Tony Dokoupil, newly installed anchor of “CBS Evening News,” landed an interview with President Donald Trump — and the news program aired Trump’s comments uninterrupted for almost half the broadcast. Dokoupil interviewed Trump Tuesday on the floor of a Ford Motor Co. factory in
A judge drastically scaled back Wilson's contract lawsuit after a ruling allowing targeted discovery related to websites targeting Ghost
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the first three episodes of “Tell Me Lies” Season 3, now streaming on Hulu. Just when you thought “Tell Me Lies” couldn’t get any more toxic, Hulu dropped the first three episodes of Season 3. As the group returns to Baird
Netflix has greenlit production on “The Dealer,” a Korean casino crime drama produced by “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, and revealed its principal cast. The drama centers on Geonhwa, a skilled casino dealer whose marriage preparations unravel after falling victim to a
NBC has given a pilot order to “Protection,” a drama series written by Josh Safran. Jenna Bush Hager and Ben Spector executive produce the project along with Safran. Universal Television is the studio. The official logline for “Protection” reads, “When a U.S. Marshal falls in
Netflix is readying a revised offer — in all cash — to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studios businesses, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Under the terms of Netflix’s original agreement, each Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder would receive
Sony Music Publishing Nashville today announced the acquisition of the long-running independent publishing and artist development company Big Yellow Dog Music, effective immediately. With the agreement, the company now owns and administers Big Yellow Dog’s catalog of songs and
Emilia Clarke told The New York Times as part of the press tour for her new Peacock espionage series “Ponies” that she is more or less done with the fantasy genre after spending eight years on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Clarke starred on the show as Daenerys Targaryen, also known
A lot of people are talking about the revamped “CBS Evening News” under new anchor Tony Dokoupil — but not enough to make the program an unqualified ratings success in its first week. Overall viewership for the first five days of Dokoupil’s official run on the venerable CBS
John Forté, the musician known for his work with Fugees and Wyclef Jean, has died. He was 50. Massachusetts’ Chilmark Police confirmed to Variety that Forté died yesterday at approximately 2:25 p.m., when officers were dispatched to see to an unresponsive male. Forté was
Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”) and Blake Harrison (“The Inbetweeners”) are the new Moony and Wormtail in Audible’s “Harry Potter” audiobooks. They make their debuts as Prof. Remus Lupin (Rheon) and Peter Pettigrew (Harrison) in “Prisoner of Azkaban,” released by Audible
The first two television series adapted from fantasy author George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” saga are about epic struggles for the fate of Westeros — civil wars in which an entire fictional continent is plunged into sprawling, multifaceted chaos. The third, “A
It’s been more than a year since the season two finale of “Tell Me Lies” back in Oct. 2024. However, the hit TV drama based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Carola Lovering is back for season three. Dropping with the first three episodes starting on Tuesday, Jan.
"I get so shy when everybody starts talking about award season and stuff," the 'One Battle After Another' star admitted in a new profile.
The comedian revealed the cuts she made to her planned punchlines ahead of the broadcast
NBC has given out a pilot order to a reboot of the classic series “The Rockford Files.” The pilot hails from writer and executive producer Mike Daniels. Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman will executive produce, with Chris Leanza co-executive producing. Universal Television is
Matt Damon appeared on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast and remembered Clint Eastwood shutting him down during their first day on set together. Damon has appeared in two Eastwood movies: 2009’s “Invictus,” for which he earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting
Amy Homma, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ director and president, has been elevated to run the 52-million-piece Academy collection, it was announced Tuesday. Additionally, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled a number of new acquisitions to the
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Todd Spangler explains the latest wrinkle in Paramount Skydance’s pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery with its lawsuit filed in Delaware. And Joe Otterson takes the pulse of WWE viewership and fandom one year after the
From a distance, the Bone Temple looks like some kind of Satanic shrine, conceived to keep wandering mortals away. More primitive than Stonehenge, more ominous than an elephant graveyard, this structure suggests a melding of imaginations between Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí
It turns out Josh Safdie secretly reunited with his “Good Time” star Robert Pattinson on “Marty Supreme.” During a conversation at London’s BFI Southbank, the director revealed Pattinson had a voice role in the Timothée Chalamet ping pong drama. “No one knows this, but that
Timothy Busfield has turned himself into police after a warrant was issued Friday accusing him of sexual abuse of a minor. Busfield, who starred in “Thirtysomething,” “The West Wing,” and “Field of Dreams,” faces accusations that he touched a 7-year-old boy while directing
“I’m going to confront these lies,” Timothy Busfield said in a video statement on Tuesday. “They’re horrible, they’re all lies.”
In what is now a post-Golden Globes tradition, host Nikki Glaser went on “The Howard Stern Show” to reveal the jokes she left on the cutting room floor. Among the bits that didn’t make it into the kudocast were punchlines about ICE and Donald Trump. Glaser told Stern she
On Jan. 21, 1995, Ed Burns' dramedy (which would become Fox Searchlight's first release) premiered at Sundance before taking home the top honor at the festival.
“Stranger Things” Season 5 joined Netflix’s list of its most popular English-language TV titles of all time in the No. 9 position as soon as it was eligible, following the New Year’s Eve release of the series finale. One week later, it has already jumped to No. 6, surpassing
On Jan. 28, 1994, Ben Stiller's Gen X dramedy premiered at Sundance ahead of its theatrical release
On Jan. 22, 1992, Alexandre Rockwell's indie comedy bowed at Sundance before picking up the top jury honor at the festival.
Julie Dash's feature claimed the cinematography award at Sundance and was later added to the National Film Registry.
Emily Henry’s “People We Meet on Vacation” Netflix film adaptation debuted to 17.2 million views over its launch weekend. Per the streamer, the rom-com produced by Sony’s 3000 Pictures was the No. 1 film on its English-language Top 10 movie list for the week of Jan. 5–Jan. 11
Disney will release Anthony and Joe Russo's forthcoming Marvel feature later this year.
The Venezuelan star discusses the "mix of relief, fear and exhaustion" that has followed the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by the U.S. and how his new film, 'It Would Be Night in Caracas' reckons with 25 years of collapse that have left Venezuela with “no food, no
Bill Maher was convinced he wouldn’t win the Golden Globe he was nominated for because he thinks Hollywood is too woke for his brand of truth-telling. The comedian and political commentator made the argument during the newest episode of his podcast “Club Random,” which was
When Universal finally greenlit “Wicked,” casting director Bernard Telsey certainly knew the musical. He brought Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth to the iconic Broadway cast when it first opened in 2003 and has been seeking actresses to play Elphaba and Glinda on stage for
Gotta build ’em all. Lego has officially stepped into the Pokémon universe, unveiling their first-ever line of buildable Pokémon sets and marking a long-anticipated crossover between two of the most powerful global play brands. The debut collection, inspired by iconic
Michelle Williams will join Cillian Murphy and Daniel Craig in Damien Chazelle’s next movie. The untitled film, reportedly set in a prison, was written by Chazelle, who will direct and produce alongside Olivia Hamilton under their Wild Chickens Productions banner. Chazelle is
Rom-com fans were gifted this week with Netflix’s adaptation of Emily Henry’s book “People We Meet on Vacation.” But people who were introduced to best friends-turned-lovers Poppy and Alex for the first time on their screens are now flocking to Amazon to acquaint themselves
Apple is pulling together 10 different creative apps into a single bundle for the first time — making them available for one monthly subscription price. The tech giant announced Apple Creator Studio, which it touted as “designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of
“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” Season 2 has a new hand at the helm. Variety has learned that Anna Ouyang Moench has been tapped to serve as showrunner on the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series. Moench takes over running the series from co-creator Francesca Sloane. It was
Natalia Almada, Justin Chang and Jennie Livingston will judge the U.S. documentary competition for the final fest in Park City.
Claire Danes is well aware that she’s become quite known – and highly praised – for her onscreen crying. “It’s a thing,” she told me during Variety’s Golden Globes Red Carpet Pre-Show, presented by Fire TV. “I have a very elastic face. I inherited it from my dad. It’s
The organization also announced a host of new acquisitions including the screen-used bicycle from 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure,' rare Orson Welles scripts and correspondence, tap shoes worn by James Cagney in 'Yankee Doodle Dandy,' Edith Head's costume drawings for Kim Novak in
Rockstar Games has banned user-created missions in its “Grant Theft Auto Online” game that recreated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Additionally, “GTA Online” has added “Charlie Kirk” to the list of terms prohibited by what it refers to internally as its “profanity filter.”
The Royal Shakespeare Company and Neal Street Productions have revealed the complete ensemble cast for the American debut of the “Hamnet” stage play with Kemi-Bo Jacobs taking on the role of Agnes and Rory Alexander portraying William Shakespeare. The critically lauded stage
The VES Awards will be held on Feb. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” dominated the Visual Effects Society awards with 10 nominations, including outstanding visual effects in a photoreal feature. There is a three-way tie for top nominations in animation, with Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation’s “KPop Demon Hunters,”
Slayyyter has announced her third album “Wor$t Girl in America,” releasing March 27 via RECORDS/Columbia Records. The pop singer plans to drop her first record as part of her deal with Columbia, which she revealed to Variety in August. To coincide with the album announcement,
The 32nd Slamdance Film Festival has announced its complete 2026 lineup, consisting of 141 films, 50 of which are world premieres. Held in Los Angeles for the second year consecutively, Slamdance will run in person from Feb. 19-25, and virtually from Feb. 24 to Mar. 6 via the
The fan-favorite is in the running for her second Oscar nomination and first since 'Almost Famous' 25 years ago.
Swiss film festival Visions du Réel will pay tribute to the work of U.S. filmmaker Kelly Reichardt at its 57th edition, which runs April 17-26. Reichardt, who will be a “guest of honor” at the festival, will hold a masterclass and present a retrospective of her work. Her latest
