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Daniel Radcliffe Is Unsure If He’ll Watch HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ and Says the New Star ‘Doesn’t Need Any Advice From Me’
Daniel Radcliffe is sending well wishes to Dominic McLaughlin, who plays the title role in HBO’s upcoming “Harry Potter”...
‘The Odyssey’ Artisans on Casting Samantha Morton as Circe, Creating Her Costume and Building Her Witchy Hut
Casting director John Papsidera is no stranger to casting Christopher Nolan films. Ever since 2000’s “Memento,” Nolan ha...
Creators Dom Brack, Blake Hooker and Hunter Rowland to Star in Brilliance Productions’ Feature ‘The Anchor In Us’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Digital creators Dom Brack, Blake Hooker and Hunter Rowland are set to star in Brilliance Productions’ coming-of-age mys...
Disney Taps Adobe as ‘Official AI Innovation Partner’ Under Multiyear Pact
Disney and Adobe announced a multiyear strategic alliance to collaborate across a range of emerging technologies — inclu...
‘Namaslay’ Creators on Family, Identity and Being Told No: ‘Department Heads Took Chances on Us’
For brothers Kanish and Rish Arhant-Sudhir, family fun means collaborating to write and direct a film based on their cul...
Skydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger
Skydance Games has undergone a round of layoffs just over a month after the landmark merger between Warner Bros. and Par...
David Ellison on DC Shakeup: Jeremy Latcham Will ‘Build the Future of DC,’ Praises James Gunn and Peter Safran’s ‘Passion’
Skydance CEO David Ellison is addressing his decision to shake up the executive ranks at DC Studios. In a surprise shuff...
Donnie Dunagan, Original Voice of Bambi, Dies at 92
Donnie Dunagan, who provided the original voice of Disney’s Bambi, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, of lung cancer, his agents co...
Paul McCartney Becomes a Billionaire, Making Him the World’s Third-Richest Musician
Paul McCartney has joined the pantheon of billionaires as Forbes has ranked his net worth at approximately $1.4 billion....
CAA Signs ‘East of Eden’ Actor Costa D’Angelo (EXCLUSIVE)
Creative Artists Agency has signed actor Costa D’Angelo, Variety can reveal exclusively. D’Angelo can currently be seen ...
‘Gordon,’ a Big Netflix Series From Argentina, Unpacked by Pablo Trapero and Star Rodrigo de la Serna
A Netflix Nov. 18 bow, Pablo Trapero’s “Gordon,” led by “Money Heist” star Rodrigo de la Serna, weighs in and is shaping...
Pink Announces 2027 Sphere Residency in Las Vegas
Pink has announced that she will be staging a residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere in 2027, making her the first solo female p...
Jonathan Bailey to Star in Gay Romance Film ‘Insomniac City’ for ‘Elsinore’ Producers
Jonathan Bailey has booked another lead role, and is set to star alongside Bill Nighy in Dominic Cooke’s “Insomniac City...
Adobe Unveils 10 Filmmakers Receiving Total of $1 Million in Direct Grants, Forms Film & TV Advisory Board With Lena Waithe, Reggie Hudlin, Kerstin Em...
Adobe is stepping up its efforts to fuel creative work from independent voices in the entertainment biz — including dire...
ESPN Snares Rights to Expanded College Football Playoff
ESPN secured rights to an expanded college-football playoff structure, lending ballast to the media-industry notion that...
Ariana Grande Appears on ‘Tonight Show’ After Months Away From Public Eye
Ariana Grande was a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Sunday alongside her “Focker In-Law” castmates ...
‘Dawson’s Creek’ Star Kerr Smith on Feeling ‘Isolated’ After Being Told His Character Was Gay: ‘I Never Felt More Like the Fifth Wheel’
Kerr Smith is looking inward in his new memoir, “I Don’t Want to Wait.” In the new book, available Tuesday, Nov. 10, Smi...
Russell Brand Victim Says When She Told Channel 4 Managers About Assault ‘It Was Brushed Under the Carpet’
One of Russell Brand’s victims says when she told Channel 4 she had been assaulted by the comedian during a shoot for th...
David Schwimmer Reunites With His Famous Red Sweater From ‘Friends’ in Nostalgic Quince Campaign
David Schwimmer is back on the hunt for a red sweater — 25 years after a nearly identical garment revealed one of the bi...
The Blue Wave Could Mean a Rising Tide for Songwriters — Here’s Why (Guest Post)
David Israelite is the president & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, the trade association represen...
Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison After Rape, Sexual Assault Convictions
Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in his London cr...
Disney+ and ‘The House of Flowers’ Director Manolo Caro Prep Series Adaptation of ‘Blood Wedding’ by Federico García Lorca (EXCLUSIVE)
Disney+ and Mexican director-producer Manolo Caro (“The House of Flowers,” “Perfect Strangers”) are developing a new ser...
Danielle Fishel Gets Honest About ‘Girl Meets World’ Pay, Says She Knew She Was Disliked on Set for Setting Boundaries (EXCLUSIVE)
Danielle Fishel was a little different when she returned to TV on “Girl Meets World” 14 years after “Boy Meets World” wr...
Anjali Sud is SiriusXM’s New CEO
Anjali Sud, who recently led Fox’s Tubi streaming service, will take the reins at satellite broadcaster SiriusXM, a bet ...
‘Longlegs’ Star Alicia Witt Toplines Colombian Horror Thriller ‘Incuba Project,’ Directed by Chile’s Juan Pablo Arias (EXCLUSIVE)
Alicia Witt, renowned for her star turn in box office hit ‘Longlegs” opposite Nicolas Cage, will play alongside María Ca...
‘The Cry of Serankwa,’ an Indigenous Eco-Thriller and Triple Sanfic Industria Award Winner, Strikes Distribution Deal
Films about Colombian Indigenous communities are few and far between, with perhaps Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s 20...
Donald Trump Says He Was ‘Kidding’ About Making Dana White His Press Secretary
President Donald Trump has said he was only kidding about appointing Ultimate Fighting Championship president and CEO Da...
Nicholas Denton, Hugh Bonneville and Tim Downie Board Elevated Folk Horror ‘Tragedy Man: The Making of Michael Reeves’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Nicholas Denton (“Talamasca: The Secret Order,” “Dangerous Liaisons”) is attached to portray cult British horror filmmak...
Jeff Goldblum, John Turturro, Rian Johnson and More Set for Marrakech Film Festival Conversations
Hollywood stars Jeff Goldblum and John Turturro, and “Knives Out” director Rian Johnson are among those set to take part...
Anthony Chen-Produced ‘Somewhere in the South’ Wins Top Prize at Taiwan Creative Content Fest Pitching Awards, ‘Reunion Dinner’ Takes Three
“Somewhere in the South,” a Malaysian feature written and directed by Tan Ce Ding and produced by Anthony Chen, the Sing...
Cannes Prize-Winning ‘Brink of Dreams’ Director Ayman El Amir Preps Dark Comedy About Egypt’s Obsession With ‘Fame at All Costs’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Egyptian filmmaker Ayman El Amir, who co-directed the groundbreaking, Cannes prize-winning documentary “The Brink of Dre...
Tate McRae and Doechii Choreographer Robbie Blue Among World Choreography Award Winners
Robbie Blue, the choreographer for pop and rap stars Tate McRae and Doechii, took home three World Choreography Awards a...
John Oliver Dunks on Midterms Losers Elon Musk and Haley Stevens
After issuing an urgent warning prior to the midterms about the GOP’s increasingly troubling ties to neo-Nazis (with a l...
Goldwyn Bets on French WW2 Epic ‘De Gaulle’ Crossing Over to U.S. Audiences: ‘It’s the Story of an Ally’
Antonin Baudry’s two-part World War II epic about Charles de Gaulle made its U.S. premiere Saturday at the American Fren...
China Box Office: ‘Traces of Justice’ Reclaims Top Spot as Local Debuts ‘Embers’ and ‘The Coffin Swap’ Arrive
New Classics Pictures’ crime procedural drama “Traces of Justice” rebounded to first place at the mainland China box off...
‘Wanted’ Broadway Review: Dazzling Cast Can’t Elevate the Musical’s Muted Narrative
One of the most beautiful things about legends and myths is they often stem from the truth. Written by playwright and ly...
Taiwan and South Korea Join Forces on Musical Theater Co-Productions
The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and the Korean Association of Musical Producers (KAMP) signed a memorandum o...
Microdrama Makers From Turkey and Japan Bet on Emotional Hooks and Infuriating Villains at Taiwan Creative Content Fest
Microdramas compete for attention in crowded mobile feeds, but a strong opening hook does not always need a dramatic twi...
‘Gangs of London’ Director Kim Hong-sun Shoots Korean Martial Arts Action Film ‘The Hit List’ With Jung Woo-sung, ‘Squid Game’ Star Wi Ha-jun
Kim Hong-sun, the Korean director of “Project Wolf Hunting” and Season 3 of British crime drama “Gangs of London,” is sh...
Remembering Sebastián Lelio, an Auteur Who Centered Women’s Stories With Style and Sensitivity
When it was announced, in 2017, that the Chilean writer-director Sébastian Lelio was to helm a U.S. remake of his 2013 b...
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