The veteran and versatile star shared a moment with THR on the red carpet at Hulu’s ‘All’s Fair’ premiere to discuss his good fortunes with a spell of new projects including a reunion with his ‘Oppenheimer’ boss.
Jon Voight has called upon President Trump to “terminate” New York City’s mayoral election of Zohran Mamdani. The 86-year-old Oscar-winner, who was appointed the newly invented title of special ambassador to Hollywood by Trump in the first days of his second term, elected to go
Chloé Zhao emerges from her cave — her words, not mine — with “Hamnet.” It’s a film that feels less like a period drama and more like a spiritual excavation. The co-writer and director, who spent a decade traversing America for her first three features before winning an Oscar
Is this the year anime dominates the animated feature race at the Oscars? Crunchyroll’s “Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle” shattered records when it became the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time, earning $682 million worldwide. The film won fans over, but now Crunchyroll
With Season 15 of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” premiering on Dec. 4, OG cast member Kyle Richards is plenty busy. She’s also started a new production company, and is working on two shows, one of which is in preproduction. Richards is also promoting the new season of
Jennifer Lawrence recently told V magazine that releasing a movie can be an “awful” experience for her emotions as the public decides whether or not what she made is good or not. “The experience only adds to the dread, because I’ve had so many experiences of working so hard on
“Succession” actress Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by her talent agency, Gersh, a spokesperson has confirmed to Variety. The actress was let go after far-right commentator Nick Fuentes appeared on Nekrasova’s podcast “Red Scare,” which she hosts with Anna Khachiyan. On the
Mary Cybulski, a script supervisor and still photographer whose credits included “Synecdoche, New York,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Life of Pi,” has died after four years living with glioblastoma multiforme. She was 70. Per the Mayo Clinic, gliobastoma is a
In the midst of feuding with Blake Lively while filming “It Ends With Us,” Justin Baldoni received texts of support from his friend, “The Office” alum Rainn Wilson. As a result of Baldoni’s legal defense team filing the texts as evidence, the details of the group chat have been
Director Ruben Fleischer heard a loud gasp. In the very first screening of “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” one particularly shocked moviegoer had an audible response to the heist film’s third-act twist. (Don’t worry, we won’t ruin it!) “It was one of the most gratifying
T-Mobile isn’t just for smartphones, like the Apple iPhone 17, but it’s also for fast home internet too. For the holidays, the company is offering new deals for customers to make the switch to fast, reliable and strong T-Mobile 5G Home Internet, or to bundle home internet with
Tyler, the Creator has announced that Camp Flog Gnaw has been postponed until next weekend, just a day before the two-day festival was scheduled to begin at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium Grounds. This year’s festival will now take place on Nov. 22-23. The delay was, of course,
The logline for “The Carpenter’s Son” might be high-concept — Mary and Joseph try to protect a teen Jesus, whose burgeoning miracles seem like witchcraft to the community around him — but Nicolas Cage, who plays Joseph, says he had a very specific read on the Biblical horror
Are you a big fan of mindless crap? Well, you’re in luck. An excerpt of the fictional “Pluribus” book “Bloodsong of Wycaro,” the latest novel in Carol Sturka’s “Winds of Wycaro” romantasy series, is now available to read on Apple Books. (Apple TV produces and distributes Vince
The 28-year-old Australian is a best supporting actor Oscar contender for Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Mary Shelley's horror novel.
John Beam, a football coach featured in Netflix’s sports docuseries “Last Chance U,” died Friday morning after being shot on an Oakland college campus Thursday. He was 66. A suspect has been arrested, Oakland police told local outlet NBC Bay Area. “Coach Beam passed away this
Simu Liu loves making animated movies — for good reason. “I’ve definitely shown up at recording sessions in pajamas and flip-flops,” he tells me while promoting his new animated Netflix family film “In Your Dreams. “It’s really awesome. All that matters is you’re giving the
Pedro Waddington and Rebeca Diniz’s “Fuse” (“Precisamos Falar”) begins with a horrifying sequence: Three teenage cousins harass an unhoused immigrant sleeping at an ATM. The consequences of the chilling act that follows guide the ethical dilemma at the heart of their feature
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Episode 3 of “Pluribus,” streaming now on Apple TV. Meat Loaf once sang, “I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that.” And in the third episode of “Pluribus,” the hive mind that has conquered nearly all of humanity tells
Growing up, filmmaker J.M Cravioto (“Bound to Vengeance,” “Diablo”) kept hearing tales of the infamous Festival de Avándaro, also known as the Mexican Woodstock. Set over a weekend in September of 1971, the music festival on the shores of Lake Avándaro originally scheduled 12
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are getting a name makeover. Starting with the 32nd edition next year, the kudocast will now be known as “The Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA.” According to SAG-AFTRA, which announced the change on Friday, the move was made to better align the
The 2025 Ibero-American Huelva Film Festival offers far fewer titles than many festivals. That sense of curation is one of its pleasures. That said, because of that same choice selection, it’s immensely difficult to select 10 titles. Variety’s 10 titles have focused in the main
Within Hollywood, everyone knows that SAG stands for the Screen Actors Guild, which is now known as SAG-AFTRA, but out in the rest of the world, a show called the SAG Awards raised questions.
As revealed in the show’s midseason trailer unveiled at BravoCon on Friday, Karen Huger — the once and perhaps future star of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” — has done a sitdown interview with Andy Cohen, the executive producer of “The Real Housewives” franchise. The trailer
Labubu cinema is real. Sony Pictures has acquired screen rights to the Chinese brand and has set its sights on developing a feature film, and potentially a franchise, based on the ubiquitous and very trendy dolls that became a pop culture fixation over the past year. The
After working on such films as ‘The Ice Storm,’ ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ and ‘Synecdoche, New York,’ she became a stills photographer on movie sets.
The movie studio closed a deal this week to develop the toy phenomenon as a feature film.
Walt Disney Animation's sequel to the 2016 buddy cop adventure arrived in L.A. on Thursday, alongside new additions Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster and Quinta Brunson.
Offering prizes to Almodóvar lead and rapidly-risen star Milena Smit (“Parallel Mothers”) and evergreen Spanish comedy icon Fernando Tejero (“Aquí no hay quien viva”), notable as the ethically spineless priest in Alejandro Amenábar’s “The Captive,” the resilient Huelva
Bebe Neuwirth and Marin Hinkle have also re-enlisted for video game duty.
Regina Hall defies expectations. She reinvents herself every few years, prompting audiences to reconsider their perceptions of her. From the slapstick absurdity of “Scary Movie” to the layered nuance of the indie gem “Support the Girls,” Regina Hall has navigated Hollywood’s
Writer Meghan Malloy has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Malloy is currently writing “Dance Parents,” an original comedy feature starring Charlize Theron and Channing Tatum, with Jonathan Levine (“50/50,” “Long Shot,” “Nine Perfect Strangers”) attached to
The actor got candid about director Josh Trank's 2015 misfire.
For the first time, Variety’s Interview Lounge heads to Nashville for an inaugural installment leading up to the CMA Awards on Nov. 17 and 18. The lounge, presented by Duke Cannon, will feature interviews with this year’s nominees and leading country artists. The 59th Annual
The Iranian Canadian director made a psychological thriller in Turkey where an enraged college professor is slowly driven to seek revenge against his abusive father for his mother’s suspicious death.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the duo behind “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” and the screenplay for “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” are enlisting in Starfleet. They’ve been hired to write, produce and direct a new “Star Trek” film that will seek to revitalize
The 'Dungeons & Dragons' filmmakers will create a project unrelated to previous incarnations.
Thirty years after its release on Nov 13, 1995, “GoldenEye” remains one of the most important films in the James Bond franchise. Much like today, the series stood at a crossroads ahead of “GoldenEye”— producers were turning over, a new Bond was being cast and the world around
Valve, the maker of the popular Steam Deck handheld PC gaming console, is launching new video-game hardware, Steam Machine, in 2026. The Steam Machine, a 6-inch cube gaming console meant for stationary play vs. the portable Steam Deck option, will debut next year along with the
With 11 stand-up specials under his belt, Jim Gaffigan is one of the most prolific comedians this side of George Carlin. His family-friendly jokes about parenting and food made Gaffigan a household name — try strolling down the frozen aisle without thinking of that high-pitched
Killer sharks and waterspouts are set to reunite on screen once again. “Sharknado” — the hit B-movie franchise that supposedly wrapped in 2018 after six increasingly ludicrous installments — is coming back for more cheesy insanity, Variety can reveal. The Asylum, which landed
Art and life intricately intertwine in Joachim Trier’s latest theatrical feat as a filmmaker attempts to reconcile with his estranged daughter through the medium that binds them.
Based on Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles” and “Lives of the Mayfair Witches”, “Talamasca: The Secret Order” is the latest entry in the author’s “Immortal Universe” of shared stories and characters. Season one of “Talamasca: The Secret Order” broadcasts on Sundays on AMC,
Right before the pandemic, Mark Z. Danielewski — best known for the iconic and experimental 2000 horror novel “House of Leaves” — was inspired to write about Provo, Utah, the place he called home from the age of 10 until he went to college. He didn’t think it would be a long
The second season of “The Golden Bachelor” ended with an unexpected twist for Mel Owens after he chose Peg Munson. Instead of getting down on one knee and proposing, Owens gave Munson a ring and explained that it “represents our commitment to love, to give time to figure out
Set in Spain’s green mountainous north and boasting record ticket sales and a lineup which mixes big fest winners and Spanish world premieres, Spain’s Gijón Film Festival (FICX) opens this Friday with Richard Linklater’s Berlin Silver Bear winner “Blue Moon,” starring Ethan
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” scored 3.6 million viewers on NBC. The thrillifying telecast is the network’s second-highest rated special this year, after “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.” The viewership is also up 64% from the 2024 special “Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on
The Jewish Federation Los Angeles has recruited prominent entertainment industry figures to launch the Jewish Entertainment Alliance, an advocacy effort to address the rise of antisemitism. Showrunners Howard Gordon and Joel Fields, directors Jeremy Kagan and Gregg Simon and
While Texas is on the rise in the SEC, the team faces an uphill battle against powerhouse Georgia for the top of the conference. However, the Bulldogs have the better record in the Southeastern Conference and NCAA College Football, as a whole, while the Longhorns look like a
GDC Festival of Gaming has released the 2025 Game Industry Salary Report, revealing that almost two-thirds (64%) of respondents support the unionization of game industry workers, with over half of respondents (56%) saying they are interested in joining a union in the industry.
