Jeff Garcia, the voice actor best known for playing Sheen in the “Jimmy Neutron” franchise, died Wednesday, Variety has confirmed. He was 50. Garcia was taken off life support on Tuesday at a hospital in Southern California, where he was surrounded by family and friends.
German actor Idan Weiss says one of the keys to his critically praised portrayal of Franz Kafka in Agnieszka Holland’s “Franz” was locking in on the iconic writer’s sensitivity. “He just wanted to find someone who understands him, and that never happened,” he says. It’s an
Magic Tree House, the beloved series of children’s books in circulation for three decades, has an animated series adaptation in the works with tech-based entertainment company Spuree. The bestselling franchise is written by Mary Pope Osborne, who will retain full standing as a
Idris Elba opened his Red Sea Film Festival conversation with the screening of “Dust to Dreams,” a short film shot in Lagos, starring Seal, Nse Ikpe-Etim, and Constance Olatunde, marking his second turn behind the camera. For Elba, the decision to film in Nigeria felt
Variety will honor Golden Globe, Grammy Award and Critics Choice Award nominee Teyana Taylor at the 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival with the Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award. The award will be given as part of Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative
Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Anthony Hopkins explained how he approached the role of Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs.” Hopkins recalled that when his agent, Jeremy Conway, told him he was sending over the
He reteams with James L. Brooks for a rare in-theaters comedy with 'Ella McCay,' also starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis and Woody Harrelson.
The Day of the Devs 2025 showcase featured dozens of new indie video game reveals Wednesday, including the announcement of a never-before-played Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game that will be released next year as a charity fundraising effort. Per the description for the
Tobias Jesso Jr. celebrated turning 40 with a serendipitous gift: Justin Bieber’s “Swag,” an album he’d worked on over the past three years, happened to be released on the same day his new decade began this past July. “I was cleaning up my house, getting ready for my birthday,
“You're the second lead of the film. Like you, what do you want? The kingdom is yours and it's not at all,” the 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' star said.
Ryan Coogler told The New York Times that his decision to reject an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nearly 10 years ago had nothing to do with bitterness against Oscar voters. “It’s not out of animosity,” Coogler said, adding that his
“Young Sheldon” star Iain Armitage is returning to CBS — and this time, he’s all grown up. Armitage is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of the CBS comedy “Ghosts.” According to the character description, Armitage will appear as a “heightened version of himself, taking
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman discussed their film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Two Democratic lawmakers — U.S. Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) — have expressed “serious national security concerns” over Paramount Skydance’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Liccardo and Pressley sent a letter Wednesday to Warner
The actress, now starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Die, My Love,’ won the Oscar for best actress in 1981.
Suzannah Herbert discussed her film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Everybody knows Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and the legend of “I Love Lucy.” But do they really? There have been several movies over the years about the two icons, including Aaron Sorkin’s recent “Being the Ricardos.” But the story of “Lucy and Desi” goes far beyond the smash
On today’s episode, Michael O’Leary, president and CEO of Cinema United, discusses the state of moviegoing and the reaction among exhibitors to the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery news. The leader of the world’s largest lobbying group for movie theater owners unpacks why
“The Lincoln Lawyer” Season 4 officially has a premiere date on Netflix. The fourth season of the legal drama will debut on Feb. 5, 2026. The new season is based on the sixth book in Michael Connelly’s “Lincoln Lawyer” novel series, “The Law of Innocence.” Netflix has also
The Film Awards will take place on Jan. 3, and the festival will run from Jan. 2 to Jan. 12.
As Guillermo del Toro’s go-to composer, Alexandre Desplat knew about the filmmaker’s desire to tell his version of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” While del Toro loved the story, Desplat admits his own relationship with the iconic character was pretty much non-existent. He had
Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith. Yet in 2025, a year when the drama of entertainment was eclipsed by the
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has signed with Verve for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by manager A.B. Fischer at Literate and attorney Ryan Nord. Cullen recently worked on shows like “The Endgame” and “Law & Order: SVU” as a co-executive
Leading Moroccan line producer Karim Debbagh‘s Kasbah Films is ready for the shoot of “Lords of War,” Andrew Niccol’s sequel to his 2005 crime thriller “Lord of War.” The movie starts filming today in Morocco with Nicolas Cage returning as the world’s most notorious arms
Courtney Love, one of the most influential female figures in alternative culture in the 1990s and 2000s, is getting the documentary treatment. “Antiheroine” — which was just announced by Sundance as one of the festival’s 2027 edition world premieres — has been in the works for
It took more than a decade for producer Matthew Baer to make “Merv,” the new holiday romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel, Charlie Cox and Gus, the adorable mutt who plays the titular dog being co-parented by his recently broken-up humans. “Eleven years ago, this was a
Tracy E. Gilchrist, the journalist behind the viral “holding space” interview with “Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, has launched a new weekly podcat “Holding Space with Tracy E. Gilchrist.” The first episode, featuring a conversation with Grande’s brother Frankie
“All Her Fault,” Peacock’s mystery limited series starring Sarah Snook, Jake Lacy and Dakota Fanning, has become the most-watched original series launch in the streamer’s history. In its first three weeks of availability, the series hit 46 million hours watched. That total was
United Talent Agency has signed Warner Bailey, the founder of the media company Assistants vs. Agents, for representation in all areas. Assistants vs. Agents, a voice for Hollywood’s rising next generation, was born during Bailey’s tenure as a talent agent assistant. What began
The lineup of 90 films and seven episodic projects has been revealed as officials ready for a milestone moment: the final Sundance in its beloved Utah home.
Oscar winners, pop stars and hip-hop legends will light up Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival’s last hurrah before moving to Colorado. The Sundance Institute announced 90 feature films and seven episodic projects across multiple sections on Wednesday, featuring
Oscar contender 'Largo' will also be screened in schools across the U.K. during Refugee Week 2026.
Coogler, Tessa Thompson, Sterling K. Brown and the women of 'One Battle After Another' were also among the honorees.
The announcement was made during the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Petra Volpe’s gripping drama, starring Leonie Benesch, captures the physical and emotional challenges of a high-pressure hospital shift: “We wanted people to really have a physical experience."
Much has been made in recent weeks about former Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes’ now-famous quip likening Netflix to Albania. In 2010, Bewkes dismissed talk of Netflix challenging HBO’s dominance in premium TV as being akin to the potential for the “Albanian army to take over the
Jane Fonda isn’t waiting for election season to heat up — she’s kicking it off herself. On Wednesday, the Hollywood icon is headlining a star-studded fundraiser in Los Angeles, using her platform to push Democrats toward what organizers say is the defining issue of the next
The five-part audio and video series premieres on December 10 with episodes dedicated to score, production design, visual effects, editing and costume.
The feature unearths a lost 1985 student film made with Takei and has been acquired by Tribeca Films, the distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures.
YouTube TV’s base package currently costs $82.99 per month. But early next year, the streaming service will roll out a range of cheaper options for people who want only a subset of live TV channels — including packages centered on sports, news, kids and family, and
Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell co-directed the feature that examines AI through the eyes of a prospective father and counts Daniel Kwan as a producer.
TikTok is launching a brand-new live podcast series called “TikTok in the Mix,” a four-episode season of conversations with major artists. The show launches tomorrow — Thursday, Dec. 11 — at 6 p.m. PT in partnership with T-Mobile, with special guest Demi Lovato. She will talk
A user posting as "art teacher" Matt Taylor on Instagram and TikTok bears a striking resemblance to the 'King of Queens' star. His lifestyle dovetails with the plot of James' upcoming rom-com 'Solo Mio.'
Who do you believe? The battle for control of Warner Bros. and HBO is coming down to an enormous bet on competing visions of the future of the entertainment industry. On Dec. 5, Netflix landed a whale of a deal that sent shock waves through the community. The streamer that has
Cheryl Hines expanded on why she hasn’t spoken to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” co-star Larry David since the series finale in April 2024, saying, “I think he’s mad … because Bobby’s in the administration.” Hines was referring to her husband, Health and Human Services secretary Robert
After winning an award at Cannes where it premiered in competition, Hafsia Herzi‘s film “The Little Sister” has officially kicked off the French awards season, taking the Louis Delluc prize from critics. The ceremony was hosted today (Dec. 10) at the Fouquet’s restaurant on the
Universal Music Group, in partnership with UMusic Hospitality & Lifestyle division, has announced the opening of two new UMusic Shop locations in New York and London. The Shops offer exclusive custom collections and pieces inspired by UMG’s artists, songwriters and labels, and
Johnny Depp is set to produce and possibly star in the first-ever English-language film adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s Russian literature classic “The Master and Margarita.” The project, which currently does not have a director attached, is being produced by Depp’s own IN.2
Warner Records Group has announced that Jeff Sosnow has been promoted to president of Reprise Records, in addition to continuing in his role as EVP of A&R for Warner Records. In this expanded remit, Sosnow will oversee the next chapter of Reprise — the legendary label founded
