Netflix has unveiled its first “KPop Demon Hunters” collaboration with toy maker Hasbro, with the release of an official Monopoly Deal card game based on the hit animated film. The Monopoly Deal: Kpop Demon Hunters Card Game dropped this month on Amazon as the first official
The awards show, hosted again by Nikki Glaser, airs live Sunday on CBS and streams on Paramount+. Keep up with all the winners here as they are announced live.
The actor reportedly said he no longer wanted the firearm and authorities took possession of it for safekeeping
Anna Baryshnikov, Camila Mendes, Julia Fox and Benito Skinner star in Nastasya Popov's feature that Utopia is set to release later this year.
“Godzilla Minus Zero,” the upcoming sequel to the successful “Godzilla Minus One,” will open in North America on Nov. 6 from Toho and GKids. The release comes just three days after the Japanese release, which Toho says is a rare near-simultaneous bow for a Japan-produced
Actor and director Timothy Busfield is facing two counts of sexual abuse involving a minor in New Mexico after an arrest warrant was issued on Friday. The investigation involves twin boys who were actors on the TV series “The Cleaning Lady” in 2022, on which Busfield was
The sequel to the Oscar-winning film has a release date of Nov. 6 in North America.
Timothée Chalamet’s character in “Marty Supreme” was meant to embody a young kid from the streets of New York. Director Josh Safdie wanted to bring real authenticity to the film, not just visually but also in how the characters looked and felt. “It wouldn’t make sense to drop
The actress, who played quirky scientist Darcy in three 'Thor' movies, poked fun at the possibilities for her character as she was asked about appearing in 'Avengers: Doomsday.'
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “People We Meet on Vacation,” now streaming on Netflix. Book lovers reached their happy place Friday when the film adaptation of Emily Henry’s beloved beach read “People We Meet on Vacation” dropped on Netflix. Starring Emily
Netflix has ordered a series adaptation of Justin Halpern’s 2012 memoir “I Suck at Girls,” which will be written by Halpert and Patrick Schumacker, who both serve as co-showrunners on “Abbott Elementary” alongside Quinta Brunson. “Shrinking” and “Scrubs” exec producer Bill
Carol Burnett toasted the honorees at an event that also paid tribute to Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner.
“KPop Demon Hunters” screenwriters Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan are taking on some massive new IP — signing on to script Tim Burton’s reimagining of the classic “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman.” Warner Bros. Pictures tapped the writing duo to write the screenplay for the
Craig Perreault, president of Penske Media Corporation, says the collaboration unlocks a "groundbreaking new frontier"
Paul Haggis has reached a settlement with the former film publicist who won a $10 million rape verdict against him in 2022. The ex-publicist, Haleigh Breest, accused the “Crash” director of raping her and forcing her to perform oral sex after a premiere in January 2013. Breest
There are voices that, once heard, cannot be unheard. For Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, the voice of five-year-old Hind Rajab — pleading for help as Israeli forces surrounded her family’s car in Gaza in January 2024 — became an artistic and moral imperative she could
The struggle is real but so are the opportunities — and the potential to drive profits and growth are an order of magnitude larger than anyone can predict at this fraught moment for media, entertainment and technology. Those central business dichotomies and much more were
Burton is attached to direct a remake of the 1958 B-movie classic for Warner Bros.
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “His & Hers,” now streaming on Netflix. Based on Alice Feeney’s novel of the same name, Tessa Thompson leads “His & Hers” as the character Anna Andrews, starring opposite Jon Bernthal, who portrays Detective Jack in the
Rock legend Nick Cave might have been a natural to ask to write a theme song for “Train Dreams,” even if he didn’t have any personal connections or ins with the filmmakers or cast. One of his most acclaimed albums, “Ghosteen,” deals with grief following the death of his teenage
Katie Leung told The Guardian in a new interview that her casting as Cho Chang in the “Harry Potter” film franchise and the resulting racism she received online from toxic fans “probably made me less outgoing.” “It was overwhelming from the get-go,” Leung said about the instant
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
The rare issue of Action Comics No. 1 was released in 1938 and previously belonged to Nicolas Cage
Bentley Green also stars in Tamika Miller's feature that is set to hit theaters from Seismic Releasing.
For his first feature in more than seven years, Gus Van Sant returns to themes — and also to a significant moment in time — that have resonated with the director over the course of a four-decade career. Such an artistic comeback makes an ideal excuse for a wide-ranging
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
The cousin of one of the writers of “Top Gun: Maverick” has lost his lawsuit against Paramount, in which he claimed to have written key scenes in the film. The plaintiff, Shaun Gray, is now facing potential liability for allegedly defrauding the studio and infringing on its
There’s a scene in “The Housemaid” in which Sydney Sweeney and Brandon Sklenar watch an old episode of “Family Feud” with host Richard Dawson. When they were filming the tension-filled sequence in early 2025, a lightbulb suddenly turned on in Sweeney’s head. “Syd goes, ‘We’ve
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has filed an antitrust lawsuit against some 18 music publishers and their trade organization, the National Music Publishers Association, in the latest move in a drawn-out battle over licensing. The platform alleges that the companies and NMPA
The move is a departure from the streaming service's business model of only paying fees up front.
Few shows have garnered the kind of immediate public support and viral buzz quite like “Heated Rivalry.” From Canadian production company Bell Media, and streaming in the U.S. on HBO Max, the hockey romance series has propelled its two leads, Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams,
The American Film Institute’s AFI Awards on Friday proved once again to be one of the starriest events of awards season. George Clooney, Emma Stone, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan Hawke, Wunmi Mosaku and Rhea Seehorn were among the earliest arrivals at the red carpet luncheon at the
The creative team behind Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” gathered for a panel discussion as part of the Variety Screening Series to reveal the collaborative process that brought Maggie O’Farrell’s novel to life on screen. The film follows Agnes (Jessie Buckley), the wife of a young
Jennifer Lawrence said during a live recording of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast (via People) that acting in sex scenes with strangers is “preferable” because things are way less awkward when you have to get intimate with a co-star who is not a friend. As an example, the
In the carefully calibrated economy of Alexander Skarsgård’s filmography, “Pillion” arrives as something of a quiet revelation — a film that asks one of contemporary cinema’s most physically imposing leading men to communicate not through brute force or spectacle, but through
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
The bustling and booming creator economy was in the spotlight at the first-ever Variety Business of Creators Summit presented by Samsung Ads at CES. The half-day program on Thursday, Jan. 8, featured a lineup of top Hollywood and media leaders, brand execs, creators, marketers
As Mike White is still in the in the midst of writing the anticipated Season 4 of “The White Lotus,” Variety has learned that the hit anthology will shoot at a 19th-century palace-turned-luxury hotel called the Château de La Messardière in Saint-Tropez on the Côte d’Azur. The
When Iraqi helmer-writer Hasan Hadi nabbed the Golden Camera for best first feature at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival with “The President’s Cake,” Iranian director Jafar Panahi, winner of the main competition, offered some advice. “Be careful,” he said, “I got that award 30
Alamo Drafthouse, the dine-in theater chain that’s popular among cinephiles, is trying to reduce distractions at the movies. So the Texas-based cinema company is introducing a new mobile ordering service that will replace the traditional mode of pen-and-paper at the hands of
HBO Max announced on Wednesday that the award-winning “The Pitt” has been picked up for a third season — and star Noah Wyle says the team is already mapping out ideas. While Season 2 — which premiered Thursday — takes place over July 4th weekend, Wyle doesn’t think next season
“I think that there’s this whole narrative that I’m hiding this thing,” she said. “I don’t understand it”
On Thursday night’s “CBS Evening News” broadcast, its anchor, in his fifth night on the job, strained for a unifying moment of grace. Reporting from Minneapolis in the aftermath of an ICE agent shooting and killing 37-year-old mother Renée Good, Tony Dokoupil spoke for a bit
'Bugonia,' 'Frankenstein,' 'Hamnet,' 'Marty Supreme' and 'Train Dreams' also made the cut for the PGA's top award.
Director Jem Garrard's Tubi Originals feature centers on a group of sorority sisters and is currently in production.
The Producers Guild of America unveiled its nominees for the 37th Annual Producers Guild Awards, setting the stage for the Oscar race for best picture. The guild’s marquee prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, is widely
Some of the biggest — and newest — tech companies from around the world come to Las Vegas every January for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where brands unveil and showcase their latest innovations for electronics, smart home devices, wellness tech and entertainment to an
Elizabeth Mitchell, Jessy Schram and Garret Dillahunt also star in the film from Epic Pictures Group.