A core argument of Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is this: WBD’s cable networks like CNN and TBS are not worth as much as the David Zaslav-led company’s deal with Netflix implies, Paramount claims. It’s hard to do an apples-to-apples
Jason Bateman said in an interview with Esquire magazine that he reads all the reviews for his television shows and movies because “I am a people pleaser. I care about what people think about me.” “I read all the reviews. I am doing these projects for public consumption, so it
Laura Segura has been appointed executive director of She Is the Music, the nonprofit dedicated to gender equality and increasing the number of women working in music — including songwriters, engineers, producers, artists, and industry professionals. In her new role, Segura
Petra Costa, an Oscar nominee for 2019's 'The Edge of Democracy,' discussed her film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
The 'Lisa Frankenstein' lead also praised co-star Samara Weaving's flirting skills and thanked her for texting a potential real-life love interest on Newton's behalf: "And then I blew it."
Kevin Lewis first made a name for himself in the horror community by helming the 2021 film “Willy’s Wonderland,” in which a mute Nicolas Cage plays a janitor fighting Chuck E. Cheese-esque animatronics that are possessed by the souls of cannibal serial killers. It’s quite the
Vicente Amorim, director of “Senna,” is attached to direct “The Pilgrimage,” an adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s semi-autobiographical early novel, which reunites Amorim, Netflix and Gullane after “Senna,” the biggest Brazilian TV series ever, which Amorim also directed. At a
“Lupin,” Netflix’s French mystery thriller starring Omar Sy, will return with its fourth season in fall 2026. One of the most popular non-English-language series on Netflix, “Lupin” follows a master thief named Assane Diop navigating Paris and seeking revenge on a powerful
As Netflix and Paramount began their fight for control of Warner Bros. this week, each sought to reassure the creative community that the outcome will mean more content and more jobs. But Hollywood union leaders have seen that movie before, and have every reason to be
Daisy Ridley starred as Rey opposite Adam Driver as Kylo Ren/Ben Solo in three “Star Wars” movies between 2015 and 2019, so consider her shocked when news broke in October about the scrapped standalone “Star Wars” movie “The Hunt for Ben Solo.” Driver revealed the film’s
Lesley Walker, the BAFTA-nominated British film editor who worked on films including “Mona Lisa” and “Mamma Mia!,” died on Dec. 2. She was 80. Walker began her career as an assistant film editor in the 1960s. She worked on films such as “Funeral in Berlin” and “The Lion in
Rachel Maddow recently said on Nicolle Wallace’s “The Best People” podcast that CBS and its parent company Paramount should reconsider canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” calling the network’s post-Paramount–Skydance-merger culture a “huge embarrassment.” “Maybe you
Paul Ben-Victor has joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming series adaptation of “The Boys From Brazil.” Ben-Victor is the latest addition to the cast, which is led by Jeremy Strong and also features Gillian Anderson, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Lizzy Caplan, and Shira Haas. The
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will begin its epic theatrical journey over the weekend. Audiences will be treated to the nearly six-minute prologue of “The Odyssey” on Dec. 12 ahead of Imax 70mm screenings of “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” which are returning to
Jeff Williams, a former top Apple executive who retired from the tech giant earlier this year, will stand for election as a new independent director of Disney at the company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. With the addition of Williams, the total size of the board will
Will Lewis, a pioneer of Los Angeles public radio who was known for going to prison after refusing to turn over SLA tapes to the FBI after the Patty Hearst kidnapping, died Friday at his Thousand Oaks home. His son Robert Lewis confirmed he died of natural causes. He was 94.
The Actor Awards — which returns for a 32nd edition next March with a new name — has announced its production team for the landmark ceremony. The event, formerly known as the SAG Awards (and, as always, is presented by SAG-AFTRA) will bring back Silent House Productions for the
WIF and e.l.f. Cosmetics named Claire Brooks, Justine Ellen Chen, Nova Taylor, Radha Mehta and Rayana Rasamee as the first e.l.f. Makers grant recipients, a newly launched program to provide financial assistance to emerging filmmakers. The recipients will receive personal
The official account for Paramount Pictures on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, was seemingly compromised Tuesday — with someone rewriting the description in the account’s bio to read: “Proud arm of the fascist regime.” The hack of Paramount Pictures’ X account,
Veteran Hollywood executive Christina Lee Storm has joined Secret Level as the head of the company’s new narrative studio, founder/chief creative officer Jason Zada announced Tuesday. The AI-native entertainment studio also announced plans to launch a new internal AI-powered
Grammy-nominated opera, classical and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his Santa Monica home on Monday — allegedly by his son, police told KTLA. He was 71. Officers were called to Sykes’ home at approximately 9:20 p.m. after someone inside dialed 911 to
Andres Veiel discussed his film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
The Producers Guild of America 2025 nominees for the Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures award include “The Alabama Solution,” “Cover-Up,” “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” “My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay,” “Ocean with David Attenborough,” “The Perfect
It’s “Stranger Things” season at Netflix. Last week, the first four episodes of the sci-fi show’s fifth and final season debuted with 59.6 million views in their first five days of streaming last week. Though viewership decreased to 23.6 million views, it Season 5 remained the
Content from BravoCon, the three-day fan convention in Las Vegas centered around Bravo reality TV stars, was streamed by 3 million Peacock accounts TKTKTK. That’s an increase of more than 400% from the event’s Peacock viewership in 2023, which was the last time BravoCon took
On Tuesday, the Producers Guild of America also revealed its finalists for the Innovation Award.
The film weaves personal history, folklore and political tension into a meditative portrait of fathers and sons: "I've described it as a sort of weird family heirloom of a film, and I'm just really proud of it."
Saudi director Hamzah Jamjoom (“Rupture”) has teamed up with Detroit-based Exxodus Pictures and American comic book artist Darick Robertson (“The Boys”) on a live-action series based on a graphic novels franchise titled “Crestar and the Knight Stallion,” featuring an Arab and
Sigourney Weaver is in talks to join the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of “Tomb Raider,” Variety has confirmed. While no deal is closed, Weaver would star alongside previously announced lead Sophie Turner should she ultimately join the series. Character details are being
Unsure on the best games for the holiday season in 2025, we’ve got you covered. Here are the must haves for the gamer in your life. While the current generation of video game consoles is upon us. The Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S have been best sellers, while Nintendo
The thriller ‘Best Seller’ by Matisse Haddad tops this year's list of executive-voted best unproduced screenplays.
Zootopia’s biggest pop star, Gazelle, is back! When “Zootopia 2” directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard were working on the sequel to “Zootopia,” they knew they wanted another Gazelle song. Shakira, who voices the character and wrote “Try Everything” for the first film, returns
John Stamos, Cam Gigandet and Dale Dickey have joined the cast of “The Hunting Wives” Season 2. Stamos will play Chase Brylan, while Dickey plays Zelda Moffitt and Gigandet plays Gentle John Moffitt. Descriptions of their characters are yet to be announced. Stamos is best known
Neon, the studio behind best picture Oscar winner “Anora,” and UFO, a nonprofit organization that supports filmmakers, have selected Diana Peralta as the next participant in their residency program that supports artists making their sophomore features. The UFO x Neon residency
Crowe did not film any new scenes for Ridley Scott's sequel that hit theaters last year and starred Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington.
Russell Crowe recently spoke to Australia’s Triple J and shared his disappointment with “Gladiator 2,” Ridley Scott’s 2024 sequel to the Oscar-winning “Gladiator.” Crowe headlined the original movie but was not a fan of the follow-up. “I think the recent sequel that, you know,
As Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, the co-director and subject of “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” walked into a Los Angeles cinema for a post-screening Q&A at Variety‘s Screening Series, the Russian schoolteacher-turned-documentarian was approached by an audience member. “You’ve got
In a THR Presents interview from Camerimage, the veteran cinematographer breaks down the real-time visual strategy and documentary instincts behind Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller.
Kate Hudson will be honored with this year’s Icon Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards, taking place on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The Palm Springs International Film Festival will run from Jan. 2-12. Hudson will be recognized for her role as
Annie Luo has joined AMC Networks in the newly created role of president of streaming growth. As the title suggests, Luo will be responsible for growing the footprint of AMC’s streaming services, including AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, HIDIVE, Sundance Now, ALLBLK, and ALL REALITY.
Longtime music industry executive Craig Kallman has been elevated to chief music officer at Warner Music Group, just over a year after he was appointed to the same role at subsidiary Atlantic Music Group. In his new role, Kallman, who has been with Atlantic for three decades,
Before practically everybody walked around with a video-recording device in their pocket, home movies had a curious sort of formality to them. They were, more often than not, scrappily filmed and clunkily edited, but the labour and contrivance that went into their creation was
In 2025, even a challenged television landscape was rife with transportive stories. From streamers to broadcast networks, these narratives immersed viewers in different time periods, alternative universes and even forced us to look at our everyday lives. While some series offer
Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Barbershop” TV series has added four recurring cast members. Variety has learned that Bokeem Woodbine, Bresha Webb, Langston Kerman, and Tiana Okoye have all joined the show, which will continue the story of the “Barbershop” film franchise. The
Curt Menefee is sticking to sports. The Fox Sports veteran, who took up local-news duties in early 2024 at Fox-owned WNYW in New York, is leaving the post to focus more intently on his sportscasting role. “January will be two years since I’ve been doing ‘Good Day New York’, but
“Hamnet” co-editor Affonso Gonçalves was in a unique position when he started work on the film. Director Chloé Zhao had already completed the first cut. “I came in, I watched the first cut, and because Chloé was away at that time, I watched all the footage, and I kept watching
Cinema owners oppose a megadeal that would see one of the last Hollywood legacy studios snapped up only five years after the demise of 20th Century Fox: "We have fixed costs."
David Ellison fought hard to win Warner Bros. Discovery. But despite his strenuous efforts, he lost out to Netflix — and now Ellison is switching from carrots to sticks: Paramount Skydance is taking its case directly to shareholders in a hostile takeover bid for WBD. New
“Jurassic World: Chaos Theory,” “Firebuds,” and “Let’s Go Bananas” are among the winners of this year’s Velma Awards. The second annual awards honor LGBTQ representation in kids and family programming. “Jurassic World: Chaos Theory” takes home The Best Queer Break Up That’s
Ego Nwodim, former “Saturday Night Live” cast member, will host the 41st annual Film Independent Spirit Awards. Nominations for the Spirit Awards were announced Dec. 3, with Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day” leading the film nominations. Netflix’s “Adolescence” and BBC’s “Mr
