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Aaron Sorkin Says ‘Social Reckoning’ Reshoots Had Nothing to Do With Trailer Backlash, Explains Why Trump Isn’t Named: It’s ‘Not a Red-Blue Thing’
Ahead of the release of “The Social Reckoning” on Oct. 9, director Aaron Sorkin is telling all on the film’s much-discus...
Fiona Lowe, Daughter of Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, Dies at 13
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died. She was 13. Fiona’s death was confirmed to...
‘Final Payment,’ ‘Zoom In, Zoom Out’ Win Big at Pingyao; ‘Congo Boy’ Takes Rossellini Prize
Niu Niu’s “Final Payment” and Dong Jie’s “Zoom In, Zoom Out” each won two prizes at the 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hid...
Christy Carlson Romano Says She and ‘Even Stevens’ Co-Star Shia LaBeouf Were ‘Like Oil and Water’ While Filming the Disney Channel Show
Christy Carlson Romano, who first broke out on the Disney Channel sitcom “Even Stevens,” is opening up about her experie...
Tom Cruise Pulls Out ‘Risky Business’ Dance Moves for ‘Jennifer Hudson Show’ Spirit Tunnel
Tom Cruise pulled out his “Risky Business” dance moves (and those black Ray-Ban sunglasses) for his much-anticipated wal...
‘Making Marie Antoinette’: A Mother’s Love Letter to Sofia Coppola’s Genius Charms NYFF
“I enjoyed it, but I’m never doing this again.” Sofia Coppola utters those words toward the end of “Making Marie Antoine...
‘What Remains’ Review: A Pensive but Stirring Drama Finds Poetry in the Landscapes of Rural Turkey
If you love something, let it go, the adage advises, and maybe it will come back to you. Maybe, however, it will go and ...
What’s New on Netflix in October 2026
Halloween has arrived on Netflix! The streaming service is kicking off All Hallows’ Eve with a fresh slate of horror fav...
What to Watch on Disney+ in October 2026
Spooky season is officially here and Disney+ just made your Halloween streaming selections that much easier. For the mon...
Lady A’s Charles Kelley Shares Blood Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I’m Confident That We’re Going to Get Through It’
Charles Kelley, the co-lead vocalist and founding member of the country band Lady A, has been diagnosed with the rare bl...
Casey Bloys Poised to Run HBO and Paramount+ as Cindy Holland Confirms Her Exit From Studio on Eve of Merger Closing
HBO chief Casey Bloys is poised to take the reins of all of Paramount and Warner Bros. streaming operations once the two...
Penn Badgley Swore Off Sex Scenes. His Wife Says It Was Not Her Idea: ‘He Decided to Do This for Mental Health Reasons’
Penn Badgley infamously swore off sex scenes before the production of “You” Season 4, revealing on a viral episode of hi...
‘The Little Prince’ Live-Action Movie Set With ‘The Imitation Game’ Director Morten Tyldum and Simon Beaufoy (EXCLUSIVE)
“The Little Prince” is getting a new big-screen treatment with “The Imitation Game” director Morten Tyldum set to helm a...
Music Industry Moves: Universal Music Names Libby Bush President of Global Brands and Commercial Partnerships; Avex Acquires 85% of Brandon Silverstei...
Universal Music Group has named Libby Bush to the newly created role of President, Global Brands and Commercial Partners...
Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Zach Cregger’s ‘The Flood’
Jennifer Lawrence will star in Zach Cregger’s buzzy sci-fi thriller “The Flood” from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. C...
Ex-‘American Idol’ Contestant Caleb Flynn Found Guilty of Murdering Wife
Caleb Flynn, a former contestant on “American Idol,” was found guilty of murdering his wife in their Ohio home. A jury d...
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez Donate Unqiue Items for Housing Works Auction
Ringo Starr, David Byrne, Joan Baez, and more have donated items to be auction in Housing Works’ second annual Turn It U...
Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ Follow-Up ‘Anything But Ghosts’ Sets May 2027 Release Date From Focus Features, Blumhouse
Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster have slated Curry Barker’s upcoming horror-comedy “Anything But Ghosts” for ...
Prime ‘Big Deal Days’ 2026: What to Know About Amazon’s October Prime Day Sale
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days (a.k.a. “Fall Prime Day) is back for another season of savings, with 48 hours of Prime memb...
‘Digger’ Confronts Negative Buzz: New Ad Tells Moviegoers to ‘Decide for Yourself’ After Tom Cruise Movie Called ‘Unpleasant’ and ‘Baffling’
Warner Bros. is asking moviegoers to “decide for yourself” with a new ad for Tom Cruise’s “Digger” that touts both negat...
Iliza Shlesinger Sets 2027 Tour (EXCLUSIVE)
Iliza Shlesinger is hitting the road in 2027. The comedian, actor and writer has announced the “Free Nights & Weeken...
Variety’s ‘Pixels and Pencils’ Animation Panel Returns to SCAD Savannah Film Festival With Directors of ‘Wildwood,’ ‘Ray Gunn’ and More
Variety’s “Pixels and Pencils” panel returns to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival for a fifth year, spotlighting the direc...
‘God of War Laufey’ Sets Release Date, Preorders Open (Gaming News Roundup)
“God of War Laufey” will release Feb. 16, 2027 from Sony’s Santa Monica Studios. Pre-orders go live on Sept. 29. The pre...
Pedro Pina, YouTube VP at Iberseries & Platino Industria: ‘YouTube is a Greenhouse of the Future of Creativity’
Speaking at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference, Pedro Pina, YouTube VP for Europe, the Middle East and Af...
Paul McCartney and Judd Apatow Have a Free-Wheeling and Revealing Conversation About the Beatles and Wings in ‘Man on the Run’ Post-Screening Q&A
Paul McCartney met up with Judd Apatow for a 45-minute conversation following a screening of “Man on the Run” in Los Ang...
Mariska Hargitay Condemns the Cornell 7 as Hudson Williams, Josh Gad and More Speak Out on Sexual Assault Case: ‘Arrest Them’ and ‘F— Cornell’
Mariska Hargitay, Josh Gad, Hudson Williams and more celebrities are joining the growing list of Hollywood names using s...
ITV Boss, Sky’s Content Chief Set Out Vision for Acquisition, Try to Calm Nerves: ‘The Competition is Ferocious’
With Comcast-owned Sky’s $2.1 billion acquisition of ITV currently winding its way through the regulatory process in the...
Variety and Outfront Announce Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage, Featuring Questlove, Charlamagne tha God and Ice-T
Variety and Outfront today announced the first-ever Variety Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage presented b...
Graham Norton Shoots Down ‘Conspiracy Theory’ That Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Video Was Shot Before She Came on His Show
Graham Norton has shot down a “conspiracy theory” surrounding Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” music video, in which he guest st...
Beyond Fest Organizers on Improved Ticketing, Fans ‘As Unhinged as We Are’ and Their 7 Titles Not to Miss
How true is the perception that Los Angeles doesn’t have a prominent signature film festival? While the city’s film love...
‘Digger’ Review: As a Texas Oil Tycoon, Tom Cruise Goes Over the Top in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bombastically Self-Important Satire
"Digger" isn’t funny. It’s nervy, in your face, audacious, adventurous, and bizarro in a free-swinging, out-of-the-box w...
Premium TV and Talent ‘Will End Up on YouTube and TikTok Over Time’ Says Sister Boss and ‘Black Doves’ Producer Jane Featherstone
High-end television and the talent behind it aren’t destined to only find their homes on established networks and stream...
JioStar’s Kevin Vaz Urges Indian Government to Restore BARC TV Audience Ratings as Media Sector Hits $28.9 Billion
Leading Indian streamer JioStar’s Kevin Vaz has called on India’s government to immediately restore BARC audience rating...
Sylvester Stallone Says Superhero Movie Bodies Aren’t ‘Natural’ and Taking Steroids to Bulk Up Is Like ‘Putting on Part of a Costume’
Sylvester Stallone is sharing the story of how “Rocky” got made 50 years after its release in his new tell-all memoir, “...
‘Sin Filtro’ Producer JK Media Producing First Original Microdramas Shot in the U.S. for TelevisaUnivision’s ViXMicrO (EXCLUSIVE)
JK Media, the producer behind the hit unscripted celebrity show “Sin Filtro” and its various iterations, has developed a...
Tom Hollander Joins Season 2 Cast of AMC’s ‘The Audacity’
Tom Hollander (“Dune: Prophecy,” “The Uprising”) is joining the cast of AMC’s satirical drama “The Audacity” in a recurr...
Jia Zhangke, Tian Qi’s Unknown Pleasures Lands Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream’ for China
Jia Zhangke’s Unknown Pleasures Pictures has acquired China rights to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Jenjira’s Magnificent...
Chile’s Sanfic Set to Screen Late Documentarian Antonio Caro’s Swan Song ‘Monguen’ Among Nine Chilean Pics in Competition (EXCLUSIVE)
Chile’s 22nd Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) features nine pics in its Chile Film Competition this year vying for cash p...
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Immersive Experience Set for London
An “Alice in Wonderland” themed immersive experience is set to open in London next month. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s be...
Leading Documentary Festival IDFA Adds More Than 100 Films Lineup, Including Shorts Competition
Leading documentary festival IDFA has added more than 100 films to its 39th edition, which runs from Nov. 12 to 22 in Am...
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