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Director and Producer James Wan on YouTube Filmmakers: ‘You Don’t Even Need to Be in the System Anymore to Get Something Made’

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YouTube Canada’s Slate of Creator Shows to Include a Series of Kareem Rahma’s ‘SubwayTakes’ in Toronto

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Netflix Orders Dark Comedy ‘All the Rage’ From ‘Dead to Me’ Duo Liz Feldman, Kelly Hutchinson

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‘Evil Genius’ Review: Courteney Cox Fashions the Pizza Bomber Case Into a Broad, Shrilly Played Farce

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Rei Ami on Her New Pop Girl Era, and How Feeling Confident Inspired Her New Single ‘2 Loud’: ‘It’s a Clapback’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Far Cry’ FX Series Casts Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater, Sam Spruell, Jamie Demetriou

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‘Lizzie Borden’ Cast on Treating the Story as a Comedy, the Joy of Playing a Sadistic Character and Finding Empathy for a Bloody Monster: ‘I Understand This Person’

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Miley Cyrus Describes Last Conversation With Dolly Parton, Prompted by Sending Over Her New Album: ‘Though We Were So Different, That’s What Made Us Perfect for Each Other’

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Neil LaBute and Gia Crovatin on Making Hitchcock-Lean Indie Horror-Comedy ‘Murderous’

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Spotify Launches Fresh Finds Forward Program to Support Emerging Independent Musicians

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‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams Sparks TIFF Chaos, Teases Season 2

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Zoë Bell Is Ready for Round Two

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Eric Schrier Moves to Production Pact as Disney Shakes Up TV Leadership With Adam Smith Taking Full Oversight of Direct to Consumer

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The Heartbreakers Talk About Surprise Reunion, and How Chris Stapleton ‘Was So Enthralled’ Hearing Tom Petty’s Band Play ‘American Girl,’ ‘He Forgot to Sing’

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Nintendo of America President on Switch 2 Life Cycle and ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Anniversary Plans: ‘This Is Just Beginning’

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Jalen Brunson Officially Set for ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Season 28 Guest Role

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How Matthew Osubor Turned a Chance Meeting With an Indie Film Veteran Into No-Budget Debut ‘Big Daddy’s Flowers’

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Nielsen Revamps Streaming Top 10 Lists, Reporting Viewership Two Weeks Behind Instead of Four Weeks

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Survival Tips From Oldenburg’s Resident Provocateur: Edgar Pera

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‘Pan’s Labyrinth’: 20th Anniversary Books Reveal Rare Concept Art and Full Shooting Script

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‘Elsinore,’ ‘Clarissa’ and More Join Frameline Fall Showcase Lineup

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Ms. Rachel to Match Macklemore’s $1 Million Donation to Support Palestine: ‘I Invite Every Wealthy White Celebrity’ to Do the Same

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Halle Berry, Regina King and Meg Ryan Announced as Jurors for Tribeca and Chanel’s Through Her Lens Filmmaker Program

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Kim Kardashian Taps Olympians Chloe Kim, Jutta Leerdam and More for New NikeSKIMS Campaign

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Barbra Streisand Condemns Trump’s ‘Unchecked Ego’ Over Kennedy Center Name Battle: ‘Galling and Painful to Witness’

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Sony TV Chief Keith Le Goy on Why PlayStation 5 FAST Channels Are Set Up for Success: 40-50 Million People ‘Incredibly Engaged With That Platform’

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Universal, Facing Backlash Over ‘Musk,’ Now Holds Internal Talks to Keep Alex Gibney’s Doc

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Fan Bingbing, Pedro Pascal, John Malkovich, Javier Bardem Films Lead Tokyo Festival’s Gala Selection

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Dr. Orna Guralnik Gives Ciara Miller, Dylan Efron and Carl Schmidt a ‘Couples Therapy’ Session in New Samsung Galaxy Spot

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Greta Gerwig Says ‘Narnia’ Is Inspired by David Bowie, Confirms Meryl Streep Is Voicing Aslan: ‘I Wanted Someone Profound but Not Pretentious’

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‘The Simpsons’ Casting Director Scott Muller to Recruit Voices for Animated Film ‘The Most Serious Fart’

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A Generation Raised by ‘Judge Judy’: Judith Sheindlin Reflects on Her Long Run in TV, Shifting to Producing and Revving a ‘Baby Judy’ Series

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Empowering Content Libraries with AI is the New Future for Communal Fan Experiences, Execs Reveal: ‘You Have Companies Sitting on Crown Jewels’

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Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates and More Join Barack Obama’s ‘A Great Book’ Podcast at Audible

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Top Media Execs Break Down How to Super-Serve Audiences, the Real Threat of ‘AI Slop’ and More at Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit

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’99 Nights in the Forest’: Josh Cooley to Pen 20th Century Studios’ Adaptation of Survival Horror Video Game (Exclusive)

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‘I Play Rocky,’ ‘Elsinore’ and ‘Tangles’ Signal an Oscar Season About the Craft of Acting and Memory

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‘Fortnite’ Launches ‘Kingdom Hearts’ Crossover (Gaming News Roundup)

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Edie Falco to Star in Fox Legal Drama ‘Katie Greaves’

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‘Miami Vice ’85’: John Leguizamo to Play the Bad Guy in Joseph Kosinski’s Crime Thriller (Exclusive)

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‘Onwards and Sideways’ Review: Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans Cut Through the Sweetness of a Gentle, Compassionate Parkinson’s Drama

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Zara Larsson Blasts Trump’s White House as ‘F—ing Losers’ for Using ‘Midnight Sun’ to Promote Deportations

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Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch 2026: Meet the Artists Behind ‘Wildwood,’ ‘Hexed,’ ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ and More

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Sony TV North America Distribution Executive Vice President Flory Bramnick Plans to Depart After 24 Years (EXCLUSIVE)

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Noah Baumbach Signs First Look Deal With Warner Bros.; Sets New Theatrical Movie With Studio Label Clockwork (EXCLUSIVE)

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Wyatt Russell Joins Asa Butterfield, Mark Strong in John Carroll Lynch Comedy ‘Happy’

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Wyatt Russell Joins Asa Butterfield, Mark Strong and Kyra Sedgwick in John Carroll Lynch Comedy ‘Happy’

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Like Nastya Signs Content Development Deal With Disney

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A TikTok Script Expert Pitched Puppet Horror Movie ‘Play House’ at Fantastic Fest. One Year Later, The $100,000 Film Is Set to Debut After an ‘Intense’ Production

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Women‘s Impact Report 2026

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