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Daveigh Chase, ‘The Ring’ and ‘Lilo and Stitch’ Star, Dead at 35

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Ben Stiller Sets NY Knicks Doc Series With A24, HBO and the NBA After Championship Win

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How Asian Animators Are Cracking the Code of Cross-Cultural Storytelling

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Shanghai’s Rising Filmmakers Get a Master Class From the Festival Elite

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A Parking Spot, a Philosophical War and the Most Talked-About Film at Shanghai

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‘Dreams of Violets’ Review: What Does a Film Made Entirely with AI Look Like? Ash Koosha’s Iranian Protest Drama Is Dramatically Numbing, but It’s Still a Startling Portent of the Future

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Tom Holland Speaks Out on AI and Why Artists Are ‘Safe’: ‘Creativity Has to Do With the Human Experience’

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Key and Peele’s Plan to Reboot ‘Police Academy’ Got Canceled After Michael Brown Killed in Ferguson, Says Ike Barinholtz

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Will ‘Austin Powers 4’ Ever Happen? Franchise Mainstays Reveal What They Know

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Emmy Predictions: Writing — Where the Scribes Behind ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Love Story’ Make Their Case

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Jamie Bell on ‘Half Man,’ Fatherhood and Wanting to Make a Tap-Dancing Movie After Fred Astaire Biopic Fell Apart

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Radial Entertainment Hires Former Sony Exec Carrie Ferman as Chief Operating Officer (EXCLUSIVE)

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Producers United Boosts Legal Muscle With Entertainment Litigator Bonnie Eskenazi, Labor Pro Allyson L. Belovin (EXCLUSIVE)

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Duffer Brothers’ ‘The Boroughs’ Canceled by Netflix After One Season

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Angelina Jolie on Her Kids ‘Encouraging’ Her to ‘Get Out and Do Things’: ‘My Fighting Spirit Is Finally Back’

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Why Taylor Swift’s Reunion With Country Music for ‘Toy Story 5’ Ought to Get Her a First Date With Oscar

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Robert Thurman, Tibet House Co-Founder and Uma Thurman’s Father, Dead at 84

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‘Widow’s Bay’ Star Matthew Rhys on That Devastating Finale Reveal and Grilling Creator Katie Dippold About Season 2: ‘What’s Gonna Happen?!?!”

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Robert Downey Jr. Says ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Figured Out How to Make Marvel Movies ‘Not Be a Letdown’ After ‘Infinity War’ and ‘Endgame’

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Emmy Predictions: Short Form Categories — ‘SubwayTakes,’ Tom Segura and the After-Show Crowd Vie for Recognition

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How to Watch The Knicks Championship Parade Live Online

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‘Disclosure Day’ Anchor Courtney Grace on Delivering That Final Broadcast and Quitting Her Job to Pursue Acting: ‘It Felt Like Home’

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Latine Immigrant Representation Drops to 25% Across Scripted TV: Industry ‘Cannot Rely on a Few Programs to Represent the Whole’

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Tom Dreesen, Stand-Up Comedian Who Opened for Frank Sinatra, Dies at 86

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Has a Brand New Trailer, and Spidey Is Freaking Out

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‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Contestant Beatriz Hatz on Her Friendship With Melanie, Gabriel’s Recoupling and Seeing Online Hate: ‘My Time in the Villa Was Just Enough’

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This ‘Benson & Brunson’ Knicks Tee Celebrates Jalen Brunson and Mariska Hargitay’s Endearing Friendship

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Variety Announces Brand Entertainment for Fans  Event Spotlighting Leaders at Cannes Lions

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Trailer: Tom Holland Fights Hulk and Loses Control of His Powers

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Tom Holland Is Back Swinging in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Trailer

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Olivia Wilde on “Traumatizing” CinemaCon Moment and What Tom Cruise Said About It

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Daveigh Chase, Disney’s Lilo Voice Actor and ‘The Ring’ Villain, Dies at 35

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Wagner Moura in Talks for ‘Ocean’s 11’ Prequel With Margot Robbie, Bradley Cooper

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‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel: Wagner Moura in Talks to Join Margot Robbie, Bradley Cooper (Exclusive)

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Daveigh Chase, ‘The Ring’ Star and Voice of Lilo in ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ Dies at 35

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Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman and Kenan Thompson Mull Their ‘SNL’ Legacy and Longevity: ‘I Could Do It Forever’

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‘Matlock’ Writer Sues CBS and Showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman Over Alleged Racist and Sexual Comments

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Paramount+, Starz, MGM+ and More Are Down to $1/Month With These Early Prime Day Video Deals

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Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors Season 24 Breaks Emmys Lineup Record With 178 Million Social Video Views

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These Top-Rated Popcorn Machines Will Complete Your Home Theater

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Lil Nas X Opens Up About Bipolar Diagnosis and Improved Mental Health: ‘Black, Gay and Bipolar? I’m Living Life on Extreme Hard Mode’

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Olivia Wilde Says Harry Styles Romance Made ‘People F—ing Pissed’ and 10-Year Age Gap ‘Really Upset’ Them: I Was Called a ‘Slut’ for Dancing at His Shows

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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ the “Most Mature, Emotionally Complex” in Franchise, Joe Russo Says

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Walter Parazaider, Chicago Co-Founder, Flutist and Sax Player, Dies at 81

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Starz Acquires Russell T Davies’s Drama ‘Tip Toe’ for the U.S. and Canada

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Ryan Gosling to Receive 2026 American Cinematheque Award

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NewFilmmakers LA Announces Nominees and Jury for 14th Annual Awards (EXCLUSIVE)

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Ken Ziffren on the Fight for a New Spin on Fin-Syn, Six Decades of Hollywood Dealmaking and Awaiting a ‘Cacophony of Decisions’ in AI Cases

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Laika Animation Studio Becomes a Certified B Corporation; Meets Standards for Social and Environmental Performance (EXCLUSIVE)

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Josh Johnson on His Unprecedented Comedic Output: ‘What Some People See as a Treadmill, I See as a Magic Carpet’

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