Andrew Wallenstein

Popular on Variety There may be far fewer TV shows being made in Hollywood these days than in the salad days of the peak TV era, but that just means there’s more hustling being done to get writers, producers, directors and actors staffed on a development season that goes on year-round. For the past 10 […]

Popular on Variety Madea may be the role that made Tyler Perry famous, but he’s made headlines recently for inhabiting another iconic female character. The tragic goddess Cassandra, remembered in Greek mythology for having the gift of prophecy but the curse of no one believing her predictions, came to mind when Perry announced he was […]

Popular on Variety 2024 was shaping up to be the year for the media sector long-awaited consolidation wave, with Paramount Global leading the way. But even as suitors like Skydance Media, Warner Bros. Discovery and Allen Media Group line up, it may not be so simple. Naveen Sarma, managing director of S&P Global Ratings and […]

VIP+ Analysis: Smart TV operating systems are proving key for consumers, and this year shows the big players are jockeying for position.

VIP+ Interview: The platform’s co-founder lays out the company’s aim to compete with the Metas and Alphabets of the world.

Perhaps no consumer-electronics product had a more audacious launch in 2023 than Telly, a TV set that was given out for free to thousands of U.S. consumers. But Telly came with a few strings attached. Or to be more precise than “strings,” a smaller second screen came attached to Telly’s 55-inch screen that displays ads […]

As if 2022 wasn’t difficult enough for the global entertainment industry, 2023 came along and said, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” A pair of strikes paralyzed showbiz for much of the year, bringing film and TV production to a screeching halt and challenging management at all levels of the industry to question their most basic […]

VIP+ Analysis: Friends hope the exec will resign to distance herself from radioactive Elon Musk — but she’s already in way too deep.

When an L.A. screening left this writer with an unexpected reaction, he realized he had deep concerns about the “Bearing Witness” strategy.

An entertainment-industry crowd turned out on Wednesday for the Los Angeles premiere of “Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre,” a controversial 47-minute documentary assembled by the Israeli Defense Forces. “Witness” features extremely graphic footage from the atrocities committed last month that claimed the lives of 1,400 Israelis and resulted in terrorist group Hamas taking […]