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Rhenzy Feliz walked into West Hollywood’s Soho House Holloway on Wednesday for The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen bash in partnership with Instagram and Waymo, posed for a couple of photos and then managed to perfectly capture the spirit of the celebration in a few short sentences.

“We’re surrounded by so many people who really care about this thing,” explained The Penguin breakout of this thing called entertainment. “People who are passionate about what we’re doing and the future of what it might look like. It’s exciting to even be a part of the conversation.”

Over the actor’s shoulder, there were plenty of exciting conversations happening between creatives, creators, executives and actors, all of whom had been singled out as the future of Hollywood by this publication as part of the annual (and coveted) Next Gen lists. There’s the 31st annual tally of the...

Benito Skinner recalled Charli Xcx playing her guest role on his upcoming comedy series “Overcompensating,” saying it was “so insane.”

“I was so proud of her,” Skinner told me at GQ’s Men of the Year party on Nov. 14 in Los Angeles. “She came on set and she was absolutely incredible and she blew everyone away. But the fact that she did [‘Overcompensating’] while also touring the world and doing the Sweat tour, it was insane. We’re so lucky to have her in the show.”

Before her appearance on the Amazon show was announced in October, it was revealed that the “Brat” hitmaker would be producing original music for the series, which follows the college life of a closeted former high school football player and homecoming king (Skinner). The cast also includes Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam Dimarco and Rish Shah as series regulars, with Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan,...

Disney vet Alexandra Weinberger has joined Amazon MGM Studios in the newly created role of chief of YA and comedy ongoing series.

Three years ago, Amazon MGM Studios (then just Amazon Studios) organized its leadership team to focus on three areas: development, series, and IP and talent management. In her new position, Weinberger will head up a team that will take oversight of some of Amazon MGM Studios’ first-season YA and comedy shows — at Prime Video, the list of applicable upcoming titles includes “Cruel Intentions,” “We Were Liars,” “Motorheads,” “Off Campus,” “Every Year After,” “Overcompensating” and more — as they enter into their second seasons.

As head of YA and comedy series, Weinberger will report directly to Amazon MGM Studios head of co-prod television and ongoing series Laura Lancaster.

Most recently, Weinberger was a producer and creative consultant on the Dear Media podcast “Coming in Hot.” Prior to that, she worked...

As it grows its roster of young adult and comedy series, Amazon MGM Studios is bringing on an executive to shepherd those shows beyond their first seasons.

Alex Weinberger has joined the studio as head of YA and comedy ongoing series. She and her team will take on oversight of shows including the upcoming Cruel Intentions update and We Were Liars, along with Motorheads, Off Campus, Every Year After, Overcompensating and other series as they move into possible second seasons (though not all of those titles have been formally greenlit for second seasons). Weinberger will report to Laura Lancaster, head of co-prod television and ongoing series at Amazon MGM Studios.

Weinberger has an extensive track record in working with ongoing series. She spent 21 years at Disney, including time as a senior current programming executive for ABC Studios. During that time she had exclusive oversight of several Shondaland series, including Grey’s Anatomy,...

Longtime Disney executive Alexandra (Alex) Weinberger has joined Amazon MGM Studios as head, YA and comedy, ongoing series. In the newly created position, she will report to Laura Lancaster, head of co-prod television and ongoing series.

Weinberger’s team will take over those of Prime Video’s slate of freshman young adult and comedy series that go to a second season. The slate includes Cruel Intentions, We Were Liars, Motorheads, Off Campus, Every Year After and Overcompensating.

Most recently, Weinberger worked as a producer and creative consultant on the Dear Media female empowerment podcast Coming in Hot.

Weinberger previously worked at Disney for 21 years. At ABC Studios, she was an executive in current programming and oversaw Shonda Rhimes/Shondaland series Private Practice, Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, and Station 19, as well as Greg Berlanti Productions series such as Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money, and Eli Stone.

Prior to that, Weinberger...

Double-duty on “Saturday Night Live” — as the host and musical guest — is a double-edged sword. The people who are gifted at both, like Donald Glover and Ariana Grande in recent years, usually nail it, appearing in nearly every sketch in the 90-minute show as well as elaborately rendered musical performances. The less-successful tend to do a hesitant, self-referential introductory opening monologue then appear in a small number of skits, and leave the rest to the professionals.

But Charli xcx, who has been an accomplished musician since her early teens but has limited acting experience, nailed her double duty stint on Saturday night, appearing in nearly every sketch, channeling Adele — expertly — Victoria Beckham and her friend and tour-mate Troye Sivan; playing a psycho suburban housewife with Andy Samberg in a Lonely Island digital short, the female sidekick in a parody of a toxic Trump-bro podcast, Shrek’s love interest, and even...

Benito Skinner is digging deep for his starring TV debut.

The actor and comedian recently opened up about Overcompensating, his upcoming Prime Video series in which he plays “a version of myself in the closet” during his college years.

“I’m so excited. I just got back,” said Skinner while appearing on Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast. “It was a really, truly unbelievable experience. I feel like I learned so much about myself and the way I make things, and I was so inspired by working with the cast.

“I just dissociated so many times because I would be like, ‘I wrote this scene four and half years ago and now I’m seeing an actor that I have respected my whole life doing it, and I’m kind of me but not really me and Mary Beth [Barone] kind of looks like my sister but it’s not really her,...

In a TV production climate that saw a 20% plummet in Los Angeles last year and an overall drop-off of 40% since 2022, risky, large-scale prestige projects are no longer the name of the game. But Roku Media content chief David Eilenberg sees a way to keep “risk built into the system”: social media influencers.

Speaking at TheWrap’s annual Grill conference on Tuesday at the DGA Theater Complex, the entertainment executive posited that looking to “that convergence of the digital world with the TV world” and nurturing young talent is “one way to make sure that there’s still enough creative risk” in an industry that’s averse to taking any.

“It’s going to be interesting over the next five years to see some of the talents who came up via YouTube, came up via social channels, have their visions for what TV and film can mean to them,” Eilenberg...

Jeremy O. Harris wants his upcoming feature “Erupcja” to inspire rising filmmakers — and perhaps inspire change among distributors.

The Tony winner told Variety that he hopes his secret film “Erupcja” (Polish for “eruption”) with director Pete Ohs could help resurrect the arthouse “micro-budget” films of decades past.

“I’m hoping that what comes from this is a lot more young filmmakers feeling less pressure to have their first, second, third, fourth, fifth feature be the $10 million, $20 million, $30 juggernaut they want with every person that’s like, the most famous person online,” Harris said. “And maybe, you know, something that’s like, truly honest, fun, and unique to them, that’s smaller, that maybe takes a really brave, exciting distributor to jump onto.”

Of course, this one has a pretty famous person online: Charli Xcx co-stars with Harris. The two also co-produce.

Harris added, “There’s so much pressure on everyone,...

Brat was everywhere this summer, from Kamala Harris' campaign to Barack Obama's airpods. But while the former president may identify as (or at least relate to the struggles of being) a 365 party girl, the actual artist behind the phenomenon was trying to take a few days off from it...

It seems that every week there’s an unexpected but undeniably exciting addition to Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme cast. This week is no different, as Variety reports this morning that former nanny and current SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher will join the cast, playing the mother to Timothée Chalamet’s titular ping pong player.

Exclusive: Lee Majdoub (Sonic The Hedgehog 2) has joined the cast of Prime Video’s Upload for its fourth and final season in a recurring role. Details are being kept under wraps. Upload, which blends sci-fi with romantic comedy, is set in a technologically advanced future where holographic phones, self-driving vehicles, AI assistance, and 3D food printers are the norm. And instead of dying, people can be “uploaded” to a virtual reality afterlife, enjoying all the comforts of a world-class resort at a top-of-the-line place such as Lakeview — provided they can afford it. Created and executive produced by Greg Daniels, the Amazon MGM Studios-produced show stars Robbie Amell and Andy Allo. Majdoub can most recently be seen reprising his Agent Stone character in Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and recently wrapped production on Sonic The Hedgehog 3. He is repped by Alan Siegel Entertainment and Red Management.

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Charli Xcx will step in front of the camera in the forthcoming comedy series Overcompensating. Created by comedian and actor Benito Skinner, the Prime Video show previously enlisted the singer as executive music producer. In a celebratory Instagram post about wrapping on season one, Skinner teased more to come from everyone’s favorite Brat: “Oh and if you thought @charli_xcx was only doing the music…”

Skinner shared a carousel of images from the process of creating the series. In the final shot, Charli is pictured seated on set with a script in her hand.

Pop star Charlie Xcx is set to guest star in Benito Skinner’s “Overcompensating” comedy series at Amazon’s Prime Video.

Skinner, widely known as his internet persona @bennydrama, shared the casting news in an Instagram post Wednesday.

“Wrapped on Season 1 of ‘Overcompensating!’ This cast and crew are my heroes and they made this little thing in my head so big, so funny, so sad, so beautiful and dare I say … so sexy!” the comedian wrote. “I am so lucky to get to do this and I hope I make you all proud! See you f–kers soon on @primevideo. I think you are going to love it as much as we loved making it. Oh, and if you thought @charli_xcx was only doing the music …”

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On top of starring in “Overcompensating,” Charlie Xcx will also serve...

Charli Xcx will not only be producing the original music for Benito Skinner’s Amazon comedy series Overcompensating, she’ll also flex her acting chops in a guest-starring role. Skinner teased she will appear on the show today on his Instagram and Amazon confirmed the casting. Details of her role were not revealed. You can see his post below.

Created by Skinner inspired by his life, Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, as he becomes fast friends with Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny’s older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs. Deeply funny and personal, the show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.

Charli Xcx is adding yet another acting role to her resume.

The singer, currently on a career high after the June release of her album “Brat,” will guest star in Benito Skinner’s upcoming comedy series “Overcompensating.” She was previously announced to be producing original music for the series.

Besides “Overcompensating,” Charli Xcx’s upcoming screen credits include three films: the Gregg Araki thriller “I Want Your Sex” starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman; Daniel Goldhaber’s remake of 1978’s “Faces of Death” starring Barbie Ferreira; and Julia Jackman’s graphic novel adaptation “100 Nights of Hero” starring Emma Corrin and Maika Monroe.

Along with Skinner and Charli Xcx, the cast of “Overcompensating” includes Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam Dimarco and Rish Shah as series regulars, with Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan, Kaia Gerber, Julia Shiplett, Tommy Do, Alexandra Beaton, Claire Qute, Elias Azimi and Maddie Phillips recurring.

Per the official logline,...

Prime Video has announced the full cast for its series Overcompensating, created by and starring Benito Skinner. The show centers on Benny, a closeted college football player working out his identity and the challenges of college life. Skinner is joined by Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan, Kaia Gerber, Julia Shiplett, Tommy Do, Alexandra Beaton, Claire Qute, […]

Prime Video’s “Overcompensating” Expands Cast for Upcoming Series...

Overcompensating has found the rest of its cast. Connie Britton, Kyle MacLachlan, Kaia Gerber, Julia Shiplett, Tommy Do, Alexandra Beaton, Claire Qute, Elias Azimi, and Maddie Phillips are joining creator and star Benito Skinner in the upcoming Prime Video series.

The Overcompensating series will follow Benny (Skinner), a closeted college football player, as he comes to terms with who he is and deals with all that going to college brings to the table for a young adult.

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The feature adaptation of Emily Henry’s bestseller “People We Meet on Vacation” has added a few more of those “people,” with Miles Heizer, Tommy Do, Alice Lee, Alan Ruck (“Succession”) and Molly Shannon joining the starry cast.

Tom Blyth and Emily Bader star in the Netflix and 3000 Pictures movie, which follows routine-loving Alex and free-spirited Poppy. The pair “have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together,” the official logline explains. “The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else — could they actually be the perfect romantic match?”

In addition to Blyth and Bader, the ensemble cast also boasts Sarah Catherine Hook, Jameela Jamil, Lucien Laviscount and Lukas Gage. Further character details have yet to be announced.

“People We Meet on Vacation” was published in 2021 by Berkley,...

Exclusive: Joe Hipps, who stepped down as Head of TV for Fifth Season earlier this month, is segueing to producing with a deal at another indie studio, A24. Hipps has launched a production company with an exclusive deal to develop and produce television series for A24.

Hipps surprised many when he exited Fifth Season after 16 years as a TV development executive, nine at MRC and seven at Fifth Season. It was rumored at the time that he may be looking for a change of pace and a career change.

As Head of TV at Fifth Season, Hipps oversaw a portfolio of more than a dozen series, including Apple TV+’s Severance and Lady In The Lake, Max’s Tokyo Vice as well as Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers and Life & Beth. His upcoming projects include The Savant, starring Jessica Chastain, and The Cheif of War, starring Jason Momoa — both...

Hello, brother: Max Irons (Condor) will play Mycroft Holmes in Prime Video’s Young Sherlock series starring Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the titular character, our sister site Deadline reports.

Adapted from Andy Lane’s Young Sherlock Holmes books and written by Matthew Parkhill (Deep State), the show reimagines the titular detective as a 19-year-old “disgraced” and “unfiltered” young man embroiled in a murder mystery at Oxford University which threatens his freedom. He’ll delve into his first case with a lack of discipline and uncover a “globe-trotting conspiracy” that will change his life.

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Exclusive: Prime Video’s Overcompensating has added to its cast with 9 including Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Kaia Gerber (Palm Royale), Julia Shiplett (Love Life), Tommy Do (Miracle Workers), Alexandra Beaton (Luckiest Girl Alive), Claire Qute (The Detail), Elias Azimi and Maddie Phillips (Gen V).

From creator, writer, executive producer and star Benito Skinner, Overcompensating is a college-set ensemble comedy about the wild, chaotic journey of Benny (Skinner), a closeted former football player and homecoming king, watching as he becomes fast friends with Carmen (Baram), a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs. With guidance from Benny’s older sister (Barone) and her campus-legend boyfriend (Dimarco), Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka, and fake IDs. The show explores the lengths to which we all overcompensate while on the path to finding out who we really are.

Britton plays Kathryn,...

Exclusive: On the heels of record-setting box office success with Deadpool & Wolverine and Longlegs, respectively, Emma Corrin and Maika Monroe have been tapped for the lead roles in 100 Nights of Hero, director Julia Jackman’s period fantasy based on the graphic novel from Isabel Greenberg.

Also now on board is Charli Xcx, the Grammy-nominated and Billboard Music Award-winning pop superstar coming off the release of her sixth studio album, Brat. As we were first to tell you, Nicholas Galitzine also stars in the feminist fairy tale, inspired by One Thousand and One Nights.

100 Nights of Hero watches as a charming houseguest (Galitzine) arrives at a remote castle and the delicate dynamic between a neglectful husband, his innocent bride Cherry (Monroe), and their devoted maid Hero (Corrin) is thrown into chaos. The graphic novel was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2016.

Helen Simmons and Stephanie Aspin are producing for Erebus Pictures.

Charli xcx has joined the cast of Gregg Araki’s upcoming thriller “I Want Your Sex.”

The film, which “blithely explores desire, domination, and fantasy” (according to the official release), will be her second live-action role after the upcoming “Faces of Death” movie from Legendary Entertainment and filmmaker Daniel Goldhaber. She previously provided voice work for “UglyDolls” and “The Angry Birds Movie.”

The singer joins Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman for Araki’s film, which features a script written by Araki and Karley Sciortino. Production begins in October in Los Angeles.

The official synopsis for “I Want Your Sex” (named after the iconic George Michael song) follows: “How far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his...

A24 has received an influx of cash from Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital that now values the indie studio at $3.5 billion (enterprise value), a source with knowledge of the investment told IndieWire. The studio’s new valuation is 40 percent higher than it was for the last round of funding: 2022’s $225 million investment at a $2.5 billion valuation.

That doesn’t mean Kushner threw $1 billion into the pot — far from it. Existing investors from the previous round have also upped their financial support for this new round, A24 said on Wednesday. Additionally, the A24 brand has just organically grown its valuation with its successes in recent years, including “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022), “Talk to Me” (2022), and this year’s “Civil War.”

But still, it must have been substantial. The Financial Times reported Kushner’s investment was $100 million, which we understand to be in the ballpark.

It is not just Kushner’s...

Film and TV studio A24 has secured a new round of funding led by Josh Kushner’s investment firm Thrive Capital.

In connection with the investment, Kushner will join the board of directors for A24, best known for such films as “Civil War,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Moonlight” and “Uncut Gems,” and TV series “Euphoria,” “Beef,” “Ramy” and “The Sympathizer.”

Financial details and exact figures were not disclosed by A24 and Thrive Capital, but sources confirm to Variety the investment from Thrive Capital gives it a valuation of about $3.5 billion — a 40% increase since A24’s most recent round of funding in 2022, which was $225 million at a $2.5 billion valuation.

Kushner’s New York-based investment firm has previously backed Instagram, Spotify, Stripe and other companies, and together with his wife, Karlie Kloss, leads Bedford Media (which owns i-d Magazine and is planning to relaunch Life magazine). He is younger brother of Jared Kushner,...

The era-ending Twenty One Pilots album Clancy is dragging out its grand finale just a little bit longer, but lead singer Tyler Joseph promises it’s for a good reason. The album, a conclusion to the duo’s multi-album arc that started with Blurryface in 2015, was originally schedule to arrive on May 17. It has now been delayed for one week while he completes music videos for each song with drummer Josh Dun and videographer Mark Eshleman.

“When I first told Josh and Mark and everyone on our team that I...

Charli Xcx has confirmed that her new album, Brat, will arrive on June 7th. What’s more, following the lead single “Von dutch,” the UK pop singer has unveiled two more teaser tracks from the album in the form of “Club classics” and “B2b.” Both tracks are streaming below. Additionally, Charli has revealed the 15-song tracklist for Brat.

Charli released her last album, Crash, in March 2022. To support the release of Brat, she has confirmed an initial run of tour dates that include shows in Barcelona, London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, along with a new UK run stopping in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow. See the full itinerary below.

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Tickets for the UK tour dates go on sale beginning Friday, April 12th via Ticketmaster.

Fans can look for tickets to sold-out shows via StubHub. For international concerts, grab your seats through viagogo.