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LISTEN: National Comedy Center’s Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History

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Inside Google’s Efforts to Get Creatives Hooked on AI

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Naomi Watts’ Secret ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role Reunited Her With Tom Holland, 12 Years After ‘The Impossible’: ‘From Playing Your Mom to Your AI’

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Audrey Nuna Signs to Republic Records (EXCLUSIVE)

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Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss on the Friendship Driving ‘Elektra/Persona’ at London’s National Theatre: ‘There’s a Lot of Masking and Unmasking’

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Leslie Iwerks on ‘Disney Worldbuilders’ and How Jennifer Lee, James Cameron and Jared Bush Carry Forward Walt Disney’s Legacy

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‘The Odyssey’ Star Samantha Morton ‘Hasn’t Worked for a Year’ After Making Nolan’s Epic Because ‘I’m 49’ Years Old and ‘There’s Other Good Actors Out There’

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Hearst Clinches Deal to Buy Out A+E Global Media Stake From Disney for $1.2 Billion

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What Happened to the Boy From ‘Boyhood’? Ellar Coltrane on 12 Years of Linklater’s Classic, Coming to Set High and More

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Paramount Q2 Profit Dips, With Streaming Boost Offset by TV Declines

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Bill Hader, James Wan, Devon Pritchard, Nick Kroll and Keith Le Goy Join Variety Entertainment and Technology Summit Programming

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Judge Sets Paramount-Warner Bros. Antitrust Trial for March 2027

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‘The Voice’ Celebrity Edition to Air on NBC in 2027, With Host Keke Palmer and Judges Joe Jonas, Queen Latifah, Riley Green

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Variety’s 10 Assistants to Watch in 2026

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Disney’s Next Big Thing: Malachi Barton on ‘Camp Rock 3,’ Doomscrolling on TikTok and Not Hiding His Faith in God

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UFC Lost $30 Million on White House Fight on Donald Trump’s Birthday

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How to Snag Tickets to Bowen Yang’s ‘Oh Mary!’ Broadway Debut

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‘New Girl’ Cast Reunion Set for Chrysalis Butterfly Ball (EXCLUSIVE)

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Immersive Horror Play ‘A Ghost in Your Ear’ Sets New York Premiere From Audible Theater

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos Set $200 Million Fund to Recover Endangered Species

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Bendita Film Sales Seizes Worldwide Sales Rights to TIFF-Bound ‘Love Is the Monster’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ariana Grande May or May Not Be Struggling. We Can Talk About It Without Trying to Shame Her

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‘Colin From Accounts’ Season 3 Trailer: Gordon and Ashley Deal With the Awkward Proposal Gone Wrong (TV News Roundup)

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‘Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments’ Sets Online Release Schedule

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Roger Federer’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Set to be Broadcast on the Tennis Channel (EXCLUSIVE)

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Christina Applegate Returns Home After Months-Long Hospitalization and ‘All Is Well’

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Eli Roth Got Sick of Studio Notes and Shrinking Residuals, With ‘Ice Cream Man’ He’s Going Into Business for Himself

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Hollywood’s New Leaders: Class of 2026

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Martin Scorsese and Susan Sarandon Squash Their Children’s Internet Beef in New Jack Henry Robbins Sketch (EXCLUSIVE)

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Brittany Snow Joins Sydney Sweeney in ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’

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Maude Apatow Directorial Debut ‘Poetic License’ Lands at Sony Pictures Classics After Row K Debacle (EXCLUSIVE)

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Viola Davis to Star in Paramount+ Thriller Series ‘Ascent’

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‘This Summer Will Be Different’ Netflix Series Adds 6 to Cast as Production Begins

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Young Hollywood Impact Report 2026: Inde Navarrette, Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams, Lamine Yamal, Olivia Dean and More Rising Showbiz Stars

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Streaming Residuals Drop for First Time as Secondary Market Sputters, Per WGA Report

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Crosses $1 Billion in Six Days, Second-Fastest Movie to Hit Milestone

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Bowen Yang to Star in ‘Oh, Mary!’ in Broadway Debut

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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ to World Premiere at the New York Film Festival

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Donald Trump’s White House Rips Off Nicole Kidman’s AMC Theatres Ad: ‘We Come to This Place for MAGA’

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Tyriq Withers Takes Off: The ‘Reminders of Him’ Breakout on Swapping Football for Acting and Overcoming the Loss of His Brother

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Filmland 2026 Brings Matthew McConaughey, Reagan and a Messy Love Triangle to Arkansas

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‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator Asks Fans to Not Crash Season 2 Filming: ‘Please Give Our Cast and Crew the Space They Need’

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Netflix Sets Its Longest Theatrical Window Ever for Oscar Hopeful ‘La Bola Negra,’ Moving Up Release Date

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‘White Lotus’ Swaps the Palais for a Castle: Season 4 Cast Laura Dern, AJ Michalka and Marissa Long Drop by Disneyland Paris

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Joe Budden Is Launching a True-Crime Podcast With Wolf Entertainment, Advance Local and Headline Studio

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‘The Day of the Jackal’ Producer Carnival Films Acquires Television Rights to Sarah Pinborough’s Murder Mystery ‘They Say a Girl Died Here’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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San Sebastián Sets José Giovanni Retrospective Honoring French Crime Cinema Pioneer

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Tokyo’s TIFFCOM 2026 Expands IP Market, Adds AI and Anime Conferences

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Todrick Hall’s ‘Midnight’ Announces Full Cast and Creative Team Ahead of New York Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

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A New ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ Book Features 500 Pieces of Concept Art and Delves Into Film’s Biggest References: Korean Mythology, Shamanism, Manhwa and More

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