Variety termed it " a delightful, entertaining trifle of a film that shows both the possibilities and limitations of taking liberties with literature and history.

Variety wrote that Hawke's part " shows signs of coming to new life as a screen actor after somnolent turns in the likes of Snow Falling on Cedars.

Category: Variety shows

Variety gave this first episode a rave review (" undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen "), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC TV series until 1949.

Variety shows were a staple of anglophone television from its early days into the 1970s, and lasted into the 1980s.

Variety shows were once as common on television as Westerns, courtroom dramas, suspense thrillers, sitcoms, or ( in more modern times ) reality shows.

Variety shows began to fade from popularity in the early 1970s, when research began to show that variety shows appealed to an older audience that was less appealing to advertisers ; over the course of the so-called " rural purge ", several of the early era variety shows were canceled, though newer ones ( fewer in number nonetheless ) continued to be created and broadcast for several years after.

Taiwan: Another of today's variety shows in Asia is Taiwan's Variety Big Brother.

Philippines: Variety shows are a huge part of daily life in the Philippines, with all of the major networks running their own variety shows usually during lunchtime and can be on the air for between one and a half hours to three hours.

After the music videos for " Know Your Chicken " and " Sugar Water " enjoyed success on MTV, Cibo Matto made appearances on various television shows such as Oddville, Viva Variety and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Halesowen is the base for two Amateur Dramatic Societies-Startime Variety ( pantomimes in January and Summer Variety shows around July, both at the Cornbow Hall Theatre ) and Mayhem Theatre Company ( comedies and dramas, normally two shows per year at the Leasowes Theatre ).

In 1972, it destroyed The Queen Mother's bouquet of flowers during the after-show line-up at the aforementioned Royal Variety Performance, after which he appeared in many other shows.

Variety shows were vanishing by 1980, and that the series headliners were an act of which no one in America had heard did not help matters.

Variety shows like Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten in 1975 promoted the show by stopping by the original US-set, and taping special footage.

However, the trade paper Variety reported that according to the Nielsen Company's ratings data, the final episode of Quatermass and the Pit had lost out to the quiz show Keep it in the Family on ITV, being viewed in 2, 560, 000 households as opposed to 2, 996, 000 for the commercial channel's programme, and failing to feature in the week's top ten shows.

Category: Variety shows

Category: Variety shows

" According to Variety, " Until the women and children arrive on the scene about two-thirds of the way through, The Magnificent Seven is a rip-roaring rootin ' tootin ' western with lots of bite and tang and old-fashioned abandon.

This continued until Ellington basically signed exclusively to Brunswick in 1932 and stayed with them through late 1936, when Irving Mills put him on Mills ' new Master label, and various small groups within Ellington's band recorded on Mills ' Variety label ' fronted ' by his 4 main soloists, Barney Bigard, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges and Cootie Williams.

After the Master and Variety labels collapsed in late 1937, Mills placed Ellington back on Brunswick and those small group units on Vocalion through 1940, when Ellington signed back to Victor ( and the small groups were placed on Bluebird ).

In October 2011 the show-business paper Variety reported that Disney Theatrical Productions, linked to Miramax through former owners Disney Corporation, intend to mount a stage version of the movie in London.

Late Show with David Letterman has been nominated as Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for its entire 16 season run from the 1993-94 season through the 2008-09 season.

He was back on Brunswick in late 1934 through 1936, when he signed with manager Irving Mills's short-lived Variety in 1937, and stayed with Mills when the label collapsed and the sessions were continued on Vocalion through 1939, and then OKeh through 1942.

In keeping with Ellington's formation of small groups featuring his primary soloists, Bigard continued to be featured under his own name on Variety and subsequently Vocalion and OKeh through 1940.

When the film was released, Variety gave the film a favorable review: " There is no attempt to gloss the character of Barbara Graham, only an effort to understand it through some fine irony and pathos.

A review by Richard Kuipers in Variety praised it as " a pleasant gambol through the backwoods of Quebec ... Given plenty of room to work off each other, the members of this fine ensemble keep pic on track ... Big plus is the music and heartfelt songs by Philippe Katerine ".

Variety praised it, writing: " Performance-wise, the cast comes through strongly.

Reviewer Greg Evans, described the sold-out show in Variety magazine: " With a likable, self-effacing demeanor that rarely comes across in his TV specials, Copperfield leads the audience through nearly two hours of truly mind-boggling illusions.

" Variety magazine liked the acting and wrote, " This story of a $ 2 million race track holdup and steps leading up to the robbery, occasionally told in a documentary style which at first tends to be somewhat confusing, soon settles into a tense and suspenseful vein which carries through to an unexpected and ironic windup ... Hayden socks over a restrained characterization, and Cook is a particular standout.

After the Variety label was discontinued ( in late 1937 ), many titles were reissued on Vocalion, and the label continued to release new recordings made by Master / Variety artists through 1940.

For many years, he has been associated with Variety, the Children's Charity, helping to raise millions of dollars through their telethons and other related fund-raisers.

Thus Blumenbach, in the 3rd edition of his On the Natural Variety of Mankind, recognized that poorer European people ( such as peasants ) whom he observed generally worked outside, often became darker skinned (" browner ") through sun exposure.

Afshin-Jam traveled worldwide representing many causes including helping victims of the tsunami in India and Sri Lanka, raising funds for the earthquake victims of Bam, supporting fistula patients in Ethiopia, fundraising for Variety the Children's Charity, bridging the digital divide through youth advocacy and raising awareness on the practice of Bear Bile Farming in China.

Since 2007, one act of the Royal Variety show has been selected by the British public through the ITV1 television talent show Britain's Got Talent.

All through this troubled period, Pollack managed to record excellent records and had an occasional hit, like the 1937 " Peckin '", which Pollack co-wrote with Harry James, originally issued on Variety VA-556.

Staged concert acts lived on through television magicians such as Paul Daniels and Royal Variety Performances.

In February 2005, upon the release of the three-DVD " Karate Kid Collection ", Variety magazine called The Next Karate Kid a " boilerplate coming-of-age sequel " but notes that Swank's " plucky determination and athletic drive shines through " that film as it would later do in Million Dollar Baby.

" Variety said " whatever contortions the script went through on its way to the result, Pakula has managed to maintain an admirable concentration on the central moral equation, which posits the Irish terrorist's understandable political and emotional motivations for revenge versus the decent cop's sense of justice and the greater human good.

On 16 December 2010, Variety reported that Gilliam is to " godfather " a film called 1884 which is described as an animated steampunk parody of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, with several former Pythons lending their voice talents to the project whereas Gilliam will be credited as " creative adviser ".

He also remarked on the similarities between " Second Variety " and the Terminator films, writing: " When the claws / screamers start changing, their newest models take human forms for much the same reasons the T-800 was created.

They also appeared together recalling their music hall days in a one-hour special on ITV on 2 March 1983, called Eric & Ernie's Variety Days.

Built in 1981 the centre has a large swimming pool, conference facilities and live entertainment including their famous Summer Pantomimes and Summer Variety Shows produced by local entertainers Hanton & Dean.

His performance was praised in England where he won the Olivier and Variety Club awards, but when the production transferred to Broadway the Actors ' Equity Association ( AEA ) would not allow Pryce to portray The Engineer because, according to their executive secretary, " he casting of a Caucasian actor made up to appear Asian is an affront to the Asian community ".

Emanuel Levy of Variety wrote: " Teaming for the first time Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson, arguably the two best actors of their generation, in perfectly fitting roles is a shrewd move and the best element of this fact-inspired but overwrought thriller.

A Variety writer praised their vocals as " effective choruses ".

In Variety magazine, Todd McCarthy wrote, " The director's visual and aural dapplings are strikingly effective at their best, but over the long haul don't represent a satisfactory alternative to in-depth dramatic scenes ; one longs, for example, for even one sequence in which Ali and Dundee discuss boxing strategy or assess an opponent ", but he did have praise for the performances: " The cast is outstanding, from Smith, who carries the picture with consummate skill, and Voight, who is unrecognizable under all the makeup but nails Cosell's distinctive vocal cadences ".

The group were invited to appear at the 1977 Royal Variety Performance, where they elected to sing " Angelo ", rather than their then current single " Highwayman ".

The staff at Variety magazine gave the film a positive review, writing, " Sumptuous Technicolor mounting and a highly exploitable story lend considerable importance to Leave Her to Heaven that it might not have had otherwise ... Tierney and Wilde use their personalities in interpreting their dramatic assignments.

The Variety Club of Ireland presented Flatley with their Entertainer of the Decade Award in 2008 as well.

" In 2007, the then newly formed production company Frederator Films announced in Variety that one of their first projects will be a feature film adaptation of Samurai Jack, written and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky.

The Mitchell brothers auditioned every newcomer who responded to their advertisements ( which appeared in Variety and Bay Area sex tabloids ).

Variety magazine called Pure Music " probably Chase's most commercial effort, and their brand of jazz could have a commercial impact.

Variety opined, " By unduly emphasizing the mad and the perverse in their biopic.

The money raised by the Royal Variety Performance provides most of the funding for Entertainment Artistes ' Benevolent Fund and its home, Brinsworth House, a home for retired members of the entertainment profession and their dependants.

" Emanuel Levy of Variety Magazine called the acting " flawless " and acknowledged that the " stunningly accomplished " and " candid " film could be " seen as a Rebel Without a Cause for these culturally diverse and complex times, with the two misfit girls enacting a version of the James Dean — Natalie Wood romance with utmost conviction, searching, like their ' 50s counterparts, for love, self-worth and a place to call home.

Burbage died before the publication of the First Folio, but Heminges and Condell acted as ostensible co-editors and mentioned in their epistle to " the great Variety of Readers " the " care, and paine " they took to collect the works, since the author had not " liv'd to have set forth, and overseen his owne writings ".

Some periodicals have their own distinctive headline styles, especially Variety and its entertainment-jargon headlines such as " Sticks nix hick pix ".

David Lascher and Joe Torres were nominated for a 1991 Young Artist Award in the Best Youth Variety or Game Show category for their roles on Hey Dude.

Park in The Variety Stage ( 1895 ) the rebuilding signalled a new era of variety theatre: Hitherto the halls had borne unmistakable evidence of their origins, but the last vestiges of their old connections were now thrown aside, and they emerged in all the splendour of their new-born glory.