On Tuesday night, after CBS aired the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony — hosted by President Donald Trump — Trump was focused not on his historic turn as emcee of the event, which took place earlier this month at what he and his allies have renamed the Trump Kennedy Center (a
Riding the phenomenal success of “Dhurandhar,” which has emerged as one of the biggest Indian box office hits of 2025, the makers have locked the sequel for an Eid 2026 release. “Dhurandhar 2” will bow March 19, 2026, simultaneously releasing in the Hindi, Telugu, Tamil,
SPOILER ALERT: The following piece contains plot details from “La Chica o El Mundo,” the Season 1 finale of “Pluribus,” now streaming on Apple TV. The season finale of “Pluribus” opens with Kusimayu (Darinka Arones) surrounded by loved ones in their small Peruvian village. She
Bart Story, a veteran entertainment research executive who worked in the home video distribution industry before leading research and development at SAG-AFTRA and MarketCast, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles from complications related to metastatic urothelial carcinoma, according
Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung go head-to-head in “Made in Korea,” a 1970s crime noir that launches Dec. 24 on Disney+ with a two-episode premiere. The series stars Hyun Bin (“Crash Landing on You,” “Confidential Assignment”) as Baek Kitae, an ambitious KCIA agent in 1970s South
The CBS News special “Rob Reiner — Scenes From a Life” hit an average of 6.2 million viewers on Sunday night. 858,000 of those viewers fell into the demographic of adults aged 25-54, according to Nielsen. The 45-minute special featured new interviews with the late filmmaker’s
Michael Cavanagh, as he’s set to assume the role of Comcast’s co-CEO on Jan. 2, extended his employment contract with the cable and media conglomerate that runs through Jan. 1, 2029. Under the terms of the agreement, Cavanagh will be entitled to an annual base salary of $2.75
Chevy Chase is addressing his exclusion from “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.” In CNN Films’ upcoming documentary, “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not” (via People), the original “Saturday Night Live” cast member admitted he was “hurt” by not being included in the milestone
Kate Hudson has revealed that she nearly played Mary Jane Watson in Sony’s original “Spider-Man” movie in 2002, but she turned down the role that eventually went to Kirsten Dunst. The “Almost Famous” star confirmed that she had said “no” to the role and revealed the movie she
Kevin Arkadie, the American television producer who created the police drama “New York Undercover” with Dick Wolf, has died. He was 68. Arkadie was born on Dec. 10, 1957. He grew up in Maryland and received his BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas before
Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature debut “The Ugly Stepsister” takes inspiration from an unlikely pair of genres: Disney fairy tales and Italian Giallo films. The movie, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and was acquired by Independent
Rob and Michele Reiner died “minutes” after sustaining “multiple sharp force injuries,” the couple’s official death certificate confirms. Rob, 78, the legendary actor-turned-director, and his wife Michele, 70, were found dead on Dec. 14 in their Brentwood home. The death
“Sometimes I’m so fucking glad that I never have to be young again.” Film critic David Ehrlich’s brief review of Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague” on Letterboxd succinctly sums up scores of sentiments shared on social media. The film, which opens in theaters on Dec. 24 via
As “Stranger Things” comes to a close, with the Netflix hit’s series finale set for release on New Year’s Eve, its impact on culture over the last nine years is hard to ignore. The fifth and final season helped the show achieve new viewership records before it was even
The NBA has released its 2025 Christmas Day schedule with this year’s games featuring superstars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards and more. The 2025 “NBA on Christmas Day” schedule features
Hikaru Sulu and Leonard “Bones” McCoy, two iconic characters from the original “Star Trek” series, will make their first appearances in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” during the finale of the fifth and final season. Thomas Jane will play Bones and Kai Murakami will play Sulu
In business, the power of individual leaders is an inherently hard thing to measure. It’s subjective, and it fluctuates on any given day, just like the strength of an electrical current goes up and down depending on environmental conditions. To commemorate Variety’s 120th
Before “Heated Rivalry” quickly became a global television phenomenon, star Connor Storrie wasn’t quite sure how fans would receive his portrayal of the Russian hockey player Ilya Rozanov — especially having seen “adaptations be torn apart online previously,” he said on a
Taylor Swift is ringing in the holiday cheer with a sizable donation of $1 million to Feeding America, a nonprofit network of 200 food banks combating hunger in the United States. The charity announced the donation on Instagram, thanking the singer for her act of altruism. “We
We are allegedly beyond the namesake apex of peak TV, yet the television landscape remains far too vast for anyone to watch it all; there’s only so many hours in a day, let alone free ones. With so many new shows to navigate, there’s no bigger let-down than turning on a series
Paramount’s fantasy film “Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender” won’t play in movie theaters as intended and will instead debut directly on the Paramount+ streaming service. The cinematic continuation of the popular TV series, previously slated for theatrical release on Oct. 9,
While looking back on his career with Variety, Mads Mikkelsen recounted his experience working on the 2016 “Star Wars” prequel “Rogue One,” saying that the script was “surprisingly unfinished” while filming. “It kept changing,” he explained. “One would think that that was
Russell Brand has been charged with further offences. London’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that the disgraced comedian, actor and TV host had been issued with two additional charges: one count of rape and one count of sexual assault. The allegations relate to two further
With “Anaconda,” the Hollywood studio system comes closer than ever to devouring its own tail. In 1997, Sony Pictures made “Anaconda,” a notoriously insipid creature feature starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and a ferocious animatronic snake. The low-rent “Jaws” knockoff was
How do you film a make-out scene between a septuagenarian actress and an underage actor?
“Nous verrons,” says James Cameron when asked about a specific plot point in “Avatar 4.” (That’s French for “we shall see,” he tells Variety.) It’s the day after the “Avatar: Fire and Ash” world premiere, and it’s my turn to spend 10 minutes with the blockbuster filmmaker at
The release comes shortly after leaked footage of the trailer reportedly played in theaters during early screenings of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
Melora Hardin, the actor best known for playing Jan Levinson on NBC’s “The Office,” recently told Entertainment Weekly that she “burst into tears” when she was fired from Robert Zemeckis’ blockbuster “Back to the Future.” While original Marty McFly actor Eric Stoltz being let
“Aida, the Movie,” the feature film spinoff of the wildly successful Spanish TV series “Aida,” is crossing the Atlantic next year, a rare move for a broad Spanish comedy. Wiesner Distribution, marking 25 years as a leading distributor of Ibero-American cinema, will be releasing
“Saturday Night Live” writer Jimmy Fowlie is asking for help finding his missing sister, Christina, who was last seen in Los Angeles. Fowlie shared his sister’s photo and phone number on his Instagram page and asked that if anybody has seen her to contact the police. According
The highly-anticipated superhero epic is set to arrive next December
A German slapstick comedy Western parody, a kabuki drama from Japan, an Indian historical action epic, a satire anthology from Argentina and an Italian rom-com drove audiences to local multiplexes.
First-time Italian director Giulio Bertelli, who is fashion designer Miuccia Prada’s son, made what is probably this year’s most offbeat Italian feature film debut with “Agon,” an allegorical drama that follows three female athletes competing in judo, fencing and target
The actor on his transformative experience making Is This Thing On? , bombing onstage, and why he’s drawn to playing guys who need to get their shit together
Theater owners are preparing for a very merry Christmas season. This holiday might not be one for the record books, but the lineup of films offers something important — a range of genres and styles — as exhibitors brace for what’s usually the busiest stretch of the year. That’s
If all you know or remember of the eponymous biblical character’s story is that he defeated a hulking giant with a humble slingshot, then “David” might have some surprises in store for you — chief among them, the fact that the film continues for a full hour after this famous,
Hideo Kojima is the mastermind behind hit action game franchise “Death Stranding,” set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world in which humanity is threatened by zombie-like ghost creatures called “Beached Things.” But he’s also a big ol’ softie. Kojima, 62, recently revealed
