The combo of Disney+/Disney Channel/Disney Jr. dominated Monday’s Children’s & Family Emmys, landing 19 wins — the most of any outlet — thanks to programs like “Descendants: The Rise of Red,” which was the evening’s most-awarded show, with five Emmys (including outstanding
Apple TV has canceled the Kristen Wiig-led “Palm Royale” after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. Created by Abe Sylvia, the high-society dramedy launched its first season with the streamer in 2024. The show follows Wiig’s wannabe patrician Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, who is
BAFTAs host Alan Cumming took to Instagram on Monday to address the outburst of Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson at the 79th edition of the ceremony, during which he shouted the N-word while “Sinners” stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were onstage. “What should’ve
The 'Evil Dead' and 'Spider-Man' actor revealed his health condition on social media: "I apologize if that's a shock. It was to me, too."
He missed Hasan Minhaj. He skipped Michelle Wolf. But when mentalist Oz Pearlman takes the podium at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner next month, President Trump will be there. Trump is ending his boycott of the D.C. journalism gala after a year spent doing
“Evil Dead” star Bruce Campbell revealed Monday that he has been diagnosed with cancer, but he says that it is “treatable,” if not curable. Campbell said work will have to take a back seat while he’s being treated. The 67-year-old actor posted a message to his fans on X,
David Jaffe, the creator of the “God of War” video games, took to his YouTube channel on Saturday to slam the first look image from Amazon Prime’s upcoming “God of War” TV show. He said the frame, which features franchise hero Kratos in the woods with his son, was “so bad in so
Kesha has joined the growing list of musicians who have spoken out against the Trump administration and the White House for using their songs on social media after a video featuring her hit “Blow” was posted last month. The clip, posted on February 10, shows a fighter jet
Joachim Trier knew when he was making “Sentimental Value” that it was a character study of two sisters and their father. “We did not want to make a film that felt like a chamber drama where people sit around the table and talk.” Trier wanted the characters to move. “Sentimental
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are getting into business with Netflix, setting a first-look streaming deal for Artists Equity at the streamer. Their company has forged a multi-year production and distribution pact with the tech giant. Under the terms of the partnership, Artists
The Ben Affleck and Matt Damon-led company recently released the crime thriller 'The Rip' on the platform.
Christina Applegate’s memoir “You With the Sad Eyes” publishes March 3 and an exclusive excerpt is now available to read on Vulture in which the Emmy winner writes candidly about her body image struggles while filming “Married… with Children.” Applegate starred as Kelly Bundy
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers through the end of video game “Resident Evil Requiem,” released Feb. 27 from Capcom. Gamers who spent their weekends playing through the jump scares and zombie fights in “Resident Evil Requiem” know that the survival horror
Paramount Skydance wants to battle Amazon and Google for digital ad dollars. And to do so, it has lured one of Amazon’s top ad sales executives to aid in the mission. Danielle Carney, who has in recent years supervised sports ad sales for Amazon Prime Video, is slated to join
F1 is doubling down on its partnership with the House of Mouse. Ahead of the 2026 race season, Disney and Formula 1 have announced the continuation of their multi-year “Fuel the Magic” collaboration, kicking off at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend. In addition to
Like the rest of the town last week, the shock news of Paramount Skydance’s 11th-hour successful acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery stung deep at HBO. According to at least one insider, when word came down on Thursday that Netflix had ended its pursuit of the company, HBO
“The Mummy 4” directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly on their press tour for “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come” and teased the upcoming sequel as “really, really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome.” Brendan Fraser and
The actress apologized after she reposted another account's Instagram Story that taunted those who refused to see the film over Melissa Barrera's exit.
With clear eyes and a full heart, Michael B. Jordan took home two Actor Awards (one for Smoke and one for Stack). There are moments — not very often — at an awards ceremony where you feel the entire DNA of the Oscar season shift beneath your feet, and in the room itself. At the
Will Forte told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview that he’s hopeful the mess Warner Bros. created when it canceled the release of “Coyote vs. Acme” will “get more eyes” on the film when it finally opens in theaters this August. “Extreme frustration, fiery frustration, a
To the dismay of ’90s paparazzi, only a handful of photos — and just two fleeting, alluring 10-second video clips — exist of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy during her marriage to JFK Jr., a scarcity that has only fueled the enduring mythologizing of the inarguably chic fashion
TAIT, for decades a juggernaut in providing technology and equipment for concert touring and other live experiences, has acquired Silent House, one of the foremost production studios and creative agencies in the industry, after more informally partnering for many years, it was
Jeff Fowler helms the latest film in the Paramount franchise adapting the Sega video game property.
Megan Moroney made a smashing debut this week as her album “Cloud 9” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The country star earned her first chart-topper as “Cloud 9” began with 147,000 equivalent album units. This denotes the biggest week for a country album by a woman in
Eiza González co-stars in writer-director BenDavid Grabinski's Hulu feature that premieres later this month at SXSW.
Carole Radziwill — who was on “The Real Housewives of New York City” from Season 5 through Season 10 — will be rejoining the cast in the role of “friend” for the 16th season of the Bravo series. Filming begins in New York City this week. Radziwill, an author and journalist,
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin breaks down the weekend that roared with the opening of Paramount’s “Scream 7.” And Reilly Steel, associate professor at Columbia Law School, discusses how the fight between
Social media loves an anniversary, and, earlier today, I kept seeing commemorations of something that happened exactly 12 years ago: The “Oscar selfie” featuring host Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts and all the rest was snapped on March 2. Now, this may sound
“Sorry to Bother You” filmmaker Boots Riley’s latest feature film, “I Love Boosters,” is set to premiere on the West Coast as the Centerpiece of the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival. The screenings will take place April 28 at Oakland’s historic Grand Lake Theatre,
The actor delivered a whole speech in French at the ceremony in Paris, and people still thought it was a fake or a clone
Anna Camp has apologized for sharing a social media post about “Scream 7” that touted the film’s commercial success amid the ongoing boycotts in response to the firing of former franchise star Melissa Barrera. Camp, who plays Jessica Bowden in “Scream 7,” reposted an image to
Kristen Bell is not disclosing her payday for the upcoming “Frozen” sequels, but she is denying recent reports that claim she’s earning $60 million to reprise her voice role of Anna in “Frozen 3” and “Frozen 4.” Reports also stated that Bell’s co-stars, Idina Menzel and Josh
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for “Hijack” Season 2, streaming now on Apple TV. “Hijack” Season 2 is on track for its season finale on March 4, with audiences set to find out whether Idris Elba’s Sam Nelson can save a train full of passengers — and expose
“Ever feel like you’re losing touch with who you really are?,” Lizzo said about halfway through her Sunday night set at the iconic Blue Note jazz club in New York’s Greenwich Village. “I have,” she admitted. “I had to remind myself, ‘I am 100 percent that bitch!,’” quoting
The “God of War” series adaptation at Amazon Prime Video has added for new cast members, Variety has learned. Louis Cunningham (“Marie Antoinette”) has been cast as Modi alongside Ben Chapple (“Good Cop Bad Cop,” “Playing for Keeps”) as Magni, with Evelyn Miller (“Foundation,”
Thundercat Productions and Crybaby have tapped Australian actor and radio host Yaz Haddad to headline “Bloody Legend,” a comedy-horror feature that begins principal photography in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains of New South Wales this month. Haddad, who co-hosts the
The CBS comedy pilot “Eternally Yours” is rounding out its cast with three new additions. Variety has learned that Rose Abdoo (“Hacks,” “Gilmore Girls), Tristan Michael Brown (“Pretty Freakin’ Scary” “Bunk’d”), and Shylo Molina (“The Afterparty,” “The Really Loud House”) have
Fox has renewed “Best Medicine” for Season 2. The show is an American remake of the hit British series “Doc Martin,” with Josh Charles playing the lead role in the Fox version. It is currently airing its first season, which debuted on in January. The season finale is slated to
Harry Styles is celebrating the release of his new album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” with a Netflix concert film. The pop star’s first show in nearly three years — taking place this Friday in Manchester, England — is being filmed and will be available to stream on
What places "Hoppers" in the first rank of Pixar movies is that the story, while wild enough to begin with, keeps twisting and turning with let’s-try-it-on surrealist nonchalance. The director, Daniel Chong, has crafted a tale of woodland creatures fighting to save their
The Gotham Film & Media Institute and Laika Animation have launched an animation accelerator program which is designed to support early and mid-career animators. The Laika x Gotham Animation Accelerator aims to support animation creators in developing pitches with an emphasis
Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company behind the Emmys and so many more live events, has been tapped to produce the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. This year’s event takes place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater on Thursday, March 26, and will air live on Fox that
Hope Davis has joined the NBC drama pilot “Protection,” Variety has learned. Davis is now the second cast member announced for the pilot, following the casting of Peter Krause. The project was picked up to pilot at NBC in January. The logline for the show states: “When a U.S.
Casper Van Dien and Bastiano Ferrari have joined Josh Webber’s dark romantic thriller “Love Me Dead,” which will soon wrap principal photography in Los Angeles. Starring Dove Cameron (“Descendants”) and RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”), “Love Me Dead” follows a young mortician named
“Saturday Night Live” U.K. has set its writing team, led by head writer Jonno Johnson (“Parlement”). “The number of funny, talented writers we have got to work on “SNL” U.K. is ludicrous,” said Johnson. “Some of them have been doing this for years, some of them it’s their first
Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof has spoken out on the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday in a combined U.S. and Israeli military strike. In a social media post that marks the first public comment by a major Iranian director on
Nippon TV is heading to the Series Mania Forum (March 24-26) in Lille with two new scripted formats and, for the first time, its most senior executives for scripted series and global strategy – a sign of the Japanese broadcaster’s accelerating push into international markets.
The upcoming film adaptation of “The Odyssey” looks to be epic in scope, and to achieve that vision, director Christopher Nolan apparently maintained a high level of intensity on set. Logan Marshall-Green, who has starred in films such as “Prometheus” and “Upgrade” and is one
The Joburg Film Festival kicks off its eighth edition March 3 in the heart of South Africa’s entertainment industry, with an event that organizers say will celebrate the “unseen hands behind filmmaking.” Paying tribute to the many below-the-lines artisans who help bring films
The fourth edition of JBX, or Joburg Xchange, an industry conference running from March 4 – 6 parallel to the Joburg Film Festival, takes place against a backdrop of surging optimism around African cinema, which in recent years has increasingly cemented itself on the global
