Michael Alaimo, a theater and film actor known for his roles in “Space Jam” and the Oscar-nominated “The China Syndrome,” died Friday, May 2, in Burbank, Calif. He was 86. Alaimo’s death was confirmed to Variety by Alaimo’s daughter, longtime TV PR and communications executive
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “The Studio,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Months after filming his final scenes in “The Studio,” guest star Dave Franco got a call from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for a last minute idea that wound up
George Coulam, the founder and longstanding owner of the Texas Renaissance Festival whose eclectic lifestyle and hunt for a successor were documented in the 2024 HBO docuseries “Ren Faire,” was found dead in his home in Todd Mission, Texas on Wednesday morning. He was 87. An
Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s feature debut centers on a married couple where the wife dies of a respiratory illness and returns to a grieving husband as a vacuum cleaner.
Nearly 40 years after his death, Orson Welles is back — as a disembodied AI-generated voice in location-based storytelling app Storyrabbit. Storyrabbit, from podcast company Treefort Media, inked a partnership with the Orson Welles Estate to launch “Orson Welles Presents.” The
The Oscar nominee said it was “horrible” having to live with Gosling in an attempt to “destroy this thing that we had made.”
A film adaptation of 2024 novel “Georgie, All Along” is in the works at Daryl Steiger’s newly launched romance-focused production company A Cup of Happy Productions. From bestselling author Kate Clayborn, “Georgie, All Along” follows longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy,
Grief and ghosts aren’t new territory for any national cinema — and this is perhaps particularly true of Thailand. But, “A Useful Ghost” is an entertaining and moving – if also somewhat sprawling – fable of love and loss that isn’t quite like anything you’ve seen before. The
The historical drama, from 'Living' and 'Moffie' director Oliver Hermanus, premiered in competition in Cannes Wednesday night.
Production directed by Kenny Leon ( Othello ) to take place at New York’s the Shed
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor brought tears to Cannes Film Festival attendees on Wednesday night with Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” which earned a six-minute standing ovation. While Mescal received a standing ovation when walking in, O’Connor had to miss the premiere
As the 2025 WNBA season dribbles into full force, the reigning champions, the New York Liberty, are making headlines not just for their on-court prowess but also for a new partnership with travel brand Away. Announced just ahead of the team’s home opener, Away has become the
Joey King is in talks to star in “Practical Magic 2” alongside Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. She’s reportedly playing the daughter of Kidman’s character. Bullock and Kidman are reprising their roles as Sally and Gillian Owens, two sisters who descend from a long line of
Legendary and Capcom are co-developing the adaptation of the popular video game franchise to be directed by Kita Sakurai.
Susanne Bier is directing the Warner Bros. feature that will shoot late this summer.
CAA has announced that the tenth annual CAA Moebius Film Festival, a two-day screening series showcasing graduate student filmmakers, will take place May 28–29, 2025. Marking its tenth anniversary, this year’s festival features its broadest representation of film programs to
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s “A Useful Ghost” has picked up Critics Week’s Grand Prize. The film has been picking up fans among journalists since the premiere, intrigued by its absurd yet sweet story of a woman who dies from dust pollution and a husband who’s shocked to find
Amid the many familiar names in the top 10 at present, there’s one that stands out as this year’s biggest who’s that? breakout so far. Nestled in the No. 2 position on Billboard’s Top 100, and poised to possibly take over the top spot, is Alex Warren’s brooding ballad,
Claes Bang (“The Square,” “The Northman”) stars as a KGB counterintelligence officer in “Billion Dollar Spy,” a cold war thriller headlined by Oscar-winner Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey (“Industry”). Directed by BAFTA winner Amma Asante (“A Way of Life”), the film is produced
Luck is a peculiar concept. Winning the lottery is lucky, but so too is it the traditional thing to say when the bus that could have killed you merely breaks every bone in your body. Lloyd Lee Choi’s compassionate, absorbing, sometimes agonizing “Lucky Lu” deals exclusively in
The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards has selected popular anime “Attack on Titan” as the first recipient of its Global Impact Award, which it describes as celebrating “visionary creators and groundbreaking works that have left an indelible mark on culture, history, and the hearts
Before composer Antonio Sanchez officially came on board to score “The Studio,” the new Hollywood satire show from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the episodes were already using his “Birdman” score as temp music. So when Sanchez sat down with Rogen and Goldberg, it only took
Mr. Scorsese, directed by Rebecca Miller, features interviews with Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Spielberg, and more
For a filmmaker making gripping thrillers dealing with religion and oppressive politics, Tarik Saleh is surprisingly funny and joyful. The filmmaker, who became Sweden’s most prominent street artists before turning into one of the country’s biggest star filmmaker, returns to
When “St. Denis Medical” co-creator Eric Ledgin found himself in the hospital last year, he didn’t tell the doctors and nurses attending to him that he was deep into production on a new medical series about their profession. At least not at first. The hit NBC comedy hadn’t
Following the Cannes premiere of “The Phoenician Scheme,” due in theaters later this month, a new book highlights Wes Anderson’s unique vision of storytelling and cinema. It drops on Tuesday, Sept. 9, but the book is available for preorder right now. “Wes Anderson All the
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman struck a deal to acquire io, the product-development startup founded by Jony Ive — the former Apple design guru behind the iPhone — in a deal valued at $6.5 billion. The all-stock deal is OpenAI’s biggest acquisition to date. Privately held OpenAI
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho's Portuguese language film bowed in competition in Cannes this past weekend.
"The History of Sound," which might be described as a minimalist Masterpiece Theatre-on-the-frontier riff on "Brokeback," is a drama that mostly just sits there. It’s far from incompetent, but it’s listless and spiritually inexpressive. It’s "Brokeback Mountain" on sedatives.
Rapper Rod Wave was arrested in Georgia yesterday on 14 counts including aggravated assault, possession of a firearm and felony tampering with evidence. The musician, known for hits like “Tombstone” and “Street Runner,” was detained in Fulton County and released on $50,000 bond
A new book from Christophe Narbonne offers a deep dive into every Wes Anderson film, episode and short — from classics such as “Rushmore” to newer favorites like “Asteroid City.” The 288-page book officially comes out Sept. 9 and is part of the “All the Films” series, which so
Neon has acquired the North American rights to Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent.” The film premiered in competition at Cannes on Sunday. Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leon, Carlos Francisco, Alice Carvalho, and Hermila Guedes star. Neon plans for a
Singer Chris Brown was released from a British jail Wednesday on a £5 milion bond after being charged with inflicting an “unprovoked attack” on a man in a London nightclub in 2023, according to the BBC. As part of his bail conditions, Brown, 36, who had not been asked to enter
Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound” is the first time in ages that a mainstream Hindi-language production has felt vital — at least since Ghaywan’s own “Masaan,” which premiered at Cannes 10 years ago. A drama in which aspirations collide with harsh political realities, its tale of
UTA has signed multi-hyphenate content creator and podcast host Chloe Shih for representation in all areas. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and LinkedIn Top Voice, Chloe is widely known for her engaging content on career growth, personal development and life in your 30s. With over
Disney is bringing back its FYC Fest to the DGA theatre on Sunset Blvd. at the end of the month, kicking off their pop-up event with a series finale event for Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” on May 28. The 11-day event will then end on June 7 with an Emmy event for the FX series […]
Michael B. Jordan is set to become the 39th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award. The “Sinners” star and “Creed III” director will be feted with a tribute ceremony on Nov. 20 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. “The career of Michael B. Jordan has been an
The ‘Sinners’ star will be honored at a Nov. 20 fundraiser gala at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
India’s National Film Award-winning star Dhanush is set to portray India’s revered former president and aerospace scientist Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a biopic titled “Kalam: The Missile Man of India,” unveiled at the Cannes Film Market. The project will be helmed by director Om
In the 2008 “Phineas and Ferb” episode “Comet Kermillian,” the title characters’ older sister Candace is enjoying a day at the park when through a series of unfortunate events, a pair of squirrels wind up in her pants. As she starts convulsing hysterically, a nearby group of
The screenings, set for July and August in East Hampton, will be followed by conversations with the films' directors and HamptonsFilm co-chair Alec Baldwin and artistic director David Nugent.
TelevisaUnivision and Disney are getting closer in an era when more media companies are eager to strike new alliances to put their streaming offerings in front of bigger groups of consumers. The Spanish-language giant will gain access to Disney’s Hulu+Live TV service, which
If Instagram is to be trusted, it seems that over the last few months, everyone has cashed in their two weeks PTO for a European vacation or exotic beach getaway. Feeds are populated with al fresco dining on the rues of Paris, happy hour tapas in Barcelona and “Eat, Pray,
An adorable blue extraterrestrial creature and a teflon spy operative are expected to ignite the box office over Memorial Day weekend. Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” is projected to lead with a massive $150 million to $160 million from 4,410 North American theaters over the four-day
How far does a billion YouTube views get you in a film pitch? Not very, as Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou learned while scraping together funding for their first feature. In their twenties, the brothers honed their filmmaking chops — and gained millions of
Michael Schur is one of TV’s most successful showrunners, with series like “Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place” and, currently, “A Man on the Inside.” But fans of “The Office” perhaps still know him best as Mose, Dwight Schrute’s Amish cousin. It was a bit part he agreed to
Horror icon Eli Roth is set to serve another twisted treat to global audiences as his latest spine-chiller, “Ice Cream Man,” racks up a flurry of international sales following its market debut in Cannes. The film, backed by Media Capital Technologies (MCT) and Roth’s newly
The revelation of former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis has seemed to halt the ongoing debate over his fitness for office. But the co-author of the new book “Original Sin” tells Variety that conversation is fair, and should continue. Together, CNN’s Jake Tapper and
Rob McElhenney was visiting a stunning new West Hollywood hotel recently to speak at a conference, and started snapping photographs of the place on his cellphone. “I’d never been there before, and it was stunning” he says. “So I took a bunch of pictures because I was like,
