Halle Berry might not be reprising her role as the weather-controlling Storm in the forthcoming “Avengers: Doomsday,” but don’t count the Oscar-winning actor out of a future Marvel reunion. “While I’m sad I won’t be in ‘Doomsday’ this round, there are other rounds,” Berry told
Brad Arnold, the lead singer and founding member of the American rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 47. A rep for Arnold said he died peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by his wife and family. Arnold, the original drummer and vocalist
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 4 of “The Lincoln Lawyer,” now streaming on Netflix. As Season 4 of the hit Netflix series “The Lincoln Lawyer” gets underway, Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) has lost his cherished vintage Lincoln Continental —
After making its debut on Paramount+ with nearly 5 million viewers a few weeks ago and a quick turnaround with another premiere numbered event with UFC 325, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is travels goes back home to “Sin City” for the first UFC Fight Night of 2026. The
Jennifer Hudson is reacting to Kelly Clarkson announcing that she’s ending her talk show. “Kelly is amazing,” Hudson told me Friday at the premiere of her new animated movie, “Goat.” “I wish her the absolute best. She’s done really well – and she’s a GOAT!” Clarkson announced
An absurdist satire, a horror story, science-fiction, a historical drama, a black comedy: this year’s Oscar-nominated composers were called to score a variety of engaging scenarios. But they had one thing in common: a special scene in which they could take pride, moments where
For only the second time in Academy Awards history, two of the five nominated songs are from documentaries—and one of them is an aria performed an opera star, also only the second time during the 91-year history of the category. Veteran songwriter Diane Warren earned her 17th
President Donald Trump on Friday night told reporters on board Air Force One (via TMZ) that the investigation into the abduction of Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother is going “very well” and “definitive” answers as to what happened could be released in the coming days. When
Country singer Brantley Gilbert has taken to social media to defend the controversial alternative halftime show being put on Sunday by Turning Point USA, insisting “I’m not playing this show to be divisive” and that diverting viewers from Bad Bunny’s actual Super Bowl
It’s shaping up to be a slow weekend at the box office, with major studios understandably hesitant to launch their films against the unstoppable ratings machine that is Sunday’s Super Bowl. That meant Friday was wide open for the K-pop concert film “Stray Kids: The dominATE
Two days prior to taking part in the Super Bowl’s opening ceremony, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong made it clear that football fervor has not tamped down his conscience about current events. During a performance by the band at a Spotify-sponsored Super Bowl party Friday
Stoic has boarded the high-concept dark comedy “Damned If You Do,” and will launch the launch worldwide sales of the film at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, where it will host the first screenings for global buyers. “Damned If You Do” features am ensemble led by
The best MMA fighters in the world travel to United Arab Emirates for PFL Dubai. The the main card pits Russian Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0-0) defending his PLF Lightweight World Championship against English fighter Alfie Davis (20-5-1) in five-round title bout on ESPN Unlimited.
“Dhurandhar,” the Ranveer Singh-led espionage thriller about an Indian undercover operative infiltrating Karachi’s criminal underworld, has landed at No. 1 on Netflix’s global Top 10 non-English films list – and is also No. 1 in both India and Pakistan, a streaming outcome that
On a faintly misty morning in South Africa’s Kamiesberg mountain region, 79-year-old goatherd Hettie (Hettie Farmer) watches her flock as they hobble and nibble along the rough, khaki-colored landscape, and wonders for the first time if they wonder about her. Is she a mother to
So here we are again, caught up in the never-ending slow-drip flood of cinematic Dracula mythology, now with Luc Besson’s wan, derivative, dutifully time-period-hopping, different-but-not-really-new take on the vampire legend. The movie, big surprise, wants to be more
“Sinners” composer Ludwig Göransson and “KPop Demon Hunters” singer and songwriter EJAE led the winners at the 7th annual Society of Composers and Lyricists awards. Göransson took home two SCL Awards for his “Sinners” score and the original song “I Lied to You,” co-written with
Producer Harman Baweja and director Arati Kadav are teaming up for a new film, marking their second collaboration following last year’s critically acclaimed drama “Mrs.” The duo unveiled their reunion timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of “Mrs.,” the Sanya
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “Spartacus: House of Ashur,” now available on Starz. Steven S. DeKnight has helped create several cinematic universes over the years. He wrote on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the spinoff “Angel” in the
“They planned all along to rip him off," the new lawsuit from the director of The Rock , Pearl Harbor , and Armageddon reads
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from “Eyes Without a Face,” Season 4, Episode 5 of “Industry,” now streaming on HBO Max. On “Industry,” heroes are hard to come by. But in the HBO series’ audacious Season 4, Sweetpea Golightly (Miriam Petche) is about
Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, a former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin, sued in 2022, claiming that the series gave the
“Mystery Science Theater 3000” stars Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett know a thing or two about bad movies. With the news that the show is being revived for four new episodes and the veteran “MST3K” trio are returning, fans have wondered which movies they might
The winter Olympic games are often seen as more of an appendix to their larger summertime counterparts than a tentpole in themselves. But in 2026, the parallels between Milan — which co-hosts the 25th winter Olympics with Cortina d’Ampezzo, a ski town near the Austrian border —
Filmmaker Michał Marczak carves out a unique space for his documentary “Closure” within the non-fiction world. The film is set up as a moody mystery about a teenager who disappears one day and his father’s relentless search for him. Yet as it unfolds it cleverly becomes a drama
Audiences will have to wait a little longer to familiarize themselves with “Clayface,” one of DC’s lesser known characters. The superhero film was originally slated to hit theaters on Sept. 11. It will now move to Oct. 23. “Clayface,” for those not steeped in all things Gotham,
Matthew Berry won’t be on the gridiron on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, but he will notch a milestone for football when NBC Sports begins its five-hour Super Bowl pre-game show at 1 p.m. ET. Berry will be the first fantasy sports analyst and commentator to appear as part of a Super
Fred Smith, bass player for the influential proto-punk band Television, died Thursday. He was 77. The band confirmed his death on its Instagram. Smith started out playing with Angel and the Snake, which then became Blondie. In 1975 he left Blondie to replace Richard Hell in
Kwan headlined the THR x Autodesk AI and Independent Filmmaking panel in partnership with the Berggruen Institute with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Noah Segan, Janet Yang and Autodesk’s Matthew Sivertson.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” officially has its first rave reaction, courtesy of the director’s brother Jonathan Nolan. The “Westworld” co-creator and “Fallout” executive producer told CinemaBlend that his older brother’s upcoming epic is “spectacular” and “tremendous.”
The 2024 feature was one the most watched movies on Netflix that year.
The studio also slated the Brandon Sklenar-led modern day western 'The Rescue' and untitled event horror pic.
Paramount has set Teyana Taylor’s feature directorial debut, “Get Lite,” for a theatrical release next spring. The film, which will be released wide on April 9, 2027, follows a talented, but sheltered, dance student who finds inspiration, love and family in the last place he
Emmy-winning comedy “Schitt’s Creek” will be available to stream in its entirety on HBO Max starting Saturday, Feb. 7. With the addition comes a newly launched “Schitt’s Creek” playlist via the in-app “channels” feature, offering subscribers a seamless and continuous on-demand
Sabrina Impacciatore, known to U.S. audiences for roles in “The White Lotus” and “The Paper,” performed a time-traveling musical number celebrating 100 years of Winter Olympics history featuring a panoply of on-stage costumes, including a fabulous vintage ski outfit designed by
Nathan Smith — aka DJ Young Slade, rapper Lil Jon’s son — was found dead near his Georgia home after he was reported missing earlier this week. No cause of death was announced; he was 27. Lil Jon (Jonathan Smith) confirmed the death in a statement to Variety: “I am extremely
Fresh of the back of taking Sundance by storm with “The Moment,” Charli xcx appears to be gearing up with another hot film project. Variety has learned that her upcoming movie with Japanese horror maestro Takashi Miike — which Variety announced last year and in which she’ll
NBC News already provides security services for its talent, including the hosts of the “Today” show. But the outlet in the past few days has ramped up security precautions for “Today” because of the unexplained disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” co-host
Oscar nominee Zach Baylin is writing the film about the famed cyclist.
Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled two custom-built studios in the Italian Alps that will serve as the broadcast hub for its European coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The media giant’s main facility, dubbed “WBD House,” sits in the heart of Cortina
Austin Butler is about to get his Tour de France on, playing Lance Armstrong, the racing legend whose reputation was undone by a doping scandal. The “Elvis” star will portray the cyclist in a new film from Edward Berger, the director of “All Quiet on the Western Front” and
Avex Music Group, the global music company of Japanese entertainment giant Avex helmed by CEO Brandon Silverstein, has partnered with the Orchard for distribution of all future releases in territories around the world. The first new music expected to be released under the deal
