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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Author Kevin Kwan Scores Put Pilot Commitment for Asian-Led Comedy at CBS
By Joe Otterson LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – CBS has given a put pilot commitment to a comedy series co-created by “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan, Variety...
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‘Star Wars’ Boba Fett Spinoff Movie No Longer in the Works
By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Boba Fett is no longer getting his own spinoff movie. News emerged in May that Disney and Lucasfilm had...
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‘Superfly’ Actor and Rapper Kaalan Walker Faces Nine Felony Sexual Assault Charges
By Nate Nickolai LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Actor and rapper Kaalan Walker was charged with nine felony sexual assault charges Tuesday after he was arrested last...
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Ninja Is Getting His Own Soundtrack Thanks to Record Label Astralwerks
By Stefanie Fogel LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Popular “” Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is teaming up with recording label Astralwerks to create a soundtrack based...
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Tokyo Festival Star Hiroki Hasegawa on Getting in Touch With Different Experiences
By Mark Schilling LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – One of the many tall, slender, handsome guys who populate (and in some cases over-populate) Japanese TV dramas and...
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Former Runic, Gearbox Devs Form “Community-Driven” Studio, Monster Squad
By Vikki Blake LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Alumni from Gearbox and Runic confirmed on Thursday that they have come together to form new Seattle studio, Monster...
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Tokyo Film Review: ‘Long Time No Sea’
By Richard Kuipers LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Ethnography and entertainment are neatly mixed in “Long Time No Sea,” an uplifting drama set among the indigenous Tao...
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‘A Million Little Things’ Picked Up for Full Season at ABC, ‘The Conners’ Gets One More Episode
By Joe Otterson LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – ABC has ordered more of both “A Million Little Things” and “The Conners,” Variety has learned. “” has been given...
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BuzzFeed, Instagram to Fund 15 Video Creators’ IGTV Projects
By Todd Spangler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Have two months free — and a killer idea for a vertical-format original video? BuzzFeed and Instagram want to...
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‘Halloween’ to Stay on Top in Pre-Holiday Weekend With $32 Million
By Dave McNary LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – There’s still plenty of interest in Laurie Strode’s struggle against Michael Myers. The second weekend of Jamie Lee Curtis’...