Prateek Kuhad, the Indian singer-songwriter known for hits including “Cold/Mess” and “Kasoor,” will make his feature film acting debut in “Drowning” (“Doobna” in Hindi/Urdu), Marginal MediaWorks has revealed. Directed by Dar Gai and shot on location in New Delhi, the film marks
Disney posted mixed results for the June 2026 quarter, as Disney+ and Hulu continued to boost profits and the theme parks division turning in solid performance. And Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro revealed his latest move to restructure the media conglomerate’s operations: He’s moving
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that outdoor poster ads for “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” breached its code by presenting an image that gave “a realistic impression of a dead child,” while clearing companion TV and streaming spots for the same campaign. The ASA
Italian sales company True Colours has taken world sales outside Italy on first-time director Anna Foglietta’s marriage drama “A Common Story” (“Una Storia”) starring Alba Rohrwacher, ahead of its bow in Venice and Toronto. Foglietta is an actress-turned director best-known to
Disney is going long on short-form content. The entertainment giant struck an alliance with TikTok that will have creators on the popular quick-hit video service making shorts tied to characters and stories from Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, FX and more. The resulting pieces from
"He gave me the arc of a lifetime," the actor said of the show's creator Sam Levinson
Director Felix Randau, stars Claes Bang, Valerie Pachner, Susanne Wuest on turning Heinrich Himmler's masseur's narrative into a Locarno psychological thriller about truth, ego and the hunger for validation.
Anyone with even the vaguest understanding of the profit motive can understand why Apple TV sports comedy “Ted Lasso” has returned three years after its poorly received — yet still widely watched — third season seemed to close the book on its story. A streaming service
One of the most shameful episodes in Hollywood’s history is being examined in a new retrospective to screen at the Locarno Film Festival: Red & Black: Hollywood Left and the Blacklist. Speaking to Variety, the retrospective’s curator, Ehsan Khoshbakht, speaks about the
The Swedish-Danish writer-director talks shame, Greek mythology and building a love triangle that refuses easy answers, ahead of the film's Locarno premiere.
Magic realist love story “Chapa 100,” absurdist political allegory “A Vineyard for a Lobster” and cross-continental queer drama “Hibiscus by the River” look like some of the potential standouts at Locarno’s talent-deep, wide-ranging 2026 Africa-focused Open Doors, unspooling
A few months ago, crowds lined the 18th green at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, as 26-year-old American golfer Jacob Bridgeman secured his first PGA Tour victory at the 2026 Genesis Invitational. But the tournament wasn’t just drawing golf fans.
Local police were dispatched to the Miami home of Hollywood gossip journalist Perez Hilton after receiving reports about a disturbing livestream during which Hilton, covered in blood, appeared to be cutting himself, Variety has confirmed. The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office
Eli Roth first promised that his upcoming horror release, “Ice Cream Man,” would feature an animated sequence he had initially drawn himself. Now, days ahead of the film’s Aug. 7 premiere, Roth admitted AI had a hand in the effort. The horror director said in a statement on
ESPN has lined up its fourth annual “Creator Network” of digital stars who will fan out across the country to promote the 2026 NFL season that is set to culminate with the Super Bowl airing on ESPN for the first time. The five members of the cohort for this year are, as
Variety has announced presenters for its annual Power of Young Hollywood, this year presented by Disney+, taking place on Aug. 5 in Los Angeles. Presenting Tate McRae with the Triple Threat Award will be Madison Beer, and presenting Sombr with the Songwriter of the Year award
"I truly never felt closer to him than when we’d watch games together," said Jake Reiner
Kuala Lumpur genre outfit Abnormal Studios has taken on worldwide international sales for “Ali & Ben’s Spicy Meats,” a Malaysian cannibal black comedy-horror from sibling filmmakers Iskander and Feisal Azizuddin. The company plans to launch the title at the Asian Contents &
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Journey Gunderson, executive director of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., explains why it’s important to have an institution devoted to the study of comedy. Jamestown, which is the hometown of Lucille Ball, will be
The last first-run film at L.A.'s historic Alex Theatre was 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' in 1991.
I was about 15 minutes into Google’s AI short-film screening when I realized I had nearly finished my popcorn. Granted, the bag was small. But the rapid munching was a natural consequence of my piqued intrigue late last month as the tech giant showcased 11 AI-generated short
Jonas will appear as a coach alongside Queen Latifah and Riley Green, with Palmer replacing Carson Daly as host
The movie, which is newly retitled The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn and rated R, will be available to stream later this month
Naomi Watts has taken to Instagram to celebrate her secret role in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Sony and Marvel Studios’ record-breaking superhero movie. The Oscar nominee voices Peter Parker’s artificial intelligence assistant E.V. in the movie. Watts celebrated the film’s
Audrey Nuna has signed to Republic Records in advance of her new single “superHuman,” Variety can exclusively reveal. The singer, who recently broke out as the voice of Mira in “KPop Demon Hunters,” worked with Grammy-winning producer Cirkut on “superHuman,” which releases at
“Elektra/Persona,” the U.K. National Theatre production fusing Sophocles’ “Elektra” with Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona,” grew out of friendship rather than a directorial concept imposed after casting, according to director Benedict Andrews. Andrews, Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss
The 'Furiosa' star has a theory as to why it's always the guys who go full Method.
Filmmaker Leslie Iwerks is no stranger to pulling back the curtain on the magic of Disney. Her documentaries “The Pixar Story, “Disneyland Handcrafted” and “The Imagineering Story” all delve behind the scenes of the design and development processes that go into building Disney
Samantha Morton revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that she has been out of acting work for an entire year since wrapping production on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” in 2025. The two-time Oscar nominee attributed her age as the reason why. “I haven’t worked for a
Hearst has set a deal to acquire Disney’s 50% stake in A+E Global Media, the parent company of Lifetime, History Channel, A&E Network and other assets in a deal that calls for Hearst to pay Disney $1.2 billion in cash. Disney and Hearst have been 50-50 partners in A+E Global
When Richard Linklater released “Boyhood” in 2014, moviegoers had never seen anything quite like it. Filmed over the space of 12 years, the coming-of-age classic followed a Texas family living through divorce, moving and growing up, with the cast returning at intervals to film
Paramount Skydance said second-quarter profit fell, even as the company was boosted by its streaming media and studios operations, while its large TV division shed ad dollars and subscribers. David Ellison, the company’s CEO, vowed that its deal to acquire Warner Bros.
Variety has announced Emmy-winning producer and actor Bill Hader; producer-director James Wan; producer-actor Nick Kroll; Nintendo of America president and COO Devon Pritchard, and Sony Pictures Television chairman Keith Le Goy as headlining speakers for its annual
The judge hearing the antitrust case seeking to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger has issued a preliminary scheduling order, with a trial set to start in March 2027 — considerably later than Paramount was hoping for. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on Tuesday
“The Voice” is plotting its first-ever celebrity edition. NBC announced Tuesday that it is starting production on “The Voice: Celebrity,” which will air sometime in 2027. Keke Palmer will host, while Joe Jonas, Queen Latifah and Riley Green are set to serve as the show’s
It’s the most thankless job in Hollywood. Who else but assistants keep calendars from colliding, ensure the checks clear and fix the little mistakes before they become big ones? Being an assistant means making the impossible happen: securing the hardest dinner reservation in
“Can we play ‘Be Like a Woman’ in this beeyotch?” At a studio in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood, the speakers fill the room with an avant-pop track from 1979 — one that failed to find an audience upon its release, but leaped onto the Billboard Hot 100 this year after being
Ari Emanuel, TKO Group’s executive chairman and CEO, called the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House “a roaring success.” But the company said it lost $30 million on the elaborately staged extravaganza, held June 14 on the grounds of the White House to coincide with
Bowen Yang is trading Studio 8H for the Lyceum Theatre. The comedian and “Las Culturistas” co-host will make his Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola’s Tony-winning comedy “Oh, Mary!” beginning Sept. 15. Yang will play the role for a limited 12-week engagement
The stars of “New Girl” are set to reunite at the upcoming Chrysalis Butterfly Ball in Los Angeles. The cast, including Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone and Damon Wayans Jr., will receive the Rising Phoenix Award at the Oct. 10 gala.
Jamie Armitage’s immersive horror show “A Ghost in Your Ear” has set its New York premiere at Audible’s off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre following a sold-out London run earlier this year. The show will run Tuesday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Nov. 15. “A Ghost in Your Ear” goes
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund have launched the Phoenix Species Project, an initiative dedicated to recovering endangered species. The project will provide support to recover 100 species facing imminent extinction, spanning mammals, amphibians, reptiles,
Spanish boutique sales outfit Bendita Film Sales has picked up worldwide rights to Neto Villalobos’ “Love is the Monster” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)’s Centrepiece global showcase program. Shot in Golfito, situated in Costa Rica’s Southern
“It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl.” Over the past several years, there’s been an ongoing — and, in many cases, much-needed — conversation around pop stars and body image. In 2020, Taylor Swift disclosed to Variety’s Chris Willman that she would sometimes “just stop
After a failed proposal between Gordon (Patrick Brammall) and Ashley (Harriet Dyer), “Colin From Accounts” picks up right where the characters awkwardly left off in the new trailer for Season 3. An official synopsis of the final season reads: “Gordon and Ashley are determined
This year's Project Market, the oldest and largest curated marketplace for film and TV creators, will feature in-the-works projects from Oscar-nominated 'Perfect Neighbor' helmer Geeta Gandbhir, Katie Couric, Julianna Margulies, Rachel Maddow, 'Reservation Dogs' alum
“Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments” has officially set release dates for the four new episodes of the beloved cult classic series. The first episode, which features the movie “Sting of Death,” will debut online on Oct. 9, followed by the “Deathsport”
Tennis Channel announced it will exclusively broadcast the 2026 International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony. This year’s event will honor 20-time major champion Roger Federer and journalist and former professional player Mary Carillo. Veteran Tennis Channel analyst
Christina Applegate has returned home following a months-long hospitalization amid her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. News broke in late March that the 54-year-old Emmy winner had been hospitalized, with outlets like the Daily Mail and Page Six reporting at the time
