2026 kicked off with Paramount+’s “Landman” leading the TV total viewer tally for the first five weeks of the year, with ABC’s “High Potential” close behind. With CBS’ main shows on hiatus at the start of the year, ABC led January with the most series in the top 20 (eight, also
As March rolled in, awards season was in full bloom. The month kicked off with the 32nd annual Actor Awards, where “Sinners” star Wunmi Mosaku stunned in a bright red Louis Vuitton gown. Other fashion highlights included Kate Aimee Lou Wood in Versace and Timothée Chalamet in
Amazon-MGM's entire 156-minute, big-budget sci-fi gamble was shot without any green (or blue) screen, Christopher Miller says.
Gayle King will stay with “CBS Mornings” for the foreseeable future as part of a new deal she has signed with CBS News, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal previously reported on King’s renewal of her deal with the Paramount Skydance unit.
“Vikings,” “Raised by Wolves” and “Dune: Prophecy” star Travis Fimmel will reprise his role as troubled Detective James Cormack in “Black Snow” Season 3, the Stan Original which returns to Queensland for another cold case, filming from April in Cairns. “Boy Swallows Universe”
“Miss Scarlet” has been renewed for a seventh and final season at Masterpiece PBS. Featuring “Wolf Hall” star Kate Phillips as the titular Eliza Scarlet, it has been following Victorian London’s first female private investigator since it first debuted in 2021on Masterpiece
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is building out its Season 2 cast. Variety has learned that Lucy Boynton (“A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story,” “Bohemian Rhapsody”), Babou Ceesay (“Alien: Earth,” “Damilola, Our Loved Boy”), and Peter Mullan (“Ozark,” “I Swear”) have joined the
Radial Entertainment, which was formed last year through the union of FilmRise and Shout Factory, has acquired the library of New Dominion Pictures, home of enduring nonfiction TV series including “The FBI Files,” “The New Detectives” and “A Haunting.” The deal brings 600 hours
Keke Palmer harbors a touch of jealousy toward her 3-year-old son. Leodis Jackson leads a charmed little life. He spent a chunk of last fall in Australia, following his mom around the set of “Spaceballs 2.” At Leodis’ birthday party last month, Raven-Symoné and Vic Mensa were
Prepare to be reunited with your favorite homicidal animatronics: “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” will be available to stream on Peacock starting on April 3. A sequel to the wildly successful “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” the latest installment in video game creator and screenwriter
The festival received "recommendations" from its supervisory board after a controversial fest, but refuted claims that Berlin will be required to impose a new code of conduct for future events.
“LifeHack,” the cyber heist thriller that landed critical praise after premiering at SXSW in 2025, is heading to cinemas in the U.S. The film, which currently holds a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for two British Independent Film Awards, is set to release wide
Josh Finan, the rising British star best known for his recent TV work on shows such as “The Responder” (for which he was BAFTA TV nominated), “The Gentleman,” “Say Nothing” (playing Gerry Adams) and this year’s “Waiting for the Out,” has landed his first major film role. The
A special screening of Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated feature “The Voice of Hind Rajab” was held on Tuesday at the United Nations Office at Geneva during a U.N. Human Rights Council event preceded by a video message from multiple Oscar-winning Mexican
Three girls in China go on a road trip in the second feature from Dongnan Chen that blends raw documentary with an improvised fictional voyage, creating "an alternative narrative."
Nicole Travolta’s solo show “Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright” will return to the New York Stage this spring. The play is scheduled for an encore engagement at the SoHo Playhouse from April 1 through May 10. A blend of stand-up, confessional storytelling and character work, the
Under-fire Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle is set to stay on at the festival following a week of turbulence and meetings with the German government. Tuttle’s leadership came under threat after the 2026 edition of the festival was overshadowed by political debate, with several
Two very different films are getting the graphic novel treatment from Titan Comics. “My Father’s Dragon,” adapted from the Netflix animated feature based on Ruth Stiles Gannett’s beloved children’s novel, is hitting shelves on Sep. 15. Meanwhile, “Highlander: The Original
Rakuten Viki is doubling down on Korean thrillers, with two new series set to debut on the platform in March across North and South America, Europe, and Oceania. Corporate greed, political graft, and showbiz sleaze collide in “Climax,” a Viki Original in which Ju Ji-hoon (“The
Otilia Portillo Padua's feature documentary world premieres at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, immediately followed by its North American debut at SXSW.
Audible is queuing up a new batch of true-crime and investigative journalism podcasts that bring together some of the biggest names in the space including Dan Taberski, Paul Holes, Leon Neyfakh and Laura Beil. It’s the first major podcast slate from Audible since Amazon
Across two decades of steadfast commitment to serving filmmakers from the host country and the wider region, the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival’s industry arm, Agora, which runs parallel to the fest’s 28th edition, has stayed true to its core principles, providing a
In the year since the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival organized its 2025 edition around the theme of artificial intelligence, the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, disrupting industries, reshaping livelihoods, flooding our feeds with machine-generated slop
It’s déjà vu all over again at the Joburg Film Festival, where South African film and television workers are again calling on the government to rescue a floundering rebate system and save the country’s beleaguered screen industries. Just weeks after hundreds of film and TV
Léa Drucker, who just won best actress at the Cesar Awards for her role in “Case 137,” has joined the voice cast of “Blaise,” an animated feature adapted from the popular comic book collection published by Glénat. The feature, which is directed by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul
Queer media veteran David Artavia has been named executive editor of national LGBTQ youth arts initiative The Future Perfect Project. Founded in 2017 by Ryan Amador and Celeste Lecesne, writer of Oscar-winning short film “Trevor” and co-founder of The Trevor Project, The Future
“Lovejoy” the hit BBC comedy-drama mystery series that ran from 1986 to 1994 and starred Ian McShane, is to return to screens. See-Saw Films, the British banner known for “Slow Horses” and “Heartstopper,” has acquired rights to adapt John Grant’s original detective novels
Canadian filmmakers Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden knew they were onto something when their short film “Nuisance Bear,” an unconventional nature documentary centered on the annual polar bear migration in Manitoba, was picked up by the New Yorker Studios following its
COL Group and BeLive Holdings are unveiling what they describe as the world’s first fully integrated “Microdrama in a Box” solution at the Hong Kong FilMart, combining cloud-based software infrastructure with access to what the companies bill as the largest curated microdrama
Tricia Tuttle came under fire following pro-Palestinian speeches by Berlinale award winners at this year's awards gala.
The award was dubbed the 2026 FIFA Skydance Paramount Netflix Warner Bros Big Ass Lipton Cup O Peace
The singer appeared on Keke Palmer’s podcast to discuss her career and the difficulties of being a young star
The filmmakers behind “Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups” have revealed a revised release date, moving the production from its previously scheduled March 19 slot to June 4, citing ongoing regional instability in the Middle East. KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations made
Superstars don’t stay relevant by doing what people expect, or even what their fans necessarily want. Crowd-pleasing is a fast track to becoming a nostalgia act, where an artist is trapped in a loop of playing to type (i.e. the hits and only the hits) year after year. It’s not
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass doesn’t show up for the grand openings of many local businesses. But early Monday morning she trekked all the way out to the northwestern edge of the city, more than 25 miles from City Hall, to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremonies for Cinespace’s
The original Patrick Bateman gave his thoughts on Luca Guadagnino's new adaptation while premiering his latest film 'The Bride!' on Tuesday.
The daughter of Oscar-winning actor Edmond O'Brien also worked as an acting coach on 'Days of Our Lives' for 15 years.
With the first tournament in East Asia of the season, the 2026 LIV Golf Hong Kong tees off starting on Thursday, Mar. 4 and goes until Sunday, Mar. 8 at Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, Hong Kong. In just its third year of play in Hong Kong, the pro golf season extends
The film, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, hits theaters March 6.
Maria O’Brien, an acting coach and actor known for roles in films including 1975’s “Smile” and 1984’s “Protocol” and numerous TV appearances in the 1980s and ’90s, died on Feb. 24. She was 75. Over the course of her six-decade career, O’Brien graced screens small and large,
Longtime fans of Dropout (formerly known as CollegeHumor) would say that to call the comedy streaming service a liberal-leaning platform is an understatement. That’s why some viewers were taken aback when Dropout announced cast members from its game show “Game Changer” would be
Jeff Zucker and Marco Bassetti had their eyes on the same prize two years ago. Now they get to run it together. Zucker’s RedBird IMI and Banijay have struck a deal valued at $8 billion to merge All3Media with Banijay, which is headed by Bassetti as CEO. The transaction will
Last month, NBC sportscaster Maria Taylor made history as the first Black woman to host the Super Bowl pregame show and hand out the Lombardi trophy after the game. Taylor shared the celebration stage with Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald, a fellow alum of both the
“Scrubs” returned to ABC after 16 years last week, and it seems that much of its old audience has come back too. The first episode of the reboot hit 11.4 million viewers in the five days following its premiere. That total comes from a combination of Nielsen’s measurement of
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, filed to sell just over $114 million worth of stock in the company. His sale of the shares comes less than a week after WBD clinched a deal to sell itself to Paramount Skydance for $31 per share, after Netflix walked
“Marshals,” the new “Yellowstone” spinoff series on CBS, had a strong premiere on Sunday night. Per Nielsen, the first episode reached an average of 9.5 million viewers. That total marks the largest audience for a scripted broadcast series premiere in more than seven years,
"I'm really excited about coming early," Marlon Wayans quipped about the sixth film in the comedy franchise.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck’s return to “The View” as a guest host has further exposed rifts in the conservative media landscape, as she excoriated fellow Fox News alumna Megyn Kelly of disrespecting American troops. Appearing as a guest panelist on the chat show this week, Hasselbeck
Maggie Gyllenhaal joined The New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast to discuss her latest directorial effort, “The Bride” and revealed how the studio test screening process took her to task over the movie’s depiction of violence and sexual violence. Gyllenhaal wrote and
Harry Styles: musician, actor, business founder and… marathoner? During his time away from the spotlight, the hearthrob singer ran both the Tokyo and Berlin marathons at an impressive sub-three-hour pace — during which eagle-eyed fans (and The New York Times) were quick to
