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RedBird Capital Signs Deal to Acquire Majority Stake in Puck, Valuing Media-Biz Outfit at $250 Million
Puck, the five-year-old media upstart, has a new owner: RedBird Capital Partners, the investment firm that is a backer o...
Meta Unveils VR Glasses for $1,299, Promises 3D Films from Lionsgate, James Cameron, and Enhanced Versions of ‘Avengers’ and ‘Star Wars’
Meta’s given its glasses a virtual-reality upgrade. Meta unveiled its new $1,299 VR glasses at its annual Meta Connect e...
‘The Mick Jagger of Auctions’ Celebrated in Simon Wallon’s ‘The Hammer’: ‘He’s in the Shadows but Also in the Spotlight’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Everyone knows Jeff Koons or Marina Abramović, but the art world has been hiding another celebrity: star auctioneer and ...
ECAM Incubator Title ‘Copy’ Pairs a Heartbroken Film Assistant With a Movie Star Accused of Murder
What happens when an emotionally stranded young film worker becomes indispensable to one of the world’s biggest stars wh...
Zurich Film Festival Heads on Theatrical-Loving Gen Z, Prioritizing Private Equity and Tilly Norwood a Year Later: This Is the ‘Place Where You Addres...
If one film could define this year’s Zurich Film Festival, it would be Peter Farrelly’s “I Play Rocky,” a heartfelt dram...
Marlene Emilie Lyngstad Addresses First Reactions to Controversial Love Story ‘Cute’: ‘Maybe People Are Confronted by Their Own Monsters?’
Marlene Emilie Lyngstad has ruffled some feathers at San Sebastián with her feature debut “Cute.” “I find it interesting...
Paramount to Raise $7.5 Billion More in Debt to Fund Warner Bros. Deal
Paramount Skydance said Thursday it is launching a syndication to raise $7.5 billion through a proposed senior secured i...
‘American Horror Story’ Returns With Three-Episode Premiere: How to Watch Season 13 Online
“American Horror Story” is back. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s long-running FX horror anthology returns Thursday, Sept....
Terence Winter, Dan Farah Team to Develop Series Based on UAP Memoir ‘Out of the Shadows’
Terence Winter and Dan Farah are partnering for a series take on the memoir of former U.S. Intelligence official Jay Str...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Music Video, Starring Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell, to Debut at VMAs
Taylor Swift has recruited a couple of A-listers for her “Patient Zero” music video. Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell wi...
In ‘Tenzing,’ Jennifer Peedom Ensures the Iconic Himalayan Mountaineer Is Finally ‘the Protagonist of His Own Life’
Tenzing Norgay was the first person to summit Mount Everest alongside Edmund Hillary. The Apple Original film “Tenzing,”...
Judge Orders Trump White House to Restore Access to CNN, MS NOW, Politico Immediately
A federal judge has ordered the White House to immediate reinstate access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists, after...
‘Percy Jackson’ Season 3 Stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries Set to Attend Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games
Disney+ will spotlight Season 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” at Italy’s Lucca Comics and Games Festival, where s...
Block the Merger Coalition File Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
A coalition of groups working under the Block the Merger banner have filed an emergency request to oppose Paramount’s ac...
Gaza Documentary ‘NAZA’ Set For Global Release Via Innovative Distribution Model That Will Involve Free Viewing Online Following Theatrical Outing
“NAZA,” the hot-button documentary about killings in Gaza that won a special jury prize at the recent Venice Film Festiv...
BBC Sets New Irish-Language Comedy Film ‘Baile,’ Starring Marion O’Dwyer and Hazel Doupe (EXCLUSIVE)
Production has started this week on “Baile,” a new comedy feature co-commissioned for the BBC Gaeilge, the Irish-languag...
Beta Film Acquires ‘The Man from Milan’ and ‘Silent Nava,’ World Premieres ‘Queen Silvia’ at Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Film, which is heading to Cannes with the world premiere of Swedish royal romance drama “Queen Silvia,” has acquire...
‘Nightborn,’ ‘The Danish Woman’ Win at Inaugural Edition of Nordic Film and TV Awards, Also Known as the Freyas
Hanna Bergholm’s Finnish horror film “Nightborn,” starring “Compartment No. 6” lead Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint, won b...
Ranbir Kapoor Bears a Bullet Wound in New Image From Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Love & War’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Top Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor carries a bullet wound in a new image from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming feature “Lo...
‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Attack on Titan’ and ‘Blue Lock’ IP Lands at Dentsu in New Kodansha Partnership for the Americas (EXCLUSIVE)
Dentsu has struck a partnership giving clients in the Americas access to a broad swath of anime and manga intellectual p...
‘Suro’ Director Mikel Gurrea on ‘Saints,’ Directing ‘The Belovd’ Star Victoria Luengo, Religious-Art Theft and Finding Mystery in Care
For director Mikel Gurrea’s latest he didn’t have to travel far in search of a story. “I live in Barcelona’s district of...
‘The Eternaut’ Star Ricardo Darín on Argentina’s Resilience: ‘We’re Like Peter Sellers in ‘The Party,’ the Bugler Who Never Dies’
The premise of Argentina’s Ricardo Darin’s latest feature, “Therapy Done Right” (Lo dejamos acá”), world premiering at t...
San Sebastian’s Creative Investors’ Conference: 10 Takeaways from AI to ‘Obsession,’ YouTube and Why International Movies Could Dominate the Oscars
It wasn’t just a sea breeze and late summer sun which brought a sense of new airs and targeted optimism blowing through ...
Netflix’s ‘A Different World’ Is a Bold, Fun and Timely Reboot Centering the Uniqueness of Gen Z: TV Review
Thirty-nine years after the beloved NBC series premiered, Netflix is reopening the gates of the fictional, historically ...
Asia Video Content Spend to Hit $15 Billion in 2026 as Streaming and Local Film Draw Capital, Media Partners Asia Report Finds
Spending on video content in seven major markets across Asia is expected to climb to $15.1 billion in 2026, according to...
Sean Gunn Says He’s ‘Too Old’ and ‘Retired’ From Playing Rocket Raccoon in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’: It ‘Hurts After a While’
Sean Gunn has proclaimed himself “retired” from doing the on-set motion capture for the fan-favorite “Guardians of the G...
‘No One Achieves Anything Alone’: Inside Variety’s Power of Women Event With Jennifer Hudson, Sharon Stone, Pearlena Igbokwe and Melissa McCarthy
Jennifer Hudson, Pearlena Igbokwe, Melissa McCarthy and Sharon Stone were the guests of honor at the starry Variety Powe...
Issa Rae Is ‘Never Going to Stop’ Using Her Power for Good, Even as Mergers and AI Disrupt Hollywood: ‘This Is All Men’s Fault’
Issa Rae received the Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year Award at Variety’s L.A. Power of Women event on Wednesday i...
Isabel Sandoval, Tricia Tuttle, ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Producer Anup Poudel Join QueerFrames Mentor Lineup as Lab Unveils New Cohort, Southeast Asia E...
QueerFrames Screenwriting Lab, a training initiative for emerging queer, trans and nonbinary filmmakers, is expanding in...
Paige DeSorbo on Healing From Domestic Violence With Her Pet: ‘Sometimes the Thing That Helps You Feel Safe Again Has Four Paws’
Paige DeSorbo was honored with the Variety Courage Award, presented by Purina, for using her platform to advocate for su...
Ryan Murphy Says He ‘Just Finished the Script’ for a ‘Glee’ Reboot and Has Spoken to the Original Cast: ‘They All Were Very Enthusiastic’
It’s a good day to be a Gleek. Following long-swirling rumors of a potential “Glee” reboot, creator Ryan Murphy has offi...
‘The Visit’ at Pasadena Playhouse Review: The ’50s Absurdist Comedy Is Too Smug in Its Peak-Bleak View of Venal Humanity, but Jefferson Mays and Melin...
When an “Amadeus” revival opened at Pasadena Playhouse in February, it was such a spectacular success on every level tha...
Rolf de Heer Named President of Tokyo Film Festival Jury
The Tokyo International Film Festival has named Australian director Rolf de Heer president of the international competit...
‘Game Changer’ Host Sam Reich on Season 8’s 23-Contestant, 90-Minute, Non-Chili’s-Sponsored Finale and ‘Acid Trip’ Season 9 Episode Plans
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 8 finale of “Game Changer,” now streaming on Dropout. “Game...
‘Gremlins 3’ Delayed to 2028 by Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. has delayed “Gremlins 3” from Nov. 19, 2027, to Oct. 6. 2028. David Zaslav, the CEO and president of Warner...
Barry Diller Drops Bid to Acquire MGM Resorts: ‘We Didn’t Feel the Mix Was Coming Together’
People Inc., the media company controlled by Barry Diller, is scrapping its proposed bid to acquire MGM Resorts Internat...
Original ‘Willy Wonka’ Oompa-Loompa Rusty Goffe ‘Shed a Tear’ at Gene Wilder’s Voice Recreated by AI: ‘It Was Lovely Hearing It Again’
“Have a scrumdiddlyumptious day!” is how Rusty Goffe, who played an Oompa-Loompa in the 1971 adaptation of “Willy Wonka ...
The Best Pop Culture Halloween Costumes for 2026: From Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Shrubs to Taylor Swift’s Knicks Shirt
Expect to see plenty of hockey jerseys, hospital scrubs and suspiciously elaborate shrubbery on the streets this Hallowe...
Jeff Garlin Says ‘Undiagnosed Bipolar’ Made Him ‘Mean’ on ‘The Goldbergs’ Set; Wendi McLendon-Covey Responds: ‘I Remember Things Differently’
Jeff Garlin revealed in a recent interview on The Daily Beast’s “Obsessed” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that he ha...
International Emmy Nominations: United Kingdom Leads This Year’s Tally; Canada’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ Doesn’t Make the Cut
The United Kingdom led all territories in nominations at this year’s International Emmys, landing 14 nods total — includ...
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