It’s the most thankless job in Hollywood. Who else but assistants keep calendars from colliding, ensure the checks clear and fix the little mistakes before they become big ones? Being an assistant means making the impossible happen: securing the hardest dinner reservation in
“Can we play ‘Be Like a Woman’ in this beeyotch?” At a studio in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood, the speakers fill the room with an avant-pop track from 1979 — one that failed to find an audience upon its release, but leaped onto the Billboard Hot 100 this year after being
Ari Emanuel, TKO Group’s executive chairman and CEO, called the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House “a roaring success.” But the company said it lost $30 million on the elaborately staged extravaganza, held June 14 on the grounds of the White House to coincide with
Bowen Yang is trading Studio 8H for the Lyceum Theatre. The comedian and “Las Culturistas” co-host will make his Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s Tony-winning comedy “Oh, Mary!” beginning Sept. 15. Yang will play the role for a limited 12-week engagement
The stars of “New Girl” are set to reunite at the upcoming Chrysalis Butterfly Ball in Los Angeles. The cast, including Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone and Damon Wayans Jr., will receive the Rising Phoenix Award at the Oct. 10 gala.
Jamie Armitage’s immersive horror show “A Ghost in Your Ear” has set its New York premiere at Audible’s off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre following a sold-out London run earlier this year. The show will run Tuesday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Nov. 15. “A Ghost in Your Ear” goes
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund have launched the Phoenix Species Project, an initiative dedicated to recovering endangered species. The project will provide support to recover 100 species facing imminent extinction, spanning mammals, amphibians, reptiles,
Spanish boutique sales outfit Bendita Film Sales has picked up worldwide rights to Neto Villalobos’ “Love is the Monster” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)’s Centrepiece global showcase program. Shot in Golfito, situated in Costa Rica’s Southern
“It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl.” Over the past several years, there’s been an ongoing — and, in many cases, much-needed — conversation around pop stars and body image. In 2020, Taylor Swift disclosed to Variety’s Chris Willman that she would sometimes “just stop
After a failed proposal between Gordon (Patrick Brammall) and Ashley (Harriet Dyer), “Colin From Accounts” picks up right where the characters awkwardly left off in the new trailer for Season 3. An official synopsis of the final season reads: “Gordon and Ashley are determined
This year's Project Market, the oldest and largest curated marketplace for film and TV creators, will feature in-the-works projects from Oscar-nominated 'Perfect Neighbor' helmer Geeta Gandbhir, Katie Couric, Julianna Margulies, Rachel Maddow, 'Reservation Dogs' alum
“Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments” has officially set release dates for the four new episodes of the beloved cult classic series. The first episode, which features the movie “Sting of Death,” will debut online on Oct. 9, followed by the “Deathsport”
Tennis Channel announced it will exclusively broadcast the 2026 International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony. This year’s event will honor 20-time major champion Roger Federer and journalist and former professional player Mary Carillo. Veteran Tennis Channel analyst
Christina Applegate has returned home following a months-long hospitalization amid her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. News broke in late March that the 54-year-old Emmy winner had been hospitalized, with outlets like the Daily Mail and Page Six reporting at the time
Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly are already on board the thriller.
When Eli Roth was making “Borderlands,” a $120 million adaptation of a popular video game, he felt the movie getting farther and farther away from his punk rock vision. “As things grow bigger, studios just naturally become more risk averse,” Roth says. “My nature as a filmmaker
Apatow’s feature starring Leslie Mann earned rave reviews out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Leadership can mean leveraging one success to create the next — and navigating hundreds of crucial steps in between. It can also mean being the best team player you can be, finding the right story, signing the right client, packaging the right product or developing the right
Susan Sarandon and Martin Scorsese try and fail to squash the beef between their children in the latest social media sketch from Jack Henry Robbins and Francesca Scorsese, Variety can exclusively reveal. The last major development in the “nepo-verse” short series saw Francesca
Brittany Snow will star in “The Housemaid’s Secret,” joining the previously announced cast of Sydney Sweeney, Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly. “The Housemaid’s Secret” is the follow-up to 2025’s box office sleeper hit “The Housemaid.” Based on Freida McFadden’s bestselling
The saga over Maude Apatow’s directorial debut has a happy ending. Her TIFF player “Poetic License” will be released by the venerated Sony Pictures Classics, following a distribution debacle with original buyer Row K Entertainment. Variety reported in March that Row K had
Viola Davis is set to star in the thriller series “Ascent,” which has been greenlit at Paramount+. The show’s official logline states that it is “set in the dangerous world of global corporate crisis and damage control. Davis will play elite corporate fixer Catriona Vail, who
Tom Holland leads Sony's blockbuster that debuted to the biggest domestic opening weekend, surpassing 'Avengers: Endgame.'
This summer is certainly proving to look a little bit different, with six new actors joining the cast of “This Summer Will Be Different” as production begins on Prince Edward Island. Based on Carley Fortune’s novel of the same name, Netflix announced new recurring cast
The emerging talents on Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report represent not just the present, but the future of entertainment. These actors, musicians, athletes and content creators are all between the ages of 18-28 and have had breakout years thanks to a special
Writers received less in streaming residuals in 2025 than they did the year before, amid a downturn in the once-robust streaming market for old movies and TV shows. Writers took in $330.7 million in streaming residuals last year, down from $346.6 million in 2024, marking the
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” surpassed $1 billion globally in near-record time. Sony and Marvel’s comic book adventure, starring Tom Holland as the web-slinging hero, notched the milestone after six days of release, a mind-boggling pace. Only 2019’s superhero epic “Avengers:
Bowen Yang is the latest A-list star to suffocate at the (fictional) White House for Cole Escola’s ultra-successful play “Oh Mary!” He’s making his Broadway debut as former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln on Sept. 15 for a 12-week run through Dec. 6. “My friendship with Cole has
The King of the Monsters is about to hit the Big Apple. Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” will have its world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced on Tuesday. The film, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning
The sequel to the Oscar-winning sleeper hit 'Godzilla Minus One' will screen as the Spotlight gala selection.
The box office is healing, and AMC Theatres generated its highest revenue in the company’s 106-year history last weekend thanks to “Spider-Man” and “The Odyssey.” So, of course, despite calling Hollywood both “racist” and “terrible,” Donald Trump has inserted himself in this
At the French Open this year, Tyriq Withers wasn’t just focused on the gameplay. The 6-foot-5 former athlete and fashion lover rooted for his friend Coco Gauff, and got glowing press coverage for the Louis Vuitton jacket and Patek Philippe Lady Ellipse he sported at Roland
The stars are descending upon Little Rock. Today, the Arkansas Cinema Society announced its anticipated lineup for Filmland, an annual film festival in Little Rock, Arkansas, running from August 12-16. Presented by the Tyson Family Foundation, Filmland will include “Chasing
“Heated Rivalry” creator Jacob Tierney didn’t have to worry about fans visiting the filming locations for Season 1, since nobody had heard of the Canadian romance series before it blew up on HBO Max. Now, he’s asking super fans of the massively popular show to give the cast and
Game of Thrones author, who has not published a new novel in the past 15 years, may attend Emmys for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms recognition
Netflix is handing its Spanish-language Oscar hopeful “La Bola Negra” the longest theatrical runway in the streamer’s history. The queer epic from Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the Spanish duo known as Los Javis, was originally slated to open in theaters Nov. 6 ahead of a
The 47-day period of theatrical exclusivity announced by the company would surpass the 31-day period accorded to 'Marriage Story' in 2019.
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that guests of the fictional luxury chain The White Lotus aren’t meant to live an uncomfortable life. So who can blame the cast of Mike White’s hit satire for enjoying some downtime at another pricey vacation resort – Disneyland Paris?
“There’s a lot of introspection and personal investment” in Wavelength sidebar picks by Radu Jude, Beatrice Gibson and Mariano Llinas, says TIFF programmer Andrea Picard.
Michif filmmaker Wayne Wapeemukwa discusses how a real-life killing spree inspired his Locarno competition opener, what its young murderers say about a global far-right drift and the on-screen presence, and absence, of Indigenous people.
There’s also world premieres for pics by Kris Rey, Kim Bartley, Roshan Sethi, Cody Lightning and Shawn Garry in the Centerpiece TIFF sidebar for global titles.
Joe Budden, the widely followed independent podcaster and cultural commentator, is launching his first foray into true-crime storytelling. Budden, host of “The Joe Budden Podcast,” is gearing up for the debut of “Crime in America,” in partnership with Wolf Entertainment —
“The Day of the Jackal” producer Carnival Films have snapped up the rights to develop Sarah Pinborough’s upcoming novel “They Say a Girl Died Here” for television. The murder mystery, which is set to be published at the end of this month, follows university drop-out Anna
After years of doom and gloom, 2026 is on track to be the biggest year at the box office since the pandemic.
The San Sebastián Film Festival will dedicate a 20-feature retrospective to José Giovanni, the French director, screenwriter and novelist who became one of the defining figures of the country’s postwar crime cinema. Running during the festival’s 74th edition, the program will
TIFFCOM will expand its Tokyo IP Market: Adaptation & Remake for its 2026 edition, running Oct. 28–30 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-kan, with a conference program adding sessions on AI and anime. The Tokyo-based content market, affiliated with
Todrick Hall’s “Midnight” will make its North American premiere this fall off Broadway at the Daryl Roth Theatre following two sold-out engagements in London. Joining Hall in the cast will be Jeremy Beloate (“The Voice”), Jimmy Brewer (“Shucked”), Kennedy Caughell (“Hell’s
"In times where development funding is increasingly under threat, it's remarkable that we've been able to increase our grant allocation,” supporting 20 films, up from 15 last year.
From Huntr/x’s high-gloss stage costumes to the Saja Boys’ demonic transformations, nearly every frame of “KPop Demon Hunters” is packed with details worth pausing over. Now, fans can get a closer look at how the Netflix phenomenon’s candy-colored world came together in “The
“Baywatch” is heading to Canada, India and Europe, among other territories, thanks to a new multi-territory between international distributor Fremantle and Prime Video. The pact also includes the original series’ complete back catalogue, including spin-off “Baywatch Hawaii.”
