The NBA has released its 2025 Christmas Day schedule with this year’s games featuring superstars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić, Victor Wembanyama, Anthony Edwards and more. The 2025 “NBA on Christmas Day” schedule features
Hikaru Sulu and Leonard “Bones” McCoy, two iconic characters from the original “Star Trek” series, will make their first appearances in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” during the finale of the fifth and final season. Thomas Jane will play Bones and Kai Murakami will play Sulu
In business, the power of individual leaders is an inherently hard thing to measure. It’s subjective, and it fluctuates on any given day, just like the strength of an electrical current goes up and down depending on environmental conditions. To commemorate Variety’s 120th
Before “Heated Rivalry” quickly became a global television phenomenon, star Connor Storrie wasn’t quite sure how fans would receive his portrayal of the Russian hockey player Ilya Rozanov — especially having seen “adaptations be torn apart online previously,” he said on a
Taylor Swift is ringing in the holiday cheer with a sizable donation of $1 million to Feeding America, a nonprofit network of 200 food banks combating hunger in the United States. The charity announced the donation on Instagram, thanking the singer for her act of altruism. “We
We are allegedly beyond the namesake apex of peak TV, yet the television landscape remains far too vast for anyone to watch it all; there’s only so many hours in a day, let alone free ones. With so many new shows to navigate, there’s no bigger let-down than turning on a series
Paramount’s fantasy film “Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender” won’t play in movie theaters as intended and will instead debut directly on the Paramount+ streaming service. The cinematic continuation of the popular TV series, previously slated for theatrical release on Oct. 9,
While looking back on his career with Variety, Mads Mikkelsen recounted his experience working on the 2016 “Star Wars” prequel “Rogue One,” saying that the script was “surprisingly unfinished” while filming. “It kept changing,” he explained. “One would think that that was
Russell Brand has been charged with further offences. London’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that the disgraced comedian, actor and TV host had been issued with two additional charges: one count of rape and one count of sexual assault. The allegations relate to two further
With “Anaconda,” the Hollywood studio system comes closer than ever to devouring its own tail. In 1997, Sony Pictures made “Anaconda,” a notoriously insipid creature feature starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and a ferocious animatronic snake. The low-rent “Jaws” knockoff was
How do you film a make-out scene between a septuagenarian actress and an underage actor?
“Nous verrons,” says James Cameron when asked about a specific plot point in “Avatar 4.” (That’s French for “we shall see,” he tells Variety.) It’s the day after the “Avatar: Fire and Ash” world premiere, and it’s my turn to spend 10 minutes with the blockbuster filmmaker at
The release comes shortly after leaked footage of the trailer reportedly played in theaters during early screenings of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash.'
Melora Hardin, the actor best known for playing Jan Levinson on NBC’s “The Office,” recently told Entertainment Weekly that she “burst into tears” when she was fired from Robert Zemeckis’ blockbuster “Back to the Future.” While original Marty McFly actor Eric Stoltz being let
“Aida, the Movie,” the feature film spinoff of the wildly successful Spanish TV series “Aida,” is crossing the Atlantic next year, a rare move for a broad Spanish comedy. Wiesner Distribution, marking 25 years as a leading distributor of Ibero-American cinema, will be releasing
“Saturday Night Live” writer Jimmy Fowlie is asking for help finding his missing sister, Christina, who was last seen in Los Angeles. Fowlie shared his sister’s photo and phone number on his Instagram page and asked that if anybody has seen her to contact the police. According
The highly-anticipated superhero epic is set to arrive next December
A German slapstick comedy Western parody, a kabuki drama from Japan, an Indian historical action epic, a satire anthology from Argentina and an Italian rom-com drove audiences to local multiplexes.
First-time Italian director Giulio Bertelli, who is fashion designer Miuccia Prada’s son, made what is probably this year’s most offbeat Italian feature film debut with “Agon,” an allegorical drama that follows three female athletes competing in judo, fencing and target
The actor on his transformative experience making Is This Thing On? , bombing onstage, and why he’s drawn to playing guys who need to get their shit together
Theater owners are preparing for a very merry Christmas season. This holiday might not be one for the record books, but the lineup of films offers something important — a range of genres and styles — as exhibitors brace for what’s usually the busiest stretch of the year. That’s
If all you know or remember of the eponymous biblical character’s story is that he defeated a hulking giant with a humble slingshot, then “David” might have some surprises in store for you — chief among them, the fact that the film continues for a full hour after this famous,
Hideo Kojima is the mastermind behind hit action game franchise “Death Stranding,” set in a desolate, post-apocalyptic world in which humanity is threatened by zombie-like ghost creatures called “Beached Things.” But he’s also a big ol’ softie. Kojima, 62, recently revealed
Netflix’ upcoming live-action “Assassin’s Creed” series — which has already been building out its main cast, with Toby Wallace (“Euphoria”), Lola Petticrew (“Say Nothing”) recently unveiled as leads and Zachary Hart (“Slow Horses”) and Laura Marcus (“Death by Lightning”) as
Hollywood company Western Costume alleges Costner didn’t pay invoices and returned items damaged while making Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2
Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana is riding high on the success of “Thamma,” his first festive release that crossed the INR 100 crore mark ($11.1 million) at the box office, marking his fifth film to achieve the milestone and his biggest opener to date. The film is the latest
Toho has unveiled a trailer and key visual for the “My Hero Academia In Concert” world tour. The tour, produced by GEA Live, is set to kick off May 30, 2026, at Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Hall in Japan before expanding to international venues. The touring production
The actor stepped away from the Broadway production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club following his diagnosis in September
NBC is ending its linear run of Peacock’s “The Paper” earlier than expected. Instead, starting on Jan. 5, NBC will air episodes of its freshman comedy “Stumble” in the Monday at 8:30 p.m. ET time slot — where broadcast-friendly versions of “The Paper” have been airing since
The actor continued his promotional rampage for the Josh Safdie-directed film, which hits theaters on Dec. 25
A “60 Minutes” report yanked by Bari Weiss about the “horrific treatment” of detainees deported from the U.S. to a prison in El Salvador has leaked online after appearing on a Canadian TV app. Canada’s Global News aired the “60 Minutes” episode without the segment on
“Mighty Ducks” star Shaun Weiss posted on social media Monday that he is offering help to Tylor Chase, a former child actor who appeared on the Nickelodeon series “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.” Chase recently went viral after a social media video showed him
Michael Douglas says he and Rob Reiner often connected over their sons’ troubles before the “Stand by Me” director was killed. As part of CBS’ “Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life” special, Douglas said dealing with the addiction of his own son, Cameron Douglas, helped him relate
The Brett Ratner-directed documentary will debut at the storied Washington, D.C. arts institution, which last week was renamed The Trump-Kennedy Center.
Just in time for the peak of holiday programming, Christina Aguilera is set to spread holiday cheer across homes tonight. “Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris,” a musical special that doubles as both a concert and a reflection on her career, will air Monday night at 9 p.m.
Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider individual and collective lists of the year’s best songs, it sure felt like we
Oona Chaplin is the actor behind “Avatar: Fire and Ash” villain Varang. She’s also the granddaughter of film icon Charlie Chaplin. Oona, whose credits also include “Game of Thrones,” recently told The Times of London that she considered changing her name after graduating from
Lewis Horwitz, the American film executive and producer dubbed Hollywood’s “King of Indie Film Finance,” died on Dec. 19. He was 90. Horwitz began his career as a bank teller in Los Angeles in the 1960s. He eventually founded the entertainment division at Beverly Hills National
Fans left the Dec. 19 performance of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” buzzing after a once-in-a-lifetime moment: Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Henry Creel/Vecna on the hit Netflix series, made a surprise cameo in the show’s epilogue. “That was one of the coolest reveals of
Vince Zampella, the co-creator of hit video game franchise “Call of Duty,” died in a single-car accident on Sunday near Los Angeles, NBC LA confirmed Monday. He was 55. Zampella was involved in a Ferrari crash on Southern California’s Angeles Crest Highway around 12:45 p.m. on
Sometime in early November, Casey Bloys — HBO and Max’s content chairman/CEO — got a call from Jason Butler, an executive on his team who’s focused on worldwide program planning. Butler had just acquired a Canadian show about gay hockey players called “Heated Rivalry” for HBO
The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival has unveiled its 2026 feature lineup as well as its commemorative festival artwork designed by Brazilian creative Leandro Senna for its 20th anniversary. Dedicated to uplifting independent filmmakers and expanding global cinematic
