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James Gunn Said ‘Superman’ Is Not About the Middle East; It’s Still Sparking Debates From Hasan Piker, Ben Shapiro and More Political Commentators Over an Israel-Palestine Connection

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Perry Farrell Sues Jane’s Addiction Members Over Onstage Fight, Just Hours After They Sued Him (EXCLUSIVE)

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HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Studio Builds a School for Child Actors to Attend During Filming Over the Next 8 to 10 Years

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‘Madly’ Review: The Brain Behind Italy’s Popular ‘Perfect Strangers’ Hatches Another High-Concept Comedy

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‘Smurfs’ Review: The Blue McDwarfs Are Back in an Animated Musical Starring Rihanna

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‘Love Island USA’ Winners Amaya and Bryan on Where Their Relationship Goes Next and Confronting Austin and Zak at the Reunion

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Tomorrowland Main Stage Destroyed by Fire Day Before Opening, But Festival Will Go On

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How to Watch the 2025 ESPY Awards Online Without Cable

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Netflix Acquires Rom-Com Spec Script ‘I Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore’ From Writer Matt Lawton (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lionsgate Partners With International Distributors For ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’

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What’s That Bombastic Metal Song in the ‘Stranger Things 5’ Trailer?

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Author Was ‘Horrified’ by the Movie’s ‘Sensationalized Violence’ After Her Teenage Daughter’s Murder

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Jack Lowden to Lead ‘Berlin Noir’ Adaptation at Apple TV+, Tom Shankland Joins as Director and EP

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Variety’s Sports and Entertainment Breakfast Keys in on Showbiz Trends

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LISTEN: Netflix Q2 Earnings Preview; Unpacking Trump’s War on Truth

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‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Book Ending: Does Belly Choose Conrad or Jeremiah — and Will the Show Follow Suit?

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Fox Biblical Event Series ‘The Faithful’ Casts Minnie Driver, Jeffrey Donovan, Natacha Karam

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Would You Pay More for Netflix? Survey Shows Most of the Streamer’s Customers Willing to Spend Extra Even After Price Hikes

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Blake Lively Suffers Blow in ‘Smear Campaign’ Claim as Judge Dismisses Case Against Justin Baldoni’s Social Media Guru Jed Wallace

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‘Walking Dead: Dead City’ Renewed for Season 3, Seth Hoffman Takes Over as Showrunner

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Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Shards’ Series Casts Igby Rigney, Homer James Jigme Gere, Graham Campbell

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Millie Bobby Brown, Gabriel LaBelle to Star in Rom-Com ‘Just Picture It’ for Netflix

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John Malkovich’s Red Ghost Cut From ‘Fantastic Four’; Director Says ‘It Was Heartbreaking Not to Include Him’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Jane’s Addiction Sues Lead Singer Perry Farrell for $10 Million After Onstage Brawl Derailed Tour, New Album

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‘Terrestrial’ Trailer: Jermaine Fowler and Aliens Link Up for a Psychedelic Trip in Fantasia-Bound Thriller (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Fantastic Four,’ Assemble: Director Matt Shakman on Casting Marvel’s First Family Without Auditions and ‘Corporate Pressures’ Not Being ‘My Burden to Shoulder’

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Shudder Buys ‘Mother of Flies,’ Horror Film From Filmmaking Trio The Adams Family (EXCLUSIVE)

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How Disneyland Made a Lasting Impact on Variety Staff, From Seeing Mickey’s Statue and Embracing Kiddie Rides to Losing a Valuable Diamond

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‘Black Swan’ Getting 15th Anniversary Imax Re-Release

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Tessa Thompson and Her Production Company Viva Maude Sign With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)

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Martin Sheen Narrates ‘Ghosts of Hiroshima’ Book Trailer Ahead of James Cameron Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)

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Brie Larson Joins Olivia Colman in FX Limited Series ‘Cry Wolf’ From Sarah Treem

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Gia Coppola, Mark Ruffalo, Ari Aster Help Drive Audiences to Rome’s Cinema in Piazza Screenings

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Ariana Grande Says It’s ‘Very Silly’ to Think She’s Abandoning Music Amid New Acting Roles: ‘I Plan to Sing for You All Next Year’

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Disneyland’s Live Entertainment Uses Cutting-Edge Tech for Theatrical Storytelling: ‘It’s Pure Theater’

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Timothée Chalamet Aims to Promote Financial Literacy in Cash App Campaign

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A New Day for DC: Breaking Down ‘Superman’ Salaries, Budgets and More as Studio Fast-Tracks ‘Wonder Woman’ and Its Future

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Imagineers Keep Walt Disney’s Vision Alive by Finding ‘the Magic and Power That Exists in the Real World’

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Jax Taylor Not Returning for ‘The Valley’ Season 3 to Focus on Recovery, Bravo Future Uncertain

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Review: A Slasher Whodunit Meets a Who Cares

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‘Hoppers’ Trailer: Pixar Film Pokes Fun at ‘Avatar’ as a Young Scientist Gets Put Into the Body of a Beaver

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Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke to Star in Surrealist Rom-Com ‘Wishful Thinking’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ubisoft Names Co-CEOs of Spinoff: Christophe Derennes, Charlie Guillemot Talk Plans for ‘Assassin’s Creed,’ ‘Rainbow Six’ and ‘Far Cry’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Disney Imagineering Moves the AI Bar by Encouraging BDX Droids ‘to Emote,’ Telling Them ‘You Are Smart’

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Box Office: ‘Superman’ Aims for $55 Million or More in Second Weekend

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Venice Award Winner Dea Kulumbegashvili Urges Young Filmmakers to ‘Create Your Own Rules’

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Democrats to Intro ‘Presidential Library Anti-Corruption’ Bill After Paramount, Disney Lawsuit Settlements With Trump

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Disneyland Turns 70: How Synergy Supercharged Its IP Into a Living Universe

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Tribeca Films to Release LARPing Documentary ‘We Could Be Heroes’ on July 29 (EXCLUSIVE)

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Defeat the Press: How Donald Trump’s Attacks on News Outlets Undermine the First Amendment

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