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Penn Badgley Swore Off Sex Scenes. His Wife Says It Was Not Her Idea: ‘He Decided to Do This for Mental Health Reasons’
Penn Badgley infamously swore off sex scenes before the production of “You” Season 4, revealing on a viral episode of hi...
‘The Little Prince’ Live-Action Movie Set With ‘The Imitation Game’ Director Morten Tyldum and Simon Beaufoy (EXCLUSIVE)
“The Little Prince” is getting a new big-screen treatment with “The Imitation Game” director Morten Tyldum set to helm a...
Music Industry Moves: Universal Music Names Libby Bush President of Global Brands and Commercial Partnerships; Avex Acquires 85% of Brandon Silverstei...
Universal Music Group has named Libby Bush to the newly created role of President, Global Brands and Commercial Partners...
Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Zach Cregger’s ‘The Flood’
Jennifer Lawrence will star in Zach Cregger’s buzzy sci-fi thriller “The Flood” from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. C...
Ex-‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Found Guilty of Murdering Wife
Caleb Flynn, a former contestant on “American Idol,” was found guilty of murdering his wife in their Ohio home. A jury d...
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez Donate Unqiue Items for Housing Works Auction
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez, and more have donated items to be auction in Housing Works’ second annual Turn It U...
Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ Follow-Up ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Sets May 2027 Release Date From Focus Features, Blumhouse
Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster have slated Curry Barker’s upcoming horror-comedy “Anything But Ghosts” for ...
Prime ‘Big Deal Days’ 2026: What to Know About Amazon’s October Prime Day Sale
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days (a.k.a. “Fall Prime Day) is back for another season of savings, with 48 hours of Prime memb...
‘Digger’ Confronts Negative Buzz: New Ad Tells Moviegoers to ‘Decide for Yourself’ After Tom Cruise Movie Called ‘Unpleasant’ and ‘Baffling’
Warner Bros. is asking moviegoers to “decide for yourself” with a new ad for Tom Cruise’s “Digger” that touts both negat...
Iliza Shlesinger Sets 2027 Tour (EXCLUSIVE)
Iliza Shlesinger is hitting the road in 2027. The comedian, actor and writer has announced the “Free Nights & Weeken...
Variety’s ‘Pixels and Pencils’ Animation Panel Returns to SCAD Savannah Film Festival With Directors of ‘Wildwood,’ ‘Ray Gunn’ and More
Variety’s “Pixels and Pencils” panel returns to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival for a fifth year, spotlighting the direc...
‘God of War Laufey’ Sets Release Date, Preorders Open (Gaming News Roundup)
“God of War Laufey” will release Feb. 16, 2027 from Sony’s Santa Monica Studios. Pre-orders go live on Sept. 29. The pre...
Pedro Pina, YouTube VP at Iberseries & Platino Industria: ‘YouTube is a Greenhouse of the Future of Creativity’
Speaking at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference, Pedro Pina, YouTube VP for Europe, the Middle East and Af...
Paul McCartney and Judd Apatow Have a Free-Wheeling and Revealing Conversation About the Beatles and Wings in ‘Man on the Run’ Post-Screening Q&A
Paul McCartney met up with Judd Apatow for a 45-minute conversation following a screening of “Man on the Run” in Los Ang...
Mariska Hargitay Condemns the Cornell 7 as Hudson Williams, Josh Gad and More Speak Out on Sexual Assault Case: ‘Arrest Them’ and ‘F— Cornell’
Mariska Hargitay, Josh Gad, Hudson Williams and more celebrities are joining the growing list of Hollywood names using s...
ITV Boss, Sky’s Content Chief Set Out Vision for Acquisition, Try to Calm Nerves: ‘The Competition is Ferocious’
With Comcast-owned Sky’s $2.1 billion acquisition of ITV currently winding its way through the regulatory process in the...
Variety and Outfront Announce Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage, Featuring Questlove, Charlamagne tha God and Ice-T
Variety and Outfront today announced the first-ever Variety Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage presented b...
Graham Norton Shoots Down ‘Conspiracy Theory’ That Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Video Was Shot Before She Came on His Show
Graham Norton has shot down a “conspiracy theory” surrounding Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” music video, in which he guest st...
Beyond Fest Organizers on Improved Ticketing, Fans ‘As Unhinged as We Are’ and Their 7 Titles Not to Miss
How true is the perception that Los Angeles doesn’t have a prominent signature film festival? While the city’s film love...
‘Digger’ Review: As a Texas Oil Tycoon, Tom Cruise Goes Over the Top in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bombastically Self-Important Satire
"Digger" isn’t funny. It’s nervy, in your face, audacious, adventurous, and bizarro in a free-swinging, out-of-the-box w...
Premium TV and Talent ‘Will End Up on YouTube and TikTok Over Time’ Says Sister Boss and ‘Black Doves’ Producer Jane Featherstone
High-end television and the talent behind it aren’t destined to only find their homes on established networks and stream...
JioStar’s Kevin Vaz Urges Indian Government to Restore BARC TV Audience Ratings as Media Sector Hits $28.9 Billion
Leading Indian streamer JioStar’s Kevin Vaz has called on India’s government to immediately restore BARC audience rating...
Sylvester Stallone Says Superhero Movie Bodies Aren’t ‘Natural’ and Taking Steroids to Bulk Up Is Like ‘Putting on Part of a Costume’
Sylvester Stallone is sharing the story of how “Rocky” got made 50 years after its release in his new tell-all memoir, “...
‘Sin Filtro’ Producer JK Media Producing First Original Microdramas Shot in the U.S. for TelevisaUnivision’s ViXMicrO (EXCLUSIVE)
JK Media, the producer behind the hit unscripted celebrity show “Sin Filtro” and its various iterations, has developed a...
Tom Hollander Joins Season 2 Cast of AMC’s ‘The Audacity’
Tom Hollander (“Dune: Prophecy,” “The Uprising”) is joining the cast of AMC’s satirical drama “The Audacity” in a recurr...
Jia Zhangke, Tian Qi’s Unknown Pleasures Lands Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream’ for China
Jia Zhangke’s Unknown Pleasures Pictures has acquired China rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Jenjira’s Magnificent...
Chile’s Sanfic Set to Screen Late Documentarian Antonio Caro’s Swan Song ‘Monguen’ Among Nine Chilean Pics in Competition (EXCLUSIVE)
Chile’s 22nd Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) features nine pics in its Chile Film Competition this year vying for cash p...
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Immersive Experience Set for London
An “Alice in Wonderland” themed immersive experience is set to open in London next month. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s be...
Leading Documentary Festival IDFA Adds More Than 100 Films Lineup, Including Shorts Competition
Leading documentary festival IDFA has added more than 100 films to its 39th edition, which runs from Nov. 12 to 22 in Am...
Ken Jeong, Daniel Dae Kim, Randall Park Starring in ‘The Moons of LA’ Coming-of-Age Comedy Series at Audible
Ken Jeong, Randall Park and Daniel Dae Kim lead the star-studded cast of Audible’s new comedy series “The Moons of LA” —...
‘GMA’ Anchor and Christopher Reeve’s Son Will Reveals Testicular Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I Was Raised to Share One’s Struggles’
“Good Morning America” anchor Will Reeve has revealed that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer earlier this year. Ac...
Lee Sinje Readies Feature Directing Debut ‘Wanita,’ Unveils ‘Dead Tide’ at Pingyao
Malaysian star Lee Sinje has two jobs at the 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival. She...
Jeremy Clarkson Is Already Thinking About What Comes After ‘Clarkson’s Farm’: ‘It Has To Be Unbelievably Ambitious’
Jeremy Clarkson is already thinking about what comes next for him after “Clarkson’s Farm.” His hit farming series launch...
‘The One About Matthew Perry’ Trailer: Late ‘Friends’ Star’s Career, $7 Million Sobriety Journey and More Explored in Netflix Doc
The one about love. The one about laughter. “The One About Matthew Perry,” a Netflix documentary about the late “Friends...
‘Light Pillar’ Director Xu Zao Readies AI-Themed Follow-Up ‘Easy, My Friend’
“Light Pillar,” the Berlinale Perspectives animated feature from first-time director Xu Zao, is competing in the Hidden ...
Channel 4 Boss Says Network Still Hasn’t Found a New Chief Content Officer: ‘I’m Looking for the Next Messiah’
Channel 4 boss Priya Dogra says she’s “looking for the next Messiah” to replace outgoing chief content officer Ian Katz....
Rome MIA Market Launches European Investment Hub, With CAA’s Roeg Sutherland and Raj Singh of Media Capital Technologies Set to Attend (EXCLUSIVE)
Rome’s MIA Market is launching a new initiative called European Investment Hub, which aims to help European industry pro...
BBC Boss Says He Watched A ‘Pretty Good’ AI-Generated Episode Of ‘Doctor Who’: ‘Everyone’s A Creator, Not All The Creativity Is Bad’
BBC boss Matt Brittin says he was recently sent a fully AI-generated episode of “Doctor Who,” which he deemed “pretty go...
Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård on Playing a Fisherwoman and a ‘Very Sexy Basket’ in ‘Wicker’: It’s ‘Two Souls Being Kind to Each Other’
Ever since its premiere at Sundance, “Wicker” has been generating headlines. Mostly thanks to its erotic scenes featurin...
Should the BBC and Channel 4 Merge? Sony Pictures Television’s International Production Boss Wayne Garvie Thinks So
The ongoing difficulties faced by the U.K.’s public service broadcasters could be partially alleviated by a dramatic mer...
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