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more about #variety more comments → cpjones: Gilly is one of the worst SNL characters ever and pairing her with two of the best SNL guest hosts ever for a Christmas special makes me very sad for ... more » lionel-mandrake: I've said it before on this site and I'll say it again, the largest single block of ad money in the world goes to Television. And not by a small margi... more » Magister: I wonder how many of us Olds don't use a television for tee-vee? And while I'm at it, I wonder how my 18 hours a day (including TV) are skewing the st... more » raincoaster: Please Don't Eat the Daisies - SHIT - I mean Get offa my lawn! more » themediatrix: Good. Now his greedy pap won't have to force his kids into a reality show. Disgusting. #michaeljackson more » MisterHippity: *ahem* Hello … [tap tap] … is this thing on? [feedback squeal] Testing … testing … Hi. How are y'all doing tonight? So how about those pilot... more » TheUptightMidwesterner: Niche rag sez "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" more » Cynical Media Bitch: Cook is right. Variety is a no-sale in flyover country, and it might actually do better behind a pay wall. But dailies such as the LATimes, Chicago Tr... more » Rozelle’s Bagman: Meh, just use a prexy server. more » pufflehuff: I'm a Brit, but I bloody loved it, and I've never been a massive Tarantino fan (Jackie Brown aside). Shame about it shoring up Weinstein, but do go an... more » Edward Lionheart: Also, anyone who didn't like Jackie Brown has no credibility whatsoever. Obviously doesn't like movies full stop. more » Edward Lionheart: Uh, uh... didn't Denby gush over Funny People and that horrible Nazi killer movie with Liev Schreiber? 'nuff said. As for Edelstein, "an ungainly past... more » BadUncle: I'm just wondering how the critics at Berlin bar Tarantino's will react. more » Spirit Fingers: Not digging Pitt's Sling Blade lock-jaw grimace and "Um-hmm" voice cadence. Did Angie help him with that one? more » Sandogg: I've seen the trailer so many times now that I find it annoying, especially Brad Pitt's southern accent "My name is lieutenant Aldo Ray, and I need me... more » -
#traderoundup
Study: Television Is Not Even Close to Dead
There will be a time when everyone gets their entertainment through cortex-implanted microchips. But for now, people are still watching a lot of "traditional" (i.e. not Hulu) television. According to a Nielsen study, 99% of video viewing is via TV. More » -
#deathofprint
Variety to Lead Old Media Back to Pay Wall Ghetto
Variety, the Hollywood trade newspaper with its only secret language based on words like "ankle" and "boffo" into its copy, has confirmed that it plans to put most or all of its web site behind a paywall. More » -
#criticalreception
We Still Don't Know Whether Inglourious Basterds is Going to Suck or Not
We're Tarantino fans for sure, but a WWII movie about Nazi-killing Jews? We're a little skeptical, and the critics aren't helping our confusion.
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#strangebedfellows
David Mamet to Put His Copious Words in Anne Frank's Mouth
Disney and David Mamet are working on a new film version of ninth grade staple The Diary of Anne Frank. We only pray there will be no cursing riffs, animated mice, or musical numbers. [Variety] -
#firstimpressions
Is Judd Apatow's Funny People Ha-Ha Funny, Or Awkward Turtle "Funny?"
Yesterday, the first reviews of Judd Apatow's Funny People started to trickle out from the major film critics. How'd it do? Well... More » -
#media
Layoffs at Variety, Parent Company
Updated After longtime Variety editor Peter Bart was eased out of power last week, the conventional wisdom was that major staff changes could be in store. And here they come, at the entire company. Layoffs! More » -
#media
Peter Bart and Variety's Future
Longtime Variety editor Peter Bart was finally replaced last weekend—a move that we (and others) interpreted as Bart being, essentially, stripped of his power to make way for new blood. Not true, he says! More » -
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#jobs
Peter Bart Kicked Upstairs at Variety
After 20 years as Variety's editor in chief, Peter Bart was replaced with his deputy. Now the question is what the trade's cost-cutting corporate overlords will do to the paper. More » -
#variety
Anne Thompson Among Shocking 'Variety' Staff Cuts
The pink-slip printer had been whirring loudly all day over at Variety. And moments ago, as it produced actual names, it took on the blood-curdling tone of a meat grinder. More » -
#mediacrack
Sara Nelson Out, Sharon Waxman In
In your sobering Monday media column: Publishers Weekly editor laid off, scrounging for dollars and cougars, former New York Times Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman's web site cometh, and more! More »
