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Teyana Taylor Named Icon of the Year for the 2026 BET Awards
Golden Globe winner and Grammy nominee Teyana Taylor will be saluted as Icon of the Year at the 2026 BET Awards. Taylor ...
‘Half Man’ Star Richard Gadd Breaks Down Hospital Confrontation Scene: ‘The Anger Empties Out of the Room’
Perhaps the most emotionally and physically demanding sequence of “Half Man” — and given the high drama of the HBO limit...
‘Disclosure Day’ Review: Steven Spielberg’s Invigorating Chase Thriller Taps Into the Mania for Alien Conspiracy Theory, but It Never Becomes a Close ...
Scene for scene, the movie is a vigorous and diverting ride. Yet coming after the mountains of real UAP footage we’ve se...
BBC Names Rhodri Talfan Davies Deputy Director General
The BBC has appointed Rhodri Talfan Davies as deputy director general, following his tenure as interim chief of the broa...
Anna Faris Reveals ‘Scary Movie 6’ Cut Her Melania Trump Takedown: ‘I Was Always Pushing for Cindy to Be Classic MAGA’
Anna Faris revealed in a new interview with Dexerto that her blatant takedown of Melania Trump was cut out of “Scary Mov...
Accenture Acquires Whalar in Bid to Boost Influencer-Marketing Division
Consulting and professional services giant Accenture has acquired creator and influencer agency Whalar, seeking to boost...
Paramount Accuses Netflix of ‘Panic-Level’ ‘Scorched-Earth Campaign’ to ‘Poison’ Regulators Against Warner Bros. Deal
Paramount Skydance’s top lawyer claims Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-War...
‘Act One’ Director on the Sexy, Scary Teen-Actress Thriller
Hannah, a teen actress, just wants to be great. And she’ll sacrifice everything to get there. In writer-director Sophia ...
With ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg Aims to Prove He’s Still the King of the Summer Box Office
Steven Spielberg helped create the summer blockbuster with “Jaws,” a smash hit that opened in June 1975 and showed Holly...
Don’t Forget About Maggie Q
Maggie Q doesn’t know what it looks like to play it safe. The Hawaiian-born actress’s route to the big and small screens...
Helena Zengel on Meeting the Woman She Plays in Drugs Trade Thriller Series ‘Westend Girl’: ‘When She First Saw a Few Clips, She Cried’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The sun sets over the bay of Cassis, a charming seaside resort near Marseille, as a young woman gazes toward the horizon...
Conan O’Brien Partners With AI Cybersecurity Firm for 15-Part Training Series
If you’re going to train people on how to recognize AI-generated deepfakes, who better to recruit than the deepfake pion...
Geese, Oklou Win Big at Libera Indie Awards
Geese, Oklou and label of the year Partisan were among the big winners at the Libera Awards, presented by Merlin and the...
Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger to Be Formally Investigated by U.K. Competition Watchdog
The U.K.’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has started an investigation into the proposed ...
‘Elle’ Trailer: Elle Woods Goes From L.A. It Girl to Seattle Outcast in ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series
Prime Video has released the trailer and key art for Season 1 of the “Legally Blonde” prequel series “Elle.” All eight e...
Chanel Backs Revival of Legendary Paris Cinema Le Saint-Germain-des-Prés
An alliance of prominent French business, publishing and film figures has joined forces to revive one of the most storie...
‘Scary Movie’ Reboot Leads U.K. and Ireland Box Office as Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Looms
The U.K. and Ireland box office experienced a highly competitive frame as Paramount’s franchise revival “Scary Movie” se...
Paramount Has Been in Search for Business Executive to Help Bari Weiss at CBS News
Seeking: Business executive to help manage one of nation’s best-known news brands. Must enjoy long hours, fluid and flui...
Lee Chang-dong to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at Malaysia’s MIFFest
South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Malaysia Internat...
Emmanuel Marre’s Cannes Prizewinner ‘A Man of His Time’ Set to Travel as Charades Seals Key Deals in Europe and Asia (EXCLUSIVE)
Charades has enlisted a string of major international distributors for Emmanuel Marre’s “A Man of His Time” following th...
Future Frames Unveils 10 Young European Filmmakers Joining the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Program
EFP Future Frames – Generation Next of European Cinema, a program for young European filmmaking talent, will return to t...
U.S.-Based Icelandic Producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival
U.S.-based Icelandic film, music video and TV producer Sigurjón Sighvatsson will be celebrated by the Locarno Film Festi...
Aamir Khan, Arundhati Roy Film and ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ Reunion to Headline London Indian Film Festival’s 17th Edition (EXCLUSIVE)
Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan will appear in conversation at BFI Southbank on July 16 as the closing gala of ...
APOS Boss Vivek Couto on AI, Microdramas and the Redefinition of the Region’s Media Business: ‘You Can’t Dabble in Asia’
The title of Vivek Couto’s opening address at APOS 2026 uses the word “reset.” He has a more precise term in mind. “It’s...
Jon Stewart Slams Donald Trump as an ‘Incredibly Fragile Man-Baby’ For Storming Out of ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart slammed President Donald Trump for walking out of his recent ...
‘Jean-Michel’ Review: Jean-Michel Basquiat Finally Gets the Fantastic Documentary He Deserves
"Jean-Michel," directed by Quinn Whitney Wilson and Viridiana Lieberman (it just premiered at the Tribeca Festival and w...
Indonesian Horror ‘Korean Haunted Hospital’ to World Premiere at BiFan (EXCLUSIVE)
The Indonesian horror film “Korean Haunted Hospital” will have its world premiere at the 30th Bucheon International Fant...
Donald Trump Booed at NBA Finals in New York City
Donald Trump received a not-so-warm welcome at Madison Square Garden during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. As the President a...
Jason Momoa Exits Justin Lin’s Video Game Adaptation ‘Helldivers’; Search for New Star Underway
Jason Momoa is leaving “Helldivers,” the video game adaptation from PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures, directed ...
Savannah Guthrie Says ‘I Cry Every Morning on the Way to Work’ While Her Mom Is Still Missing
Savannah Guthrie sat in for Sheinelle Jones on the fourth hour of “Today,” and got emotional as she explained to Jenna B...
Ari Aster Says He ‘Wrote a Prequel’ to ‘Hereditary,’ But it ‘Never Feels Like the Right Time’ to Make it
Ari Aster said during a Q&A after an Egyptian Theatre screening of “Hereditary” (via Gold Derby) that he wrote a pre...
Open AI’s Tech Talk Show ‘TBPN’ Makes Last-Minute Emmy Category Shift to Outstanding Variety Series (EXCLUSIVE)
Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is June 8, 2026, which means it’s 3 days until nominations-round votin...
‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: Compelling Documentary Probes the Legacy of William Friedkin’s Infamous Queer Thriller
The legacy of William Friedkin’s 1980 erotic thriller “Cruising” is a complex one. A film long vehemently denounced by t...
Tyne Daly on the Joy of Returning to Theater with Pasadena Playhouse’s ‘Brigadoon’: ‘It’s Full of Living People — 68 of Them Who Run This Show, and Th...
In the acclaimed revival of “Brigadoon” now playing at Pasadena Playhouse, Tyne Daly is by far the marquee name, as the ...
Former DoJ Antitrust Attorneys Slam Live Nation-Ticketmaster Settlement: ‘It Is Deeply Troubling That the Antitrust Division Is Engaged in Selective N...
Two former top antitrust attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice who were central to its case against Live Nation an...
‘SNL’ Alum Cheri Oteri-Led TV Pilot ‘Zen Room’ to Screen at Dances with Films (EXCLUSIVE)
“Saturday Night Live” alum Cheri Oteri is set to screen her new pilot “Zen Room” at the Dances with Films festival. Oter...
Lionel Messi Gets Special-Edition Stanley Cup Release Ahead of the World Cup
The 2026 World Cup is just over a week away, kicking off in Mexico on June 11 and culminating in the final on July 19, h...
‘The Odyssey’ Challenge: Tom Holland Encourages Letterboxd Users to Document the Large Format Screens They See the Film On
After Christopher Nolan fans rushed to secure premium tickets last week for his highly anticipated epic “The Odyssey,” T...
NBA Finals Game 3 Livestream: Where to Watch the New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs Basketball Game Online Free
The New York Knicks head home to Madison Square Garden this week as the 2026 NBA Finals head into Games 3 and 4. The Kni...
How ‘For All Mankind’ Works With Apple to Revive and Upgrade the Forgotten Newton as Its Alt-History iPhone
Every season of Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” begins the same for prop master Jaime Mengual: A meeting with co-creators a...
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