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A Generation Raised by ‘Judge Judy’: Judith Sheindlin Reflects on Her Long Run in TV, Shifting to Producing and Revving a ‘Baby Judy’ Series

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Empowering Content Libraries with AI is the New Future for Communal Fan Experiences, Execs Reveal: ‘You Have Companies Sitting on Crown Jewels’

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Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates and More Join Barack Obama’s ‘A Great Book’ Podcast at Audible

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Top Media Execs Break Down How to Super-Serve Audiences, the Real Threat of ‘AI Slop’ and More at Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit

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’99 Nights in the Forest’: Josh Cooley to Pen 20th Century Studios’ Adaptation of Survival Horror Video Game (Exclusive)

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‘I Play Rocky,’ ‘Elsinore’ and ‘Tangles’ Signal an Oscar Season About the Craft of Acting and Memory

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‘Fortnite’ Launches ‘Kingdom Hearts’ In-Game Crossover (Gaming News Roundup)

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Edie Falco to Star in Fox Legal Drama ‘Katie Greaves’

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‘Miami Vice ’85’: John Leguizamo to Play the Bad Guy in Joseph Kosinski’s Crime Thriller (Exclusive)

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‘Onwards and Sideways’ Review: Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans Cut Through the Sweetness of a Gentle, Compassionate Parkinson’s Drama

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Zara Larsson Blasts Trump’s White House as ‘F—ing Losers’ for Using ‘Midnight Sun’ to Promote Deportations

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Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch 2026: Meet the Artists Behind ‘Wildwood,’ ‘Hexed,’ ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ and More

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Sony TV North America Distribution Executive Vice President Flory Bramnick Plans to Depart After 24 Years (EXCLUSIVE)

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Noah Baumbach Signs First Look Deal With Warner Bros.; Sets New Theatrical Movie With Studio Label Clockwork (EXCLUSIVE)

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Wyatt Russell Joins Asa Butterfield, Mark Strong in John Carroll Lynch Comedy ‘Happy’

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Wyatt Russell Joins Asa Butterfield, Mark Strong and Kyra Sedgwick in John Carroll Lynch Comedy ‘Happy’

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Like Nastya Signs Content Development Deal With Disney

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A TikTok Script Expert Pitched Puppet Horror Movie ‘Play House’ at Fantastic Fest. One Year Later, The $100,000 Film Is Set to Debut After an ‘Intense’ Production

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Women‘s Impact Report 2026

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Netflix’s ‘Monster’ Finally Delivers an Outrageously Engaging Season With ‘The Lizzie Borden Story’: TV Review

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India-Canada Screen Industry Corridor Takes Shape as NFDC, SASC Sign Pact at Toronto Market

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‘War’ Trailer: Sienna Miller and Dominic West Endure a Bitter Divorce Battle in HBO and Sky’s Legal Drama

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‘The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula’ Season 7 Sets October Release Date on Shudder (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘SNL’ Season 52 Cast: Who Left, Who Joined and Who Stayed

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‘Rose Hill’ Amazon Series Adds Siobhan McGroarty, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, West Mulholland

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‘People Are Still Terrified of Me’: Sharon Stone on Thriving for 46 Years in Hollywood and Why ‘My Lane Was Never Going to Be Sex Psychos’

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Americana Award Winners Include Molly Tuttle, Brandi Carlile, Gillian Welch and Tyler Childers, as Robert Plant and Others Receive Lifetime Honors

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Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2026 Schedule: 34 New Holiday Movies Starring Lori Loughlin, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Lacey Chabert, Christy Carlson Romano and More

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The Old & New Hollywood Guard Wielding AI’s Might

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‘Tyson’ Trailer: Mike Tyson Chronicles His Journey From Dropout to Heavyweight Champion in Netflix Docuseries

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‘This Week’ Executive Producer Ready to Scramble for Midterms

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‘Elf’ Movie to Come to Life With Immersive Experience at NYC’s Rockefeller Center (Exclusive)

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Luke Bryan to Perform Exclusive Concert in Roku City

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Former Disney Star Debby Ryan Suffered ‘Life-Altering Brain Injury’ After Multiple Concussions: ‘Some Things Did Not Come Back’

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Inside NYFF’s Splashy Lineup: Landing ‘Artificial,’ Weighing a Secret Screening and Opening on the “Miraculous” ‘Paper Tiger’ (Exclusive)

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Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sine Plambech Named Zurich Film Festival’s Feature and Documentary Jury Presidents

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Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sine Plambech to Lead Juries at Zurich Film Festival

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CookUnity Serves Gourmet Meals in New York City Bodegas With Spicy Promotional Recipe

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Nex Playground Gaming Console Maker Raises More Than $150 Million in Funding, Niantic’s Jeff Shouger Joins as CFO

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BBC, Bobby Prod, Folivari, Gao Shan Pictures Honored by Europe’s Animation Industry at Cartoon Forum

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Dolly Parton Posthumously Accepts Americana Award in Newly Released Video Recorded Before Her Death: ‘Just Know That I Will Always Love You’

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Overwolf Ads Launches ‘In-Game Audience Map’ Product for Brands to Identify What Their Customers Play Across More Than 5,000 Video Games (EXCLUSIVE)

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Dubai Film Festival Revived With New Edition Set for December 2027

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Peter Chan’s Directing Motto for Toronto Alzheimer’s Drama ‘The Road Not Taken’ Came From a Chengdu Dementia Care Home

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Lola Tung and Daniel Bravo Hernández to Lead New York Theatre Workshop Benefit Reading of ‘Sanctuary City’

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Alief Boards Lithuania’s ‘Dice-Ching-O-Mat’ From Producer Uljana Kim and Helmer Kristijonas Vildziunas (EXCLUSIVE)

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Bill Skarsgard to Star in Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ Video Game From Xbox

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Industry Players From Sony Pictures Classics and FilmNation Among Those Who Flocked the NY Film & Entertainment Soccer Tournament Benefitting Local Charities

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Pingyao Festival Sets 10th Edition Lineup With Fei Mu Restoration, Films From Cristian Mungiu, James Gray

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‘Belzebubs’ Created by JP Ahonen Is a Relatable Story About Liberal Values Where ‘The Addams’ Family Meets ‘Modern Family’ – and Satanism (EXCLUSIVE)

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