Topic: Daily Variety Newspaper

Martin Freeman joins 'Santa'

Brit thesps Martin Freeman, Noel Clarke and Tim Curry will all lend their voices to U.K. toonpic "Saving Santa," which is set to begin production...

Oscar-nominated Films To Get A Second Chance

The major studios are hoping to capitalize on Oscar nominations this weekend by expanding nominated films that have not yet been released on DVD...
We all know about the Daily Variety suit that plagues the Vandals, but yesteday bassist Joe Escalante published a column over at Huffington Post...

Does Daily Variety Validate SOPA Fears?

It's hard to find anyone these days who will actually say "Hi! I'm for SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act, or the Senate's PIPA). But at first, I admit...

Daniel Tosh at the Orpheum Aug. 13

Host of the Comedy Network series Tosh.0 Daniel Tosh was named one of the "10 comics to watch" by Daily Variety. His new comedy tour, Tosh Tour on...
Daily Variety editor Leo Wolinsky says he's been fired less than 1 year after joining pubThe editor of Daily Variety says he's been fired.Leo Wolinsky tells the New York Times that he was dismissed Monday, less than a year ...

Songwriter Bobby Charles dies at 71

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American singer-songwriter Bobby Charles, who wrote hits in the 1950s and 1960s for artists such as Fats Domino and Bill Haley and the Comets, has died, entertainment paper Daily Variety reported. He was 71.Charles died at his home ...
the sequel to 2007's John Travolta/Tim Allen/Martin Lawrence/William H. Macy surprise hit Wild Hogs has been scrapped.. The sequel was to feature the same actors, incorporating a plotline in which the guys take Dudley (Macy's character) out ...

'Same Kind of Different' for Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson has signed to star in a movie adaptation of the best-selling non-fiction novel " Same Kind of Different As Me," it was reported Wednesday.Jackson, 60, will play an ex-convict drifter who befriends a wealthy Texas art dealer, Daily Variety ...

Liam Neeson signs for 'Next Three Days'

Liam Neeson has signed on to a Hollywood remake of the French thriller " Pour Elle," entertainment industry Daily Variety reported on Monday.Neeson, 57, will play an ex-con helping a teacher, played by Russell Crowe, trying to break his wife out of ...