Nike and Kim Kardashian are keeping the momentum going on one of the sportswear giant’s biggest celebrity partnerships. NikeSKIMS, the performance-wear brand created with Kardashian’s Skims, has unveiled its Fall 2026 “Edit 01” campaign, starring Olympians Jutta Leerdam, Chloe
Barbra Streisand is speaking out against Pres. Donald Trump’s controversial handling of the Kennedy Center . “In 2008, I was deeply honored to be included in the 31st annual class of Kennedy Center Honorees,” Streisand wrote in a statement posted Thursday on her official
Sony struck synergy gold last month with the introduction of “Live TV on PS5,” an offering of more than 100 free ad-supported video channels available via the PlayStation 5 video game console. Backed by Sony Pictures Television, the venture is a chance to get the IP available
The studio, which paid millions in 2023 to acquire the doc for overseas release, had gone silent about distribution plans of late and the filmmakers were girding for it to be dropped.
The Tokyo International Film Festival has named its 15-title Gala selection, headlined by Fan Bingbing in Wayne Wang’s “Diary of a Mad Old Man,” Pedro Pascal in Tony Gilroy’s “Behemoth!,” John Malkovich in Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” and Javier Bardem in Rodrigo
Samsung is taking its latest Galaxy campaign to therapy. The tech giant has tapped “Couples Therapy” star Dr. Orna Guralnik to lead “Switchers,” a new campaign that centers a counseling session on the anxieties around ditching a longtime smartphone. The branded spots pair
Greta Gerwig is reuniting with her “Little Women” star Meryl Streep on “Narnia,” the director’s adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy series. Streep is voicing Aslan, the mythical lion who creates the mystical world of Narnia. “I wanted someone who was profound but not
“The Simpsons” casting director Scott Muller will oversee voice casting for “The Most Serious Fart,” Utopai’s animated feature based on Mike Bender’s bestselling children’s book, which wafts into theaters in 2027. “The Most Serious Fart” follows Siegfried, an uptight fart who
If Judge Judith Sheindlin had never been profiled in a “60 Minutes” segment that caught the eye of a TV producer, and if she’d never made the segue into TV jurisprudence with “Judge Judy,” Sheindlin has no doubt what she would have done in the second half of her professional
Artificial intelligence has already made its mark on the screen. For some of the entertainment industry’s players, AI’s next playground is the real world. Such was the focus on Thursday morning at the panel “Beyond the Screen: How AI is the Catalyst for Next-Gen Experiences”
Former President Barack Obama has picked his six guests for his “A Great Book” podcast to discuss the books that have had the biggest impact on his worldview — and on our society. “A Great Book With Barack Obama” is a six-episode series that debuts exclusively from Audible on
How are media and entertainment companies navigating shifting winds in Hollywood, amid an industry in constant flux and AI rapidly advancing on the scene? A panel of senior industry leaders served up insights into the biz’s burning questions, setting the table for the Variety
The popular game is already the seventh-most-played game of all time on Roblox.
As the major fall festivals draw to a close and the awards race comes into focus, two themes have emerged among a crop of early favorites: what it costs to act and what it costs to forget. At first, those seem like separate matters. On one side, we observe a surge in movies
The world of “Kingdom Hearts” launched in “Fortnite” on Thursday. The Sora, Riku, Kairi and Roxas outfits have arrived in the Fortnite Shop. Each comes with its own Back Bling, Pickaxe and Lego Fortnite style. Drop into the “Kingdom Hearts” Power Hours where all players start
Edie Falco is set to lead the legal drama series “Katie Greaves,” which has been ordered to series at Fox. The show will premiere during the 2027-2028 broadcast season. The logline for the series states that it centers on the titular Greaves (Falco), who is described as “a
Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler are starring in the adaptation of the stylish 1980s TV series.
There’s nothing fun about Parkinson’s disease, and no film about it can engineer an uncompromised happy ending. But John Madden’s “Onwards and Sideways” finds more uplift than one might expect in a story of two people, both living with Parkinson’s, exploring the possibilities
Zara Larsson blasted the White House for using her song “Midnight Sun” in a TikTok post depicting ICE agents handcuffing and deporting people, captioned “Never ending deportations.” Larsson replied with a video on her personal TikTok, holding an “L” up to her forehead and
Over the past two decades, animated features have pushed the boundaries of art and storytelling while dominating the box office. Earlier this year, Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” made history by winning the animated feature Oscar. The triumph was powered in part by its
Longtime Sony Pictures Television exec Flory Bramnick is departing the company after 24 years, as she devotes more time to important family matters. Bramnick, who currently serves as executive vice president of distribution, North America, for Sony Pictures TV, will remain
Noah Baumbach is getting back to work, setting his next film project for theaters and moving his business to Warner Bros. The Oscar-nominated writer and director has signed a three-year, first-look agreement for features at the Burbank studio, following a long exclusive pact at
Kyra Sedgwick also stars in the upcoming film, following Butterfield's character Myles into a "spectacularly dysfunctional introduction to his girlfriend’s family."
“Thunderbolts” and “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” star Wyatt Russell has been cast John Carroll Lynch’s upcoming comedy “Happy,” joining Asa Butterfield (“Sex Education”), Mark Strong (“1917”), Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”), Brittany O’Grady (“The White Lotus”) and Patti Harrison
YouTube star Like Nastya has entered into a content development deal with Disney, Variety has learned. The deal includes plans to develop an original animated preschool series for Disney Jr. and Disney+, as well as for live-action content for kids, tweens, teens, and families.
For inspiration for his new horror movie, Nicolas Curcio thought back to the media of his childhood. “A lot of filmmakers who grew up on weird kids TV shows of the ’90s are coming of age, and they instinctively want to make movies about that,” the director says. “I’ve
The professionals featured in Variety’s 2026 Women’s Impact Report navigated yet another crazy year in show business. Despite the mergers, layoffs and the ongoing transformation brought by AI, the box office returned with a bang and small-screen series captured imaginations.
“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,” the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monster” series, takes the anthology in a new and exciting direction with its first female killer. Set in Fall River, Massachusetts in the late 19th century, the show follows Lizzie
India’s National Film Development Corporation and the South Asian Screen Council of Canada put their names to a Letter of Intent at the Toronto Film Festival market, launching a plan to connect Indian and South Asian filmmakers with fresh openings across Canada’s screen
Sienna Miller and Dominic West are at the center of an intense divorce trial in the trailer for HBO and Sky’s upcoming series “War.” Hailing from “Lupin” and “Hijack” creator George Kay, “War” is a “high-stakes, legal drama following the lives of London’s most powerful lawyers
Emmy-nominated “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” returns for its seventh season Oct. 27 on Shudder and AMC+. The series was renewed in April 2025 as part of drag stars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet’s multi-project deal with Shudder. The show is the platform’s highest-performing
Live from New York, it’s Season 52! The summer of “Saturday Night Live” casting announcements has come to a close, with the ensemble for this year’s season finally solidified (less than two weeks before the Sept. 26 premiere). This year’s cast has remained largely intact
The series adaptation of Elsie Silver’s “Rose Hill” novels at Amazon Prime Video has added three series regulars and two recurring guest stars, Variety has learned. Siobhan McGroarty (“Law & Order,” “VHS: Kidprint”), Sophia Reid-Gantzert (“Free Bert,” “The Babysitters Club”),
Sharon Stone has every reason to be tough. It’s not just that her father hung the carcasses of the animals he shot on the clothesline during her childhood in rural Pennsylvania and her mother once pulled a huge nail out of Stone’s foot that had gone straight through, wrapped it
Wednesday night’s Americana Music Honors & Awards in Nashville found the love being spread among a handful of the Americana’s brightest lights — among them Brandi Carlile, Molly Tuttle, Tyler Childers and the duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings — on top of some high-profile
Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas is back with more new holiday movies than ever. Ahead of the 17th annual event, Hallmark has unveiled a supersized lineup of 34 original movies featuring Lori Loughlin, Janel Parrish, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Rachael Leigh Cook, Daniella
The AI gold rush has hit showbiz, even as the tech-fueled race to riches remains fraught. Morphing at a mind-bendingly fast pace, artificial intelligence technology has roiled the entertainment industry, which remains split between those convinced that it can be a powerful tool
A trailer has been released for “Tyson,” a four-part Netflix docuseries set to explore the life of the “feared and fascinating” heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. The series will premiere on the platform on Oct. 13. “Tyson” will chronicle the sports legend’s life, “from his chaotic
Few people have their lives scrambled at 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning, but for Jon Schlossberg, such stuff can be quite routine. Not too long ago, Schlossberg, still only a few months into his tenure as the new executive producer of the ABC News Sunday public-affairs program
Starting Nov. 14, 'The Elf Experience' will transform the venue HERO into an adventure that spans the North Pole and Gimbels.
Luke Bryan’s next tour stop? Roku City, the virtual cityscape on Roku devices. On Saturday, Sept. 19 — one day after the release of his ninth studio album, “Signs” — the country star will be featured in an exclusive concert inside Roku City. “Live From Roku City: Luke Bryan”
Debby Ryan, the former Disney Channel star who broke out on the network’s “Suite Life on Deck” before fronting her own series “Jessie,” revealed during an interview on “Mythical Kitchen’s Last Meals” (via People) that she suffered a “life-altering brain injury a few years ago”
It’s a major year for the New York Film Festival, with world premieres from Luca Guadagnino, Tony Gilroy, Ava DuVernay and more. Here’s what to expect from the buzzy program.
Swiss-French actress Ella Rumpf will join the 'No Time to Die' filmmaker on the feature competition jury.
U.S. writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga, whose films include “No Time to Die,” will head the Feature Film Competition jury at the Zurich Film Festival this year. The section, which has 14 films, is dedicated to the first, second or third feature of the directors. The top prize
How do you get consumers to pick one subscription food-delivery service over another? Perhaps by serving up something a little different on the marketing front. CookUnity launched in 2016, with the premise of tweaking the recipe in the increasingly crowded business of serving
Nex, the company behind the popular family gaming console Nex Playground, has secured more than $150 million in new financing to support expansion across retail distribution and help grow its content ecosystem with major gaming and entertainment partners. According to Nex, the
Cartoon Forum, the leading co-production event in Europe for animated series, has unveiled the winners of this year’s Cartoon Tributes, recognizing the dedication and creativity of key players in the European animation industry. Chosen by the event’s attendees gathered in
Some attendees at the Americana Music Honors & Awards might have assumed that the lifetime achievement award for Dolly Parton was something that the Americana Music Association had come up with to honor her in the immediate wake of her death. So a gasp went up from the crowd at
Gaming media company Overwolf Ads has launched a new in-game audience map product, which it describes as “the industry’s only media planning tool that enables advertisers to identify exactly where their target audiences play across more than 5,000 major PC game titles —
