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‘SNL UK’ Star Ania Magliano Adds U.S. Tour Dates (EXCLUSIVE)
“SNL U.K.” star Ania Magliano is adding more stand-up comedy dates across the pond. The actress and comedian, who co-anc...
Watch the Fiery New Trailer for ‘Prince: 3121 Las Vegas Live’ (EXCLUSIVE)
As part of the multi-faceted releases around the reissue of Prince’s 2006 album “3121,” a concert film from the era titl...
Julianna Margulies to Star in Period Romantic Comedy Series ‘American Heiress’ at MGM+
MGM+ has greenlit the romantic comedy series “The American Heiress” with Julianna Margulies set for a lead role, Variety...
‘Adolescence’ Writer Jack Thorne Adapts Matt Haig’s ‘The Humans’ for London’s West End With ‘House of the Dragon’ Star Matt Smith
Matt Smith will play an alien inside the body of a Cambridge academic in “The Humans,” a stage adaptation of Matt Haig’s...
Taiwan Creative Content Fest Takeaways: ‘Avatar’ VFX House Brings Its AI Ambitions to Taipei as Character IP Booms
Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) wrapped its 2026 edition in Taipei with a reshaped show floor, as animation and char...
‘NAZA’ From ‘No Other Land’ Co-Directors Passes 1.5 Million Cinema Admissions Worldwide
“NAZA,” the hot-button documentary about killings in Gaza that won a special jury prize at the recent Venice Film Festiv...
Netflix’s Genre-Bending YA Drama ‘The Body’ Is a Queer Y2K Extravaganza: TV Review
Girlhood is a divine experience, a period when young women begin to discover who they are and who they might become. Fro...
ITV’s Sale to Sky ‘Progressing as Planned’ as Broadcaster Cuts Fourth-Quarter Content Spend Amid U.K. Ad Slump
U.K. broadcaster ITV’s CEO Carolyn McCall said the broadcaster’s sale of its Media & Entertainment business to Sky i...
Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA to Headline Coachella 2027
Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA are set to headline Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2027. News of the lineup come...
Jamie Dornan Admits He ‘Cried’ When He Was Cast as Aragorn in ‘Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollum’ and Says Filming Was ‘Incredible’: ‘Hopefully We’ve...
Jamie Dornan, who is set to star as Aragorn in “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” is getting candid about what it...
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MCU Surprise: ‘VisionQuest’ Finale Teases the Return of [SPOILER] in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
SPOILER WARNING: This story contains major spoilers for “Forever,” the finale episode of “VisionQuest,” now streaming on...
Brandy and Monica Announce ‘The Boy Is Mine’ 2027 Residency at Las Vegas’ Resorts World
Brandy and Monica have announced “The Boy Is Mine Vegas Residency,” their first-ever series of shows in Las Vegas. The R...
Brenda Song Says She Was ‘Overworked’ and ‘Underpaid’ on ‘The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,’ Recalls Fainting on Set: I Thought, ‘Am I Having a Panic A...
Brenda Song recently revealed that she felt she was “overworked” and “underpaid” while starring on “The Suite Life of Za...
Stacy Keach, Star of ‘Mike Hammer,’ ‘Fat City,’ Dies at 85
Stacy Keach, a commanding actor whose work includes movies like “Fat City” and the starring role in “The New Mike Hammer...
‘Risa and the Wind Phone’ Wins Audience Award at Miami Film Festival Gems – Film News in Brief
“Risa and the Wind Phone” is the winner of the Miami Film Festival Gems 2026 Audience Award Directed by Juan Cabral, the...
Elliot Frances Flynn and Michael Paré to Star in Indie Supernatural Horror ‘Not Herself’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Elliot Frances Flynn (“Peacemaker”) will star alongside Michael Paré (“Streets of Fire”) in Jon Russell Cring and Tracy ...
Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades Reopens Friday With ‘Ebenezer’
The Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades will officially reopen on Friday, a month after it was announced that Paramount Pic...
Norwegian Oscar Entry ‘Growth of the Soil’ Sells to North America, U.K., Germany, Spain and More
Beta Cinema has closed a raft of major deals on Hans Petter Moland’s epic love story “Growth of the Soil,” Norway’s entr...
Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme on Taking Their Holiday Show on the Road and Paying Tribute to ‘Queer Icons’ Tim Curry and Dolly Parton
Yes, there are the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, but actors, writers, comedians and drag queens Jinkx Monsoon and ...
DC Studios Exit: James Gunn and Peter Safran Spent Big, Lost Money and Didn’t Hook Audiences
After “Superman” landed in theaters last summer, former Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was ready to pop Champag...
Ross Douthat’s ’60 Minutes’ Interview Gets Tackled By Football Comparisons
Ross Douthat was dynamite. The ratings — potentially less so. The new “60 Minutes” correspondent garnered many huzzahs f...
‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Breakout Zack Gottsagen and Anna Enger Ritch to Star in ‘A Reason to Stay’ From Director Rippin Sindher (EXCLUSIVE)
“The Peanut Butter Falcon” breakout Zack Gottsagen and “S.W.A.T.” star Anna Enger Ritch will star as brother and sister ...
Adobe Premiere Mobile App Launches Hundreds of Thousands of Tracks Licensed From UMG, WMG
Adobe has just made it easier for creators to add some of their favorite hot jams to short-form video clips. On Tuesday,...
‘Harry Potter’ Star Paapa Essiedu Says ‘I Don’t Want to Talk About’ J.K. Rowling ‘At All’ but ‘Trans People Have the Right to Be Treated With Respect ...
HBO’s “Harry Potter” showrunner Francesca Gardiner is condemning the “abuse” being directed at Paapa Essiedu, the “I May...
Alexander Skarsgård, Hunter Schafer, Maya Hawke, Harry Melling to Star in ‘The Confessions,’ With Ari Aster Producing (EXCLUSIVE)
Alexander Skarsgård (“Wicker”), Hunter Schafer (“Blade Runner 2099”), Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things”) and Harry Melling (...
Shaq to Star in Hide-and-Seek Competition Series ‘Can You Hide… Shaq?’ at ABC (EXCLUSIVE)
Many have played hide-and-seek. But few have played hide-and-Shaq. A new competition series at ABC asks the question, “C...
The Business of Being a Business Manager; ‘The Secret Reading Club of Kabul’ Directors on Finding Inspiration and Courage
On today’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast, host Cynthia Littleton breaks down the complicated business...
‘It’s Hotter Than Mordor’: On Set for ‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3, Where Dwarf Beards Are Falling Off Under a U.K. Heatwave
British heatwaves and massive, thick dwarven beards, perhaps unsurprisingly, don’t mix well together. We’re inside a sou...
Legendary Entertainment Hires Apollo Partner Aaron Sobel (EXCLUSIVE)
Legendary Entertainment, the company behind “Dune” and “Godzilla,” has hired Apollo partner Aaron Sobel. He will serve a...
Sky Drops David Walliams’ ‘Fing!’ Adaptation Following Sexual Harassment Allegations
Upcoming fantasy feature “Fing!” has been dropped by its distributor in the U.K. following the sexual harassment allegat...
Ramy Youssef, Steve Way and Jon Braylock Join Forces for Inevitable Studios’ Untitled Body Swap Comedy
Ramy Youssef, Steve Way and Jon Braylock are working together on an untitled body swap comedy feature from Inevitable St...
Nvidia Stock and AI World Rocked by CEO Jensen Huang’s Affair With Alleged Chinese Spy
Nvidia shares continued to decline on Tuesday as the chipmaker responsible for much of the infrastructure behind the AI ...
Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Climb to Stardom Leads to His First Lead Film Role in ‘The Journeyman’
He’s had a long, slow climb to film stardom, but these days, it’s never been better to be “White Lotus” actor Patrick Sc...
AFM: First Look at Highland Film Group Thriller ‘The Black Demon: Atlantis’ Starring Jack Kesy (EXCLUSIVE)
Highland Film Group has released the first look image of thriller “The Black Demon: Atlantis.” The shark survival action...
Variety Announces Program for Inaugural Women of Awards Season High Tea
Variety will host a new edition of its acclaimed High Tea event series celebrating the women of awards season on Nov. 16...
Amanda Seyfried Addresses ‘You Can See Everything’ and Playing Elizabeth Holmes Again: ‘It’s Important’ to ‘Do Things That Scare Me’
Amanda Seyfried has finally spoken out about her secret involvement in the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Eve...
Taye Diggs to Star in Fox’s ‘The Chosen: The Three Kings’ Christmas Special, Which Gets Premiere Date and First Look (EXCLUSIVE)
Taye Diggs has joined the cast of Fox’s upcoming “The Chosen” Christmas special, Variety has exclusively learned. Diggs ...
Johnny Depp’s ‘Ebenezer’ Comeback: A Smaller $5 Million Salary, Optimistic Theater Owners and More
Four years ago, Johnny Depp’s fans and detractors descended on the sleepy town of Fairfax, Virginia, to cheer or jeer th...
Jim Gaffigan Sets 2027 Tour (EXCLUSIVE)
Jim Gaffigan is hitting the road. The stand-up comedian will bring his all-new “Still Fighting It Tour” to more than 20 ...
As Russell Brand’s Begins a 10-Year Prison Sentence, Why Celebrities Fear the Power of an Expose
Standing in the glass dock at Southwark Crown Court in London, awaiting his sentence for one rape and three sexual assau...
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