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‘Hysterical,’ ‘Las Culturistas,’ ‘Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim’ Among Top Podcast Award Winners at Ambies

“Las Culturistas” hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers and “Saturday Night Live’s” Ego Nwodim were among the winners of the fifth annual Ambies, the kudos handed out by The Podcast Academy...

Carlos Watson Says Trump Has Commuted His Prison Sentence for Ozy Media Fraud

Carlos Watson and his supporters are asserting that President Donald Trump has commuted the nearly 10-year prison sentence that he received after being convicted of extensive fraud in operating his digital...

George Foreman, Boxer Turned Foreman Grill Infomercial Star, Dies at 76

George Foreman, the charismatic boxer turned infomercial star who had a retail hit with his Foreman Grill product line, died Friday. He was 76. The Texas-born Foreman became Heavyweight Champion of...

How COVID Changed TV Production Forever

Five years ago this week, the television industry rose to the challenge of keeping news, daytime and late-night talk shows and other topical series on the air during the harsh early...

Variety Promotes Joe Otterson to Television News Editor

Joe Otterson has been promoted to TV News Editor for Variety. With the promotion, Otterson takes on greater responsibility for organizing and driving Variety‘s coverage of television news and related subjects...

Ben Stiller and Eddy Cue Talk ‘Severance’ and Talk Shop at SXSW

Longtime Apple content chief Eddy Cue told a SXSW crowd on Sunday that Apple TV+ doesn’t make as many TV shows and movies as its competitors for the same reason that...

Master of Mattel’s Cinematic Universe: How Robbie Brenner Plans to Build on Blockbuster ‘Barbie’

Last month, Robbie Brenner and a team of Mattel executives made the trek to the Sundance Film Festival. For five days, they braved thin mountain air to get a sense of...

‘New-stalgia’ On Demand: How Mattel Links Brands Across Generations

Last July, the executives at Mattel were celebrating the year anniversary of their billion-dollar box office baby “Barbie” at the Hollywood Bowl. After shattering global attendance records with Greta Gerwig’s cinematic...

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