Channing Tatum finally got the chance to play the superhero Gambit in “Deadpool & Wolverine” after he spent years trying and failing to develop a Gambit film during Fox’s Marvel era. The role is so sacred to him that he recently said in a Vanity Fair video interview that he was
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Blink Twice,” in theaters now. In Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, paradise is not quite what it seems. At the beginning of “Blink Twice,” roommates and cocktail waitresses Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) find
Noomi Rapace, who is serving on the Sarajevo competition jury, visited the Variety Lounge presented by the Sarajevo Film Festival and BH Telecom to share her history with the Balkan region. Although it is her first time in Sarajevo, Rapace grew up with films from the Balkan
The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention brought in an average of 26.2 million viewers, boosted by a speech from presidential nominee Kamala Harris, during which viewership peaked at 28.9 million. That marks a solid improvement from the first three
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Carrie Coon had a house full of family the morning she learned she was nominated for an Emmy for her work on HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” After a 16-hour day on the set of the period drama’s third season, Coon’s mother, father, brother, sister-in-law and a few kids arrived overnight
Temuera Morrison, best known for playing Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, and Spider-Man actor Jacob Batalon have joined Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa in The Wrecking Crew, an action comedy from Amazon MGM Studios. Frankie Adams, Miyavi and Stephen Root are also joining
Dan Fogler is stepping out of the Wizarding World and into the Batcave. The Fantastic Beasts actor will play longtime Batman executive producer Michael Uslan in a stage play based on Uslan’s 2011 memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman. Nederlander Worldwide Productions is the lead
Ryan Reynolds was “mortified” to cut Rob McElhenney’s cameo from “Deadpool & Wolverine” given that his friend and Wrexham football club co-owner flew all the way to London to make it happen. McElhenney filmed scenes for the Marvel blockbuster as a Time Variance Authority
Serbian filmmaker Milica Tomović, whose sophomore feature, “Big Women,” was one of the big winners at the Sarajevo Film Festival’s industry awards on Thursday, thinks audiences are afraid of women behaving badly. “People are not that interested to watch movies with bad female
As the landscape for film, TV and commercials expands well beyond Hollywood, the Assn. of Film Commissioners International is appropriately opening its doors wider than ever before. In 2024, the organization has expanded its annual AFCI Week conference to invite a broad range
As part of Variety’s “Making a Scene,” presented by HBO, the “Slow Horses” cast and crew, including Gary Oldman, Christopher Chung, director Saul Metzstein, and writer and executive producer Will Smith, broke down the show’s dramatic scene in which beloved character Roddy Ho
There’s a song called “Country’s Cool Again”on Lainey Wilson’s new album, “Whirlwind.”It’s not one of the autobiographical numbers on the record, but maybe it should be, because Wilson herself is a big reason why country music is seeing renewed cachet in the culture.In a
Some of the best MMA fighters in the world are in The District for PFL Playoffs: Welterweights and Featherweights. For the third event of the playoff season, the main card pits English fighter Brendan Loughnane (29-5-0) vs. American Kai “The Fighting Hawaiian” Kamaka III
Disney has been slapped with a $36,000 fine after a worker on the Marvel series “Wonder Man” fell to his death in February. J.C. “Spike” Osorio, a lighting technician, died on Feb. 6 after falling through a rotten catwalk at Stage 3 at the Radford Studio Center in Studio City.
Midway through Tate McRae’s sold out Madison Square Garden debut, the singer took a breather from her dance-heavy show, sat down onstage and addressed the crowd. “To play this venue is one of my biggest dreams in the entire world,” she said emotionally. “I know so many of you
Is Denzel Washington nearing an acting retirement from the big screen? In a new interview with Empire magazine to promote his role in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” the two-time Oscar winner admitted the upcoming swords-and-sandals epic was one of the few movies left to make
Karol G may have wrapped her Mañana Será Bonito Tour in July, but she just made one last important stop: “Fortnite.” The “Provenza” hitmaker’s five-part interactive concert debuted Friday afternoon in the massively popular title from Epic Games, bringing her colorful,
What do you call a man who has 19 Emmys, nine Producers Guild Awards, seven WGA Awards, three Peabodys, a Grammy and whose political satire has influenced U.S. legislature? Certainly not “just another comedian.” John Oliver is all that and more. The state of American politics
Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu’s “Three Kilometers to the End of the World,” a Palme d’Or contender at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, took home the top prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival Friday night. The third feature from the actor-turned-director was awarded by the jury
Lionsgate has parted ways with Eddie Egan, the marketing consultant who came up with the “Megalopolis” trailer that included fake quotes from famous film critics. The studio pulled the trailer on Wednesday, after it was pointed out that the quotes trashing Francis Ford
See and Bliss star Nesta Cooper is adding screenwriter to her resume as she gets set to adapt and star in MEM, a sci-fi thriller based on Bethany C. Morrow’s YA novel of the same name. Los Angeles-based Marginal MediaWorks and Sphere Media are behind the book-to-screen
This year’s Emmy competition in the music categories is generating more excitement than usual. That’s because the results could yield two new EGOT winners and a first-ever Emmy for veteran film composer Hans Zimmer. Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul—already Oscar winners
The Democratic National Convention attracted its fair share of celebrity attendees. Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Eva Longoria, Ben Stiller, Octavia Spencer, Uzo Aduba, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Mindy Kaling were just some of the famous faces to appear on stage or were spotted
As they campaign for their Season 3 Emmy nominations, Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky — the co-creators behind “Hacks” — are already busy at work on what already promises to be an explosive Season 4. As a matter of fact, the trio have found so much to mine that
Jelly Roll has announced his upcoming 10th studio album “Beautifully Broken,” releasing on Oct. 11. The album, named after his upcoming headlining tour, will include the singles “I Am Not Okay” and “Liar,” as well as the freshly released “Get By.” ESPN recently chose “Get By”
Happy “Short n’ Sweet” day to all who celebrate! Sabrina Carpenter’s highly anticipated sixth studio album is officially here and there’s already limited-edition physical releases that you’ll want to get your hands on before they sell out. The best physical release we’ve seen
Ultron will return. James Spader is set to reprise his role of the villainous artificial intelligence from 2015’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” for Marvel Studios’ upcoming Vision series with Paul Bettany. Terry Matalas (“Star Trek: Picard”) will serve as executive producer and
Under any other circumstance, if there was a widespread rumor — supposedly verified by legit news sources — that Beyoncé was going to perform at an internationally televised event, only to have the evening proceed with no mention or trace of her, it’d feel deflating. But that
As one of the lead stars on FX’s “Pose,” actress and singer Michaela Jaé Rodriguez won the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama; she also became the first transgender woman to land an Emmy nomination in a major acting category. The star, currently seen on Apple TV+’s
After celebrating Global Entertainment Marketers with Variety’s first group of honorees, Leaders and Innovators in Physical Production was a natural next category for the Variety 10: For one group of luminaries to create a promotional campaign, another whole team of people, led
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The Acolyte,” which is now streaming on Disney+. Lee Jung-jae is “quite surprised” the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte” is ending after its first season despite showrunner Leslye Headland’s intention for the show to
When it comes to purchasing a new television, there are a few questions to ask yourself before beginning the quest: will this be the main TV in the house, or a secondary screen? What types of shows and movies do you plan on watching? Do you tend to watch TV alone or with
If you took the evolution drawing showing the progress from ape to man and replaced it with televisions, it would be a long line of large, heavy monkeys for about 60 years, and then a very rapid transformation to the slim, upright human that is today’s Smart TV. Even that
Not all 4K TVs are made equally. There are plenty of 4K TVs that are colorful, large and sharp, but not all of them have the same features and settings or have the same picture and audio quality. With so many to pick, it may be tough to find the best one for your home […]
The PBS documentary series “Independent Lens” returns for a new season on Sept. 16. The fall slate spans from September to November and includes two feature length docs and three nonfiction shorts. The films cover a host of hot-button topics including race, veterans suffering
Kamala Harris has arrived at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as the party’s official nominee for president. Things, however, weren’t as smooth in The Best Man: A political endorsement was a chief concern when it hit cinemas 60 years ago. Written by Gore Vidal and
Announced as the big comeback of veteran Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki, Cannes Jury Prize winner 2023 “Fallen Leaves” was one of the biggest Nordic successes worldwide between 2020-2023. So what inspired release campaigns were used by arthouse banners in territories as diverse
At 98, Dick Van Dyke is nearly a quarter century older than the Emmys (which clock in at 76 this year). That’s why it’s all the more astounding that he’s still a force when it comes to TV’s biggest prize. Not only did he score a Daytime Emmy this year, breaking records as that
Jamie Lee Curtis put a glass-half-full spin on a paparazzi photo leak that hit the set of “Freakier Friday,” which recently wrapped production. The long-awaited “Freaky Friday” sequel features the returns of Curtis and her original co-star Lindsay Lohan. A paparazzi photo of
New York City is not the first location that comes to mind when listing off gaming development capitals of the world — but the Big Apple is working overtime this summer to try and change that through sponsorships, partnerships and friendly competitions. The latest in a string
In Haugesund’s closing film “Enough,” a mother decides to break up with her grown-up daughter. “We had some test screenings before and someone said: ‘This woman is a psychopath!’ I don’t think so. What she does is extreme, but the film tries to explore this entire
Twenty-five years after they disbanded with only one album to their name, New Radicals have released their first new songs in support of democracy. The group, which includes Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois, has released its own versions of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder
If Cash Cobain isn’t the best sex rapper, then he’s definitely the most effortless. While artists like Cupcakke or Sexyy Red operate in blunt-force shock value, Cobain deals in cheesy charm, with his flirty overtures spilling out like pickup lines that should never work: “Me
Jamie Lee Curtis took a moment to address a paparazzi photo circulating from the Freakier Friday set of her and Lindsay Lohan hugging in what appears to be swimsuits. The Oscar-winning actress noted that, because other outlets had posted the image, she was “going to take
The work of British filmmaker Christopher Nolan, past and recent, merits even greater appreciation when compared to Chinese director Chen Sicheng’s ambitious but saccharine and mostly dull “Decoded,” an adaptation of the 2002 novel of the same name by Mai Jia. This
“Rick and Morty: The Anime” returns to Adult Swim and a lot has changed in the multiverse throughout the seasons. If you’re looking for ways to watch the animated series when it airs or when it’s available to stream, we got you covered with the best ways to watch online —
Former UFC fighter and actor Ronda Rousey issued an apology on social media for an incident that took place 11 years ago in which she shared a conspiracy theory video about the Sandy Hook shooting. While Rousey deleted the video post at the time and told her followers that “she
After missing out on sending “Anatomy of a Fall” as its official entry, the stakes are high for France’s revamped Oscar committee to avoid missing out on another opportunity to give the country its first Oscar win for best international feature in over three decades. But don’t
