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Box Office: ‘Weapons’ Wins Friday, but Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’...
2025-08-23
“Weapons” had no trouble retaining its top spot at the box office on Friday, but there’s another release still chasing after it. With movie theaters getting...
‘Emily in Paris’ Assistant Director Diego Borella Dies at 47 After Collapsing...
2025-08-23
Diego Borella, an assistant director on Netflix’s “Emily in Paris,” died after collapsing suddenly while filming Season 5 in Venice on Thursday. He was 47....
How ‘SNL’s’ Birthday at Friendly’s Sketch With Lady Gaga Was Inspired by...
2025-08-23
If the ritualistic scenes during the “Birthday at Friendly’s” sketch on “Saturday Night Live” looked familiar, your eyes didn’t deceive you. The big skull,...
Venice Film Festival Responds to Pro-Palestine Open Letter From International...
2025-08-23
A large group of mostly Italian film industry professionals, including auteurs Marco Bellocchio, Matteo Garrone and Alice Rohrwacher, has launched an appeal...
‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: Embeth Davidtz Captures a...
2025-08-23
The title’s a problem, but it would be a crying shame to let that discourage you from seeing “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” which is precisely the...
Ex ‘Queer Eye’ Host Bobby Berk Got Called Out by Co-Star Karamo Brown for...
2025-08-23
Interior designer Bobby Berk was one of the original five hosts of Netflix’s reality show “Queer Eye” — aka the Fab Five — but left after the Season 8 in...
‘Long Story Short’ Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg on Grief, Following Up...
2025-08-23
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Long Story Short,” now streaming on Netflix. The adult animated sitcom “Long Story Short”...
Nicolas Cage in Talks to Star in ‘True Detective’ Season 5
2025-08-21
Nicolas Cage is nearing a deal to star in “True Detective” Season 5 at HBO, Variety has learned from sources. Details are being kept under tight wraps on the...
LISTEN: The Wizardry of Industrial Light and Magic; ‘Long Story Short’...
2025-08-21
Industrial Light and Magic has defied gravity and other forces to remain a leading light of the visual effects sector for half a century. As the company...
Laufey Talks Music Education and Overcoming Genre Snobbery at Grammy Museum...
2025-08-21
As a formally trained multi-instrumentalist and a pop starlet, Laufey has long seemed like the poster girl for everything the Grammys represent or hope to...
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Launches With a Full-Frontal Orgy Extravaganza and a...
2025-08-21
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 2, Episode 1 of “Peacemaker,” currently streaming on HBO Max. When James Gunn first...
Erik Menendez Denied Parole as Board Cites ‘Blind Spots’ in Rehabilitation
2025-08-21
A hearing panel on Thursday denied parole for Erik Menendez, finding that he has more work to do to rehabilitate himself before he can be released from...
Aura Entertainment Acquires ‘Satisfied,’ Doc About ‘Hamilton’ Star Renée...
2025-08-21
Aura Entertainment has acquired “Satisfied,” a documentary that follows “Hamilton” star Renée Elise Goldsberry. In the film, which draws its title from the...
How to Watch ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Online
2025-08-21
After the success of director James Gunn’s “Superman” this summer, Warner Bros. and DC Studios is on a roll with new movies and TV shows. And now, season two...
Draggan Mihailovich Named ’60 Minutes’ Executive Editor
2025-08-21
Draggan Mihailovich has been named the next executive editor of CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” filling a key role after its previous occupant, Tanya Simon, was...
An Oscar Season With No Kings: Why the Upcoming Awards Race Has No Ruler
2025-08-21
Nine months into 2025, the machinery of Oscar campaigning has reached peak operational velocity. But beneath the familiar choreography lies something...
Music Industry Moves: Mom+Pop and Virgin Music Group Announce Partnership
2025-08-21
Indie stalwart Mom+Pop Music has partnered with Virgin Music Group distribution in a move to “support the continued growth” of the long-running indie label,...
Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — Daniel Day-Lewis, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B....
2025-08-21
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for...
Pete Parsons Steps Down as CEO at PlayStation’s Bungie; Justin Truman Takes...
2025-08-21
Longtime CEO at PlayStation’s Bungie, Pete Parsons, is stepping down from his post at the video game developer behind “Destiny 2” and the upcoming...
Oscar Predictions 2026: Venice and Telluride Will Spark the Start of Awards...
2025-08-21
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for...
Tyler, the Creator, Childish Gambino, Doechii to Perform at Camp Flog Gnaw 2025
2025-08-21
Tyler, the Creator, Childish Gambino and Doechii are just a few of the artists set to perform at Camp Flog Gnaw 2025, taking place Nov. 15-16 on Los Angeles’...
How ‘Will Trent’ Choreographers Pulled Off That Dance Sequence With Less Than...
2025-08-21
Emmy nominated co-choreographers Danielle Sten-Guillermo and Lance Guillermo had very little time to pull off the hallucination dance sequence on “Will...
Edward Berger, Claire Denis, James Vanderbilt Join San Sebastian Main...
2025-08-20
Edward Berger’s “Ballad of a Small Player,” Claire Denis’ “The Fence” and James Vanderbilt’s “Nuremberg,” are set to play in main competition at September’s...
‘Beast’ Director Baltasar Kormákur to Make Acting Comeback Next to...
2025-08-20
In a major coup, director Baldvin Z (“Black Sands,” “Life in a Fishbowl”), also co-owner of Icelandic production banner Glassriver, has convinced...
Haugesund Opener ‘Battle of Oslo’ Has Become ‘Unpleasantly Relevant,’ Says...
2025-08-20
This year’s opening film of the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund might be about the “Battle of Oslo” – or rather, the sinking of German...
‘The Witcher’ Actor Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Also a Co-Showrunner on...
2025-08-20
Top Icelandic actor-writer-producer Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (seen in “The Witcher,” “The Borgias,” “Lamb”), also the co-showrunner of the Series Mania...
‘Fleabag’ Producer Joe Lewis Backs Off-Broadway Hit ‘Invasive Species’ for...
2025-08-20
“Fleabag” and “100 Foot Wave” producer Joe Lewis is backing the London transfer of off-Broadway hit “Invasive Species,” with his company Amplify Pictures...
‘Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&A Partners With Indonesian Horror Master Joko...
2025-08-20
Barunson E&A, the Korean studio behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite,” will handle worldwide sales for acclaimed Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar’s...
‘Salaam Bombay’ Scribe Sooni Taraporevala to Pen Biopic of Vicky Roy, Street...
2025-08-20
Award-winning Indian screenwriter Sooni Taraporevala has been tapped to write “Street Dreams,” a biopic based on the remarkable true story of Vicky Roy, a...
Tom Cruise’s Joints in His Fingers ‘Separated From Force’ During Plane Stunt...
2025-08-20
Tom Cruise is known for suffering for his art, but just how much is revealed in a bonus feature as part of the digital release of “Mission: Impossible – The...