Icon Creative Studio has tapped European sales and finance outfit Global Constellation to handle international sales on its upcoming CG-animated family feature “Dragoons,” directed by Shea Wageman (“Charlie the Wonderdog”), and written and designed by Geoff Taylor. Global
The bombshell business story of Grammy Week was unquestionably the potential multi-billion dollar acquisition of Concord Music by Bertelsmann, parent company of BMG, which would see the two biggest independent music companies in the Western world join forces to create what
Latin superstar singer Bad Bunny is branching into the podcast game. Rimas Sports, Bad Bunny’s sports management and brand alliance agency, has forged a partnership with iHeartMedia to produce original podcasts and content for My Cultura, iHeart’s podcast network dedicated to
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “The Wrecking Crew,” now playing on Prime Video. At the end of “The Wrecking Crew,” there’s a long, bloody fight that finds Dave Bautista’s James Hale dispensing with a collection of gun-toting, knife-wielding yakuza
Elsewhere, Britain's box office generated 996.8 million pounds ($1.35 billion) in 2025, up 2 percent on 2024, but down 21 percent from pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
The film, which world premiered in the Tiger Competition at Rotterdam, traces a filmmaker's escape from violent repression: "I wanted to create something and return something that was erased."
Some stroll down memory lane, others take a chauffeured golf cart. Such is the case for Lisa Kudrow, star of “Friends” and “The Comeback,” who recently spent some time reminiscing on a tour of the Warner Bros. Pictures lot in Burbank. Kudrow and a host of other stars made the
A potentially tranquil desert island now overrun with vacationing Europeans chugging day-glo cocktails, Gran Canaria is an intrinsically funny setting for a story of familial grief, disconnection and rapprochement, and for much of its running time, “Butterfly” gets the joke. In
The Newport Beach Film Festival has revealed that Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris’ Neal Street Productions will receive the Outstanding Contribution to Global Entertainment Award at next month’s U.K. and Ireland Honors event in London. The star-studded, glitzy event returns for its
NBCUniversal and Visa are teaming for an ambitious marketing partnership that will connect the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with the Super Bowl though content produced by sports-centric creators Allison Kuch and Isaac Rochell, a former NFL player. The pair, known as Allie and
U.S. filmmaker Laura Poitras will be the Special Guest at the opening of the 24th edition of VdR–Industry, documentary festival Visions du Réel’s program for industry professionals. Poitras won an Oscar with “Citizenfour,” the real-life international thriller about
The U.K. has underlined its status as a major global production hub, according to new figures from the British Film Institute. In its annual investment report released Thursday, the BFI’s official statistics showed that film and high-end television production expenditure in the
The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will have special significance for Warner Bros. Discovery. Not only is the entertainment conglomerate the games’ official broadcaster in Europe, but HBO Max is the flagship streaming hub of the Feb. 6-22 snow and ice sports extravaganza just as
Oscar winners Sean Baker and Michelle Yeoh have secretly teamed up for a new project, which will world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival later this month. In collaboration with the London-based fashion house Self-Portrait, the “Anora” director returns to his iPhone-shooting
H264, a Montreal-based film distribution and international sales company, has acquired the international rights to “La Portraitiste,” the first narrative feature film written by Florence Longpré, and directed by Annie St-Pierre, her first narrative feature as a director. It is
Sony Group executives detailed their vision for expanding the Peanuts franchise during the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call Thursday, revealing strategies to leverage the iconic IP across music, film and global distribution platforms. Lin Tao, Sony’s chief financial
Prime Video has tapped Francis Bourgeois, Thomas Holland and James Engelsman to helm the revamped “The Grand Tour,” which returns later this year with a fresh lineup two years after Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May concluded their run. The six-episode series will
enGEN3, a participatory storytelling platform, has formed a strategic partnership with Web3 anime brand Oni Force to develop “Oni Hunter X” as one of the first story worlds built on enGEN3’s infrastructure for licensed fan co-creation, distribution and revenue sharing, the
MetFilm Sales has acquired international sales rights to Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić’s feature documentary “To Hold a Mountain,” which recently received its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize. MFS will
Paramount chair and CEO David Ellison is not giving up on his relentless pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery and his plan to counter rival suitor Netflix. In an open letter sent out on Thursday to journalists around the world, including in the U.K. and France, Ellison outlined
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has unveiled the second slate of projects selected for the 24th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, spotlighting 12 work-in-progress titles that bring together Asian cinema heavyweights and promising new voices. Set to be
A24’s Oscar-nominated drama “Marty Supreme,” starring four-time Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet, will receive a theatrical release in China through China Film Group with promotional support from Wanda Film. The film, directed by Josh Safdie, has emerged as a major
Finneas took to Instagram Threads on Wednesday to defend his superstar sister and songwriting partner, Billie Eilish, from “very powerful old white men” who are “outraged” about her Grammys acceptance speech. “Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my
Sony Group raised its outlook for the current fiscal year ending in March, as the Tokyo-based tech and entertainment company beat expectations with a 22% increase in operating income for the September-December 2025 quarter. For the three months ended Dec. 31, its third quarter
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced to TruthSocial that he’s directed all federal law enforcement to help search for Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy, who went missing in a suspected kidnapping last weekend. “I spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her know
In a video posted to social media, the Today show host and her siblings pleaded for their mother’s safe return
President Donald Trump says he will not be personally involved in the Justice Department’s pending antitrust review of Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Trump told NBC News anchor Tom Llamas that he made the decision to leave the process to the Justice
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 5 of “The Masked Singer,” “Red, White and Clue,” which aired Feb. 4 on Fox. For Teddi Mellencamp, appearing on “The Masked Singer” “got me out of a pretty dark place, and I am forever grateful.” Mellencamp ended her run as
Jesse Lee Soffer and Tracy Spiridakos will return to “Chicago P.D.” for the upcoming three-part crossover with “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago Med,” set to air on March 4 on NBC. Per an official description, Spiridakos’ character Hailey Upton “returns to her former stomping
Savannah Guthrie posted an emotional video to her Instagram on Wednesday evening in which she and her two siblings, Annie and Camron, addressed the kidnapper of her 84-year-old mother. “She’s 84 years old. Her health, her heart, is fragile. She lives in constant pain. She is
Human performance company WHOOP was a hot topic at this year’s Australian Open after umpires asked star tennis players Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner to remove their WHOOP bands, stating that they are not currently approved for use in the four Grand Slam
The evening before Music’s Biggest Night, there is always Music’s Smallest but Mightiest Night. That could serve as one way to describe the Americana Music Association’s annual Grammy Eve concert at the famed Troubadour club in West Hollywood, which is a very different kind of
Peacock is back with a new streaming deal, just in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. The NBCUniversal streaming service is the official streamer for this year’s Olympic Winter Games, not to mention the streaming home to Sunday’s Super Bowl LX game. Now, sports
Taylor Swift has revealed that she plans to release the music video for “Opalite” later this week. Like with many reveals during the “Life of a Showgirl” era, the singer posted a countdown on her website to the “Opalite” music video. Only this time, there was no ambiguity about
Dior ambassador Anya Taylor-Joy was fresh from spending Tuesday afternoon in Santa Monica promoting her new action series “Lucky” at Apple TV’s press day when she arrived at the Dior Addict Sweet Shop party on the Sunset Strip. The candy-themed pop-up, marking the launch of the
Gavin Newsom is the latest figure to be roasted by “The Daily Show” in a new installment of its “Daily Showography” series — this one tracks the California governor’s personal and political scandals. The seven-minute segment will air as part of Wednesday night’s broadcast of
Sam Claflin revealed on Fearne Cotton’s “Happy Place” podcast (via The Independent) that his body dysmorphia was exacerbated by his Hollywood acting roles, which often required him to appear shirtless on screen. Claflin is best known for playing Finnick Odair in “The Hunger
Now boarding at Platform 9 3/4! Ahead of the 25th anniversary of “Harry Potter,” the apparel brand Homage has just released a new lineup of graphic tees inspired by the Hogwarts Houses. Featuring 22 different t-shirt styles, each one is designed so fans can wear their favorite
Scott Printz, a producer whose credits included ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder,” Apple TV’s “Truth Be Told” and HBO/Max’s “Bookie,” died Jan. 23 in Los Angeles after an illness. He was 69. Printz began his entertainment career as a Directors Guild of America trainee before
Last month at Sundance, Chase Sapphire cardmembers rubbed shoulders with stars such as Alexander Skarsgård and Jenna Ortega; purchased early-access tickets to coveted premieres such as “The Moment;” and sat front row to intimate industry panels. This past weekend, meanwhile,
After revealing the news on Instagram last Friday, the 'Fresh Kills' director shared a follow-up post noting that she has been "overwhelmed by such support" in response to her original video.
Chris Hemsworth told The Guardian in a new interview on his “Crime 101” press tour that he had some reservations about going public with the news that he has a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s disease, which makes him eight to 10 times more likely to develop the disease.
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, host Cynthia Littleton unpacks the big leadership transition news out of Disney and what it means for Josh D’Amaro and Dana Walden. And we examining highlights and lowlights from Ted Sarandos’ politically charged grilling in the
The “Eragon” live-action TV series at Disney+ has taken a big step forward. Variety has learned that Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing have joined the project as co-showrunners, with Harthan set as co-creator on the show alongside “Eragon” author Christopher Paolini. All three will
Kristen Stewart confirms in the March L.A. issue of Architectural Digest that she has purchased the historic Highland Theatre in Los Angeles’ buzzy Highland Park neighborhood. The Highland Theatre, which opened in 1925, was a neighborhood fixture until it closed in 2024. It was
Barry Manilow has postponed his February residency dates at the Westgate Las Vegas following treatment for stage-one lung cancer. The singer shared in a statement that he’s “doing great” and “recovering well” after his surgery, but will need to postpone his February 12-21 Vegas
“Saturday Night Live” has its Emmy-worthy star. “SNL” featured performer Ashley Padilla has found her groove during the show’s 51st season, emerging as an early and viable contender for this year’s Emmys. The San Francisco Bay Area native, who honed her comedic skills with The
YouTube generated more than $60 billion in revenue for 2025, including both advertising and subscriptions, the first time parent company Alphabet has broken out total revenue for the platform. That makes YouTube much larger than subscription-streaming leader Netflix, which
YouTube continues to vacuum up digital advertising dollars, mostly at the expense of traditional TV ad budgets, notching its biggest-ever ad sales number to date for the fourth quarter of 2025. However, the video giant’s ad haul came in below Wall Street forecasts. In the last