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Michael Giacchino Officially Boards Brad Bird’s ‘Ray Gunn’ With Score Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar winner Michael Giacchino has been officially unveiled as the composer for Brad Bird’s upcoming Netflix animation “...
AI Script-Analysis Start-Up Quilty Strikes Preferred-Look Deal With Giovanni Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
Quilty, which makes a tool that uses AI to evaluate and score a screenplay to help determine its producibility, has land...
‘The Leader’ Review: Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga Are Creepy and Powerful in a Disturbing Drama About the Heaven’s Gate Cult
"The Leader," as a dramatic experience, is creepy as hell, but as written and directed by Michael Gallagher, it’s also a...
Vice President J.D. Vance to Appear on ABC’s ‘The View’
Perhaps there are some peace negotiations going on between executives at Disney and the Trump administration. Vice Presi...
FIFA World Cup 2026 Livestream: Here’s Where to Watch the International Soccer Tournament Online
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off starting on Thursday, June 11, with matchplay stretching until Sunday, July 19 with th...
Helen Mirren Speaks Out on Israel After Being Called an ‘Evil Zionist Bitch’ in Verbal Attack: ‘How Could You Repeat the Actions of What Was Done to Y...
Helen Mirren, who is in Sicily as the recipient of a Taormina Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, opened up about ...
Politico Relaunches Magazine With New Weekend Focus on Examining Power
Politico wants to power its way into your weekend news diet. The political-news behemoth, part of Axel Springer, is rela...
Broadway PR Firm Polk & Co. Promotes Colgan McNeil, Kelly Stotmeister to Partners
Broadway publicity firm Polk & Co. has promoted two longtime press agents, Colgan McNeil and Kelly Stotmeister, to p...
‘Heart of the Beast’ Trailer: Brad Pitt and a German Shepherd Struggle to Survive the Alaskan Wilderness
Paramount Pictures has released the trailer for “Heart of the Beast,” a new survival thriller film starring Brad Pitt. P...
‘Paper Tiger’ Producer Rodrigo Teixeira on James Gray’s Next, ‘About the U.S. Now,’ Why U.S. Directors Will Shoot in Brazil and How Independent Cinema...
Rodrigo Teixeira, producer of 2025 Oscar winner “I’m Not There” and James Gray’s 2026 Cannes contender “Paper Tiger,” ar...
‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 Sets Fall Release Date, First Glimpse of Lenny Rush Alongside Slough House Team
The Slow Horses are galloping towards their sixth season. Apple TV has confirmed the hit TV series, which follows a grou...
Fernanda Torres on Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Moving’ Testimony About Watching ‘I’m Still Here’ Amid Ben Affleck Divorce and Returning to Her Italian Roots at ...
Sitting at a beautiful rooftop overlooking the sprawling streets of Italy’s Taormina, Oscar-nominated Brazilian actor Fe...
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Champion Jinkx Monsoon to Make London West End Debut, Reprising Mary Todd Lincoln in ‘Oh, Mary!’
Jinkx Monsoon will make her London West End debut this summer, stepping into the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!...
Australian Screen Producers Call for Fairness Rules to Counter Streaming Giants’ Market Power
Screen Producers Australia has lodged a 22-recommendation submission to the Australian government’s National Cultural Po...
Emily Watson to Serve as Jury President at 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, and Receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
British actress Emily Watson will serve as president of the jury for the Feature Film Competition Program at the 32nd Sa...
‘Jane Eyre’ Musical Sets U.K. Stage Debut With West End Stars Charlie Burn and Ashley Gilmour (EXCLUSIVE)
Charlie Burn and Ashley Gilmour are set to lead the cast of “Jane Eyre,” the musical by John Caird and Paul Gordon, when...
‘The Struggle for Mother Water’ Director Michael Zelniker on His Taormina Film Festival Prize: ‘It’s Validation for Those Who Are on the Front Lines’
Canadian filmmaker Michael Zelniker, who will receive the Taormina Film Festival’s Special Sustainability Award on Thurs...
DR Sales Closes With WDR/Arte, VRT, NRK in Multi Buyers Pact on Norwegian Wildlife Doc ‘Frost Without Snow and Ice’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Copenhagen-based DR Sales, sales rep of the Oscar-winning “Mr Nobody Against Putin” and Sundance hit “A New Kind of Wild...
Tony Leung Lines Up Johnnie To Film, India Project and Serial Killer Series as He Chairs Shanghai Jury (EXCLUSIVE)
Thespian Tony Leung Chiu-wai has three productions in the pipeline: a film to be directed by Johnnie To, a separate Indi...
BigBang Sets 31-Show Worldwide Stadium Tour for 20th Anniversary
K-pop group BigBang will reunite for a 31-show stadium world tour celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary, marking its ...
‘Mad Unicorn’ Director Nottapon Boonprakob on Netflix Thai Series ‘The Evil Lawyer’: ‘No System Is Perfect’
Before Nottapon Boonprakob made “The Evil Lawyer,” he had never spent much time thinking about the justice system. That ...
Spike Lee, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Larry David, Timothée Chalamet and More Watch New York Knicks Pull Off Biggest Comeback in NBA Finals History
It was a who’s who on the sidelines of Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks fronted a miraculous comeback agains...
Knicks Fans Think Trump Cursed the Team. So They Burned Sage and Protested the Barricades Outside MSG
At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, just hours before Game 4 of the Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals, several New Yorkers were spotted ou...
Yamada Takayuki Stars in Australia–Japan Supernatural Romance ‘Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Australian production company Titantale Film is mid-shoot on “Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh,” a supernatural roma...
Taylor Swift Attends NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden to Support the Knicks
Following her surprise performance at last night’s “Toy Story 5” premiere in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift has made it all t...
JioHotstar’s Tadka Indian Microdrama Platform Reaches 100 Million Users
Tadka, the microdrama platform within leading Indian streamer JioHotstar, has crossed 100 million users, establishing pr...
‘Stop! That! Train!’ Review: RuPaul Presides Over an Irreverent, Appealing Disaster-Movie Parody
The tale of two heroic stewardesses who team up with RuPaul Charles, the President of the United States, to stop a train...
Steven Spielberg Says James Bond Movies ‘Constantly Turned Me Down’ and ‘If They Asked Me Now’ to Direct the Answer Would Be: ‘You Can’t Afford Me’
Steven Spielberg joined “The Rest Is Entertainment” podcast on his “Disclosure Day” press tour and opened up about his r...
‘Happy Hours’ Review: Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson Are Reunited in a Romcom Made for Nineties Nostalgists
The star pairing of “Happy Hours” isn’t just its selling point, but its audience filter. If the words “Katie Holmes and ...
Taormina Film Festival Opens With ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Screening in a Greek Theater Dating Back to the 3rd Century B.C.
Italy’s Taormina Film Festival kicked off with a double dose of ancient firepower on Wednesday evening as the first epis...
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Cush Jumbo Talks ‘Criminal Record’ Season 2, June and Hegarty’s Odd Bond and [SPOILER’S] Shocking Death
SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from the Season 2 finale of “Criminal Record” now streaming on ...
Paris Barclay’s ‘Billy Preston’ Doc Is First Film in Academy Screening Room for Oscar Season (EXCLUSIVE)
The upcoming film awards season has its first official entry. Variety has learned exclusively that Paris Barclay’s docum...
Liz Garbus’ ESPN Doc ‘Give Me The Ball!’ About Billie Jean King Will Open Croatia International Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
‘ “Give Me The Ball!,” an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, will open the third annual Croatia International Film Fes...
Layoffs Coming at Xbox? New CEO Outlines Upcoming ‘Reset’ in Memo to Staff: ‘Surprising and Even Frustrating’ Realities Facing Business
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma outlined several “surprising and even frustrating” realities facing the Microsoft-owned gaming ...
‘007 First Light’ Studio Chief on Future Bond Games With Amazon, Adding New Free Missions and Isola’s Backstory
While the overall future of the James Bond video game franchise is up in the air, the next 12 months have been laid out ...
‘I Negotiate With Hugging’: Nick Offerman Sounds Off on Toxic Masculinity, Turning Down Ron Swanson Roles and ‘Margot’s Got Money Troubles’
Nick Offerman has a strong work ethic. When he signed up to play former pro wrestler James “Jinx” Millet in “Margo’s Got...
Tim Allen Says ‘Home Improvement’ Reboot Is ‘Stuck’ Because of On-Screen Sons’ ‘Personality Problems’ in Real Life: ‘They’ve Got Their Own Issues’
“Toy Story 5” star Tim Allen says a “Home Improvement” reboot is not likely at the moment due to “personality problems” ...
The Best Audible Books to Listen to Right Now: From ‘Famesick’ to the ‘Off Campus’ Series
Many of the biggest names in Hollywood are lending their star power to Audible titles — from Harris Dickinson and Marisa...
Jon Stewart Compares Trump Leaving the White House to Iron Man Exiting the MCU: Will MAGA ‘Buy Someone Else Running That Universe?’
If Donald Trump is the leader of the MAGA-verse, what happens after the credits roll on his presidency? At an intimate F...
AMC Theatres Postpones Bebe Rexha, Paris Hilton, Kim Petras and Maren Morris Live Concert Simulcasts, Citing Summer Box Office Rebound
AMC Theatres is postponing plans to simulcast a series of live concerts from performers like Bebe Rexha, Paris Hilton, K...
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