Oprah Winfrey Pushes a Stroller for the First Time While Bonding With Gayle King's Grandson

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Neom, the Saudi Arabian region that is aiming to become a major film and TV production hub, has announced the opening of its Neom Media Village and Bajdah Desert Studios, comprising several sound stages and production support facilities. Situated along the kingdom’s Red Sea coast in Tabuk, in the northwest of the kingdom, Neom is a sprawling area roughly the size of Belgium. Besides coral reefs and heritage sites, it also comprises mountains and generally has a cooler temperature than most of the region. Aside from a futuristic megacity-in-the-making, the area now hosts what are being touted as the country’s largest sound stages.

Emily Longeretta Rodrigo Santoro will star opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in Paramount+’s upcoming original series “Wolf Pack,” Variety can exclusively announce. The series is currently in production in Atlanta, Georgia, and is set to premiere later this year. Previously announced cast members include Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson and Tyler Lawrence Gray. Joe Genier, Mike Elliott and Karen Gorodetzky serve as executive producers for Capital Arts, while Gellar, Jason Ensler and Christian Taylor serve also executive produce. Based on Edo Van Belkom’s book series and created by Jeff Davis, the show follows two teens whose lives are changed when a California wildfire awakens a supernatural creature.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Sony Pictures Classics has landed worldwide rights to “It Ain’t Over,” a documentary about baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. Sean Mullin directed the doc, which premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The specialty studio has yet to detail any release plans for the movie. Described as “an intimate portrait of a misunderstood American icon, “It Ain’t Over” illustrates the life and career of Berra, a sports legend whose accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona. Berra, considered one of the best catchers in baseball history, won 10 World Series championships during his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, 18 of which were with the New York Yankees. He also became known for Yogi-isms, like “It ain’t over ’til it’s over” and “It’s déjà vu all over again.”

Angelique Jackson Amazon Studios and Macro Film Studios have partnered for a new endeavor — a multiyear first-look film deal. Under the new pact, Amazon Studios will have first rights to feature film projects Macro will develop, package and produce for Prime Video, which is available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. News of the partnership was announced by Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke, as well as Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King and Macro Film Studios president James F. Lopez. “With our ongoing goal to share MACRO Film Studios’ premium and acclaimed content to a global audience, there really is no better partner than Amazon Studios,” said King and Lopez in a joint statement. “Their reach extends to a national and international core and they are known the world over for a business acumen and long-horizon strategic thinking that is simply unmatched. We believe we will do great things together.”

Brent Lang Executive Editor By slashing prices, Mitch Lowe transformed MoviePass into a supernova.   The ticketing service, which had ambitions to become the Netflix of moviegoing, had languished for years until Lowe took the reins in 2017 as Helios and Matheson, an analytics firm, purchased a controlling stake. At the same time, Lowe announced that for a monthly fee of $9.95, users could now watch a movie-a-day in cinemas — less than the cost of a single ticket in major cities like New York and Los Angeles. It was an offer that was too good to refuse, pushing MoviePass to 2 million customers in roughly six months. But it was also a risky proposition, one that caused the company to burn through tens of millions of dollars and collapse in spectacular fashion just two years later.  

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. A new Bo Burnham-directed comedy special is hitting Hulu this Thursday, adding to the streamer’s small but mighty library of stand-up specials. “Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind” is the New York comedian’s second solo show directed by Bo Burnham for FX, and if it’s even close to as experimental and controversial as Berlant’s first outing, it will generate a lot of conversation. The special, which was filmed in 2019 before she began her off-Broadway show “Kate,” finally premieres on Hulu on Sept. 15, two years after it was recorded . Jerrod Carmichael and Chris Storer (“The Bear”) serve as executive producers on “Cinnamon in the Wind,” which features the “League of Their Own” star performing in an “absurdist set, in an intimate space, shared not only with the audience but the mirror reflection of herself,” according to FX. She plans to warp “audience expectations of her comedy, while also exploring her clairvoyant connection to the crowd and her inability to stop performing.”

JoJo Siwa seemingly shared some very happy relationship news!

Manori Ravindran International Editor The director of “The People’s Joker,” a queer coming-of-age movie set in the Batman universe, has pulled the movie from the Toronto International Film Festival over alleged “rights issues.” Helmed by Los Angeles-based director Vera Drew, the mixed-media movie follows an aspiring clown (played by Drew) struggling with her gender identity while dreaming of being cast in a TV sketch show among a cast of Jokers and Harlequins. An official synopsis from TIFF reads: “With comedy criminalized in Gotham City, the show is the only government-sanctioned space for funny people, but only those who will toe the party line. Disillusioned by a botched audition, Vera partners with a birdlike slacker to found their own alternative comedy troupe, attracting not only a rogues’ gallery of would-be comics, but also the ire of a fascistic caped crusader.”

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Toby Kebbell has joined Season 4 of “For All Mankind” at Apple, Variety has learned exclusively. The alternative history series was renewed for its fourth season in July. Production on the new season is currently underway. The series takes place in a world in which the USSR beat the US to the moon, leading to the continuation of the space race. In Season 3, Mars becomes the new frontier for not only NASA and the Soviets, but also private business interests. Kebbell joins the series as Miles, described as “a former offshore oil platform worker who pursues a new job opportunity on Mars.”

Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Inc. company has a message for a podcasting production: “O, no, you don’t.”

A new space. Prince William and Kate Middleton are moving into their new home, but it doesn’t seem like there will be invitations for Harry and Meghan. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are moving along to a new cottage this summer with their children, but is there room for more?

at the Tribeca Film Festival June 15. Following the event, Jackson and Rigueur hosted another even on Instagram Live on July 12, according to the complaint.“Look under your seat… it’s a new podcast! Two historians (and friends) break down Oprah’s most iconic episodes, and what the Queen of Talk has meant for our culture,” the Oprahdemics website, which features Oprah’s signature “O” logo,” gushes about co-hosts Jackson and Rigueur.Harpo, which is Oprah spelled backwards, isn’t seeking damages.

Britney Spears is a free woman and her 13-year conservatorship ended in November 2021, legendary talk show host Oprah Winfrey is trying to have a sit-down interview with the 40-year-old pop star.Spears, which has been very vocal on social media, has had many high and low moments after Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny ended the conservatorship that had controlled her life and finances for over a decade.Although Britney tied the knot with long-term partner Sam Asghari in June, situations had shadowed her happiness, including a miscarriage, the arrest of her ex-husband Jason Alexander after trespassing, and attempting to crash her wedding. Also, Kevin Federline’s recent claims on why the sons they share “distanced themselves” from the singer and actress.After three documentaries about her case, Britney might want to take control of the narrative and share with Oprah her truth.

The Duke of Sussex is being pushed with “intensity” by Netflix to spill intimate details about his family life and relationship dramas if he wants his shows to air, sources claim.The producers of Prince Harry’s new fly-on-the-wall series for the US streaming giant, which he’s filming with his wife Meghan Markle, are said to have told him that if it is to succeed, he must “dish up attractive content” – meaning material that is possibly even “controversial”. “Netflix executives are expecting Harry to open up in great depth about his family dramas, the interactions during his London visit [during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations] and his new life in California as a father and business mogul alongside Meghan,” a source told OK!.

Britney Spears is said to be lining up a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. The chat show host, who famously secured a television interview with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Duchess of Sussex last year, is said to have reached out to the 40-year-old singer with an "open offer" for a similar chat. A source told OK! magazine: "Britney wants the world to know her truth.

Britney Spears is lining up a Meghan and Harry-style interview with Oprah Winfrey so she can finally tell the world “her truth” about her family dramas, OK! can reveal. Sources claim the 40-year-old superstar has “reached boiling point” following months of sniping from her family on social media, plus the recent interview in which her ex-husband Kevin Federline questioned her parenting.

A Hollywood legend is getting his due.

Meghan Markle's half-sister's defamation case against the Duchess of Sussex. Florida Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell also said she wants a "speedy" and "inexpensive" conclusion to the row, asking both sides to make their submissions as soon as possible. Samantha Markle, 57, is suing Meghan, 41, for damages over her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey and comments in Finding Freedom, a book penned by Meghan's pal Omid Scobie.Samantha alleges she was defamed by Meghan when the Duchess told Oprah she was raised as an "only child".

EXCLUSIVE: Through its first-look film deal at Universal Pictures, 87North has set up Mrs. K, a re-imagining of Yuhang Ho’s 2016 Malaysian-Hong Kong cult hit, at the studio.