A judge has thrown out Blake Lively’s sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni, gutting her headline-grabbing lawsuit that followed the release of the domestic violence film “It Ends With Us.” In a ruling issued Thursday, Judge Lewis Liman threw out 10 of the 13 claims
Big changes are underway at Bad Robot. Details are still coming together, but sources say J.J. Abrams is beginning to downsize the production banner. Sources were not clear on the exact number of cuts to come as a result of the downsizing, but it was characterized as being an
April began with the continuation of Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s promotional tour for their new romantic dramedy “The Drama.” The two stopped by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” ahead of a special New York City screening of the film set for the following evening. On
The eight-time Oscar nominee will be saluted May 1 in the courtyard of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Legendary actor Glenn Close is set to be immortalized outside will the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with a hand and footprint ceremony. The ceremony will take place on May 1 as part of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival, which will take place from April 30 to May 3. Last
Red Seat Ventures, a division of Fox Corp’s Tubi Media Group, operates a network of shows from personalities including Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly and Piers Morgan. Now, as part its parent company’s ongoing push to capitalize on the creator economy, Red Seat is
Oscar Isaac appeared on the latest episode of “Hot Ones” and was asked about “X-Men: Apocalypse,” the 2016 comic book tentpole in which he played the eponymous villain under a 40-pound costume and various makeup prosthetics. Isaac previously called the role “excruciating.” It
Netflix has released a first look at the untitled sequel series to “Peaky Blinders,” starring Jamie Bell. He will star as Duke Shelby, the son of Cillian Murphy’s original lead character Thomas Shelby. Duke was previously played by Barry Keoghan in Netflix’s sequel film “Peaky
Rapper Pooh Shiesty and his father are among the suspects arrested in connection with a kidnapping and robbery involving Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane and two others at a recording studio in Dallas in January, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Shiesty (real name: Lontrell
“Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” will cast its final spell, as the reboot will return for its third and final season on Disney+ and Disney Channel this summer. Selena Gomez, who anchored the original “Wizards of Waverly Place,” will return as a guest star, reprising her role as
Kim Kardashian is hoping to hit it out of the park as the executive producer of a new reality series about competitive youth baseball families. Titled “Team Moms,” the show has been greenlit at Paramount+ and will premiere later this year. “Team Moms” will immerse viewers into
As one of the most popular duos in country music (or country-pop crossover), Dan + Shay are known as serious romantics, to the point where they acknowledge and joke about how many marches down the aisle or first dances they’ve provided the soundtrack for. But with their new
David E. Kelley is setting his sights on a TV adaptation of “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” Variety has learned from sources. Kelley is set to write a TV adaptation of the beloved Tom Wolfe novel for Apple TV. Kelley will also executive produce under his David E. Kelley
The first episode of the season will air at 11:59 p.m. PST on April 12 on the Coachella campgrounds
At least as the stage design suggested, Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) was standing on top of the world last night at Inglewood, CA’s SoFi Stadium — a barely veiled metaphor strung across the first of two sold-out comeback concerts at the 70,000-capacity venue.
The young actor, who was presented a Grammy during the halftime show, will star as an immigrant child in 'Home' opposite Mike Vogel, Alexa PenaVega and Dennis Haysbert.
Artificial-intelligence giant OpenAI has acquired TBPN, aka the Technology Business Programming Network, a media start-up that hosts a talk show about Silicon Valley and finance that has streamed online for about a year. “TBPN has built something pretty special,” Fidji Simo,
Created by Goodman Pictures and director Tim Johnson, the newly-formed Underneath the Umbrella Productions has acquired the rights to adapt the comic strips “B.C.” and “Wizard of Id,” along with the fantasy novel “The Book of the Dun Cow.” Johnson will co-write, produce, and
“Gachiakuta,” “The Rose of Versailles” and “The Summer Hikaru Died” are among the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2026 nominees. The largest global celebration of excellence in Japanese animation, the winners will be announced by celebrity presenters like Asuka Saito, Danna, RZA and
“Deli Boys” has a Season 2 premiere date, with the show also adding to its cast. Season 2 of the Onyx Collective series will debut on Hulu on May 28. Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “Black Monday”) and Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley,” “Welcome to Chippendales”) will appear in
The Steven Soderbergh movie stars Ian McKellen as a storied English artist and Michaela Coel as an upstart painter.
Louis C.K. returns to Netflix with a new stand-up special, “Ridiculous,” which will premiere on the streamer this summer. The comic will also headline the Hollywood Bowl on May 5 as part of the Netflix Is a Joke Fest. C.K. has been touring this new hour for nearly a year,
There’s a casting shakeup at “The Pitt.” Variety has learned exclusively that Ayesha Harris, who plays senior night shift resident Dr. Parker Ellis, has been promoted to series regular going into the show’s third season. In addition, Supriya Ganesh, who has played senior
President Donald Trump has fired U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, while praising her as having done “a tremendous job” in cracking down on crime during her nearly 14-month tenure. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that Bondi will be “transitioning” to an
That's the biggest start of the year so far after passing up 'Project Hail Mary.' It is also ahead of the first film, which transformed into a box office juggernaut.
Mubi has bought “Minotaur,” the anticipated next film by Andrey Zvyagintsev, the two-time Oscar-nominated Russian filmmaker of “Loveless” and “Leviathan” for North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Latin America. Represented internationally by MK2 Films
Ramy Youssef has set his third HBO comedy special. Premiering on April 17, “Ramy Youssef: In Love” was filmed at the Hideout in Chicago and directed by “The Bear” creator Chris Storer. The official logline for the special states that Youssef “playfully engages with the audience
Netflix has ordered up the limited series “The Corrections” starring Meryl Streep, Variety has confirmed. The show, based on the Jonathan Franzen novel of the same name, was first reported to be on the market in late 2024. Franzen will adapt his novel for the screen and
The William Morris Endeavor Agency has taken world sales on “Reeling,” a first feature from Italian-American Yana Alliata. The film is executive produced by Werner Herzog and premiered in March at the SXSW Film Festival. “Reeling,” which bowed in the narrative feature
In her first interview since the actor was indicted on child sex abuse charges, Gilbert defended her husband, saying he is “the last person in the world who would hurt a child”
Last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman broke the news to newly installed Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro that the AI giant was killing off the Sora video-gen platform — before Disney was able to launch its characters in the system. Altman felt “terrible” about it, but added that Disney and
Olivia Rodrigo has announced that her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” will be released on June 12 via Geffen Records. The singer revealed the news on Instagram, which she wiped yesterday in anticipation of the album announcement. “My third album ‘you
Focus Features will release a filmed version of Broadway’s “Six” on the big screen over the summer. It will land in domestic cinemas on Aug. 14. “Six” imagines the wives of Henry VIII as a pop icons, and the show plays like a concert. This performance was recorded at London’s
City Year Los Angeles will honor “Project Hail Mary” filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, along with education leader Pedro Noguera, at its 15th annual Spring Break Gala on April 25 at Universal Studios. The duo behind major franchises including “Spider-Verse” and “The
The live-action “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series is now officially in development at Peacock, Variety has learned. Based on the LitRPG book series of the same name by Matt Dinniman, the project was originally acquired by Universal International Studios in early 2025, though no
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival has appointed Andrew Mohsen as its new artistic director for the fest’s ninth edition, which will run Oct. 15-23. Mohsen will replace Egyptian filmmaker Marianne Khoury, who stepped down as El Gouna chief in February after heading three editions.
No need to wipe off that glittery makeup after a weekend of desert raving: “Euphoria” will screen at Coachella. The Season 3 premiere of the HBO drama will play in the campgrounds of the festival on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT, after the weekend’s final performances. Coachella
The Oscar-winning director says the film follows "a curious and endearing piglet squid living in the uncharted depths of the South Pacific Ocean," and is targeting a 2027 theatrical release.
Bong Joon Ho has unveiled the first look at “Ally,” his debut animated feature, a project the filmmaker has been developing since 2019 and one that represents a significant new creative direction after a career built on live-action genre cinema. Bong co-wrote the script with
Universal and Illumination’s animated adventure “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” is off to a super start at the domestic box office, igniting to $34.5 million on opening day. Those ticket sales mark the largest opening day of the year, above Amazon MGM’s “Project Hail Mary” with
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.
Isabel Coixet’s Rome-set drama “Three Goodbyes,” starring Italian A-listers Alba Rorhwacher and Elio Germano, will open the 45th Istanbul Film Festival that will run April 9-19. The festival — which is being revamped under a new format that aims to make it more international —
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’s time for a sneak peek at Hogwarts. On April 5, HBO will debut a special taking viewers behind the scenes of its upcoming adaptation of the “Harry Potter” books. “Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic” charts the making of Season 1, which is currently being filmed at
At “60 Minutes,” precious seconds are ticking. Tanya Simon, only the fourth executive producer in the history of the long-running newsmagazine, could be removed from the role later this year if CBS News executives decline to renew a one-year deal that put her in the job,
Warner Bros. Animation, DC Studios, and Warner Home Entertainment will bring “Batman: Knightfall” to France’s Annecy Animation Festival. The feature film, helmed by WB Animation veteran director Jeff Wamester (“Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths”), is described as “the
Chinese-American singer Emei has signed with Atlantic in partnership with Nice Life Records, which is also home to the Marias and Lizzo, the companies announced on Thursday. She will release the title track from her forthcoming EP “Night at the Opera” tonight at 9 p.m. PT, with
“Clown in a Cornfield” author Adam Cesare’s Dark Horse comics series “Dead Mall” is making its way to the big screen. Production company Not the Funeral Home has optioned Cesare and artist David Stoll’s four-issue series for a feature film adaptation, Variety can confirm.
The feature, an adaptation of a 1997 book written and illustrated by the star, will premiere in the Cannes Premiere Selection ahead of its Apple TV debut in late May.
The a cappella musical, written by Dave Malloy, follows a support group for internet addicts.