Boy George has dropped out of a London production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” just days after releasing the controversial pro-Israel song “We Will Dance Again.” Paul Kemsley, George’s manager, released a statement on social media that he had decided that the Culture Club singer
“Dungeons & Dragons” maker Wizards of the Coast announced the upcoming launch of Star Wars and “World of Warcraft”-themed tabletop role-playing game offerings during Gen Con 2026 on Thursday. Starting Nov. 17, the “WoW”-themed “D&D” book will allow players to “roll for Azeroth
With the completion of the $8 billion merger between Banijay and All3Media, as expected Banijay Americas CEO Ben Samek is in line to oversee the combined company’s U.S. entity. News comes after Banijay and All3Media, which described their merger as “the world’s largest
“Wonder Man” star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is speaking out about the surprise cancellation of the Marvel TV series, after it had been renewed for a second season on Disney+. “Word just dropped that Wonder Man won’t be coming back for Season 2. (And if you don’t knowww, now ya
Director Ben Gregor joined stars Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy as they celebrated the adaptation of Enid Blyton’s 80-year-old children’s novels in NYC.
Disney is getting ready to shed its ownership stake in A+E Global Media, the cable-focused programmer it has owned jointly with Hearst for more than a decade. Disney will sell its 50% stake in A+E Global Media (formerly known as A+E Networks) to Hearst, in a transaction valued
The producer of Fortitude , a movie “tonally in the vein of Ocean’s 11 or Inglourious Basterds ,” wants $105 million for the alleged gaffe
Outfest looked a little different this past weekend. Instead of the usual 11-day window over the summer, the festivities ran for four days from July 23-26, with screenings and conversations held at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Renberg Theatre in Hollywood. The program featured
The dark prince of reality TV has re-emerged. Mike Darnell has inked an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Netflix, where he will also consult on the platform’s unscripted slate. He’ll work closely with Netflix nonfiction series & sports vice president Brandon Riegg, who
Tom Holland said in an interview with Quotable on the “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” press tour that one of the worst cuts he saw of the movie was shaped by test screenings. “We’ve seen loads of different cuts of this movie, and one of the cuts, they took all of the notes from all
Apple turned in another solid earnings report overall for the June 2026 quarter, which marks the last earnings period for outgoing CEO Tim Cook. For the three months ended June 27, Apple’s Q3 of fiscal 2026, the tech giant reported total revenue of $109.4 billion, up 16% — a
NBCUniversal is starting to blaze its own corporate path. The Comcast-backed media conglomerate, which is slated to be spun off from its parent company within a year’s time, named Christopher Halpin as chief financial officer. He will begin in his new role on September 8, and
"I swear they choose me, I'm not choosing them," the 'Hacks' star joked, as she stars opposite Gillian Anderson in 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.'
Electronic Arts is set to close its previously announced $55 billion go-private deal next week, according to the video game publishing giant. In a document filed with the SEC Thursday, the “Battlefield 6” and “The Sims” publisher disclosed: “As of July 30, 2026, all regulatory
Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by affiliates of BlackRock, has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Anthem Entertainment: its music publishing catalogs, film & TV publishing assets and its portfolio of
After serving for more than 11 years on Netflix’s board, Anne Sweeney has departed as a director. Netflix disclosed Sweeney’s departure in an SEC filing Thursday. “On July 26, 2026, Anne Sweeney notified Netflix, Inc. (the ‘Company’) that she was resigning from the Board of
Amazon reported its second-quarter 2026 earnings Thursday, revealing it beat Wall Street’s estimates with more than $200 billion in revenue for the April-June period. Advertising services revenue for the quarter was up 26% year over year to $19.8 billion, while the tech giant’s
A film producer sued Netflix for $105 million on Wednesday after the company lost an unencrypted copy of his World War II film “Fortitude,” starring Nicolas Cage and Ben Kingsley. Simon Afram, a Swiss businessman, wrote the script and spent seven years and $45 million bringing
Live Nation continues to post incremental profits with the release of its second-quarter earnings, reporting $7.7 billion in revenue in a 9% increase over the same period last year. The company saw concert revenue increase by eight percent over the year, with international
The email came through last week. The follow-up call may as well have been an email. “There wasn’t a lot of insight into their full thinking process,” Stacy Spikes, the founder of the film festival Urbanworld, told Variety about the Writers Guild of America East’s decision to
Verve has promoted three coordinators to agents — Shahrez Aziz, Taylor Killefer and Cooper Yeager — across its television literary, motion picture literary and digital teams. “Shahrez, Taylor and Cooper are part of the next generation guiding the evolution of our industry and
The long-awaited 6th edition of “Vampire: The Masquerade” is in active development at publisher White Wolf amid a flurry of transmedia development for the entire World of Darkness franchise. “Vampire: The Masquerade 6th Edition” was announced Thursday at Gen Con 2026 by World
Controversial filmmaker Tom Six is saying goodbye to his fans in a very personal way. The writer-director has announced the release of his final movie, “The End of Tom Six.” The “Human Centipede” creator is independently releasing the film on Aug. 15 on YouTube with a
Tom Holland is swinging back into theaters this weekend as Peter Parker in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” but a plan is already being laid out for his replacement. The actor has been vocal in past interviews about wanting to be directly involved in passing the baton to his
“Wonder Man” has been canceled at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively. The news comes despite the fact that Disney announced a Season 2 renewal for the show back in March, roughly two months after it debuted. According to sources, a writers’ room for Season 2 was never
Just over a year after Jared Leto withstood a catalogue of sexual misconduct accusations published in AirMail, the BBC broadcast a documentary titled “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret.” In it, director Alice McShane (“Russell Brand: In Plain Sight”) teams up with the
Inwave Films, the international sales company with offices in Paris and Beijing, has acquired worldwide sales rights to “The Days Off,” the debut feature from Argentine writer-director Lucila Mariani, ahead of its world premiere in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present. Blending
“One Battle After Another, “Marty Supreme” and “Sinners” are among the MacGuffin Awards nominees presented by the Property Masters Guild. The awards honors the prop masters and their contributions behind the camera. The winners will be revealed during the live ceremony on Sept.
Donna Mills, one of the best known television stars of the 1980s thanks to her role as Abby Cunningham on the CBS primetime soap “Knots Landing,” is throwing fans a surprise by joining OnlyFans at 85 years old. “I’ve always appreciated the incredible support and encouragement
New Year’s Day came early for UTA, which has signed the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the organization behind the Rose Bowl Game and the Rose Parade. “The Tournament of Roses proudly produces both the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game, creating one of the most recognized New
Trista Schroeder has been named general counsel and chief operating officer of the Sundance Institute. She will take on her expanded role effective immediately. Schroeder has served as Sundance Institute’s general counsel since 2020, providing legal and operational counsel
'Brand New Day' is poised to continue Spidey's winning streak for a character who keeps scoring home runs while other franchises stumble.
Artemis Pictures, the production and finance company founded by “Dead Man’s Wire” and “Fairyland” producer Siena Oberman, has promoted Ashley TY Chao, Maddie Olejnik, Jayden Mann and Nicole Fahel to executive roles. Chao has been upped to head of storytelling and innovation,
The film had its world premiere at May's Cannes Film Festival, where it was met with met with raves.
James Gunn, there’s a Johnny Depp impersonator who would like to have a word about DC. “I think the new ‘Supergirl’ sucks,” 39-year-old Oklahoma City native and devoted DC fan John (go figure) says from San Diego Comic-Con’s main floor. He looks exactly like “Pirates” era Depp,
The “Clueless” sequel series has found a new home. The show, which will see Alicia Silverstone reprise the role of Cher Horowitz, has been greenlit at Paramount+. The project was originally set up for development at Peacock in early 2025, but it was reported in April 2026 that
Colin Petrie-Norris kickstarted a new model of free, ad-supported television through his company Xumo before its reported $100 million-plus sale to Comcast. Now, in the era of AI, he’s aiming to reclaim the model with a FAST channel devoted to AI-generated content. Fairground
The Asian Football Confederation has joined the North, Central America and Caribbean football association and UEFA in opposition to FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors. On Thursday, all 55 UEFA member associations
Disney’s ABC urged the FCC to toss out petitions calling for the agency to deny the renewal of broadcast licenses for ABC’s eight owned-and-operated TV stations, and they reiterated the assertion that the agency is targeting the stations with the “death penalty of license
“I love starting out from scratch,” Pandji Pragiwaksono says from a campsite somewhere in West Java, Indonesia, talking to me via Zoom in the glow of a lantern light. He’s a couple hours’ drive from his hometown of Jakarta but a 27-hour trip from New York City, where he now
Belafonte served as advisor to Simon, who toured with South African musicians during Apartheid
As the original queen bee of “Vanderpump Rules,” Stassi Schroeder struck fear in the hearts of her fellow SURvers while spouting off one quotable insult after another. With her impossibly blonde hair, icy blue eyes and chunky jewelry, Schroeder lorded over Lisa Vanderpump’s
Netflix has set a release date for “Gentle Monster,” the Cannes breakout starring Léa Seydoux, revealed to Variety exclusively. The drama from writer-director Marie Kreutzer opens in select theaters Oct. 30 before beginning its streaming rollout Nov. 18 in the U.S., Canada,
NBC News hopes Christine Romans’ new program, “Current,” will add voltage to its streaming efforts. The show will debut August 3 on the live-streaming outlet NBC News Now, and run from 10 a.m. to noon eastern each day. NBC News aims to harness Romans’ long experience covering
The passion project, starring Garcia opposite Vicky Krieps, Brendan Fraser, Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman, received a warm reception at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Diamond,” a noir crime drama from Andy Garcia that debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Garcia wrote and directed “Diamond” in addition to starring as Joe Diamond, a mysterious man with a traumatic past whose
The Beverly Hills Hotel has named ALR Music as the exclusive music partner for its new supper club, opening this fall. The appointment marks ALR Music’s arrival on the West Coast after becoming one of the most sought after music collaborators in London and New York City.
Patricia Richardson had a “Home Improvement” reunion with two of her on-screen sons, Taran Noah Smith and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. “My other boys,” Richardson captioned the photo with a heart emoji. (Richardson has three real-life adult kids of her own.) For eight seasons of the
An era of rising anxieties around pregnancy and motherhood has spurred a recent mini-explosion in horror films revolving around such topics, many decades after “Rosemary’s Baby” broke that particular ice. Andrea Corsini’s debut feature “Ferine,” which expands on his same-named
All three titles come from first-time feature filmmakers: Jason Laurits, Elizabeth Guest and Jacqueline Christy.