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Chuck Norris’ “Walker, Texas Ranger” co-star Judson Mills is speaking out about the Emmys decision to snub Norris from its In Memoriam tribute. Norris, who died in March at 86 years old, was a television icon in the 1990s as the star of the CBS procedural…
Before “Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve” releases next month, fans of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s classic fighter-pilot video game franchise have a few weeks of backstory to brush up on via live-action prequel project “Hour Zero.” Launching its first episode Tuesday, the…
Cinelease, the film equipment rental house, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring grip and lighting equipment from Quixote, which continues to shrink its footprint amid a production slump. Quixote announced in April that it was winding down its soundstage business, and is now…
Spoiler alert: Moving to streaming isn’t enough to fix award show problems. Mariska Hargitay closed the 78th Emmys on Monday night from the Peacock Theater, and the ceremony she sent off may be the last of its kind. Since 1949, the Emmys have belonged to broadcast television…
“The Gentlemen” Season 2 has seen a 48% jump in viewership in its second week of release on Netflix. The Guy Ritchie show, which features Theo James and Kaya Scodelario as the managers of a blossoming criminal empire, has seen its second season jump to the top of the streamer’s…
Was it football, or the overhaul? Ratings for the critical first episode of the new season of “60 Minutes” appear to have been tackled — by a weaker-than-expected lead-in from an NFL game on CBS, leaving open the question of whether sweeping changes made to the…
Finneas has joined singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe and Irish band Beoga in dropping out of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour after fellow opener Macklemore was dismissed for expressing his support of Palestine at a pair of New Jersey shows earlier this month. Finneas was slated to open…
Mr. and Mrs. Darcy will most ardently return to screens on Netflix in a new limited series adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.” Netflix has announced that the limited series adaptation of the iconic novel will debut on Dec. 3. Netflix has also unveiled first look photos, which…
Singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe has dropped out as an opener on the North American leg of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour after fellow supporting act Macklemore was dismissed for voicing his support for Palestine. In a post on Instagram, the Irish musician also expressed his support…
Karina Longworth isn’t that interested in modern Hollywood anymore. After 18 seasons of her “You Must Remember This” podcast, former film critic Longworth says she doesn’t pay much attention to the industry. She’s too busy digging up stories from old Hollywood, from gossip…
Quentin Tarantino is writing a novel version of his “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” spinoff “Cliff Booth.” It will debut later this year, timed to the forthcoming film starring Brad Pitt as longtime stuntman. Tarantino’s book is titled “The…
Following a spike in popularity for Thailand’s film and TV industry, the country’s filmmakers and tourism officials want to make sure it lasts. Nithee Seeprae, Cod Satrusayang, Raymond Phathanavirangoon and Banjong Pisanthanakun joined Variety at the Toronto International Film…
The Netflix limited series “The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey” will premiere on Dec. 10, with the streaming platform also releasing a first look photo of Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen as Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey. The series explores the unsolved murder of JonBenét, who died…
With the announcement of the new Apple iPhone 18 Pro, it’s now the best time of the year to switch to T-Mobile. The U.S. carrier has wireless savings for new customers, especially for those looking for real value for mobile internet, phone calls and text messages. T-Mobile…
Moshe Rosenthal’s “Tell Me Everything” continues to build momentum after winning 10 Ophir Awards, including best picture, best director and best screenplay, from a record-breaking 16 nominations. Israel’s submission for the international feature Oscar, the father-son…
Netflix has commissioned an unscripted series based on the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, Variety has learned exclusively. The series, titled “The New Stanford Prison Experiment,” will debut on Oct. 21. The first season will consist of six 45-minute episodes…
Why dispatch replications of Amish farmers, wise elderly doctors or financial gurus to various TikToks and other short-form videos when real people can do the exact same thing? A technology company that builds products for media users has introduced a new platform that gives…
“The Odyssey” artisans — costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, production designer Ruth De Jong and editor Jennifer Lame — are set to receive the Variety Creative Collaborators award at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival in October. As go-to artisans of Christopher…
Mount Sinai Hospital’s Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine has introduced the Sheila Jordan Trailblazer Award, in honor of the legendary jazz singer who passed away in 2025 — and the honoree is her daughter Tracey, a music industry veteran currently working with the…
The addition of Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center is still a violation of federal law, a judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on an emergency motion seeking to block the board of the Kennedy Center…
Fresh off her César win for co-writing “Un ours dans le Jura” (“How to Make a Killing”), Sarah Kaminsky is making an unusually ambitious leap into directing with “Las Vegas Thérapie.” The €13 million French comedy-thriller is now shooting…
“Ear Hustle,” the first podcast produced entirely inside a prison, is getting a documentary feature from filmmaker Erika Cohn and executive producers Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary. “Ear Hustle” was launched in 2017 by Bay Area visual artist Nigel Poor with Earlonne Woods and…
A coalition of unions joined with the Motion Picture Association on Tuesday to unveil a report showing that a federal film incentive would reverse the decline of domestic production and create 143,500 jobs per year. The MPA held a Zoom press conference with actor Jon Voight and…
Celeste Parr and her media company, Punctuation Media, have signed with CAA for representation. Parr recently served as writer and showrunner for the third season of CBC’s “Plan B,” where she earned a 2026 Canadian Screen Award nomination for best drama series. She also created…
The Emmy “wheel” is about to pop. According to insiders, the Television Academy is in advanced talks to park the annual Emmy telecast at Amazon Prime Video — taking the ceremony off broadcast TV for the first time since its start in 1949. It would end the 31-year tradition of…
It’s official: Character actor Stephen Root has lent his voice to one of the underworld characters in Rockstar Games’ highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto 6” coming out this fall — although he suspects a lot of fans had already figured that out…
Universal Music Group sued the distribution service DistroKid on Tuesday, claiming in a federal lawsuit that the service infringed on the label’s copyright by pumping out “AI-generated ‘slop’ that siphons revenue and listeners from the legitimate artists and rightsholders.” In…
Helsinki and London-based The Yellow Affair has snatched up world sales rights to Rodrigo García Saiz’s drama “Morro” ahead of its world premiere at the New Directors’ sidebar of the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 18. Shot in 35mm in rural Mexico amid a backdrop of…
It’s a strange time to interview Zack Snyder. The previous evening, his new film “The Last Photograph” premiered to a packed house at the Toronto International Film Festival. Produced by his wife Deborah, adapted from a screenplay by longtime collaborator Kurt Johnstad (“300”)…
This year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is back and spookier than ever! Variety can exclusively reveal this year’s stacked lineup, which is set to run from Oct. 15—22, with all screenings taking place at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg. Vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” opens…
After the success of the inaugural immersive event last year, FocusFest returns to the Universal Studios Lot on Oct. 10. for a day full of screenings, special guests and immersive fan experiences. Television host Justin Sylvester will host. The event will spotlight Focus…
Streaming guide JustWatch Group will debut its Advertising-Based Video on Demand (AVOD) streaming service, JustWatch TV, this October. “Every day, millions of people come to JustWatch searching for simpler ways to watch and discover hundreds of thousands of movies and TV…
Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty after he was charged with murder in the killing of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. California prosecutors announced they will not seek capital punishment against the 33-year-old, who faces two counts of first-degree murder and an…
The lure of paying tribute to Sheryl Crow in speech and song brought out the big guns at an event honoring the singer-songwriter in Nashville Monday night, as Olivia Rodrigo, Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Lauren Daigle, Eric Church and Melissa Etheridge all turned out to turn…
Ed Sheeran has commented on the decision to drop Macklemore from his U.S. Loop tour after the rapper made forceful “free Palestine” comments on stage during a political speech during the rapper’s performances opening for the singer at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sept…
The world of Magic: The Gathering will break with the upcoming release of new mainline set “Reality Fracture,” something Magic maker Wizards of the Coast says fans have been asking for for a long time. “Doing another ‘what if’ set is a frequent…
When you hire Mariska Hargitay to host the Emmys, the fact that she has a few friends in high places pays off. And that starts with Taylor Swift. “They’re genuine friends,” executive producer Dionne Harmon said. “She’s like, ‘lemme hit Tay Tay!’” Emmy executive producers Jesse…
Season 2 of HBO’s “Harry Potter” series has cast three key roles. Rafe Spall (“Trying,” “Life of Pi”) has joined the show as Arthur Weasley, with Molly Hewitt-Richards (“Code of Silence,” “Casualty”) as Moaning…
Prominent Israeli filmmakers are among 1,500 industry names that signed a petition launched on Monday expressing solidarity with “NAZA” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who have faced backlash from authorities at home after the hot-button documentary…
Twenty years on from his debut feature “London to Brighton,” Paul Andrew Williams remains a tough talent to pigeonhole on the British indie film scene. His filmography veers from kitchen-sink realism to wild genre storytelling, sometimes with a supernatural bent…
In 1964, Canadian director Paul Almond filmed a group of 14 British schoolchildren aged seven years-old for a documentary called “Seven Up!” examining the lives of kids across class divides. Seven years later, the children were filmed again, this time by British director Michael…
The Motion Picture Association issued a report on Tuesday estimating that U.S. film and TV production would double by 2032 if Congress passes a federal film incentive. The report, prepared by Olsberg SPI, also projects that a 20% federal credit would create about 143,500…
Buffalo 8 Distribution has acquired North American distribution rights to “The Patient,” a psychological thriller starring Kate Beckinsale and Ryan Phillippe, with the deal struck at the Toronto Film Festival market. The company will release the film across major VOD…
Oscilloscope Laboratories has landed North American rights to “Game,” a rave thriller marking the feature debut of visual artist John Minton and hailing from Portishead founder Geoff Barrow’s Invada Films banner. A theatrical release is being planned for winter…
“Slow Horses” has been renewed for an eighth season at Apple TV following the spy thriller’s Emmy win for outstanding directing in a drama series. The six-episode Season 8 is adapted from “Clown Town,” the ninth book in Mick Herron’s…
Cliff Smith may be known to most as Method Man, but in “Cupertino,” he is Yungwood. The Wu-Tang Clan member and actor will guest star in the CBS drama series as a rapper who picks a legal fight against an AI music studio that is negatively impacting his streaming…
President Donald Trump has been antagonistic toward mainstream news organizations during both of his terms. But Americans’ feelings about whether the press is “less free” under the current Trump administration sharply differ along partisan lines. According to a…
“The Diplomat” Season 4 has released its first full-length trailer, and Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler is back in political hot seat. Following the events of Season 3, Kate is forced to deal with the fallout of President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) and Vice…
Nakamura Yuri, the Japanese-Korean actor known for Netflix series “Romantics Anonymous,” died on Sept. 1 from rectal cancer. She was 44. Her agency, Alpha Agency, confirmed the news on Sept. 14. Born Yuri Sei in Neyagawa, Osaka, Nakamura came from a mixed heritage…
HBO Max has agreed to dedicate part of its mandatory investment in French and European content for documentaries and animation, embracing new French sub-quota rules that rival streamers are challenging in court. The agreement put HBO Max on a different path from Netflix, Prime…
Little orphan Annie is returning to the Great White Way. A revival of “Annie” will premiere on Broadway in fall 2027, timed to the classic musical’s 50th anniversary. Sam Pinkleton, the Tony-winning director of “Oh, Mary!” and “The Rocky…
Based on Agatha Christie’s well-liked, but perhaps lesser-known, characters, BritBox’s “Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence” is the first contemporary English-language adaptation of the detective duo. Set in modern-day London, the series follows Tommy (Josh…
“Before the Moment with Nile Rodgers” is a new podcast series from iHeartMedia’s Ruby studio and Lincoln that sees the legendary hitmaker talking with artists about pivotal moments that changed the course of their lives and careers. The first six episodes of the series, which…
This may be the most obvious observation of all time, but it must be said: “Reacher” works because of Reacher. The hit Amazon Prime Video series, based on the novels by Lee Child and currently wrapping up its fourth season, is a vessel for star Alan Ritchson and his remarkable…
Does Spotify think you absolutely love “Baby Shark” because your kids have listened to it hundreds of times — and as a result recommends similar stuff? If you’ve ever encountered this conundrum, here’s good news: Spotify is finally letting parents…
The Hawai’i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani will open its 46th edition, HIFF46, with the world premiere of “The Navigator,” directed by Jordan Manley, at the historic Hawai’i Theatre Center. “The Navigator” is a made in…
Isa Briones traded her scrubs for something more ethereal at the 2026 Emmys. The “Pitt” star arrived at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater Monday night in a metallic olive vintage Prada gown from the house’s fall 1998 collection, complete with black trim and delicate beaded detailing…
Vera Egito, who directed one of Brazil’s buzziest recent series with Prime Video’s “Tremembé,” is set to helm “The Mystery of the 5 Stars” for Boutique Filmes in co-production with Globo Filmes, Ukbar Filmes, and Sony Pictures International Productions Brazil. The project has…
Tom Cruise told GQ magazine as part of a new cover story on the “Digger” star that rumors about him being intense on movie sets are true, and he warns his co-stars upfront about it before filming starts. Movies are all about connecting “humanity,” the…
Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” which had its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section, has attracted distribution deals spanning multiple territories through sales agent Charades. Distributed by Shochiku in Japan, the film has crossed…