“The Simpsons” is continuing to roll out new, exclusive content for Disney+ — announcing on Thursday that three new episodes will premiere on the streamer this summer. First up, the double episode “Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition” will launch June 17 on Disney+. That will be
Disney+ is continuing to expand its “The Simpsons” lineup, with the official announcement of three new episodes of the long-running animated comedy at the streamer. Disney+ will air the double episode “Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition” on June 17, followed by standalone episodes
Karen Gillan has joined “Shrinking” Season 4 in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively. The popular Apple TV dramedy was renewed for a fourth season earlier this year ahead of the Season 3 premiere. Gillan will appear alongside series stars Jason Segel, Harrison
Fox Creator Studios has set a production pact with comedian Tom Segura’s YMH Studios for a slate of projects designed to be released on his exiting digital and direct-to-consumer channels. The deal calls for Fox Creator Studios and YMH to jointly develop and finance properties
Gracie Abrams has annoiunced an ambitious global arena tour behind her upcoming “Daughter From Hell” album, dubbed the Look at My Life Tour, that will have her traversing North America from December 2026 through March 2027 before she moves on to Europe next April and May. The
Pixar’s latest hit movie “Hoppers” is coming to Disney+ very soon. The family-friendly animated film will begin streaming on Disney+ on June 3. “Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use a new technology to ‘hop’ her consciousness into a lifelike robotic beaver and
On Wednesday night at a sold-out Nationals Park in this nation’s capital, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band had just reached the end of “Streets of Minneapolis,” the song the Boss wrote about the ICE murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the resistance put forth by
“Off Campus,” Amazon Prime Video’s popular new young adult romance series has set the central couple for its second season. Season 2 will focus on Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis, played by Mika Abdalla (“Sex Appeal,” “Snack Shack,” “The Pitt) and Stephen Kalyn (“Gen V,”
En garde! Fencing is having a moment in America, and USA Fencing is looking to ride that momentum into the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Leaders of USA Fencing, the governing body for fencing in the U.S. and part of the U.S. Olympic Committee, have been making the rounds
Hania Mroue, founder and director of Beirut’s beloved Metropolis Cinema — Lebanon’s only arthouse movie theater — is planning to host the second edition of the South Screens (Écrans du Sud) Film Festival on Thursday evening, just as Israel is stepping up air strikes in Lebanon.
Guy Fieri has another Food Network show in the works — but this one has a digital twist. Titled “Guy’s Feast Club,” the talk-show style food program will debut Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m. ET exclusively on Food Network’s YouTube channel. Per the description for the show, “From
Variety’s annual A Night in the Writers’ Room event took place on May 7 in Los Angeles with intimate conversations and behind-the-scenes insights of some of the biggest shows on television. See the portraits below.
Biarritz Film Festival – Nouvelles Vagues has assembled an eclectic international lineup of rising actors, filmmakers and auteurs for the jury of its fourth edition which will be presided over by Kristen Stewart. Stewart, whose directorial debut “The Chronology of Water”
Lock and load: “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4” has been unveiled as the next mainline game in the Microsoft-owned Activision’s massive war-game franchise. Per the official description for the game, “Set against a rapidly escalating global conflict centered on the Korean
Suki Waterhouse is feeling nostalgic. On a gloomy spring afternoon, the 34-year-old meets me at a cozy Notting Hill pub across the street from the flat where she lived for most of her 20s. Her manager booked a table under a pseudonym, but at 2:30 p.m., the establishment is
The stand-up veteran, whose family-friendly film hits theaters Friday, tells The Hollywood Reporter about riding a horse for the Sony feature: "It could act better than I could."
Disney has collaborated with Dutch health-tech multinational Philips to create themed MRI scanners for children undergoing imaging procedures. The scanners, which launched this week in the U.S. and U.K. among a handful of other countries, will see Disney stories and characters
Existing generative AI models are built on batch processing: You give the system instructions; it runs computations; then spits back the results. Now comes a Silicon Valley startup that says it can produce gen-AI video (and other outputs) in real time — a potentially
CNN has sued Perplexity, alleging the AI company infringed the news network’s copyrights and trademarks by illegally copying and distributing content without its consent. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accused
Olivia Ponton is launching a new era for her book podcast — and as part of that, the influencer and model is looking to recast the blonde stereotype to show that someone can be both obsessed with fashion and beauty as well as intellectually curious. Ponton is renaming the show
Imax has been in an enviable position since the great box office reset. It’s no secret that movie theater attendance has languished in post-pandemic years. But when audiences have opted to go to cinemas, they’ve gravitated toward premium moviegoing options like Imax to
Rage Against the Machine co-founder and longtime activist Tom Morello has announced the “Power to the People” festival — described as a “non-partisan celebration of peace, justice, solidarity, music, and community action” — taking place Saturday, October 3, 2026 at Merriweather
Genre is in ascension, and Fantasia’s Frontières and the Toronto Festival’s TIFF: The Market are making sure Canadian filmmakers can reach for the top this fall. Frontières, the international genre co-production market organized by Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, is teaming
Greek filmmaker Thanasis Neofotistos' genre-bending debut feature, "born from a deeply personal, queer experience," is set in a remote Greek village ruled by superstition and world premieres in London.
Mubi has released the official trailer and artwork for Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The historical drama was among the festival’s standout titles this year, eliciting plenty of critical praise and being tipped as an
Variety’s first-ever Women’s Impact Report U.K. showcases the executives and talent that led from across the pond, driving top features and television series, winning awards and leading companies to greater things.
Terry Moran is accustomed to reporting from across the nation. Getting all that journalism served up? That’s where he’s had to learn a few things. “Logistics, equipment…all that stuff is ‘old dog, new tricks,'” quips Moran during a recent interview. Moran used to report for
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Buzz and Woody, Marvel superheroes and ‘Star Wars’ favorites are being incorporated into Philips Ambient Experience at medical facilities in 87 countries worldwide.
Walt Disney Co. CEO Josh D’Amaro, Sony Group Corp. president/CEO Hiroki Totoki and Liberty Media president/CEO Derek Chang are among new executives joining the Paley Center for Media’s board of trustees, while new names to the Paley Los Angeles Board of Governors include
Ania Magliano isn’t afraid of a risky joke. The 28-year-old British comedian — who has become a breakout star of “Saturday Night Live U.K.” — came out swinging in the premiere episode in March with an impressive takedown of former Prince Andrew, who had just been arrested and
The governess is thoroughly ungoverned in “Victorian Psycho,” a grisly ostensible horror comedy from director Zachary Wigon that’s neither frightening nor funny enough to pass muster — and not quite outrageous enough to garner the kind of notoriety it’s aiming for, either. A
Sting will star in a newly adapted production of his musical “The Last Ship” at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London from Sept. 22 to Oct. 3, produced by Karl Sydow, with Barney Norris contributing a new book. Leo Warner directs, with 59 – a Journey studio – handling set and
India’s Impact Films has pulled off a rare double at Cannes, with both the Palme d’Or winner and the Grand Prix winner – Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” and Andrei Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” – having been acquired for South Asian distribution before the festival opened. “Fjord,”
The Italian premiere of the first episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Season 3 has been set as opener of Italy’s upcoming Taormina Film Festival that will run June 10-14 in the Sicilian sea resort. “House of the Dragon” stars Steve Toussaint (Lord Corlys Velaryon), Harry
Sherlock Holmes remains a prime source of inspiration for TV execs, so what to do when series about the iconic private detective have become almost ubiquitous? Elementary, my dear reader; turn to his arch nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. The criminal mastermind, created by
Anna Bogutskaya discusses serving up an intriguing balance, a lineup throughline, the importance of stars, and how the Screen Festival showcases a Brazilian series just in time for the soccer World Cup.
“Afterpiece,” a Hong Kong drama produced by Derek Yee and directed by debut filmmaker Keane T.K. Wong, will world premiere as the opening film of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs June 12-21. The film centers on Owen, a once-celebrated stage director who
On the very day the “Freedom 250” concert series was announced, rapper Young MC became the second artist to publicly back out of the government-sponsored festival taking place on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C.. His exit following Morris Day’s statement earlier Wednesday
Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” an adaptation of Alan Alda’s 1981 film of the same name, has returned for a second season, and this time, grief, mid-life crises, babies and depression are on the menu. Created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, the first season followed
“The difference between Donald Trump and this guy is Donald Trump actually had a job before he was on a reality show”
ABC News led the 47th annual News Emmys with eight wins, including the top prize for outstanding live news program — the fourth consecutive victory for “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.” But coming on strong was a Disney sibling: Nat Geo, which won seven News Emmys
Student journalist Santiago Campos, a senior from Washington, D.C.’s District of Columbia International School, wowed the News Emmys crowd on Wednesday night by taking on CBS News as he accepted this year’s Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship — named after the legendary CBS
Steven Spielberg spoke out against AI in filmmaking during a recent appearance on Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson’s “IMO” podcast. While the legendary director said he thinks AI can be useful to “find solutions to medical issues,” he doesn’t want it taking over the creative
Singer Morris Day has denied what he is calling “rumors” that he and the Time are set to play a “Freedom 250” concert on the National Mall next month, even though organizers announced him as headlining a show June 27 as part of a 16-day patriotic fair in Washington, D.C. that
He also played John Hancock on Broadway and Tom Cruise’s father in ‘All the Right Moves.’
Jimmy Kimmel got teary-eyed while honoring podcaster-comedian Adam Carolla, his longtime friend and former colleague, at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Wednesday. Kimmel began his speech by remembering his first introduction to Carolla, which came in 1994 when the
The movie, which hits theaters Friday, is also produced by genre leaders James Wan and Osgood Perkins, and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass.
Olivia Rodrigo has spoken about the online controversy surrounding her recent choice to wear a babydoll dress, stating that the logic behind the criticism showed how “we really normalize pedophilia in our culture” and that she was actually inspired by music icons like Kathleen
Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” has been unveiled to members of the film press ahead of its June 12 release date, and first reactions are calling the sci-fi UFO-focused movie “Spielberg’s best film in 20 years,” with high praise for star Emily Blunt. Gizmodo senior
It's no wonder that every studio executive in Hollywood would kill to be in business with Curry Barker, the Gen Z auteur who first gained attention on YouTube. His horror film, costing $750,000 to make, has earned north of $68 million in under two weeks at the domestic box