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Unscripted Producer Rachel Tung Renews ABC & Hulu Development Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

Veteran unscripted producer Rachel Tung has renewed her development deal with ABC and Hulu, Variety has learned exclusively. Under the renewed deal, Tung will continue developing original unscripted p...

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Jacob Elordi in Talks to Star in Ari Aster’s ‘Scapegoat’ With Scarlett Johansson

Jacob Elordi is in talks to star in Ari Aster’s next film, A24’s “Scapegoat,” which already boasts Scarlett Johansson to lead the cast. The logline for the film is being kept under wraps, but there’s ...

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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’: Hannah Einbinder and Jane Schoenbrun on the Future of Queer Cinema

Hannah Einbinder is optimistic about the future of queer cinema after starring in writer/director Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” “I hope that with the hopeful s...

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How ‘Euphoria’ Makeup Artist Used Red Lips and Black Eyeliner to Reflect Jules’ Power, Maturity and Sexuality

Crystals, glitter and bold looks characterized “Euphoria’s” first two seasons, but when the show returned for its third and final season, the makeup shifted away from the sparkle, shimmer and intense ...

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Trump Media, Operator of Truth Social, Reports Q2 Net Loss of $238.1 Million and Revenue of $1.7 Million

Trump Media & Technology Group posted another large net loss for the second quarter of 2026, of $238.1 million, while the company generated $1.7 million in sales for the period. Donald Trump is th...

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Allison Janney on Playing the President in ‘The Diplomat,’ Her Broadway ‘Seven-Year Itch’ and the One Genre She’s Never Tried

Allison Janney is shy, and she has no interest in ever being president. The first part surprises people. The second is now professionally inconvenient because Janney has spent the better part of two d...

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‘Hearing’ Review: Lê Bảo Continues His Sensory Exploration With an Arresting Study in Silence

In Vietnamese director Lê Bảo’s new film, an extended family confronts various rifts and estrangements in its ranks; years of silence must give way, slowly and haltingly, to communication. That the fi...

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Can Jean Smart Become the First Woman in Emmy History to Sweep Every Season of Her Series?

Winning an Emmy is hard. Winning one for every eligible season of a television series is almost impossible, and has never happened for a woman … until now? Jean Smart has won lead comedy actress for e...

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UTA Signs ‘Forgotten Island’ Writer-Director Januel Mercado (EXCLUSIVE)

United Talent Agency has signed rising filmmaker Januel Mercado for representation in all areas. Mercado is the writer and director of DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming “Forgotten Island,” along with Jo...

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Jerry Katzman, Former William Morris President, Dies at 89

Jerry Katzman, a former William Morris president and television packager for series such as “Roseanne” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” died on Aug. 9. He was 89. Katzman helped shape modern televis...

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‘Emily in Paris’: How Lily Collins’ Bob Haircut Inspired a Season 5 Full Style Makeover

Emmy-nominated costume designer Marylin Fitoussi has been working on the looks for Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” since Season 1. Many of Fitoussi’s choices for the most reason season were dictated by one...

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‘Ted Lasso’ Actor Tanya Reynolds on Joining Season 4 as a ‘Tough’ and ‘Cold’ Women’s Soccer Coach

As “Ted Lasso” returns for Season 4, Tanya Reynolds is bringing a very different coaching style to AFC Richmond. Reynolds joins Season 4 of the Apple TV+ comedy as Alice Chilton, the coach of AFC Ric...

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Apple TV Orders Alfonso Cuarón Cult Horror Thriller ‘Ascension,’ ‘Outlander’ Alum Caitríona Balfe to Star

Apple TV has greenlit the horror thriller series “Ascension” from Alfonso Cuarón with Caitríona Balfe attached to play the lead role, Variety has learned. Cuarón has been working on the series for yea...

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Bozoma Saint John Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)

Bozoma Saint John has signed with CAA for representation. Saint John is a marketing executive and media personality best known serving in high-ranking roles at Apple, Uber, Endeavor and Netflix before...

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William H. Macy, Shawn Hatosy and Troy Kotsur Among Astra TV Awards Honorees; Lisa Ann Walter Set as Host

William H. Macy (“Train Dreams”), Shawn Hatosy (“The Pitt”) and Troy Kotsur (“CODA”) are among the actors set to be honored during this year’s Astra TV Awards ceremony, with Lisa Ann Walter (“Abbott E...

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Streaming Saves TV in Upfront, But Ad-Dollar Declines for Linear Are Significant

The erosion of ad dollars earmarked for traditional TV has gone from alarming to dire. Advertisers cut their “upfront” spending on broadcast TV by approximately 5.3%, according to an analysis of the a...

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Kasie Hunt Takes Lead Role in CNN’s Fight to Keep Viewers From Toggling to Second Screen

Kasie Hunt is known best for her acumen in covering politics, but she is quickly developing an expertise in something that may even be more important to her bosses at CNN: keeping TV-news viewers from...

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Rohit Sharma, Ajay Devgn, Madhuri Dixit Nene and A.R. Rahman Lead Sony Pictures Networks India Content Slate

Star Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma is stepping into entertainment for the first time, fronting a new show set to launch in September on Sony Entertainment Television and streamer SonyLIV, as Sony Pict...

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‘Harry Potter’ Series Star Bel Powley Says ‘I Strongly Disagree With J.K. Rowling’s Views on Gender’: ‘The Trans Community Deserve Safety and Dignity’...

“Harry Potter” series star Bel Powley has spoken out about author J.K. Rowling’s controversial views on gender, saying she “strongly disagrees” with them. Powley is playing Petunia Dursley in HBO’s hi...

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Puerto Rico Needs More Than Thoughts and Prayers. Where Is Hollywood?

Hey, Hollywood, Boricuas need you. On Friday, more than 180,000 households and businesses across San Juan and six neighboring municipalities woke up to dry faucets. For 48 hours at a stretch, on a rot...

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Disney Plans Hours of Commemorative 9/11 Coverage Across ABC, Disney+, Nat Geo, More

Each year in early to mid-September, many media outlets nod to one of the most infamous days in U.S. history — the terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. With the ev...

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Sharon Stone and John Stamos to Be Honored at the Creative Coalition’s Humanitarian Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

Sharon Stone and John Stamos are set to be honored at The Creative Coalition’s Humanitarian Awards. The Humanitarian Awards Dinner will be held Thursday, Sept. 10, at Second Home in Los Angeles, celeb...

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Zoe Saldaña on Seeing ‘Terminator’ Aged 7, Having the Wrong-Shaped Feet and Wanting to Direct: ‘Give Me That Camera!’

Zoe Saldaña has starred in blockbuster franchises “Star Trek,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Avatar,” has won an Oscar for “Emilia Perez” and holds the crown as the actor whose films have earned the ...

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Procter & Gamble Aims to Make Bladder-Leak Conversations Part of NFL Chatter

Football games have long stood as a welcome place for beer commercials. Now Procter & Gamble hopes they will also become a great roost for discussions of an inevitable byproduct of liquid intake: ...

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Brad Pitt Says AI Could Help More ‘Mid-Budget Films’ Get Made if It’s ‘Used as a Tool’: ‘Gonna Be a Very Interesting Experiment’

Brad Pitt is keeping an open mind about AI use in movies, saying that it could actually help more mid-budget projects get made. The Oscar-winning actor was asked his thoughts on the topic in a new Esq...

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Jeremy Irons, Keke Palmer, Alan Cumming and More Attached to Projects Launching at Toronto Market

Jeremy Irons, Keke Palmer, Alan Cumming and other talent are attached to projects launching at the inaugural market at Toronto Intl. Film Festival, known as TIFF: The Market, which runs Sept. 10-16. T...

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Locarno Open Doors: Talemwa Pius’ ‘A Vineyard for a Lobster’ and Mohammed Sheikh’s ‘Accept My Plea for a Burial’ Win Top Prizes at Festival’s Africa I...

Ugandan Talemwa Pius’ striking magic realist fable “A Vineyard for a Lobster” and “Accept My Plea for a Burial,” a Somalia set critique of ancient custom, emerged triumphant at Locarno’s 2026 Open Doo...

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How Norway’s Øyafestivalen Became One of Europe’s Best Music Fests: Balancing Huge Headliners With Homegrown Artists, Prioritizing Gender Parity and M...

In a year without Glastonbury, music lovers have turned to other festivals in the U.K. and Europe to fill the void. There’s Primavera Sound in Barcelona, with its proximity to the beach and genre-dive...

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Pippa Harris and James Wilson to Headline London Film Festival Industry Forum

The BFI London Film Festival has announced that two of the U.K.’s most acclaimed producers will lead the industry program at its upcoming 70th edition. Pippa Harris, who produced “Hamnet,” “1917” and ...

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A Female Sniper Battles ISIS in First Teaser for Venice Title ‘No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The fight against the Islamic State has been give the Hollywood-style revenge thriller treatment in Halkawt Mustafa’s “No Paradise if You Are Killed by a Woman,” as revealed by the film’s first teaser...

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Latin Quarter Distribution Acquires World Rights to José Dell’Acqua Uruguayan Crime Thriller ‘Maltrato Animal’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Latin Quarter Distribution has acquired world sales rights to José Dell’Acqua’s Uruguayan crime thriller “Maltrato Animal” (“Animal Budget”). The deal was closed after a screening of “Maltrato Animal”...

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Alessandra Sanguinetti on Her Dreamy, Grounded Directorial Debut ‘The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer’

In the Argentine Pampas, cousins Guillermina and Belinda cannot wait to grow up. When they are not swimming in the river and dancing through the long, breezy afternoons, they re-enact funeral ceremoni...

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‘Brave New Love’ Review: Infidelity Isn’t the End in an Unusual, Open-Minded Marital Drama

“I would never fall in love if I was in a good relationship.” So says one participant in the women’s church group where Copenhagen-based wife and mother Kate (Kathrine Thorborg Johansen) confesses tha...

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Sadhguru, Graphic India Team on Animated Epic ‘Shiva: The Adiyogi’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Indian yogi and mystic Sadhguru is teaming with Graphic India on “Shiva: The Adiyogi,” an animated feature retelling the origin story of Hindu God Shiva as the first yogi. Sadhguru and Sharad Devaraja...

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‘Primo Viaggio,’ Presented Last Year at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development, Has Wrapped and Heading for Venice Gap-Financing Market (EXCLUSIVE)

Less than one year after the producers met at the Locarno Film Festival’s Alliance 4 Development co-development platform, “Primo Viaggio,” produced by Italy’s Sacher Film and France’s Halley Productio...

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‘Letters From the Silenced Country,’ Documentary About Oppression in Belarus, Boarded by Filmotor Ahead of Venice Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmotor has picked up world sales rights for “Letters From the Silenced Country” by Belarusian writer-director Andrei Kutsila, which has its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The partly ani...

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Korea Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Bests ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’

“The Odyssey” sailed to the top of the South Korean box office during the weekend of Aug. 7–9. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher N...

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Germany’s Patra Spanou Film Boards Rodrigo Plá’s ‘The Newcomers’ After World Premiere at Locarno’s Kids Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)

Düsseldorf, Germany-based Patra Spanou Film has picked up world sales rights to “The Newcomers” (“Los nuevos”), the latest film from Mexico’s Rodrigo Plá (“The Other Tom”) in his first venture into ki...

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China Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Retains Crown as ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Surge in Previews

Sony’s blockbuster “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” held onto the top spot at the mainland China box office during the Aug. 7–9 weekend, pulling in RMB196.6 million ($28.9 million) in its second full frame...

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John Oliver Takes Shots at Own Company’s DC Superhero Movies on ‘Last Week Tonight’

On Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver aimed his ire at President Trump’s Department of Justice that has, under former Attorney General Pam Bondi, designate Attorney General Todd Blan...

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Kiran Abbavaram’s Mythological Action-Fantasy for India’s Zee Studios Reveals Title as ‘Indraputra’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Kiran Abbavaram’s mythological action-fantasy for Zee Studios has revealed its title as “Indraputra,” with the pan-Indian project, directed by Srikanth Puppala, set to begin principal photography in O...

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‘House of the Dragon’ Star James Norton on the Irony of Ormund’s [SPOILER], His ‘Oddly Intimate’ Dynamic With Roddy the Ruin and Why His Love for Daer...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. At last, Lord Ormund Hightower (James Norton) is no more. And he’s just one of...

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‘House of the Dragon’ Star Emma D’Arcy and Creator Ryan Condal on Rhaenyra-Daenerys Finale Connection and What All That Death Means for Season 4

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. HBO’s “House of the Dragon” ended its third season Sunday with a bang, then a ...

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‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘Fallout’ and ‘Hacks’ Among Set Decorators Society of America TV Award Winners

“Widow’s Bay,” “Fallout,” “Hacks” and “Beef” are among the shows that took home top honors from the Set Decorators Society of America. This year’s SDSA Awards honor the best set decoration work from s...

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Ben Jones, Actor Turned Politician Who Played Cooter Davenport in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 84

Ben Jones, the actor turned politician best known for playing Cooter Davenport on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died on Sunday from a heart attack, according to his wife Alma Viator. He was 84. Viator annou...

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Phoebe Bridgers Sings about Love and Death and the Whole Damn Thing in ‘Lost Weekend,’ a Captivating Record Worth the Six-Year Wait: Album Review

If there’s anything Phoebe Bridgers knows how to do, it’s land a punch line. There are a lot of them in “Lost Weekend,” her first solo record in six years, and she doesn’t waste any time in getting to...

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David Sackeroff, Emmy-Nominated ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Home Improvement’ Production Designer, Dies at 81

David Sackeroff, an Emmy-nominated production designer and art director known for his work on classic shows like “Seinfeld,” “Alf” and “Carol & Company”, died July 10 on Bainbridge Island, Wash. H...

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Ariana Grande Debuts at No. 1 on Album Chart With ‘Petal,’ Earning Her Best First-Week Numbers in Seven Years

Ariana Grande has earned her seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with “Petal,” which bows in the top spot with 295,000 equivalent album units, her best opening-week figure this decade. “Pet...

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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Cinematographer, Editor and Star Jack Haven Break Down Little Death’s Bloody One-Take Dance

When “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” director Jane Schoenbrun described their vision for the bloody one-take sequence in which Little Death (Jack Haven) massacres an entire summer camp — all se...

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The Blockbuster Mentality Is Back, Baby!

The suits of Hollywood are used to big numbers. That’s how they roll. But the record-setting opening weekend of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” isn’t something that happens every day, or every year — more...

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