The noise of political and artistic pressure be damned — David Ellison just wants to go to the movies. The Skydance mogul made a surprise appearance at CinemaCon on Thursday, directly addressing global movie theater owners and making some big promises for his vision about a
The Overlook Film Festival, which specializes in the horror genre, has announced its audience and jury prize winners for its 10th annual edition. Held April 9-12, the 2026 festival welcomed 96 filmmaker guests to New Orleans and hosted 25 sold-out screenings and events with
Hulu is bringing back its Get Real House for the second year in a row — and this time, it’s not just a party for those in attendance in Los Angeles. The event, which features announcements, discussions, and of course, a party, will live stream on Hulu on Wednesday, April 22, at
Netflix is bulking up its podcast lineup, announcing five new shows coming to the streaming platform. The company dove into the space last year, inking distribution deals with Spotify, iHeartMedia and Barstool Sports. Netflix also released original podcasts “The Pete Davidson
Variety has announced additional speakers for the 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles. Speakers will include Ariana Madix, actress, “Love Island USA” host and co-founder of Something About Her; Warner Records’ EVP of Marketing
It might seem odd that anyone could record an album as first-rate as “Then Again” and then not only shelve it, but forget about it. But not everyone is Rodney Crowell, who has been busy enough following his muse that it hadn’t really reoccurred to him that he had an excellent
Set… hike! The eighth and final season of the football drama “All American” will premiere on The CW on July 13. It will be preceded by an hour-long special, “All American: The Final Season Special,” which will debut on June 22. Season 8 of “All American” follows Jordan, Layla,
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
Starz has unveiled a first-look teaser and images from Season 2 of “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.” The prequel series, which will return this fall on Starz, continues to expand the time-traveling universe by focusing on the love stories of Jamie Fraser and Claire Beauchamp’s
With the first tournament in North America of the season, the 2026 LIV Golf Mexico City (formerly LIV Golf Mayakoba) tees off starting on Thursday, Apr. 16 and goes until Sunday, Apr. 19 at Club De Golf Chapultepec in Mexico. In its fourth annual of play in Mexico City, the pro
HBO is no doubt feeling euphoric. The Season 3 premiere of “Euphoria” has pulled in 8.5 million U.S. viewers across HBO and HBO Max in its first three days of availability. Per HBO, that is a 44% increase over the Season 2 premiere, which aired in January 2022. The four-year
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
It may not be the James Bond theme that fans have long pined for, but Lana Del Rey and 007 have finally teamed up: In collaboration with five-time Bond film composer David Arnold, the singer has dropped the official title song for the upcoming video game “007 First Light,” from
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
Brian Williams, who’s been off the TV airwaves for the last five years, is going into business with Netflix. The former NBC News and MSNBC anchor will host “We’re Back! With Brian Williams,” a weekly interview show with pop-culture figures and other newsmakers. Netflix said it
The New Wave era of spiky but danceable pop tunes and sharp colorful looks may feel like it happened a million years ago, but to everyone’s surprise, the 45-year old musical movement has never really gone away. First popularized as MTV was becoming massively popular, 1980s
The 2026 Tribeca Festival’s feature and short film lineup will include the Aubrey Plaza and Susan Sarandon-led “The Accompanist,” Katie Homes’ “Happy Hours” and more, the festival announced Thursday. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the festival will take place from June 3
Victoria Beckham has spoken out for the first time since her son Brooklyn Beckham’s estrangement from the family. In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal published on Thursday morning, Beckham defends herself and husband David Beckham against accusations of trying to
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meant to invoke holy scripture in discussing the rescue mission of an American fighter pilot stranded in Iran — but he actually quoted Quentin Tarantino. In a prayer delivered by Hegseth during a Pentagon worship service on Wednesday, he read a
Comedian Cat Cohen’s new one-woman show “Broad Strokes” will debut Off-Broadway over the summer. The musical comedy is set to begin previews at downtown Manhattan’s Lucille Lortel Theatre on July 14 ahead of opening night on July 27. The eight-week engagement will end on Sept.
Berlin-based M-Appeal has picked up international sales rights to Dutch director Michiel van Erp’s “Downtown,” which it will launch at the Cannes Film Market next month. The film is described as an “homage to the liberating nightlife that offered a sense of paradise to many
Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast is putting their trademarked D back in DM-ing with the launch of a new “Dungeons & Dragons” actual-play TV series. Launching with its first two episodes available on YouTube on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. PT, the new show, titled “Dungeon Masters,” stars
Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody jokes that he’s not good at pretending. “I always say I’m a terrible actor because you know when I don’t like something. You know where I stand,” the 52-year-old cracks backstage at the James Earl Jones Theatre, where he’s set to make his
U.K. comedian and viral showman Christopher Hall is set to make his New York debut this summer with his new one-man show “Pizazz,” which is slated for a limited run at Asylum NYC this summer. Presented by WestBeth Entertainment, the production will run June 5 through June 13,
Character.ai is expanding beyond chatbot interactions and into narrative entertainment with the launch of “Books,” a new AI-powered experience that allows users to step inside and interact with classic works of literature. Rolling out Thursday as part of the platform’s c.ai
Unwell, Alex Cooper’s Gen Z-targeted media company that is home to her hit podcast “Call Her Daddy,” has brought a new team of execs on board tasked with driving growth. The company has hired Joanne Bradford as president. Bradford, who has served as a strategic adviser to
Charli xcx is going full rock ‘n’ roll for her next album. In a new cover story with British Vogue, the pop singer revealed that she’s ditching the dance beats and Auto-Tune that made her last album, “Brat,” a lime-green phenomenon. Instead, her eighth record — which she made
“A Walk on the Moon,” a musical about a Brooklyn mother whose life is transformed during a trip to a Catskills bungalow colony, will have its New York premiere this summer at The Laura Pels Theatre. The story is familiar to fans of the 1999 romantic drama of the same name that
Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ popular podcast “Wiser Than Me” is returning with new batch of episodes featuring the Emmy-winning actress’ interviews with older women. “Wiser Than Me,” a production of indie podcast network Lemonada Media, will return on May 6 with all-new episodes
At CinemaCon, movie theater owners have come out swinging against Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros., worrying that a sale will lead to fewer films. This week, A-list stars from Ben Stiller to Javier Bardem and Kristen Stewart signed a petition opposing the sale and arguing
Swiss documentary maker Edgar Hagen discusses visiting the likes of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria with German journalist Ulrich Tilgner for his film, premiering at Visions du Réel, and the situation in Iran.
It takes some confidence to claim an authorial credit in the very title of only your third feature — even Lee Daniels waited until his fourth — but Lee Cronin has never wanted for that. In his A24-backed debut “The Hole in the Ground,” the Irish director upcycled hoary
Three years after “Wonka” told the origin story of Roald Dahl’s famed chocolatier, Netflix is now turning the clock forward beyond the books with a new animated feature. “Charlie vs. The Chocolate Factory” — reuniting Netflix with Sony Pictures Imageworks, the Oscar-winning
Prep time is over for Jay Askinasi. Paramount Skydance’s newly-installed chief revenue officer takes his role into the public sphere this week as the media conglomerate starts a series of “upfront” meetings with various agencies and advertisers. Most of Paramount’s rivals wait
New York’s Bryant Park has announced the 2026 schedule for its summer Picnic Performances, presented by Bank of America — a free outdoor performing arts festival in the heart of Midtown. The festival returns May 28 and includes an American opera showcase with New York City
Set in modern-day London, Jared Stern and Elaine Bogan's twist on the Roald Dahl classic will release in 2027.
Madrid-based Latido Films has closed on a slew of territories for Colombian supernatural thriller “The Awakening” (“El Despertar”), which world premieres at the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG), with the U.S. going to Well Go, South Korea to Mediasoft and Poland to 9th Plan.
Cimarrón, part of international film-TV giant The Mediapro Studio since 2023, is taking charge of the studio’s Latin American operations. The news coincides with the launch of its offices in Brazil. Frequent collaborator Andrés Gelós joins as creative producer while Catalina
Roku no longer regularly releases figures for its installed base. But now it’s touting a new milestone: The company says it has surpassed 100 million streaming households worldwide. The number includes households that watch TV using a Roku streaming player, a first-party
IMG announced several senior-level executive changes as the sports marketing agency looks to establish a more centralized leadership structure. Chris Guinness, IMG’s EVP, global head of commercial for rights, has decided to leave the company after more than 30 years in senior
Recife, a bustling capital in the Northeast of Brazil, has recently been catapulted to global attention thanks to Kleber Mendonça Filho’s four-time Oscar-nominated “The Secret Agent.” The genrebending period drama makes Recife not only its setting but a main character in
Paris-based company Lucky Number has boarded Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. The film is produced by RT Features, the Brazilian outfit behind Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning film “I’m Still Here,” as well as Luca
Ian Katz, Channel 4’s longest-serving chief content officer, is stepping down from the position after almost nine years. Katz will depart the role in October. During his tenure, Katz played an integral role in Channel 4’s transformation from a linear network to a streaming
Ben Whishaw. Kathryn Hunter. debbie tucker green. A “Thelma & Louise” musical. The Young Vic has unveiled a 2026/7 season stacked with world and U.K. premieres running from September through July across the theater’s Main House and Maria Studio, artistic director and CEO Nadia
Kirk Acevedo, a working actor who has appeared in series for Marvel (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) and DC (“Arrow”) and in movies such as “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” and “Insidious: The Last Key,” gave a stark breakdown of the difficulty of being a middle-class actor since the
The international premiere of documentary “Spring Wind – The Awakening,” charting the political journey of Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar that culminated with his historic victory on Sunday in the country’s general elections, will open Italy’s Riviera International
Richard Kind is back in the fraudulent theatrical agency business. Twenty-two years after playing Max Bialystock on Broadway following Nathan Lane in the role, the veteran actor has brought the character to the West End for the first time, starring in the revival of Mel Brooks’
What is Australian independent cinema making of the wider world right now? Five answers are set to emerge at the Cannes Film Festival next month, where the Adelaide Film Festival Goes to Cannes program will present works in progress to international buyers and programmers. The
“Weirdly, Americans don’t seem to be responding to JD’s infectious charisma,” Kimmel said. “Maybe it’s time for a new eyeliner”
In transitioning from a standalone story to a multi-season anthology, all shows in the genre Ryan Murphy took mainstream with “American Horror Story” face the same existential question. If a series isn’t defined by a stable set of characters or locations, what does define it?
