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‘Carolina Caroline’ Review: Classic Lovers-on-the-Run Thriller Shows Why Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner Should Be Bigger Stars

With nothing holding her down but a dead-end job and an aging dad, a small-town Texan girl is swiftly bedazzled by a smooth criminal drifter, and hops into his car to pursue a life less ordinary. The ...

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Donald Trump Storms Out of ‘Meet the Press’ Interview: ‘You’re Either Crooked or You’re Stupid’

President Donald Trump stormed out of his interview with “Meet the Press” after getting into a verbal sparring match with Kristen Welker over claims of election fraud. Tensions began rising when Welke...

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Box Office: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Becomes First 2026 Release to Cross $1 Billion

“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” has crossed the $1 billion mark. It’s the first film of 2026 to hit that milestone. The animated adaptation of the hit video game was produced by Universal and Illuminat...

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Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul Celebrated for Grace and Resilience at Race to Erase MS Gala: ‘I Live It Openly’

Disney executive Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul opened up Friday night about her extraordinary journey of coming to grips with multiple sclerosis as she was honored Friday at the annual Race to Erase MS gala....

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Jafar Panahi’s One-Year Prison Sentence Upheld by Iranian Court

Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi who in December had been sentenced in absentia on charges of engaging in propaganda...

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Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Scores Franchise-Best $55 Million Opening, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Stumbles With $29.3 Million

It’s a horror trifecta. Paramount’s “Scary Movie” ruled at box office with $55 million in its opening weekend, extending an unexpected streak for, well, scary movies in the height of summer movie seas...

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Tribeca 2026 After Hours: A Guide to the Fest’s Best After Parties and Events

As New York City braces for a stretch of 80-degree days this week, Tribeca’s 25th anniversary edition is also bringing some serious heat to New York’s after-hours circuit. Running June 3-14, this year...

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Paul Anthony Kelly and Patrick Ball on Surviving ‘The Pitt’ Panic Attacks, Going Left-Handed to Become JFK Jr. and Playing Emotional TV Heartthrobs

This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. P...

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Tribeca Festival Condemns Palestinian ‘Dog Rape’ Joke Made on ‘The Wedding Entertainer’ Red Carpet: ‘Human Suffering Should Never Be Mocked’

The Tribeca Festival has condemned the jokes made on the red carpet of “The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)” by comedian Elon Gold and influencer Lizzy Savetsky about the rape of Pales...

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Scott Pelley Presses Paramount to Remove CBS News Chief Bari Weiss: ‘CBS News is On Fire’

Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley suggested in an interview with The New York Times that CBS News parent Paramount Skydance remove Bari Weiss as the leader of the news division, alleging ...

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Ariana Grande Setlist: Every Song Played at ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Tour’s Opening Night in Oakland

After a six-and-a-half-year layoff between tours, Ariana Grande has made a long-awaited return to the concert stage, with her “Eternal Sunshine” tour kicking off at the Oakland Arena Saturday night. V...

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Olivia Rodrigo Reveals New Album Has Duet With the Cure’s Robert Smith Via Surprise Premiere for ‘What’s Wrong With Me’ at Primavera Sound

One of pop’s best-kept secrets of 2026 out, as the news is out that Olivia Rodrigo and the Cure’s Robert Smith have a full-on duet on her forthcoming album, which is less than a week away from release...

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Charlie Puth Cancels Show Due to Illness: ‘I’m Heartbroken’

Charlie Puth took to his Instagram Story to announce that he’s sick and must cancel his Saturday show in Orlando, Fla. “I am so devastated to do this, but I have to cancel tonight’s show,” Puth wrote....

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Scott Pelley Thanks Fans for Support After ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘You Are the Wind in My Sails’

Unemployment looks good on former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, who took to Instagram on Saturday to thank his fans for their support after the program’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton...

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John C. Reilly Tried to Convince Leonardo DiCaprio to Pass on ‘Titanic’: ‘No One’s Going to Give a S— About Who’s on the Boat’

John C. Reilly recently told Ted Danson on the “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast that he tried to convince Leonardo DiCaprio to turn down “Titanic” and instead star in “Boogie Nights,” written...

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From ‘Scream 2’ and ‘Monster’ to ‘Big Mistakes,’ How Laurie Metcalf Has Mastered the Art of the Complicated Mother

Laurie Metcalf arrived for the first day of filming Netflix’s “Big Mistakes” with something she needed to get off her chest. She doesn’t recall where she said it, but it was probably in the hair and m...

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Patrick Godfrey, ‘Ever After: A Cinderella Story’ Star, Dies at 93

Patrick Godfrey, an English actor who played Leonardo da Vinci in the 1998 fantasy film “Ever After: A Cinderella Story,” died on Thursday. He was 93. Godfrey’s death was announced on June 5 via a sta...

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Best Horror of June 2026: ‘Scary Movie’ Returns, Spielberg Revisits Aliens, Javier Bardem Tackles Another Villain Role and More

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the executive digital director of Variet...

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How ‘Masters of the Universe’ Composer Daniel Pemberton Created the ‘Unashamedly Fun’ Theme — With the Help of Brian May’s Red Special Guitar

The only way Daniel Pemberton, who elects not to work on many franchise films or sequels, was going to get on board with scoring the new “Masters of the Universe” film was if he could create Queen and...

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How AMC Is Relaunching ‘Interview With the Vampire’ as ‘The Vampire Lestat’ — Complete With Rock Concert, Major Marketing Tie-Ins and 20 Original Song...

Sam Reid isn’t a rock star, but he plays one on TV. Although, anyone who attended the June 2 premiere party for “The Vampire Lestat” at New York’s Beacon Theatre could have sworn Reid was the real dea...

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Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Starts Strong With $24.7 Million on Friday; ‘Masters of the Universe’ Takes Second With $11.7 Million

“Scary Movie 6” is on pace to set a franchise record after a stellar opening day. Paramount and Miramax’s “Scary Movie 6,” the first in the parody series helmed by the Wayans brothers since 2001’s “Sc...

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‘House of the Dragon’ Showrunner on Season 3’s Battle of the Gullet: ‘This Sequence Is Unlike Anything That’s Ever Been Done in Television Before’

“House of the Dragon” showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal told a whooping audience at Shoreditch Town Hall in East London that Season 3 would deliver on the promise of the preceding season, and that...

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‘Office Romance’ Star Betty Gilpin on Using a Prosthetic Vagina for Her Birthing Scene: ‘I Was Pretty Freaked Out’

Betty Gilpin is opening up about her birthing scene in the new Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein romantic comedy “Office Romance.” “Honestly, I was pretty freaked out when I first saw the prosthetic ...

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Sling Goes All-In for June With $60 Streaming Package for NBA Final, Stanley Cup Final and World Cup

OTT provider Sling is making its bid to be a top summer streaming destination, with a new deal that gets you access to the World Cup, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals and dozens of other live TV shows a...

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Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn on ‘Scandal’ Fans Telling Them to Run for President and Why Fitz and Olivia Are Still Together — and in Couples Ther...

From 2012 through 2018, Kerry Washington played Washington, D.C.—fixer Olivia Pope alongside Tony Goldwyn’s President Fitzgerald Grant on “Scandal,” the Shonda Rhimes-created sensation. Olivia and Fit...

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Jodie Foster Says Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro ‘Couldn’t Stop Giggling’ While Teaching Her How to Unzip a Fly on ‘Taxi Driver’ Set: ‘They Were J...

Jodie Foster reminisced about her time playing 12-year-old prostitute Iris in “Taxi Driver” alongside Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Paul Schrader during the film’s 50th anniversary reunion at th...

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Madonna On Technology Ruining the Concert Experience: ‘Put Your F–king Phones Down and Connect’

On Friday night, Madonna and a dedicated legion of her fans descended upon the iconic Beacon Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the premiere of “Confessions II – The Film.” The screening was f...

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Shivani Pandya Malhotra Steps Down as Managing Director of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

Shivani Pandya Malhotra has stepped down as general manager of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival after playing an instrumental role in building the event from scratch and, over the course of five e...

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Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali, Soo Joo Park and More Celeb Pics From the Zegna Fashion Show (PHOTOS)

Italian fashion house Zegna took over the Malibu Pier Friday night to stage a summer fashion show. Guests were greeted by male models along the driveway dressed in white and carrying matching umbrella...

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‘Final Fantasy VII: Revelation’ Set to Conclude Remake Game Trilogy in 2027; Matthew Mercer Joins Voice Cast

“Final Fantasy VII: Revelation” has been revealed as the third and final title in Square Enix’s “Final Fantasy VII” remake trilogy. Joining the voice cast for the upcoming game, which is set to releas...

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‘Dutton Ranch’ Episode 5: Rip Agrees to Run Beulah’s Ranch, [SPOILER] Gets Shot to Death by the Cops and Rob-Will Returns to Cause Mayhem

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the fifth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Peaceful Find Peace,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. After last week’s dreary, cattle-slaughterin’ episode,...

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Don’t Ask Sean Penn for a Selfie — Even If You’re a Holocaust Survivor

Sean Penn hates selfies and will not, under any circumstances, go to a public gathering with more than eight people — which is why he was noticeably absent from the recent 98th Academy Awards, where h...

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‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Is Peacock’s Most-Watched TV Debut Ever, With 23% of Viewership on Phones and Tablets

Season 8 of “Love Island USA” has achieved the most-watched debut for an original season of television ever on Peacock. The season, which premiered on June 2 and has released three episodes so far, ha...

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Game ‘The Last Ronin’ Unveiled by Paramount Games Studio

Paramount Games Studio brought its turtle power to Summer Game Fest Friday with the reveal of the combined Paramount-Skydance in-house studio’s first project: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last R...

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‘The Pitt’ Makeup Head Unpacks the Show’s Goriest Moments, From a Bloody Head Flap to Tongue Lacerations

“The Pitt’s” department head makeup artist Myriam Arougheti knew that after the success of the show’s first season, she would have to step things up a notch for season 2. The first season featured hea...

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15 Best New Movies to Streaming in June 2026: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Forbidden Fruits’ and More

James Cameron and Pixar are set to deliver a blockbuster streaming month for Disney+ as “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Hoppers” arrive on the platform after successful box office runs in movie theaters. ...

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‘Resident Evil: Veronica’ Remake Set for 2027 Release

“Resident Evil: Veronica,” a remake of the 2000 “Resident Evil” game “Code: Veronica,” will be released by Capcom next year. The original “Resident Evil – Code Veronica” took place three months after ...

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‘Mexico 86’ Review: Diego Luna Scores in a Lightweight Look Behind the Scenes of a World Cup Campaign

With the FIFA World Cup literally kicking off next week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico — an unprecedented triple-nation collaboration that makes the last of those countries the first in history to hos...

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‘The Comeback’ Creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King on Ending the Series, the AI Threat, Valerie Cherish’s Evolution and Why Ice Cream as a D...

Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow didn’t mean to be so on the nose with the title of their HBO comedy “The Comeback.” But, it turns out, that has actually been the case for the show — every ten......

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Questlove on Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary, Why He’ll Probably Never Make a Prince Film, and What’s Coming Next

Across four documentaries — the Oscar- and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul,” “Sly Lives,” “Ladies and Gentlemen, 50 Years of Saturday Night Live Music” and the new “Earth, Wind & Fire (to Be Celest...

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‘Beef’ Director Lee Sung Jin and ‘Black Rabbit’ Director/Star Jason Bateman Talk Craft, Creating an Aesthetic and Using a Real-Life ER Visit as Inspir...

Lee Sung Jin, the creator, executive producer and director of “Beef,” and Jason Bateman, who executive produced, directed and starred in “Black Rabbit,” sat down with Variety’s Clayton Davis to discus...

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Paramount Made Radical Changes to CBS Late Night and ‘60 Minutes.’ Will Advertisers Still Spend?

Dozens of advertising and media buying executives convened in late April at an event space near the west side of New York City, eager to get a look at what Paramount Skydance had to offer in its first...

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Madonna to Release ‘Confessions II – The Film’ on YouTube Next Week

Madonna has announced that she will release “Confessions II – The Film” on YouTube on June 8 at 11 a.m. ET. The film, directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (Torso), is set to have its world premier...

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‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Stars Emma Caulfield, David Boreanaz and More Pay Tribute to Anthony Head: ‘He Was the Best of Us’

Anthony Head, who died on June 5 at the age of 72, is being honored by his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” co-stars. Head first appeared in the show’s pilot as Rupert Giles, the titular character Buffy’s W...

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Taylor Swift Releases ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ Music Video Featuring ‘Toy Story’ Footage

Taylor Swift has released the music video for her latest single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the country-inflected original song she contributed to “Toy Story 5.” The video is entirely made up of footage...

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Madonna Performs in Times Square, Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor Promote ‘Disclosure Day’ in London and More Celeb Red Carpet Photos: June 2026

It was anything but June gloom when the Gotham Television Awards kicked off the month in New York City. Winners and honorees included Chase Infiniti, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kerry Washington, “I Love LA” a...

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Netflix Film Boss Says Streamer ‘Won’t Work With’ Directors ‘Who Still Want Theatrical’ and ‘We’ve Accepted’ That

Netflix has been making overtures to movie theaters ever since it launched its bid to buy Warner Bros. Even after that deal collapsed, Netflix has signaled its openness to working with cinemas by deci...

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‘Love Island UK’ Contestant Drops Out of Show Days After Show Premieres

“Love Island UK” Season 13 contestant George Knight has suddenly dropped out of the show just days after the premiere, citing his decision to reunite with family. The 28-year-old pro-football player w...

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How Universal’s Epic Universe Park Still Drives Innovation With Drone Dragons, Power Bands and Wizardly Wands as It Celebrates Its First Anniversary

“Five Immersive Worlds. One Amazing Theme Park.” This is the motto for the Orlando-based Epic Universe, which opened in May 2025. As the first major theme park to open in the U.S. in 25 years, Epic Un...

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Henry Cavill Joins Kevin Hart in Netflix Spy Comedy

Henry Cavill is gearing up to play spy games with Kevin Hart in a new action comedy for Netflix. Cavill and Hart star as rival spies who cross paths in a Lamaze class when their wives become fast frie...

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