After five years between games, the sixth main “Horizon” installment in one of the best racing games for Xbox is available to download and play right now. If you’re a fan of the “Forza Horizon” series, then you’re going to be excited for “Forza Horizon 6” from Playground Games
The much anticipated Netflix MMA card headlined by Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey pulled in an estimated audience of roughly 12 million viewers. The Netflix/Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) card drew an average minute audience (AMA) of 12.4 million Live+1 viewers globally, per
Francesca Scorsese is set to star in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” Season 2, Variety has confirmed. Scorsese will appear alongside previously announced cast members Mark Eydelshteyn and Talia Ryder. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps. It is also believed that Season 1 stars
At 89, the British New Wave icon — knighted, Berlinale-decorated, still working — revisits 1983’s 'The Dresser' and the lifelong lessons of a career spent in the company of legends.
The melodrama, which premiered in competition at the French festival, marks the 76-year-old director’s return to his native language after making his English-language debut with the Venice-winning 'The Room Next Door.'
Hayden Panettiere wrote in her new tell-all that when she was 19, a “well-respected” and “Oscar-winning actor and director” exposed himself to her at a party. Revealing the story in her new memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” the “Nashville” and “Scream” star wrote that she was
Tom Brady is going social with his next series. His Shadow Lion production shingle is behind “Chasers,” which it’s dubbing “the world’s first trading-card trivia format.” Brady will appear in the premiere episode, which launches May 20 on YouTube. Kevin Bonner hosts “Chasers,”
Peter Craig will pen the script for the action crime thriller.
“Survivor” 50 is a milestone season for CBS and for Jeff Probst — and may just be the start of something new. On May 20, the show will air its finale, which will be live in front of an audience for the first time since 2019’s “Edge of Extinction.” The live finale was one of […]
The 'Anatomy of a Fall' Oscar nominee says her Tom Cruise collab, which she has already screened, "impresses me beyond anything I’ve ever seen," and of her Paweł Pawlikowski-directed Cannes competition project, "I think I learned the most, of every film, on this one."
Pedro Almodovar received a warm 6.5-minute standing ovation at the international premiere of “Bitter Christmas.” While the ovations weren’t close to the Venice applause for his “The Room Next Door,” which lasted a huge 17 minutes, the Cannes crowd was extremely appreciative.
While appearing on ‘Today with Jenna & Sheinelle,’ the bestselling author reflected on the casting of her 2020 romance novel's upcoming film adaptation starring Phoebe Dynevor and Patrick Schwarzenegger.
But CEO Rich Gelfond was tightlipped Wednesday on which event movie will get a holiday period run this year after Greta Gerwig’s Netflix blockbuster moved to a Feb. 12, 2027, release date.
“War never changes” is the defining line of the “Fallout” franchise. Amazon is hoping that’s also true for the Emmys. Amazon is aiming higher for the second season of “Fallout,” revealing exclusively to Variety an expansive Emmy Awards submission strategy headlined by Aaron
Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro, top execs at WME and TKO Group, are buying small ownership stakes in the Las Vegas Raiders. A spokesperson for Emanuel and Shapiro confirmed that the sports and entertainment executives will take individual, personal stakes in the Raiders. The
“Delphi,” Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Creed” spinoff series, has set its main cast. The show was originally announced in May 2025. Per the official logline, the show “follows a group of gifted young boxers in an elite academy fighting to achieve their dreams and reach the
“The Roast of Kevin Hart” hit 13.5 million views on Netflix during the May 11-17 viewing window, making it the streamer’s most-watched TV title of the week. The roast, which was livestreamed during the third-ever Netflix Is a Joke Festival, reached a slightly smaller audience
Jesse Watters isn’t known for his athletic prowess, but he may be a hit with streaming sports fans all the same. When Fox Corp. initially launched its new Fox One streaming service in the fall of last year, executives steeled themselves for a wave of sign-ups by cord-cutters
In response to multiple complaints online from Harry Styles fans who paid for special “VIP” floor tickets on the first two nights of the singer’s “Together Together” tour, but found their views obscured by the 10-feet-tall walkways circling the stadium’s floor that the singer
20th Century Studios has attached the filmmaker to write and direct 'King Conan.'
After closing out the second round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the New York Knicks for the Eastern Conference Finals crown on the road to the NBA Finals in June. Since the No. 3-seed Knicks have the better regular season record, New York has home
Early in Pedro Almodóvar’s new film “Bitter Christmas,” a female filmmaker is briefly hospitalized, and the attending physician recognizes her as the director of an offbeat film from some years before. “I hear it became a cult film,” says the good doctor. “What does that mean?
The 'Super Mario Bros.' movie, as well as the duo's 'Teen Titans Go!' series, have drawn massive viewership on the streamer.
Nicole Lapin, a financial journalist, author and podcaster, has signed with WME, which will represent her and her Money News Network podcast operation. Lapin launched Money News Network in 2023. In addition to her show “Money Rehab,” which launched in 2020, the network is home
The actor who starred in a 1987 live-action adaptation stopped by the L.A. premiere of the new movie.
A Tuesday evening press screening in Cannes of Pedro Almodovar’s “Bitter Christmas” was temporarily evacuated after a medical emergency, Variety has confirmed. The screening in the Bazin theater in the Palais was paused so emergency services could assist the person, according
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult digs into the story of Frederick von Mierers, founder of the youth- and beauty-obsessed group Eternal Values in the 1980s
Cartoon Network Studio’s “Adventure Time: Side Quests” will premiere on June 29, Disney+ and Hulu announced. The show will stream on the platforms. The new “Adventure Time” companion series will follow “young hero Finn and his magical dog best friend Jake as they embark on
Disney continues to add more features hitching Hulu and Disney+ together as it takes steps toward the goal of “fully integrating” Hulu into the Disney+ service. The Mouse House has outlined plans to deliver a “unified” app experience for bundle subscribers of Disney+ and Hulu
It’s a Dunphy family reunion. “Modern Family” stars Ariel Winter and Nolan Gould, who played Alex and Luke Dunphy on 11 seasons of the ABC sitcom, are now roommates in Los Angeles. “It’s funny because I spend more time out here [in L.A.] now and I rent a house with Nolan,”
AMC is launching a new after-show for “The Vampire Lestat,” the third season of “Interview With the Vampire.” Titled “The Vampire Lestat: After Dark,” the half-hour show will be hosted by Lizzie Bassett and will feature interviews with the show’s cast and creators. Among those
CBS’ long-running competition show “Survivor” will be honored with the Legacy Award at the Newport Beach TV Fest on June 6. The award is in celebration of “Survivor” completing 50 seasons, recognizing the show’s cultural impact and lasting influence. Fan-favorite players and
Starz has released the trailer and key art for the fifth season of “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.” Season 5 will premiere on June 12, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays on the Starz app, and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. The trailer confirms Patina
“Minotaur,” a pitch-black look at corruption in Putin era Russia, was greeted with a thunderous, eight-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. The film marks the return to the Croisette of Andrey Zvyagintsev, the Oscar-nominated auteur, whose previous
Distribution rights to the inspirational sports documentary “Stronger Than You Think,” which tells the story of Paralympic star swimmer Ali Truwit, have been acquired by Sox Entertainment. Truwit made international headlines at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris when she
Editor and director John Ottman is set to direct “Billy & Me”, a feature film chronicling the formative years of superstar singer-pianist Billy Joel. “Billy & Me” tells the origin story of Joel before fame, before the hits — and, significantly, before “Piano Man,” the 1973 song
A film adaptation of mystery-adventure video game franchise “Broken Sword” is being developed by game maker Revolution Software, producer Story Kitchen and Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos. Created by Charles Cecil, the “Broken Sword”
Apple TV’s “Shrinking” is all about trying to find that sunny day, sweepin’ the clouds away and going on your way to where the air is sweet. So it’s only natural that the series’ stars found their way to “Sesame Street.” Earlier this month, the “Shrinking” stars took time
Nick Offerman, Lukas Gage and Harry Shum Jr. also star in Leah McKendrick's feature that launches next month.
NBCUniversal is officially rolling out its first mobile game with Wolf Games, dubbed “Law and Order: Clue Hunter.” The game is now available on the Peacock mobile app. Per the official description, “Clue Hunter” will give fans of the storied franchise a chance to play
Maddie Ziegler has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Ziegler, who is 23, first rose to prominence at age 8 as a star of the Lifetime reality series “Dance Moms” for seven seasons from 2011 to 2016. By the time she was 11, her work on the show had caught the
Premiering in Cannes ahead of its competition slot in Annecy, “Lucy Lost” is something of a passion project for Xilam founder Marc du Pontavice. Years ago, the French producer acquired the rights to Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel “Listen to the Moon,” which follows a young
It would seem that even an archive as thoroughly curated as that of the late, legendary novelist-essayist-screenwriter Joan Didion still bears some surprises. In 1967, the Saturday Evening Post assigned Didion to interview the Grateful Dead in their Bay Area rehearsal space at
One of the first things you notice about “Minotaur” is how much space there is in it. Uncrammed domestic interiors give the camera enough room to scrutinize details in stalking, unimpeded pans; modern gray office suites appear half-furnished and half-empty, as if the company is
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden offered impassioned — and at times, hilarious — advice for parents who don’t accept their queer children while being honored at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s A Place We Call Home gala. “We want to change things so that basic human queer rights are
ABC has greenlit a “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff. “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes serves as co-creator and executive producer on the new series alongside Meg Marinis, who has been the “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner since Season 20 in 2024. Per the official logline, the currently
Trey Parker and Matt Stone confirmed the show would return in September, with new episodes running through late November
In 2019, Baby Yoda was ubiquitous. The adorable green sidekick to Pedro Pascal’s masked bounty hunter made his debut on the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian,” becoming a pop culture sensation and fueling enough memes and merchandise to fill the galaxy. Seven years and one
From page to screen to stage… Lionsgate is turning “The Housemaid,” the best-seller turned box-office hit, into a play. The sexy psychological thriller, based on the novel by Freida McFadden, is being developed for the stage by producers Melting Pot, a British company led by
This year’s Tony nominees are answering a hypothetical Broadway call. Every nominee got the same closing question on the day of the Meet the Nominees event in New York City on May 14: With unlimited money, unlimited power, and no obligation to turn a profit — what would they
