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PARIS— Leather goods brand Polène is in full bloom. If the openings of multistory flagships in London and Paris weren’t enough, the idea is writ large across the French company’s Parisian…
A trio of Indian content heavyweights are placing a high-stakes bet on experimental storytelling with Madlab Alpha, a new studio venture that aims to create innovative premium content at a…
Tower 28 has a mineral sunscreen coming. The clean beauty brand, launched by Amy Liu in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2019, is introducing its SOS FaceGuard Broad Spectrum SPF 30 online on May…
Screenbound International Pictures is set to shop helmer Arabella Burfitt-Dons’ sophomore feature “Finding My Voice” to international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market, with a…
The Match Factory has closed multiple distribution deals for the new Christian Petzold feature “Miroirs No. 3” ahead of its world premiere as part of the Directors’ Fortight lineup in…
Alix Earle and Pantene are joining forces. The Miami-based influencer has teamed up with the mass market hair care brand to launch a limited-edition “Unexpired Pantene” collection dropping…
PARIS — Jawara Wauchope has been named international brand ambassador for Hair Rituel by Sisley. The hairstylist, known professionally as Jawara, takes an artful approach to hair and has…
PARIS — Viola Davis is set to shine a light on women directors, and will serve as juror for this year’s Lights on Women’s Worth award. The L’Oréal Paris prize is marking its fifth year at…
Wild Bunch TV, the television sales and acquisition division of the pan-European banner, has boarded two new shows, “The Clan Olimpia” and “Single Bells,” in the run-up to Canneseries “The…
After tackling gender power dynamics in the post #MeToo era, Prime Video‘s raunchy comedy series “Escort Boys” is returning for a second season that’s several shades darker and is world…
With Canneseries in full swing and Norwegian drama “A Better Man,” handled by Beta Film, getting a pink carpet treatment as a world premiere on Sunday, Marianne Furevold Boland, NRK head…
HYBE Latin America has partnered with the Colombian music mecca of Medellín through a strategic partnership with the City’s Youth Secretariat, Variety can exclusively confirm. Together,…
Music Box Films’ genre label Doppelgänger Releasing has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Toby Jones’ upbeat and surreal comedy “AJ Goes to the Dog Park.” Jones’ credits as a writer and…
A restored 4K version of Charlie Chaplin‘s classic silent comedy “The Gold Rush” is set to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of a global release timed exactly 100…
Blue Finch Films has closed a raft of international deals for its animated festival darling “Lesbian Space Princess,” which took home the Teddy Award following its world premiere at this…
Spike Lee has boarded as an executive producer on Chinese-Lebanese Spanish-born filmmaker Joecar Hanna‘s short film “Talk Me,” which has been selected by Cannes Film Festival to run in its…
Canneseries’ Norwegian competition entry “Nepobaby,” showrun by Henriette Steenstrup (“Pørni”) and Siri Seljeseth (“Young & Promising”), has been picked up by Be.tv for Belgium and RÚV for…
Drake‘s world is about to get a lot more fragrant. The multihyphenate’s fragrance brand, Better World Fragrance House, is launching Summer Mink on Friday. It’s the brand’s first eau de…
Universal Music Korea, a division of Universal Music Group, has signed hip-hop artists Okasian and Bryan Chase. The signing coincides with a rebranding of the company’s local Artist &…
Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty is hosting its fourth annual Mental Health Summit on May 1 in Los Angeles. “When I launched Rare Beauty, I wanted to create a brand with a greater meaning and a…
High-profile Finnish creator and producer Marika Makaroff, credited for the hit animated series “Moominvalley” and Canneseries’ competition entry “L/Over,” has just obtained global rights…
HanWay Films has boarded “The Third Parent,” the upcoming horror starring Rob Lowe (“The West Wing,” St. Elmo’s Fire”) alongside Crispin Glover (“Back to the Future,” “River’s Edge”), and…
Twelve years after making his French-language directorial debut with “The Past,” two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is set to return to Paris for his next film,…
Erin and Sara Foster are making a smooth debut in beauty messaging—putting aside traditional tropes in ads that are congested with unattainable narratives. Instead, as Dermalogica’s new…
