On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus offers the latest on SAG-AFTRA’s contract negotiations with Hollywood’s largest studios and streamers. And Emily Longeretta pays tribute to James Van Der Beek, an actor who came to help define his generation
The upcoming Apple TV limited series “The Off Weeks” has added four recurring cast members. Variety has learned that Zoë Winters (“Succession,” “Materialists”), Tony Macht (“Dying For Sex,” Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!”), Ravi V. Patel (“Animal Control,” “Meet the Patels”), and Will
The U.K.’s Channel 4 has unveiled three new dramas from some of the territory’s most exciting creatives, including actor Anthony Boyle, “Slow Horses” showrunner Will Smith and production company Roughcut TV. First up is four-part series “Close to Home,” starring Boyle and
Kenjaku appears in the episode's eerie opener to affirm that Yuji is his "son."
McDonald’s is the latest fast-food chain to jump on the GLP-1 train, testing new menu items to appeal to growing swaths of customers on the popular weight-loss drugs.
The Track is a documentary film about a group of athletes training in post-war Bosnia to make the Olympics in luge. The Track is a coming-of-age journey of three friends chasing their improbable Olympic dreams in post-war Bosnia. Training on a crumbling track left behind from
Blizzard is bringing in a lot of new players with its new season, so here’s a few tips to get back in the swing of things
Who said playing support was easy? In an awards season overflowing with frontrunners and over-analyzed narratives, it’s not best picture or lead actor that’s stirring the pot the most. Instead, the two supporting actor categories have become the season’s most unpredictable
Alex Dumas, the CEO of Hermès, told Reuters that Epstein approached him in 2013.
Researchers at DTU have developed a nanolaser that could be the key to much faster and much more energy-efficient computers, phones, and data centers. The technology offers the prospect of thousands of the new lasers being placed on a single microchip, thus opening a digital
Tina Rivers Ryan steps down from the disgraced publication, the Studio Museum names three artists-in-residence, and a deeply unnecessary new Jeff Koons collab.
Climate change is reshaping life on Earth at an unprecedented pace. Across the globe, species are shifting their ranges, altering migration routes and breeding earlier in the year in response to rising temperatures. But while some of these changes appear adaptive, scientists
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should receive a pardon for corruption charges, saying Israeli President Isaac Herzog should be "ashamed of himself" for not granting one. Here are the details:
Iran and the United States have yet to set a date for a new round of talks after an initial encounter last week on the contested Iranian nuclear programme but, for now, US President Donald Trump is not rushing to launch military action against the Islamic republic. AFP looks at
US President Donald Trump threatened Iran Thursday with "very traumatic" consequences if it fails to make a nuclear deal -- but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was skeptical about the quality of any such agreement. Speaking a day after he hosted Netanyahu at
David Boreanaz is taking over the iconic role of Jim Rockford in NBC’s upcoming reboot pilot of “The Rockford Files.” The drama pilot was originally picked up at the broadcaster in January. Rockford is described as a “witty, world-weary and chronically broke private
In 2026, Nintendo is beefing up its titles for the Nintendo Switch 2 with more games, like “Metroid Prime 4: Beyond,” “Mario Kart World,” “Kirby Air Riders,” “Donkey Kong Bananza,” “Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment” and others. And now, the gaming company just dropped a new
Peter Jaysen and Alan Gasmer’s Veritas Entertainment are behind the movie based on the bestselling memoir ‘My Mama Cass’ from Elliot’s daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell.
His grandfather’s influence on his revolutionary thinking has finally come to light The post How Charles Darwin Inherited His World-shifting Ideas on Evolution appeared first on Nautilus .
Starring Baby Reindeer 's Jessica Gunning, the film is adapted from daughter Owen Elliot-Kugell's memoir My Mama, Cass
“Baby Reindeer” breakout Jessica Gunning will portray Cass Elliot in “My Mama Cass,” a biographical drama about the singer of the 1960s folk group the Mamas & The Papas. Adapted from Elliot’s only child Owen Elliot-Kugell’s memoir of the same name, the film will center on the
Berlin Film Festival kicked off on Thursday night with a spirit of hope, despite festivalgoers braving cold and wet weather as a heavy rainstorm infiltrated the city. Stars walking the red carpet — umbrellas and raincoats in tow — included Sean Baker, Bella Ramsey, Karim
Investors got some good news this week on the state of the labor market, and more may be on the way Friday on inflation.
The ships arrived two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country selling or providing oil to Cuba, prompting the island to ration energy.
A pair of researchers resigned from Anthropic and OpenAI this week, with one warning that the “world is in peril” from a multitude of crises. Mrinank Sharma announced his resignation from Anthropic in an open letter to his colleagues on Monday. Sharma, who has served on the
DHAKA, Feb 13 - Less than two months after returning from nearly two decades of self‑imposed exile in London, Tarique Rahman is set to win one of Bangladesh's most pivotal elections and become prime minister, leading the country as his parents once did.
In a new review, researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEF) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences synthesized evidence and proposed a multi-objective optimization framework for designing farmland windbreak systems that can better sustain agriculture in
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.
Trump's retribution campaign is hitting a losing streak.
John Fogerty – best known as the songwriter, singer, lead guitarist, arranger and producer for Creedence Clearwater Revival – has been named as this year’s recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Johnny Mercer Award. The award, which is the Hall’s highest honor, “is
The Kremlin on Thursday said it is discussing options with Cuba to provide assistance to the island in the face of a President Trump threatening tariffs on any country providing oil to Havana. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it is “impossible to discuss these issues in
The way Latino Americans' identity is represented on demographic forms can undermine their fundamental sense of belonging in the U.S., says new research. Across four experiments that surveyed more than 1,300 Latino participants before and after the 2020 and 2024 presidential
Fun word search game from Slate: Pears . (I love any Boggle-esque sort of game. Got 433 today .)
The “Dancing with the Stars” world is continuing to grow with a new spinoff. “Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro” will feature up-and-coming professional dancers who will live in a house together and compete in a grueling audition process. The winner will land a coveted spot
An intrepid team of scientists has created ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our farts
Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost.
A new AI-based system can generate high-resolution soybean yield maps across Brazil using only limited local data, improving yield estimates for this key agricultural region and potentially providing strategic benefits to global soybean markets. The newly published work by
Amid the remains of a sumptuous villa near Pompeii, the hard-hatted conservationist scraped away centuries-old ash to reveal a vibrant red fresco.
The opening night gala for the 2026 Berlinale boasted an array of top European talent and several emotional moments from Yeoh, Oscar winner Sean Baker, and German cinema legend Wim Wenders.
While most of the world's glaciers are retreating as the climate warms, a small but significant population behaves very differently—and the consequences can be severe. A team of international scientists, led by the University of Portsmouth, has carried out a comprehensive
The EPA has scrapped a rule stating that climate change harms human health. Here’s what that could mean
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Massie takes the view, however that anyone who associated with Epstein after 2018 is fair game. Is that fair? You be the judge.
After the retired Navy captain told servicemembers they don't have to obey illegal orders, Defence Secretary Hegseth moved to cut his rank.
As ocean temperatures rise due to climate change, corals and other sensitive organisms survive where temperatures are less extreme. But a new study from researchers at Florida Tech, published this month in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, found that local land
The newly unveiled advisory board, spanning leaders in production, finance, tech and talent management, will select creatively ambitious African and diaspora projects for investment and support.
Madame Morrible is a Golden Bear winner. Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh added another prestigious award to her collection on Wednesday night in a very rainy Berlin, where she was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 2026 Berlinale.
Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single scan, all with nanoscale precision. The instrument can even examine complete quantum chips, accelerating research and innovation in the field of quantum
Using advanced machine learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops like wheat, barley, and rye probably were much less widespread in the Middle East 12,000 years ago than previously believed. This challenges traditional assumptions about the
