Two days prior to taking part in the Super Bowl’s opening ceremony, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong made it clear that football fervor has not tamped down his conscience about current events. During a performance by the band at a Spotify-sponsored Super Bowl party Friday
Stoic has boarded the high-concept dark comedy “Damned If You Do,” and will launch the launch worldwide sales of the film at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin, where it will host the first screenings for global buyers. “Damned If You Do” features am ensemble led by
The best MMA fighters in the world travel to United Arab Emirates for PFL Dubai. The the main card pits Russian Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0-0) defending his PLF Lightweight World Championship against English fighter Alfie Davis (20-5-1) in five-round title bout on ESPN Unlimited.
“Dhurandhar,” the Ranveer Singh-led espionage thriller about an Indian undercover operative infiltrating Karachi’s criminal underworld, has landed at No. 1 on Netflix’s global Top 10 non-English films list – and is also No. 1 in both India and Pakistan, a streaming outcome that
On a faintly misty morning in South Africa’s Kamiesberg mountain region, 79-year-old goatherd Hettie (Hettie Farmer) watches her flock as they hobble and nibble along the rough, khaki-colored landscape, and wonders for the first time if they wonder about her. Is she a mother to
So here we are again, caught up in the never-ending slow-drip flood of cinematic Dracula mythology, now with Luc Besson’s wan, derivative, dutifully time-period-hopping, different-but-not-really-new take on the vampire legend. The movie, big surprise, wants to be more
“Sinners” composer Ludwig Göransson and “KPop Demon Hunters” singer and songwriter EJAE led the winners at the 7th annual Society of Composers and Lyricists awards. Göransson took home two SCL Awards for his “Sinners” score and the original song “I Lied to You,” co-written with
Producer Harman Baweja and director Arati Kadav are teaming up for a new film, marking their second collaboration following last year’s critically acclaimed drama “Mrs.” The duo unveiled their reunion timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of “Mrs.,” the Sanya
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “Spartacus: House of Ashur,” now available on Starz. Steven S. DeKnight has helped create several cinematic universes over the years. He wrote on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the spinoff “Angel” in the
“They planned all along to rip him off," the new lawsuit from the director of The Rock , Pearl Harbor , and Armageddon reads
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from “Eyes Without a Face,” Season 4, Episode 5 of “Industry,” now streaming on HBO Max. On “Industry,” heroes are hard to come by. But in the HBO series’ audacious Season 4, Sweetpea Golightly (Miriam Petche) is about
Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, a former friend of con artist Anna Sorokin, sued in 2022, claiming that the series gave the
“Mystery Science Theater 3000” stars Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett know a thing or two about bad movies. With the news that the show is being revived for four new episodes and the veteran “MST3K” trio are returning, fans have wondered which movies they might
The winter Olympic games are often seen as more of an appendix to their larger summertime counterparts than a tentpole in themselves. But in 2026, the parallels between Milan — which co-hosts the 25th winter Olympics with Cortina d’Ampezzo, a ski town near the Austrian border —
Filmmaker Michał Marczak carves out a unique space for his documentary “Closure” within the non-fiction world. The film is set up as a moody mystery about a teenager who disappears one day and his father’s relentless search for him. Yet as it unfolds it cleverly becomes a drama
Audiences will have to wait a little longer to familiarize themselves with “Clayface,” one of DC’s lesser known characters. The superhero film was originally slated to hit theaters on Sept. 11. It will now move to Oct. 23. “Clayface,” for those not steeped in all things Gotham,
Matthew Berry won’t be on the gridiron on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, but he will notch a milestone for football when NBC Sports begins its five-hour Super Bowl pre-game show at 1 p.m. ET. Berry will be the first fantasy sports analyst and commentator to appear as part of a Super
Fred Smith, bass player for the influential proto-punk band Television, died Thursday. He was 77. The band confirmed his death on its Instagram. Smith started out playing with Angel and the Snake, which then became Blondie. In 1975 he left Blondie to replace Richard Hell in
Kwan headlined the THR x Autodesk AI and Independent Filmmaking panel in partnership with the Berggruen Institute with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Noah Segan, Janet Yang and Autodesk’s Matthew Sivertson.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” officially has its first rave reaction, courtesy of the director’s brother Jonathan Nolan. The “Westworld” co-creator and “Fallout” executive producer told CinemaBlend that his older brother’s upcoming epic is “spectacular” and “tremendous.”
The 2024 feature was one the most watched movies on Netflix that year.
The studio also slated the Brandon Sklenar-led modern day western 'The Rescue' and untitled event horror pic.
Paramount has set Teyana Taylor’s feature directorial debut, “Get Lite,” for a theatrical release next spring. The film, which will be released wide on April 9, 2027, follows a talented, but sheltered, dance student who finds inspiration, love and family in the last place he
Emmy-winning comedy “Schitt’s Creek” will be available to stream in its entirety on HBO Max starting Saturday, Feb. 7. With the addition comes a newly launched “Schitt’s Creek” playlist via the in-app “channels” feature, offering subscribers a seamless and continuous on-demand
Sabrina Impacciatore, known to U.S. audiences for roles in “The White Lotus” and “The Paper,” performed a time-traveling musical number celebrating 100 years of Winter Olympics history featuring a panoply of on-stage costumes, including a fabulous vintage ski outfit designed by
Nathan Smith — aka DJ Young Slade, rapper Lil Jon’s son — was found dead near his Georgia home after he was reported missing earlier this week. No cause of death was announced; he was 27. Lil Jon (Jonathan Smith) confirmed the death in a statement to Variety: “I am extremely
Fresh of the back of taking Sundance by storm with “The Moment,” Charli xcx appears to be gearing up with another hot film project. Variety has learned that her upcoming movie with Japanese horror maestro Takashi Miike — which Variety announced last year and in which she’ll
NBC News already provides security services for its talent, including the hosts of the “Today” show. But the outlet in the past few days has ramped up security precautions for “Today” because of the unexplained disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” co-host
Oscar nominee Zach Baylin is writing the film about the famed cyclist.
Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled two custom-built studios in the Italian Alps that will serve as the broadcast hub for its European coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The media giant’s main facility, dubbed “WBD House,” sits in the heart of Cortina
Austin Butler is about to get his Tour de France on, playing Lance Armstrong, the racing legend whose reputation was undone by a doping scandal. The “Elvis” star will portray the cyclist in a new film from Edward Berger, the director of “All Quiet on the Western Front” and
Avex Music Group, the global music company of Japanese entertainment giant Avex helmed by CEO Brandon Silverstein, has partnered with the Orchard for distribution of all future releases in territories around the world. The first new music expected to be released under the deal
For more than four decades, Robert Kaplow has built an unconventional writing career. A novelist, longtime English teacher, radio essayist and East Coast lifer, Kaplow has spent his creative life obsessed with language — not just what words say, but how they sound, fade and
Those stalwarts holding out stubborn hope that Renny Harlin’s “Strangers” trilogy would end with more bang than whimper might choose the Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” as their theme song after sitting through “The Strangers: Chapter 3.” Though it’s actually another vintage FM
Savannah Guthrie was meant to be in Milan, Italy on Friday co-hosting the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics. But that all changed over the weekend when her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing. NBC commentators Mary Carillo and Terry Gannon kicked off the
Mariah Carey brought world class pop star wattage to the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday night at Milan’s historic San Siro Stadium. Carey, who has scored 19 Billboard No. 1 singles and six Grammy Awards, performed entirely in Italian for
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 4, Episode 8 of “The Traitors,” now streaming on Peacock. Since Season 4 of “The Traitors” premiered in early January, Colton Underwood has been under fire. The former Bachelor, who came out as gay in 2021, played a very
Minnie Driver also stars in director Alicia MacDonald's film that hails from Working Title.
As tax season approaches, small business owners across the U.S. are preparing for one of the most administratively demanding times of the year. Between year-end reporting, employee tax forms and compliance deadlines, payroll management can quickly become one of the most complex
Look no further than Rotten Tomatoes to see how big America's cultural political divide has grown.
From creating one monster to killing another, Christoph Waltz’s winter has been a horror show. The 69-year-old Austrian Oscar winner played Henrich Harlander, Victor Frankenstein’s wealthy benefactor, in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” which received nine Oscar
The 68-year-old was arrested last month on the accusations related to twin child actors he worked with on the Fox television series The Cleaning Lady . He denies the accusations
The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday with an unprecedentedly widespread opening ceremony that was certainly more somber that the Paris 2024 opener but still delivered a classy spectacle and projected an overall elegance that reflects its Italian spirit.
Long-running Canadian powerhouse Nettwerk Music Group has announced a management buyout from its existing investors, supported by Create Music Group. The transaction is expected to close this month. As part of the proposed agreement, Create Capital will invest over $300 million
At this point, it’s old news that cable has become all but obsolete in the age of streaming. With the dominance of streamers such as Hulu, Disney+ and Max, many people have dumped their expensive cable and satellite TV subscriptions in favor of on-demand viewing. But for live
The 'Fallout' executive producer says Christopher Nolan's film is "spectacular" and "an incredible achievement."
“Variations on a Theme,” directed by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, won the Tiger Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam. Walking away with the Tiger Award, worth €40,000, the film – about Ouma Hettie, a goat herder in South Africa – was praised by jurors Soheila
The FIPRESCI Award went to 'Supporting Role' and the NETPAC Award to 'i grew an inch when my father died,' while 'Ah Girl' and 'La belle année' were also honored.
Before this year’s Oscar race draws to a close, one film has already staked its claim on next year’s conversation: the Sundance breakout “Josephine.” Premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “Josephine” took home both the Grand Jury
As the industry begins its latest round of union contract talks on Monday, Hollywood is fighting wars on many fronts. The health plans that cover most of the creative community are under water as costs soar, at the same time that the expansion of generative AI tools in content
