Tubi is continuing its 2026 rollout with an expansive slate of new originals and library titles arriving throughout February. The free, ad-supported streamer is adding hundreds of movies and series across nearly every genre, from action blockbusters and rom-com favorites to
The BAFTA nominations offered some clarity, and enough complication, to keep this year’s Oscar race interesting. Leading the charge, as expected, was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” which landed a commanding 14 nominations, falling two short of the all-time
'Melania' faces intense scrutiny as it finally opens in theaters, but only needs to earn just north of $5 million to claim victory.
CBS will air 10 “Survivor” episodes over the two weeks leading up to the three-hour premiere of the 50th season, “In the Hands of the Fans.” The “Road to 50” programming primetime event will kick off on Monday, Feb. 9, airing five nights a week for two weeks in a row.
The action film will hit theaters on April 10, as part of a collaboration with Lionsgate after the studio pulled the film from its calendar.
Netflix is marking its 15th anniversary in Brazil with the news that it will stream Oscar-nominated “The Secret Agent” exclusively in the country. It is also opening a spacious new office in São Paulo, signaling the company’s robust commitment to the territory where it debuted
Diane Warren is sitting in her Hollywood studio wearing a High Fucking Standards long-sleeved t-shirt. “I have high fucking standards. I really do,” she says when asked what the meaning behind her top is. And she does. Especially when it comes to her songwriting, choosing
It began with a cold call email pitch to Pamela Anderson’s publicist. Julia Nottingham — the founder of Dorothy St. Pictures — claims she’ll never “spill” her secrets about what exactly was written, but admits a huge amount of care and attention went into the message. “We
“I miss the old Kanye,” Kanye West once said. With a 44-second track released almost exactly a decade ago, the hip-hop artist now known as Ye made it clear he was in on the joke. In “I Love Kanye,” he parroted his own critics, rapping: “I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye
CBS is plotting a daytime sudser crossover event this summer between its long-running “The Young and the Restless” and newcomer “Beyond the Gates.” The Eye network announced Tuesday that six characters from “Young and the Restless” will appear on “Beyond the Gates” for a
Lady Gaga has recorded her version of the theme song from the classic children’s show “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” for a Super Bowl commercial. If that sounds at all campy, you probably don’t know Gaga: she gives “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” her tender, balladic all in the
“Shrinking” has scored an early Season 4 renewal at Apple TV just ahead of the launch of Season 3. The dramedy series is debuting the first episode of its third season on the streamer on Jan. 28. New episodes will then drop weekly through April 8. Jason Segel returns at the
Stephen Colbert revealed that the curtain will fall on “The Late Show” on Thursday, May 21, bringing an end to a CBS franchise that has defined late-night television for more than three decades. The host made the announcement during a Monday taping of NBC’s “Late Night With
Oliver Peoples is turning to one of Hollywood’s most enduring style icons for its latest eyewear release. The luxury eyewear brand has unveiled an exclusive Spring/Summer 2026 collection honoring the legacy of Paul Newman, launched on Jan. 26 — what would have been the actor,
“Skyscraper Live,” a stream of Alex Honnold’s free solo climb of one of the tallest buildings in the world, reached 6.2 million views on Netflix. The climb, which took place at the Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan was originally set to air on Friday, Jan. 23 before being postponed to
Ella Langley could hardly have picked a hotter moment to announce the coming release of her sophomore album. Her “Choosin’ Texas” single has become a true phenomenon, showing staying power in the top 5 of the Spotify chart like few country singles ever before it. The tune’s
In an image shared to his socials last week, Harry Styles is seen on the set of his “Aperture” music video, sporting shiny black under-eye patches and sipping a Big Gulp. The patches are reminiscent of 111SKIN’s Celestial Black Diamond Eye Mask, previously seen on celebrities
Pinnacle Peak Pictures has acquired Jeremy Snead's feature that also stars Myles Erlick and Jaimie Alexander.
Well Go USA Entertainment has secured North American distribution rights to “Blades of the Guardians,” a Chinese action film from Mandarin Motion Pictures. Directed by renowned action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”), the historical martial arts
Denmark’s Ingeborg Topsøe, a fast-emerging screenwriter whose credits include Milad Alami’s multi-prized “The Charmer,” has won this year’s Nordic Series Script Award for Netflix smash hit “Secrets We Keep.” One of Scandinavia’s most prestigious industry plaudits, the Award was
Oscar-nominated feature documentary “Nobody Against Putin” is heading to the 32nd annual Sedona International Film Festival. The film, which had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, delivers an insider’s view of the impact of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine on
The Chinese filmmaker, a double Oscar winner for 'Nomadland,' also reflects on her path to America and filmmaking, jumping from indies to Marvel and why she almost passed on directing the Jessie Buckley/Paul Mescal project that's now up for eight Oscars (including two for her).
The 2026 Writers Guild Awards nominations have been announced. “Sinners,” the supernatural horror film from filmmaker Ryan Coogler, is among the original screenplay nominees. Also in that category is the Timothée Chalamet-led ping-pong drama “Marty Supreme,” written by director
The actor and activist appears alongside Harrison Ford in a short snippet from episode one of Season Three, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone
Brian Robbins, former co-CEO of Paramount Global, has launched Big Shot Pictures, an entertainment company that will develop animation franchises. Sony Pictures Entertainment has entered into a first-look theatrical distribution deal with Big Shot, which will produce both
It isn’t too late to get through all the best Oscar-nominated films ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony this March. Luckily, most of this year’s big awards winners are already available on streaming, or at least available to rent/purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+. Both of
Awards season faves 'One Battle After Another,' 'Sinners,' 'Marty Supreme' and 'Hamnet' are also up for awards in the adapted and original screenplay categories.
Two filmmakers demonstrated how generative AI tools are transforming the creative process while emphasizing that human artistry remains at the heart of storytelling during Adobe’s “Showtime! Park City: Gen AI Showcase” at the Sundance Film Festival. Taryn O’Neill and Momo Wang
Neon is set to release Boots Riley's feature after its SXSW premiere.
Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Domain Capital Group have partnered to acquire the catalog of award-winning songwriter-singer-musician Miranda Lambert. The deal encompasses her complete back catalog of songs. Alongside this news, SMP Nashville and Domain have signed a
The Gotham Group has picked up the screen rights to Air Mail article "Tommy Supreme and the Blitz."
Seven years after his acclaimed debut “Sorry to Bother You,” filmmaker Boots Riley is returning with his highly anticipated sophomore feature. Neon has released the first trailer for “I Love Boosters,” a heist comedy centered on a crew of professional shoplifters who target a
Regina Hall is set to star opposite Adam Driver in the upcoming Netflix series “Rabbit, Rabbit,” Variety has confirmed. The project was originally announced back in October with a straight-to-series order. The logline for the show states, “When an escaped convict is cornered by
Goodbye to all that. Sundance’s final edition in Park City is wrapping up, with artists, agents, executives and critics ready to roll the credits and trek down the mountain for the last time. The indie film festival has become synonymous with discovery, and this year’s
Making a documentary about AI presented several filmmakers with a dilemma: How do you transform a subject better suited for a podcast or book into compelling cinema? “This movie did not want to be a movie,” director Daniel Roher told an audience at the Sundance Film Festival’s
Nicole Kassell is directing the Netflix feature centered on the US Women’s National Soccer Team.
The NFL and YouTube are returning for another celebrity-stacked flag football game — set to livestream for free on the Saturday before this year’s Super Bowl. The Super Bowl LX Flag Football Game on YouTube will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, at the
A+E Studios has named Chris Sanagustin as head of current programming. In her new role, she will oversee a variety of scripted projects for A+E, including Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” and the untitled Lars Kepler project. She will report to Tana Jamieson, co-head and
Kino Lorber’s MHz Choice has bought “Zorro,” a limited French series starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) in the iconic masked role. The eight-episode series, sold by France tv distribution, will premiere on June 30 on MHz Choice in the U.S. and Canada. “Zorro,”
HBO and A24 have unveiled the trailer for “Neighbors,” a new reality series from the producers of “Marty Supreme” that examines outrageous residential conflicts, revealing the extreme lengths neighbors will go to defend what’s theirs. Each installment of the six-episode
Amy Madigan is set to guest star in the Netflix series adaptation of the S.A Crosby novel “All the Sinners Bleed,” Variety has learned. Madigan will appear opposite previously announced series lead Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and series regulars John Douglas Thompson, Nicole Beharie, Daniel
The long-awaited “Dirty Dancing” sequel, with star Jennifer Grey returning as Frances “Baby” Houseman, will soon mambo its way into movie theaters. Lionsgate has tapped “The Hunger Games” and “Crazy Rich Asians” producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson to oversee the movie,
Kim Rosenstock is penning the script for Lionsgate's feature follow-up to the 1987 classic.
Bari Weiss, still new to her role as editor in chief of CBS News, spent time at a Tuesday-morning town hall to tell staffers they need to focus more intently on a growing audience flocking to digital and social media outlets, rather than trying to keep the viewers who flock to
Philip Glass has joined the growing list of musicians distancing themselves from the Kennedy Center with the announcement that he is withdrawing his symphony premiere due to a “direct conflict” with the Center’s values. Glass took to social media to explain his reasoning for
Sales company Asian Shadows has acquired international rights to South Korean documentary “The Seoul Guardians,” directed by MBC journalists Jong Woo Kim, Shin Wan Kim and Chul Young Cho. The feature-length documentary will have its world premiere at the 55th International Film
Things are heating up at Project Angel Food. The meal delivery service for critically ill people in Los Angeles will celebrate the grand opening of the first building of The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Kitchen & Campus with a ceremony on Feb. 5. Speakers will include Lorre,
Liz Tigelaar and her Best Day Every Productions banner have signed an overall deal with both Paramount TV Studios (PTVS) and CBS Studios. This marks the first ever joint overall deal between PTVS and CBS Studios and the latest major signing for Paramount since the closing of
The winners will be announced at the ceremony on Feb. 27 at UCLA's Royce Hall.
Lionsgate U.K.’s “The Housemaid” returned to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office, adding £2 million ($2.8 million) in its fifth weekend for a cumulative £26.1 million ($35.3 million), according to Comscore. Universal’s “Hamnet” held firm in second place, collecting $2.7
