Isabella Esler and John Cardoza have been cast as the new Veronica Sawyer and Jason “J.D.” Dean in “Heathers The Musical.” Both actors will begin performances on April 27 at New World Stages. They replace Kuhoo Verma and Casey Likes, who had headlined the hit show. Verma will
SAG-AFTRA and the major studios have agreed to continue negotiations on a new contract into next week, a sign that both sides see the value in further discussions. The performers’ union started bargaining on Feb. 9 for the first time since the 2023 strike. The original
James G. Robinson, the former auto executive who co-founded Morgan Creek Entertainment with Joe Roth and had producing credits on films including “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and “True Romance,” died Feb. 15, according to a family obituary. He was 90. Robinson famously sparred
The Baltimore native spearheaded such films as 'Young Guns,' 'Major League,' 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.'
Netflix has stepped down as a backer in As ever, the lifestyle brand from Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. As Ever was launched 11 months ago, with an inaugural collection of teas, jam, honey and baking mixes. It coincided with the launch of her Netflix series “With Love,
Ben Stiller has slammed the Donald Trump’s White House for using a clip from the 2008 film “Tropic Thunder.” The White House post said, “Justice the American way” and showed clips from “Braveheart,” “Top Gun,” “Superman,” “Transformers,” “Iron Man 2,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“Heated Rivalry” creator Jacob Tierney says he’s exhausted from the whirlwind of the last three months since the show premiered on HBO Max, but that hasn’t stopped him from working hard on Season 2. “I’m in a room all day writing,” Tierney told me at the GLAAD Media Awards on
Thursday’s tenth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, featuring Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Hozier, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Mavis Staples, Nile Rodgers & Chic and more, raised over $6 million for the God’s Love We Deliver charity, raising the total the concerts have
Although T-Mobile is known as one of the best mobile internet providers, according to Ookla® Speedtest® for smartphones, tablets and laptops in the United States, the company has its sights set on delivering high-speed home internet over fiber-optic cables to households across
Guatemala is close to enacting its first film law. On March 10, its Congress will be entering into final discussions on Initiative 5906. If it passes, Guatemala will no longer be one of the few nations in Latin America without a legal framework for its audiovisual industry.
Rose Byrne is not only going into Oscar night as a first-time nominee for her work in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” but she’ll also be reuniting with her “Bridesmaids” co-stars. Sources tell me that a “Bridesmaids” reunion is in the works during the ceremony with Byrne, Kristen
She’s alive! Finally. When Maggie Gyllenhaal sat down to rewatch “The Bride of Frankenstein,” the 1935 James Whale classic, she wasn’t prepared for what she didn’t see. The Bride appears for only two minutes. She says nothing. She looks at the creature she was built to love,
Producer and distributor GreenApple Entertainment has signed a four-film deal with AllBlk, the popular streaming service for Black television and film from AMC Networks. Thriller film “Long Time Listener” will kick off the line-up, premiering on April 2. The film marks the
The Her Universe Fashion Show is teaming up with Warner Bros. Discovery at this year’s San Diego Comic Con for a DCU superhero and villain-inspired runway. The Her Universe Fashion Show 2026 Presented by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products will take center stage on
“The View” hosts reacted on Friday morning to the recent firing of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who was dismissed by President Donald Trump following several controversies. “This is a woman who, I think, has 100 reasons to get rid of her. Her department, under
“Hello, weirdos.” That’s how the hosts of the popular “Morbid” podcast, Alaina Urquhart and her niece, Ash Kelley, greet their listeners at the top of each episode. On their show, which they’ve produced since May 2018, the Boston-based duo delve into scary tales about serial
“Runner,” Laura García Alonso’s debut feature, tells the story of a young competitive athlete who suffers a psychotic break while training intensely for a major race. The film, sold internationally by Madrid-based Latido Films, premieres in competition at this year’s Málaga
Anchors at NBC’s “Today” took a few minutes Friday to reflect on colleague Savannah Guthrie’s visit to the set the day before — her first appearance at the show’s studio at New York’s Rockefeller Center since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing in late January. “I think we
“Melania,” documentary that follows the first lady in the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video on March 9. The film was directed by Brett Ratner, who was best known for directing the first three “Rush
To coincide with his new album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.,” Harry Styles has released the music video for “American Girls.” Directed by James Mackel, the video shows Styles performing stunts on a film set, driving a car under a giant truck that explodes in his
Pixar’s “Hoppers” nabbed $3.2 million in previews, while Warner Bros.’s “The Bride” netted a tepid $1 million. Family films have dominated the box office in recent months and “Hoppers,” which has been embraced by critics, is expected to continue the trend. The animal-centric
Lucy Dickins, who has been co-head of WME’s contemporary music and touring division since 2022 and Adele’s longtime agent, is stepping down from her role, according to an internal memo from co‑chairman Christian Muirhead obtained by Variety. Co-head Kirk Sommer will lead the
The 'Marty Supreme' star is taking some heat after a clip from his conversation with Matthew McConaughey resurfaced and showed Chalamet saying "no one cares" about ballet or opera.
The Brett Ratner-directed documentary has earned north of $16.4 million at the U.S. box office since Amazon MGM opened the film in early February.
Actress, who dated JFK Jr. in the late Eighties, details falsehoods in scathing op-ed
The first “War Child,” a British-all-star charity album featuring rare tracks from such then-rising-ish stars as Oasis, Radiohead, Blur, Portishead and Massive Attack as well as Sinead O’Connor, Suede and the Stone Roses, arrived in September of 1995 — so long ago that the
On today’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast, Radial Entertainment CEO Jeff Shultz explains why he’s shopping for content libraries now that the Pluto TV and Paramount alum has taken the reins of the TV and film venture backed by OakTree Capital Management.
Stephen Colbert railed against Kristi Noem after Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he had fired the Secretary of Homeland Defense, with plans to replace her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Trump announced that Noem would be “moving to be Special Envoy
Metallica have added 16 dates to their “Life Burns Faster” residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, tripling the number of shows for the engagement, which begins this fall and now extends into 2027. The general on-sale for all dates for Metallica’s residency at Sphere in Las Vegas
Daryl Hannah is not in love with “Love Story.” In a New York Times op-ed titled “How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?,” the actor-director denounces Ryan Murphy’s popular FX series — about the romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette — for its “lies” and
Director Liza Mandelup discusses the complicated tangle of politics, sex, beauty, and image that have made the 27-year-old accused murderer an internet folk hero and celebrity
The elevated horror-western “The Trek,” set in Africa’s barren Kalahari desert, isn’t an easy watch. But it is a beautiful one. As one of South Africa’s most daring new voices, Meekaeel Adam makes his directorial debut in this gripping story, set in 1846, of a Dutch-Afrikaans
“The Night Agent” has been renewed for Season 4, which will shoot in Los Angeles. Netflix announced the news with a video in which tourists in New York “answer the call” by picking up a ringing phone in the middle of Times Square. After they successfully completed a mission,
Italian film critic and festival chief Giorgio Gosetti, who founded the Venice Film Festival’s independently-run Venice Days, known as the Giornate Degli Autori in Italian, and held key roles in several other prominent Italian film entities, has died. He was 70. The news of his
The derogatory title of his searing documentary film, “A Little Black Man from Congo” isn’t what South African filmmaker Tshililo waha Muzila came up with by himself. It’s what he discovered that “they” are called in Spain: The irregular migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and
Andre “Typical Gamer” Rebelo is bringing his love of “Grand Theft Auto” to Fortnite with the launch of his company’s new super-size map “Grand Heist City” later this month. Described as the Typical Gamer-founded JOGO Studios’ “most ambitious project” to date, “Grand Heist City”
Nora Navas, who won a Spanish Academy Goya and San Sebastian best actress award for her central performance in “Black Bread,” is attached to star in “The Bastard Daughter” (“La Hija Bastarda”), the feature film debut of New York-trained actress-turned-director Olivia Delcán.
A "historically anchored" Roswell movie is coming, while filmmakers ranging from Steven Spielberg to Joseph Kosinski tout upcoming UAP-themed titles: "This movie is going to blow people's minds."
Allen Family Capital, the investment arm of media mogul Byron Allen, acquired a 10.7% stake in Starz Entertainment for $25 million in a private transaction with Liberty Steve Mnuchin’s Liberty 77 Capital. In an announcement Thursday, Allen Family Capital said it acquired
Fast-rising Spanish actor Catalina Sopelana (“The Gardener,” “The Crystal Cuckoo”) is set to topline dramedy “Video Store 2001” (“Videoclub 2001”), with Spanish indie producer-distributor Sideral Cinema coming on board as a new co-producer. Sopelana co-starred in “The
Germany’s Axel Springer has reached an agreement with RedBird IMI to acquire Telegraph Media Group for £575 million ($766.6 million), marking the latest turn in the protracted ownership saga surrounding one of the U.K.’s best-known newspaper publishers. The German-based media
BBC director-general Tim Davie has answered questions from the U.K. government’s Culture, Media & Sport Committee over the incident that erupted following the BAFTA ceremony in which the shouting out of a racial slur was aired despite the broadcast being on a two-hour time
Ahead of the March 15 telecast, Lynette Howell Taylor and Bill Kramer speak with THR about the show they're hard at work preparing.
Global porn star Rocco Siffredi – whose life story inspired the Netflix series “Supersex” – is taking legal action against an investigative program aired by Italian broadcaster Mediaset and 16 aspiring porn actresses who have made on-camera allegations during the show that they
“The Kid in the Photo. Carlos Saura,” a portrait of the great Spanish filmmaker written and directed by daughter Anna Saura, will be brought to market at the Málaga Festival-Spanish Screenings by Latido Films. Few biographies will be so intimate and knowing, made with such
As much a lyrical ode to rural South African life as a clear-eyed interrogation of history’s lingering impact on often marginalized communities, Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar’s “Variations on a Theme” wowed audiences in Rotterdam, where it took home the top prize in the main
Indonesia has become the latest country to bar children under 16 from social media, with Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid announcing that account deactivations will begin on March 28, citing threats from online pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and
Maja Holand's doc, getting its international premiere at Thessaloniki on Friday before heading to Copenhagen, shows three Norwegian women, who don't know how to play music, form a coven and scream their way to major festivals.
British YouTuber KSI is taking a leaf out of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s book and making a docuseries charting his purchase of a struggling lower league U.K. soccer club. Earlier this week, the influencer and “Britain’s Got Talent” judge — real name Olajide Olatunji —
“CBS, they said you’re through/ And now it’s down to just to two Jimmys,” Fallon sang to his fellow host