Like her dialogue, Amy Sherman-Palladino's direction comes at rapid speed. It's July in Brooklyn, and the "Gilmore Girls" creator is helming episode five of her new Amazon series, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," which bows on Amazon on Nov. 29. Full Story on Variety.com →
Hugh Jackman and Willem Dafoe on Acting Alongside 'Incredible Kids'
Hugh Jackman ("Logan") and Willem Dafoe ("The Florida Project") sat down for a chat for Variety's "Actors on Actors" presented by Google Home, which will air from Jan. 2 to Jan. 4 on PBS SoCal KOCE. Hugh Jackman: We have something in common — incredible kids …
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Canal Plus' Accent on Content Starting to Pay Dividends for Parent Vivendi
When Brittany-born billionaire Vincent Bolloré took the reins of Vivendi in 2015, the struggling media conglomerate was being compared to the Titanic. To right the ship, Bolloré fired a number of top managers, scrapped programs at subsidiary Canal Plus Group and set about trying …
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'Darkest Hour' Director Joe Wright Describes How His Production Team Re-Created WWII
Focus Features is just starting to roll out "Darkest Hour," the Joe Wright-directed look at Winston Churchill in the early days of World War II. The film, written by Anthony McCarten and starring Gary Oldman, has been gaining buzz, and Wright spoke with Variety about the artisan contribu …
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