Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of artificial general intelligence deployment and the company’s No. 2 executive, will step down from her full-time role following a three-month medical leave, she said in a note on X on Thursday. “Three months ago, I had to go on medical leave after a
All mysteries aside, you could say that, this summer, together, Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell are building a sister-y road show. McLachlan is touring behind her 2025 “Better Broken” album, as a followup to her successful “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” 30th Anniversary Tour,
Fox’s coverage of Monday night’s World Cup match between the United States’ Men’s National Soccer Team and Belgium on Monday, July 6, scored record ratings, averaging 33,086,000 viewers — making it the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history. That’s NFL-level numbers for
The live-action “Naruto” movie is launching a worldwide casting search to find its three leading actors. The adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto’s classic manga is backed by Lionsgate. The casting search will fill the roles of Team 7: Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Additional casting
Paramount's untitled feature adapts Yehudi Mercado's comic about a mishap during a family vacation.
“Big Brother” is back for Season 28, a summer sure to be full of twists, shocking eliminations and even a few rumored “Survivor” players! With a special 90-minute premiere episode airing tonight from 8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, episodes will be available to stream on Paramount+
Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you’d seen the last of the “American Horror Story” coven, but the witches are officially back in the first set photos from the production of “AHS” Season 13. The images are the latest confirmation that the new episodes will continue the story
Daniel Gold, who wrote the upcoming Ryan Gosling-Will Ferrell movie 'Tough Guys,' penned the feature as a spec, which also has Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes involved.
Alisa Bowen, who has served as president of Disney+ since September 2022, is leaving that role to become CEO of Fubo, the internet TV streaming service that is majority-owned by Disney. Fubo announced Thursday that its board of directors appointed Bowen as chief executive
Jessie Posthumus praised local film funders for prioritizing indie films with LGBTQ+ characters as stateside GLAAD points to a steep decline in queer representation in feature films.
Emmy Rossum revealed on “Call Her Daddy” that her years-long fight for equal pay on Showtime’s “Shameless” only ended because her contract negotiations went public in 2016. The leak resulted in overwhelming public support for Rossum, so much so that her pay dispute was
Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has escalated his campaign against the country’s film industry with a new Likud primary spot that mocks Israeli filmmakers as anti-Israel profiteers and vows to redirect public funding away from films he says “blacken” Israeli soldiers.
The odds are in your favor, “Hunger Games” fans. All five of the “Hunger Games” films will be returning to theaters Sept. 3-7 ahead of the upcoming release of “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.” Each of the movies will feature an exclusive sneak peak of the newest
“Alien: Earth” Season 2 has added three new cast members. Variety has learned that Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell, and Jerome Flynn have all joined the second season of the FX series. They will appear alongside previously announced new cast member Peter Dinklage as well as
James Beard Award-winning chef, restauranteur and author Kwame Onwuachi has signed with CAA. CAA has secured partnerships for Onwuachi as a member of American Express and Resy’s Culinary Collective, featuring his recipes in Centurion Lounges across the globe, and as a Lexus
“Toy Story 5” has notched another notable box office milestone with more than $800 million in global ticket sales. After three weekends of release, the animated sequel has generated $381 million domestically and $427.3 million internationally, bringing its worldwide tally to a
Reservoir has struck a deal with veteran Atlanta rapper T.I. across his entire publishing catalog, spanning his back catalog and future works, including his new album, “Kill the King,” which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts.
Every summer, it seems that a new sunglass silhouette hits the zeitgeist in a way that makes you think every trend-setting celebrity has secretly conspired to add the same sun-blocking accessory to their rotation once temperatures hit 70 degrees (or 90 or 100…). As we know,
A new drama series about elite golfers on an exclusive island is coming to Netflix. Titled “Jupiter Island,” the show hails from Connor Hines, the creator of FX’s “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” and A24. The project, a straight-to-series order, is the
It’s a done deal. RedBird IMI and Banijay have completed their $8 billion merger, led by Jeff Zucker and Marco Bassetti, respectively. With the Euro regulatory process wrapped, together they will run the production-distribution behemoth, which is headquartered in London and
iHeartMedia, the largest owner of radio stations in the U.S., agreed to enter into a consent decree with FCC to settle a probe the agency launched last year into iHeartMedia’s compliance with federal rules prohibiting a specific form of payola dubbed “showola” — which involves
The musician's albums 'Jake Shears' and 'B-Sides' will be incorporated into filmmakers Colby Holt and Sam Probst's adaptation of the non-fiction book by Robert Fieseler about a fire that killed 32.
On July 9, “The Boys” writer and “Archive 81” creator Rebecca Sonnenshine fulfills a dream she’s had since she was 10 years old, with the debut of her “Little House on the Prairie” adaptation on Netflix. A lifelong Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, Sonnenshine — who recently had
Warner Bros. is developing a reimaging of the ’90s family adventure movie, “Free Willy,” produced by Anthony and Joe Russo’s AGBO. The team has tapped Mary-Margaret Kunze (“Miller’s Girl,” “Icebreaker”) and Jade Halley Bartlett (“Miller’s Girl,” “The Boroughs”) to write a
The French star, set to receive KVIFF's Crystal Globe, opened up about her 1997 Academy Award surprise, a new Turkish-French co-production and her long-held ambition to direct a fiction film.
Disney+ is developing a series version of Stuart Gibbs’ “Spy School” novels, Variety has learned. There are 14 books in the series, beginning with “Spy School” in 2012 and with the 14th book — “Spy School Goes East” — set to be published in October 2026. The logline for the
Mary-Margaret Kunze and Jade Halley Bartlett will write the new take on the 1993 adventure movie.
Duo and friends will reminisce about beloved IFC comedy series on Podlandia: A-O Rewatch
Shaquille O’Neal and TNT Sports have announced the premiere date for “Dunkman,” the first professional league tied to dunking, as well as the roster of contenders. The first night of live competition will take place on Tuesday, July 21 at 8 p.m. ET. The world championships will
The LA28 Olympics is moving its International Broadcast Center from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood to the Warner Bros. Ranch lot across town in Burbank. The Los Angeles Organizing Committee announced last year that the broadcast center would be housed at Hollywood Park Studios, a
Google India and Sony Pictures Networks India are teaming up to bring Google Gemini into the new season of “Kaun Banega Crorepati?” turning the AI chatbot into an interactive knowledge companion for the long-running quiz show. The collaboration integrates Gemini across Sony
Formerly known as 'Hotel Tehran,' writer-director Guy Moshe's feature centers on a group of ex-CIA operators seeking redemption and also stars Quincy Isaiah.
San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival has always held a special place in Colman Domingo’s life. “It’s embedded in my heart,” he said. Having lived in San Francisco from 1991-2001, the actor spent many summers at the festival, reveling in its film programming, particularly the
There’s an uncharitable saying that politics is show business for ugly people. No doubt Count Binface, the rising star of British statecraft, might have some strong words about that. The wannabe-politician, who last month stood in a by-election against Andy Burnham (widely
“Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash,” a three-hour Fourth of July special hosted by Ryan Seacrest, hit an average of 5.4 million viewers on Saturday, becoming the most-watched primetime program of the holiday and achieving a 0.83 rating among adults age 18-49. The This is the first
Saddle up, (space) cowboy. Stanley 1913 just announced its latest partnership with award-winning country star Kacey Musgraves. Together, they’re releasing a limited-edition four-piece drinkware collection inspired by the singer’s Texan roots, including the brand’s bestselling
Banijay Entertainment and the Redbird IMI-owned All3Media have completed their $8 billion merger, creating what the two have described as “the world’s largest independent production company.” Despite Banijay’s Parisian roots, the combined company — which will go under the name
Andrea Riseborough has joined the cast of the Paramount+ drama “9/12,” which follows the David vs. Goliath legal battle that exposed corruption and won justice for 9/11’s ailing first responders. The “To Leslie” Oscar nominee joins Jeremy Strong in the six-episode limited
With Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” set to bring Homer’s ancient epic back to the big screen this month, readers can revisit the source material in a deluxe hardbound edition that bundles both “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” into one volume. The “Homer: The Iliad & The
The New York Times and several news outlets on Thursday filed a motion for sanctions against OpenAI, accusing the company of concealing its ability to search the training datasets and output logs for its models for more than two years as they sought company documents. The
Netflix has set the official premiere date for “The Gentlemen” Season 2. The second season of the action comedy series will launch on Sept. 3 on the streaming service. Netflix has also released a first-look teaser for the new season, which can be seen below. The official
Over the last 25 years, Wes Anderson has been one of the most celebrated filmmakers working today. Last year, the Criterion Collection honored Anderson’s work with an impressive box set of his first 10 movies — all in 4K Ultra HD. When it released last September, it quickly
“American Horror Story” Season 13 will premiere on FX and Hulu on Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. PT. The star-studded installment will see the return of Jessica Lange (her first “AHS” season since 2018’s “Apocalypse”) and Sarah Paulson, reprising her role as Cordelia Goode, Supreme of the
Tony Award nominee Lila Neugebauer (“The Beast in Me,” “Sirens”) has come on board as the pilot director and executive producer for the upcoming Netflix drama series “The Retrievals.” The project will be showrun, written and executive produced by Molly Smith Metzler, the
Two of the production companies behind Irish breakout hit “Kneecap” are doubling down on their relationship. DMC, founded by Michael Fassbender (who had a supporting role in “Kneecap”), Conor McCaughan and Daniel Emmerson, is expanding its office in Ireland following an
The London native, portrayed by Rumer Willis in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' also had three turns on Broadway and recurring roles on 'Dr. Kildare' and 'Knots Landing.'
It’s a “Task” and “Mare of Easttown” crossover. Julianne Nicholson has joined Season 2 of the HBO detective drama, reprising her Emmy-winning role as Lori Ross, the mother of three children who lives in Easttown. While, until now, “Task” was not directly connected to “Mare of
“There has been so many painful things that have been spoken into existence over the last couple years,” the actor-director said in a new video following the end of his legal battle with Blake Lively
Godzilla is back and getting a nuclear bomb dropped on him in the new trailer for “Godzilla Minus Zero,” the latest installment in the popular kaiju franchise. “Godzilla Minus Zero” is a direct sequel to the 2023 Japanese film “Godzilla Minus One,” which was an international
The full trailer for Na Hong-Jin’s “Hope” is finally here ahead of its Sep. 9 U.S. release with Neon and it’s got a little something for everyone. Well, at least everyone who enjoys their films with massive alien monsters, giant spaceships plummeting from the sky and
