The team behind Yash’s highly anticipated “Toxic – A Fairytale for Grown-Ups” has revealed the first look at Nayanthara as Ganga, presenting the actress in a role that combines visual intensity with a commanding presence. The poster positions Nayanthara in front of an ornate
Disney’s “Avatar: Fire And Ash” held the No. 1 position at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, adding £6.1 million ($8.2 million) and lifting its total to £20.8 million ($28 million), according to Comscore. The threequel comfortably dominated the Christmas
The board of Warner Bros. Discovery is poised to reject the amended takeover offer fielded by Paramount Skydance last week as David Ellison keeps up his pursuit of the assets he sees as crucial to building a 21st century Hollywood heavyweight. Bloomberg News reported Tuesday
Ratings for the Kennedy Center Honors took a sharp decline this year. The poor turnout comes shortly after Donald Trump added his name to the historic forum. This year’s Kennedy Center Honors, hosted by Trump, averaged 3.01 million viewers, according to a report from Nielsen
After George Clooney said he felt that newly-named editor-in-chief Bari Weiss was “dismantling CBS News as we speak,” Weiss has responded by inviting him to visit the CBS newsroom. “Bonjour, Mr. Clooney! Big fan of your work. It sounds like you’d like to learn more about ours.
Meyer Gottlieb, who headed Samuel Goldwyn Films and produced films including “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 86. Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, said in a statement, “Meyer was a
Spike Lee has paid tribute to his longtime collaborator Isiah Whitlock Jr., who died on Tuesday in New York at age 71. Lee shared a photo of himself with Whitlock on Instagram on Tuesday, writing, “Today I Learned Of The Passing Of My Dear Beloved Brother ISIAH WHITLOCK. GOD
The entertainment industry has numerous notable figures in 2025. Hollywood was in shock after the death of director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, with figures across entertainment and politics paying their respects to the “Princess Bride” filmmaker. The film world was also
The veteran actor was known for his vivid character work and signature catchphrase: “Sheee-it"
A Holocaust survivor, he also served as president of the indie company and guided the Ben Stiller-starring remake of ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.’
This year, David Ellison managed to do for Warner Bros. Discovery what WBD CEO David Zaslav had struggled to do for more than three years: dramatically boost the market value of the company that combined Discovery and Warner Bros. Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, formed in
Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor best known for playing the corrupt state senator Clay Davis on “The Wire,” died on Tuesday in New York, Variety has confirmed. He was 71. His manager, Brian Liebman, shared the news on Instagram, writing: “It is with tremendous sadness that I share
Simu Liu said in a new interview with Collider that Robert Downey Jr. had a “convoy of trailers” on the set of “Avengers: Doomsday,” which the film’s cast and crew hilariously named “Downey Land.” Liu returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Shang-Chi in the 2026 tentpole
Greta Lee, Evan Peters and Jeff Bridges also star in director Joachim Rønning's sequel feature.
Since the launch of Disney Channel in the mid-1980s, Disney Entertainment Television has become a platform for rising actors to begin their careers on screen. As the brand is gearing up for 2026, the year marks two milestones for the company: 20 years of “Hannah Montana” and
Want to learn a new language for your next big trip, as part of your New Year’s resolutions, or just to improve your skillset? You’re in luck. One of the best online learning sites is Rosetta Stone, and right now, the site is offering a limited-time deal that gets you unlimited
The actor allegedly rented the home around the same time he departed Celebrity Big Brother UK due to inappropriate behavior
Dove is entering the Ton. The personal care brand has teamed with Netflix’s “Bridgerton” for a limited-edition bodycare collection timed to the show’s highly anticipated fourth season next month. The Dove x Bridgerton line is packaged in bespoke Regency-inspired packaging and
Netflix reports that it achueved its highest Christmas Day viewership of all time this year, with the second volume of “Stranger Things” leading the charge. While an exact viewership total for Dec. 25 was not provided — and while that total would also include Netflix’s two NFL
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of John F. Kennedy who chronicled her blood cancer battle in a devastating recent New Yorker column, died Tuesday. She was 35. The JFK Library Foundation announced her death, writing on behalf of her family, “Our beautiful Tatiana passed
Michael Lippman, who worked with David Bowie, George Michael, Matchbox Twenty and other top stars as a manager, lawyer or label executive, died Monday at age 79. No cause of death was immediately given. In later years Lippman was best known for serving as a manager to Michael,
Canadian romance novelist Rachel Reid first saw Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in person on the set of “Heated Rivalry,” Jacob Tierney’s television adaptation of her queer hockey book series “Game Changers.” “They were filming the very first sex scene, their first hookup
Believe it or not, two of broadcast TV’s biggest events aren’t even in primetime. They also happen to pretty much bookend the year: ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” opened 2025 with record numbers, while NBC scored another big win last month with
As the calendar flips and viewers once again choose between braving the cold or celebrating from the couch, television networks are rolling out their annual New Year’s Eve spectacles. This year’s lineup includes a mix of musical performances, celebrity hosts and live countdowns
Jack White had some strong words for Republican Congressman Tim Burchett after the politician shared an AI-generated video of the singer likening Trump supporters to fascists. Burchett, who is a sitting politician in White’s home state of Tennessee, reposted a fake video on X
“Tron: Ares” will park its light cycle at Disney+, as the movie arrives on the streamer on Jan. 7. The science-fiction film is the third in the “Tron” franchise, following the 1982 original and its 2010 sequel, “Tron: Legacy.” It focuses on a powerful AI being called Ares that
The annual list of books that packed a punch — from reinventing classic characters to shedding light on elusive icons to taking us on epic journeys to ... our backyards?
The street brawl on New Year’s Eve 2023 was caught on video
“Wicked: For Good” is flying to streaming. The blockbuster musical sequel, which made more than $200 million at the global box office, is now available to rent/purchase on VOD. Starting today, the film is available on major digital platforms including Prime Video, Apple TV and
Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated gospel singer whose music has been covered by Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston, has died. He was 77. A rep for Smallwood confirmed to Variety that he died of complications from kidney failure on Tuesday at the Brooke Grove
There are two things you can count on right now in television: football and “Tracker.” Both once again dominated Variety’s annual look at the most-watched telecasts in primetime. This year, a full 48 of the top 100 slots went to NFL games — up from 45 in 2024 — and that number
“Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary makes his acting debut in A24’s “Marty Supreme” alongside Timothée Chalamet, and one of his standout scenes involves spanking the Oscar-nominated actor with a ping pong paddle. In the Josh Safdie-directed sports dramedy, O’Leary plays Milton
Variety’s Directors on Directors, presented by Klimon, returns on Jan. 5 with the visionaries behind some of this year’s biggest awards contenders. Featured in this year’s Directors on Directors lineup are: “Coming off our biggest Actors on Actors ever, these Directors on
Need more toxicity? Hulu is prepared. The streamer is launching the “‘Tell Me Lies’ Official Podcast,” hosted by Stassi Schroeder, Variety can exclusively announce. The nine-episode podcast will premiere on Jan. 6, one week before the premiere of “Tell Me Lies” Season 3, with a
Director Marcie Hume is responding to a claim that Corey Feldman was not aware of footage she shot for her just-released documentary about his life on his rock tour, “Corey Feldman vs. the World.” Variety broke the news that, in the documentary, Feldman alleges that Corey Haim
When George Clooney was preparing to make his Broadway debut appearing as CBS news correspondent Edward R. Murrow in “Good Night, and Good Luck,” he invited “60 Minutes” to sit in on rehearsals. As the cast gathered for their first read through, Clooney talked about the story’s
The last episode of the hit sci-fi series premieres on Netflix tomorrow, Dec. 31
Arden Cho and Ahn Hyo-seop, the voice actors who play love interests Rumi and Jinu in “KPop Demon Hunters,” will do their first-ever joint interview on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.” The episode will air on Jan. 12 at 11:35 p.m. on NBC before streaming on Peacock the
George Clooney has a cold. Other A-listers would call in sick, but Clooney, who is on his second round of steroids, is powering through. “My body isn’t up for a fight like it was when I was younger,” he says. We’re sitting in an empty lounge at Ludlow House in downtown
Ricky Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, making Hollywood sweat with his take-no-prisoners approach to jokes mocking showbiz. In his new Netflix stand-up special “Mortality,” which was released Tuesday, the comedian reveals that while the awards ceremony never
The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the rise of autocracy, the war in Ukraine, and the state of political cover-up
A second sentimental teaser trailer was revealed for the highly anticipated Marvel film.
The Season 3 trailer for the Apple TV+ comedy “Shrinking” teases Michael J. Fox’s return to acting after stepping away from his career in 2020 due to speech issues associated with his Parkinson’s diagnosis. In the trailer, he’s shown in the waiting room of a medical facility
The release of the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” seems to have given a boost to “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” the Broadway play that serves as a prequel to the Netflix sci-fi series. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” grossed $2,510,948 at the box office
The couple and their two children spend a good portion of their time on an estate in the south of France — but the actor is still struggling to learn the language
The second “Avengers: Doomsday” teaser trailer has been released, and this time it focuses on Chris Hemsworth’s Thor. The new teaser comes a week after Chris Evans’ Captain America was featured in the first “Doomsday” trailer that played during the previews of “Avatar: Fire and
Netflix has released the trailer for the “Stranger Things 5” finale, which debuts in theaters and on the streamer Dec. 31. Titled “The Rightside Up,” the finale is the eighth episode in the show’s fifth and final season. Netflix released the first four episodes of Season 5 on
Atresmedia Cine, the production powerhouse of Spanish broadcast network Atresmedia, has unveiled its 2026 release slate and plans to shoots 10 movies over next year. That matters. Since 2001 when Spain first obliged local networks to invest 5% of revenues in European films and
“As we began spending more time together I knew this was someone I wanted in my life. I also knew that by casting me as Westley he was giving me the keys to the castle,” the actor penned in a tribute.
Adrift in the wind, the protagonists of Japanese director Momoko Seto’s French-produced 3D animated curio “Dandelion’s Odyssey” embark on an epic botanical journey into outer space and away from the tranquility of a planet that strongly resembles the Earth we know. After
