Justin Bieber addressed his instantly memed paparazzi moment on his new album “Swag” — you know, the one where he says, “It’s not clocking to you that I’m standing on business.” Throughout the album, he includes three interludes that play like therapy sessions with comedian
After an investigation cast into doubt the events of her best-selling memoir, Winn's publisher has been forced to delay her next book, 'On Winter Hill.'
“Flagrant” podcast host and comedian Andrew Schulz is somewhat turning on Donald Trump after voting for him over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. During a recent podcast episode (via The Daily Beast), Schulz admitted he’s been sort of duped by Trump. As the
There’s a morbid symmetry to how the “Dexter” franchise limps along as its parent company, too, becomes a shell of its former self. Showtime, once a premium cable competitor to HBO, now lives on largely as a sub-brand of a streaming service while Paramount Global grovels before
Deathpixie, who’s being billed as the first virtual artist in the electronic music space, has signed with Deadmau5’s Mau5trap label, Variety can exclusively announce. Since debuting last year with “Hell Girl,” Deathpixie has released a parade of singles that have racked up
Stellan Skarsgård opened up about working with Ingmar Bergman at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “My complicated relationship with Bergman has to do with him not being a very nice guy. He was a nice director, but you can still denounce a person as an asshole. Caravaggio was
Agnieszka Holland, the director of Oscar nominated films like “Angry Harvest,” “Europa Europa” and “In Darkness,” has completed post on her latest film, Franz Kafka biopic “Franz,” and will launch it at a fall festival, but which one exactly she will not say. Speaking
Restored movies by Pedro Almodóvar, Stanley Kubrick, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Manoel de Oliveira, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Tsai Ming-Liang are set to screen as part of the Venice Film Festival’s 18-title Venice Classics lineup. Almodóvar’s 1986 erotic thriller “Matador,” featuring
Intramovies has picked up interational sales rights for Italian drama “Mosquitoes” (“Le Bambine”). Directed by Valentina and Nicole Bertani, it will premiere at Locarno Film Festival’s official competition. Valentina Bertani’s already behind well-received doc “The Crown
President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on global trading partners with Canada likely to be among the worst hit. In a letter sent to its northern neighbor late on Thursday, Trump said the U.S. will impose a 35% tariff on the country at the start of next month.
Malcolm McDowell stars in the World War II movie about the exploits of one of Britain’s premier female spies, Krystyna Skarbek.
Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales on two genre titles ahead of their world premieres at FrightFest 2025, adding Eric Owen’s cat-and-mouse thriller “In a Cold Vein” and Matt Harlock’s mind-bending “Blockhead” to its slate. “In a Cold Vein” marks the second feature
The Champs-Elysees Film Festival, created by distributor-exhibitor Sophie Dulac in 2012 to build a bridge between French and American film industries and cultures, is shuttering after 14 editions. Dulac’s decision to end the festival comes on the heels of a tumultuous 14th
Alberto Rodriguez’s “Los Tigres,” backed by Movistar Plus+, and Netflix title “She Walks in Darkness,” produced by “Society of the Snow” director J.A. Bayona, feature among a first wave of 22 Spanish titles unveiled Friday by the San Sebastián Intl. Film Festival, the biggest
Mann, a director "straight out of Hollywood mythology," will receive this year's Lumiere award.
Michael Mann is set to receive the Lumiere Award at the 17th edition of the Lumière Festival in Lyon this fall. The festival, headed by Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux, celebrates classic films and honors iconic filmmakers and actors every year. Previous Lumiere honorees include
Production on the iconic Australian soap opera “Neighbours” has officially wrapped for Prime Video, with the cast filming their final scenes at Nunawading studios on Friday. The series, which has entertained audiences for over 40 years, will air its last episodes in December,
The HollyShorts Film Festival is pulling out all the stops for its 21st edition, assembling a powerhouse lineup featuring global music icon Stormzy, the late Michael Madsen, Viola Davis, Stephen Fry, Idris Elba, Letitia Wright and a host of other A-list talent. Running Aug.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “A Beating Heart…,” the series premiere of “Dexter: Resurrection,” now streaming on Paramount+. When “Dexter: Resurrection” was announced during last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, we sat down with Michael C. Hall to ask one main
Justin Bieber has released his seventh album “Swag” just hours after announcing both the project and its tracklist. The album clocks in at 21 tracks, featuring guest appearances from a slew of artists including Gunna, Sexyy Red, Druski, Dijon, Lil B, Cash Cobain, Eddie Benjamin
Calling all “Dexter,” “Dexter: New Blood” and “Dexter: Original Sin” fans! While fans can pick up new Funko Pop! releases ahead of the new series release, Showtime is set to drop a new sequel series called “Dexter: Resurrection.” The first two episodes of the premiere season
Plenty of horror movies have shifted the focus from vampires to vampire hunters, imagining an underground network of stake-drivers combatting the elusive breed of bloodsuckers. Sometimes the two sides overlap, as in the “Blade” films. “Abraham’s Boys” has the gist of an
Travis Scott has announced that his Cactus Jack compilation album “Jackboys 2” will release this Sunday (July 13). The rapper revealed the release date on social media after teasing it for months. The project will be hosted by rap legend Bun B and is set to feature 17 tracks.
The actor explained to Ted Danson that he grew up in a "very socially conservative kind of environment."
With “Too Much,” “Girls” creator-star Lena Dunham has made her long-awaited return to television, and the ensemble she’s brought along with her is, well, too much. The series stars viral comedian and “Hacks” breakout Megan Stalter and “White Lotus” Season 2 star Will Sharpe as
The American Century Championship isn’t just a golf tournament — it’s where the fairways meet the red carpet, the NFL meets the NBA, and Charles Barkley meets… whatever his swing is doing this year. Now in its 36th year, the celebrity-studded event takes over Edgewood Tahoe
On any list of the most admired composers working in film today, Alexandre Desplat would be either at the top or very close to it. That’s not just for the quality of the work — although, as his list of 11 Oscar nominations and two wins would indicate, there is that — but the
There’s a new DC universe in town that’s being kick-started by James Gunn’s “Superman” this weekend. Headlined by David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, “Superman” is poised to relaunch the DC universe and usher in a more vibrant, less serious connected world after Zack Snyder’s
Tracy Ifeachor, who played Dr. Heather Collins in Season 1 of “The Pitt,” will not return for Season 2. Sources tell Variety that the decision was made by the show’s creative team; Ifeachor is not leaving “The Pitt” of her own accord. Dr. Collins is a senior resident at the
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 senior awards editor Clayton Davis.
“Lords of the Rings” Oscar winner Peter Jackson has not directed a narrative feature film in more than a decade. His last feature, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” was released in 2014. Since then, Jackson has pivoted to documentaries with 2018’s “They Shall Not
Grief and heartbreak easily lend themselves to stories rooted in the dreamy potential of the counterfactual. The loss of another demands you ask yourself (over and over again, perhaps) a simple question with infinite answers: “What if?” What if I’d said this? What if I’d done
Jake Gyllenhaal is set to reprise his role in the sequel to the studio's 2024 remake of the 1980s cult classic.
Ed Helms recently stopped by SiriusXM’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast, hosted by Ted Danson, and remembered how nervous he was for his parents to see “The Hangover,” Todd Phillips’ 2009 R-rated comedy blockbuster, which paired Helms with Bradley Cooper and Zach
The 2025 German Motorcycle Grand Prix features some of the world’s best bikers coming to “Deutschland,” including Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, Marco Bezzecchi, Jorge Martin and others. Scheduled for Friday, July 11 to Sunday, July 13, the racing event takes place at the
Guy Ritchie has exited as the director of “Road House 2.” It’s not yet clear why Ritchie has parted ways with the Amazon MGM project, which sees Jake Gyllenhaal reprising his lead role as Dalton. The film is set to begin production this September. Will Beall (“Bad Boys: Ride or
Actors Bob Balaban, Jordan E. Cooper, and BD Wong, along with notable theater artisans such as director Sarah Benson and Repertorio Español executive artistic director Rafael Sánchez, have been named to the 2025–2026 Broadway season Tony Awards Nominating Committee. Presented
‘Concussion’ helmer Peter Landesman is directing the indie based on a real-life Texas prison uprising, with Kevin Sheridan penning the screenplay.
Taylor Kitsch, the star of “Friday Night Lights” and “Lone Survivor,” is set to lead the independent survival thriller “Eleven Days.” Set in Texas during the summer of 1974, “Eleven Days” follows the head of the Texas Department of Corrections Jim Estelle (Kitsch) who plays a
What "Sovereign" dramatizes is that in the face of a controlling technological bureaucratic society (the tech isn’t incidental — it’s the means of control), the desire for authority, for dignity, for sovereignty, for a basic sense of power over one’s life is now so intense that
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Worms,” Episode 4 of “The Bear” Season 4. Ayo Edebiri’s Sydney Adamu is, in many ways, the heart of “The Bear” — and of The Bear, the restaurant the show revolves around. It may have been Carmy’s (Jeremy Allen White) spot first,
“Scrubs” is officially scrubbing back in at ABC. Variety has learned that the planned reboot of the beloved hospital comedy has been ordered straight-to-series at the broadcaster for the 2025-2026 season. As previously reported, original series star Zach Braff is already
The James Bond franchise was thrown for a loop last month when it was announced that Denis Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond film, with Tanya Lapointe signing on as an executive producer. The news came after long-time producers and custodians Michael G. Wilson and
The crime is never shown, nor explicitly detailed, in “When a River Becomes the Sea,” Catalan director Pere Vilà Barceló’s quiet, contemplative but cumulatively hard-hitting portrait of a young woman reassembling herself after a sexual assault. It certainly doesn’t need to be.
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The End of the Road,” Season 2, Episode 12 of “Poker Face,” now streaming on Peacock. Every episode leading up to the Season 2 finale of “Poker Face” — Rian Johnson’s murder-of-the-week love letter to “Columbo” — has relied on
Dexter Morgan is alive and, mostly, well. The energy of his resurrection was palpable on the carpet of the “Dexter: Resurrection” world premiere Wednesday night in New York City’s Alice Tully Hall. The latest installation of the “Dexter” universe follows Dexter Morgan, reprised
When “Girls” premiered, there was no other character like Hannah Horvath on TV. Created by multi-hyphenate Lena Dunham, only 26 at the time, Hannah was shamelessly self-absorbed, but also charming and ambitious. Predictably, Dunham took much of the flak for Hannah’s
Justin Bieber has revealed the tracklist for what appears to be his seventh album “Swag,” reportedly releasing on Friday. The pop singer started ramping up for the new record early Thursday morning, as fans noticed billboards around the world showing a photo of Bieber with the
Quincy Tyler Bernstine has been cast in a series regular role in Liz Meriwether’s upcoming Hulu series, Variety has learned exclusively. Bernstine joins previously announced cast members Emmy Rossum, Lola Petticrew, and Scott McNairy in the untitled show, which is loosely
The multiyear pact will see the global luxury group deliver two Talking Pictures sessions as part of its Kering’s Women in Motion series after hosting Angelina Jolie and the team from ‘Emilia Perez’ in January.