“It’s hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin,” says one jaded participant in the Florida Python Challenge, an annual government-organized effort to curb the state’s vast, destructive Burmese python population. Happily, in his aptly peculiar
The BAFTA TV Awards are officially underway in London. Celebrating the best of British television, the ceremony is being hosted by Greg Davies and will broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer at 7 p.m. U.K. time. Netflix’s “Adolescence” looks set to sweep, with 12 nominations after
For the second year in a row, a Brazilian feature swept top honors at the annual Ibero-American awards event Premios Platino, dubbed the Platinos Xcaret after its venue in the Riviera Maya, Mexico this year. Kleber Mendonça’s “The Secret Agent” took home best feature, director,
Damon plays the doting husband in a Mother's Day movie "completely devoid of conflict, suspense and dramatic tension"
Actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, becoming the first in nearly six decades to have no connection to either of the Dravidian parties that have governed
The former Fox News host is back on Weekend Update asking plenty of questions
What are we doing? Come on. Is this who we are now? “Saturday Night Live” featured player Jeremy Culhane once again showed up on “Weekend Update” in his spot-on impression of right-wing talker Tucker Carlson — and this time his target was last weekend’s Met Gala. “A night of
Matt Damon reprises his role as the Supreme Court justice, who hangs out with Hegseth and Patel in a Washington, D.C. bar
Three of President Trump’s most alcohol-inclined confidants walk into a bar… That was the premise behind the cold open of the May 9 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” which found aggro secretary of war Pete Hegseth (as played the season by Colin Jost) causing trouble at a D.C.
Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that the electronics manufacturer used her likeness to sell TVs without paying her and without permission. According to the complaint, filed on Friday, Samsung used Lipa’s image on the cardboard packaging of its
“SNL U.K.’s” Weekend Update took aim at Met Gala attendees this week for Episode 7, with co-host Ania Magliano saying that this year’s theme “was people you’d like to see exploded.” “Beyonce looked amazing,” she said, adding of the singer’s elaborate silver headpiece:
Peter Serafinowicz, who has starred in “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Star Wars prequel “The Phantom Menace,” opened “Saturday Night Live U.K.” with a guest appearance as right-wing politician Nigel Farage. The cold open began with a voice-over explaining that the year is 1946
The drive to pass a post-production tax credit bill in the California legislature received a boost Friday night when the California Post Alliance announced that the Television Academy has joined the fight. News of the TV Academy’s decision was revealed at the California Post
The best midnight movies conjure a community experience, pleasing audiences who want to see reactions to the insanity onscreen. While many touchstones of the genre consist of notoriously strange and subversive visions that are primed for indie theaters — “The Rocky Horror
Sally Field said during a recent appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that she didn’t find her “Mrs. Doubtfire” co-star Robin Williams funny while shooting the 1993 comedy. “Because I would never laugh, ever,” Field recalled. “And everybody else was laughing and
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details from Episode 6 of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” now streaming on Apple TV. Margo’s got an OnlyFans account — and that was always the plan. While the titular character Margo (Elle Fanning) on the David E. Kelley-created dramedy “Margo’s
TV has long been an industry based on eyeballs. Now media companies are winking more at feet. Fox Corp. is the backer of some of TV’s most-watched programs including Sunday-afternoon NFL games and “The Masked Singer.” Earlier this week, however, it released a report touting
After Carlos Ulberg defeated Jiri Prochazka to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship belt during UFC 327 in April, the promotion company travels to New Jersey for UFC 328 in May. The main event features Emirati fighter Khamzat Chimaev (15-0-0) defending his UFC
Janet Jackson shared a message of peace and unity as her fourth album “Rhythm Nation 1814” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame during the organization’s gala last night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The iconic singer took to the podium during the event to reflect
“Therapuss” host Jake Shane is facing online backlash for asking Kacey Musgraves to explain a lyric from her 2018 track “Slow Burn.” When asked what lyric or song she is most proud of, Musgraves told Shane during her “Therapuss” interview, “I think ultimately, maybe ‘Slow
After a thrilling two-night WrestleMania 42 in April, the first major event after all of the drama unfolded is WWE Backlash 2026. This year’s premium live event is in West Florida and features five matchups, including two title bouts for the world heavyweight championship and
In the “Regular Show” pilot, a mild-mannered blue jay named Mordecai and his scrappy raccoon counterpart Rigby swipe a magical synthesizer from a wizard while he’s peeing in a bush. The instrument, which they name “The Power,” can grant the 20-something-year-olds any wish, as
New Line's martial arts sequel and 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' — which is passing up the first film's lifetime run of $326 million in only its second outing — are both on course to earn $40 million to $41 million at the weekend box office in North America.
“Mortal Kombat II” landed a fatality on last week’s champ, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and took the top spot at the Friday box office. However, it looks like a tight race to a flawless victory through the weekend. Warner Bros.’ fighting game sequel earned $17 million on Friday
The best boxers in the world travel to Manchester, where English fighter Fabio Wardley (20-0-1) defends his WBO Interim World Heavy title belt against Londoner boxer Daniel Dubois (22-3-0) in the main event on Saturday, May 9. Wardley vs. Dubois pay-per-view takes place at
Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard” won’t be premiering at Cannes despite speculation that it might be appearing at the film festival. “‘Bucking Fastard’ was invited as an official selection at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival which the filmmakers declined,” a spokesperson for the
For this week’s episode of “Strictly Business,” Variety was on the ground at MagicCon 2026 in Las Vegas, a convention centered not around slight of hand tricks, but Hasbro’s hit trading card game Magic: The Gathering. The three-day event featured 25,000 attendees engaging in
