production Hits Record $1.7 Billion, Driven by International Activity
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #GodzillaXKongSupernova #ScreenAustralia

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/australian-drama-production-record-1236599470/

Phil Upchurch, Guitarist and Composer for Michael Jackson and Curtis Mayfield, Dies at 84
#Variety #News #DonnyHathaway #MichaelJackson #PhilUpchurch

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/phil-upchurch-dead-guitarist-composer-1236599436/

DIRECTV Adds Seven New Multiview ‘Mix Channels’ to Elevate Home Streaming
#Variety #News #DirecTV #HowtoWatch #NOADS #Streaming

https://variety.com/2025/shopping/news/directv-multiview-mix-channels-streaming-packages-1236599090/

Lady Gaga, Robert Redford and Prince Photos Being Auctioned Off at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood Benefit
#Variety #Columns #News #JustForVariety #LadyGaga #Prince #RobertRedford

https://variety.com/2025/scene/columns/lady-gaga-robert-redford-prince-photos-auction-benefit-1236598788/

Paramount Exec Beverley McGarvey Champions Content Diversity at Asian Academy Creative Awards Keynote
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #AsianAcademyCreativeAwards #BeverleyMcGarvey #Network10 #Paramount

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/beverley-mcgarvey-asia-pacific-content-diversity-aaca-1236599417/

Indie Drama ‘Above Ground’ to Begin Production, Marks Feature Directorial Debut of Writer and Star Matt Kelsey (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Columns #News #Aboveground #JustForVariety #Mattkelsey

https://variety.com/2025/film/columns/above-ground-writer-star-matt-kelsey-1236599412/

Big Loud Records Learned From the Biggest Indie Labels in History on the Way to Winning the Variety Hitmakers Platinum Decade Award
#Variety #News #BigLoudRecords #CraigWiseman #JoeyMoi #MorganWallen #SethEngland #VarietyHitmakers

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/big-loud-records-hitmakers-decade-award-1236599410/

Shabana Azmi Joins Kabir Bedi in True-Story Legal Drama ‘USA v Raj’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #KabirBedi #ShabanaAzmi #TwickenhamStudios #USAvRaj

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/shabana-azmi-kabir-bedi-true-story-legal-drama-usa-v-raj-1236599408/

‘The Challenge’ Star Olivia Kaiser on Running the Season 41 Final While Seven Weeks Pregnant and When She Found Out She Was Expecting
#Variety #News #TheChallenge

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-challenge-olivia-pregnant-during-final-1236599061/

‘The Bridge’ Producer Double Vision Partners With RisingJoy in Microdrama Push (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AsiaTVForumandMarket #DoubleVision #Microdramas #TheBridge

https://variety.com/2025/tv/markets-festivals/the-bridge-double-vision-risingjoy-microdrama-1236599398/

Joel Edgerton Says James Cameron Shouldn’t ‘Be Squabbling’ Over ‘What Has a Right to Be Seen’ After Arguing Netflix Films Don’t Belong at the Oscars
#Variety #News #JamesCameron #JoelEdgerton #JustForVariety #Netflix #Oscars

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/joel-edgerton-james-cameron-netflix-oscars-1236597593/

Josh Hutcherson Shrugs Off Tarantino Claiming ‘Hunger Games’ Ripped Off ‘Battle Royale’: ‘Everyone Borrows From Everyone’
#Variety #News #JoshHutcherson #QuentinTarantino #TheHungerGames

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/josh-hutcherson-shrugs-off-tarantino-hunger-games-ripoff-1236599274/

‘The Last Frontier’ Creators on Why [SPOILER] Had to Die, That Cliffhanger and Season 2 Ideas
#Variety #News #JonBokenkamp #Thelastfrontier

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-last-frontier-finale-jacque-dies-havlock-escapes-season-2-1236599133/