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Pro-Trump Ads Funded With Taxpayer Dollars Air on CNN and MS NOW; White House Has Spent $2.9 Million on the TV Spots to Date

Even as President Donald Trump has tried to block CNN and MS NOW from covering the White House, his administration has purchased pro-Trump TV ad time on the news networks — using taxpayer money. The a...

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Original R.L. Stine Horror Movie ‘Afraid of Clowns’ Set at Tubi (EXCLUSIVE)

“R.L. Stine’s Afraid of Clowns,” a new original horror movie from the prolific “Goosebumps” author, is coming to Tubi in 2027, Variety can exclusively reveal. Cast members for “Afraid of Clowns” inclu...

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Megan Fox Commercial for Ro Eases Taboos Around Erectile Dysfunction

Add one more popular face to the growing universe of superheroes on TV and streaming services and in film. Megan Fox, the well-known actress and model, has a starring role in a new ad campaign from te...

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Sabu’s ‘Arrested Memory’ Leads Golden Horse Awards Nominations, Shu Qi’s ‘Girl’ Close Behind

Sabu’s “Arrested Memory” topped the field for the 63rd Golden Horse Awards with 11 nominations, one ahead of Shu Qi’s “Girl,” which picked up 10. Joseph Hsu Chen-chieh’s “Double Happiness” and Yeung L...

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Julianne Moore to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From ‘The Debut’ Director Jesse Eisenberg at Rome Film Festival

Julianne Moore will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Rome Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress will attend the Italian premiere of her new film “The Debut,” directed by Jesse Ei...

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Woody Allen’s New Film Boarded by WestEnd for World Sales as Production Begins in Madrid

WestEnd Films has boarded world sales on Woody Allen’s new feature, which is set to begin shooting in Madrid on Oct. 5. Written and directed by Allen, the contemporary comedy will star Marton Csokas (...

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Woody Allen’s New Movie to Star Marton Csokas, Jemima Kirke and More as WestEnd Boards Sales

Marton Csokas (“The Lord of the Rings,” “The Equalizer”) and Jemima Kirke (“Girls,” “Sex Education”) have joined the cast of Woody Allen’s new feature, which is set to begin shooting in Madrid on Oct....

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After ‘I Swear’ Scores 7 BAFTA Scotland Nods, Tourette’s Campaigner John Davidson to Watch Ceremony From ‘Separate’ Area Within Venue Following N-Word...

More than six months after the British Academy faced one of its biggest controversies in years after the N-word was shouted out during the BAFTA Film awards ceremony, BAFTA has had to revisit the mome...

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Ballet Star Tiler Peck to Make London West End Debut in Susan Stroman’s ‘Little Dancer’ (EXCLUSIVE)

New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck will make her West End debut in “Little Dancer,” the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical about the girl who posed for Edgar Degas’ famous sculptur...

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Mediapro Studio Companies Bet on Big Ideas, Local Voices and Cross Border Muscle

Spain’s independent production scene is leaning into a familiar playbook — strong creators, distinctive local stories and plenty of hustle — while looking for new ways to make those stories travel. At...

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Banijay Entertainment’s Scripted Secret: Find the Talent, Then Back the Ideas

With 170 labels across 25 territories, Banijay Entertainment has plenty of scale. But at Iberseries & Platino Industria, Steve Matthews, head of scripted, creative, made clear that the company’s g...

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Venice Golden Lion Winner Milcho Manchevski’s ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’ Heads to Tokyo for World Premiere, Trailer Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

“Sister Brother Manhole Cover,” the new feature from Venice Golden Lion winner Milcho Manchevski, will world premiere in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s main competition. Variety is debuting t...

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Garin Nugroho, Mishima Yukiko, Qiu Jiongjiong Titles Among 15 in Tokyo Film Festival Competition

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival has unveiled its complete program, led by a 15-film main competition featuring work by Indonesian director Garin Nugroho, Japanese filmmaker Mishima Yukiko a...

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Anne Hathaway Would Rather Have Another Knicks Championship Over a Second Oscar

When it comes to the New York Knicks, Anne Hathaway is their good luck charm. Let’s revisit: On April 20, the Knicks lost Game 2 of their NBA Playoffs series to the Atlanta Hawks. On May 1, Hathaway’s...

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Disney+ and Vidio Launch Indonesian Bundle Pairing Global Franchises With Local Originals, Live Sports

Disney+ has struck its first partnership with Indonesian streamer Vidio. The two are launching a joint subscription that packages Disney+ Standard with Vidio Ultimate All Screen and puts Marvel, “Star...

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Palme d’Or Winner ‘Fjord’ to Open Jakarta World Cinema as Festival Spreads Across Indonesia (EXCLUSIVE)

Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year, will open Jakarta World Cinema, the Indonesian festival said Thursday as it revealed a 2026 program that also includes the top ...

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Quavo Says Death of Migos Groupmate Takeoff ‘Eased’ His ‘Friction’ with Offset: ‘It Can’t Get No Tougher Than That’

Quavo recently opened up about how the death of his nephew and Migos groupmate Takeoff impacted his then-fractured relationship with fellow group member Offset. “I feel like it eased it a little bit,”...

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‘Doraemon the Movie’ Guardians on Taking Nobita’s Undersea Adventure to Indian Cinemas: ‘It Transcends Generations’ (EXCLUSIVE)

“Doraemon” has been on Indian television for 21 years, long enough, by TV Asahi’s reckoning, for the franchise to start passing from one generation of viewers to the next. Now the Japanese broadcaster...

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Starz, Verizon Fios Negotiations Stall, As Network May Be Blacked Out Tonight and Both Sides Blame Each Other

Starz could go dark tonight for Verizon Fios subscribers, the network announced Wednesday. The two sides are engaged in an intense licensing negotiation, and with their current deal expiring at midnig...

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‘South Park’ Goes After Billionaires, Data Centers, Anti-Vaxxers and Trump in Phallic-Filled New Episode

In the second episode of “South Park” (or, rather, “South America”) Season 29, an impassioned Butters sets out to rid South Park of “billionaire weenies” — which, as it turns out, are literal penises ...

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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on If He Sees Paramount-Warner Bros. As Competition, and If He Courted Casey Bloys: ‘We Had a Very Well-Publicized Lunch’

If Ted Sarandos is concerned about any competitive edge that a Paramount/Warner Bros. merger might pose, he’s not showing it. Speaking Wednesday at the Bloomberg Screentime conference, Sarandos was mo...

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Laura Benanti on Her Journey From Broadway to Stand-Up With a Riotous One-Woman Show, ‘Nobody Cares,’ and Why Melania Remains One of Her Proudest Role...

Laura Benanti is out of the woods and into a thicket that is very different from her initial Broadway base: the world of stand-up comedy. Officially, “Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares” is a “one-woman show...

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‘Scrubs’ Showrunner Dissects Season 2 Premiere: Is Dr. Cox Going to Live, and Will We Finally See J.D. and Elliott’s Kid?

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 first two episodes of the “Scrubs” revival, which aired Wednesday night on ABC and will stream next day on Hulu. When ABC’s “Scrubs” retu...

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Mark Ruffalo Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will ‘Stifle Creativity’ and ‘Weaken Free Speech’: It ‘Should Never Have Been Approved’

Mark Ruffalo is speaking out against the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger once again, this time following the news on Wednesday that the deal has been approved and is tentatively set to close next week. ...

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Satyajit Ray Film by Srijit Mukherji, New Feluda and Eken Mysteries Lead Bengali Streamer Hoichoi’s 10th Anniversary Slate

A Satyajit Ray film from Srijit Mukherji heads a lineup of more than 25 series, films and TV titles that Bengali streamer Hoichoi has set for its 10th year. The slate also brings new cases for detecti...

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Bradley Whitford on Bringing Back ‘The West Wing’ as a ‘Limited Series’

Bradley Whitford is ready to return to the White House. The actor tells me that it may be time to bring back “The West Wing” as a “limited series of some kind.” Series creator Aaron Sorkin has had fan...

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Apple TV Sets Free F1 Livestream This Weekend as 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix Shifts Course to Malaysia

The 2026 Formula 1 season takes a bit of a detour this weekend as the drivers head to the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix — but not in actual Bahrain. The annual race in the Kingdom of Bahrain has been......

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Golden Globes Predictions: Let the Genre Games Begin for ‘Obsession,’ ‘Michael,’ ‘Wildwood’ and More

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and To...

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Nicolas Cage Says the Marvel Cinematic Universe ‘Is Becoming a Well-Funded and Glorified WWE’ With 50-Plus Year Olds in ‘Ridiculous Outfits’

Nicolas Cage’s critique of the Marvel Cinematic Universe during a recent conversation at Fan Expo Dallas (via The Playlist) is quickly gaining traction on social media, with many people either agreein...

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Box Office: ‘Verity’ Aims for $35 Million Debut and Anne Hathaway’s Third No. 1 Movie of the Year, ‘Digger’ Could Bomb With $12 Million

Anne Hathaway is returning to a familiar spot — the top of box office charts — as “Verity” hits the big screen over the weekend. The adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller is targeting a solid dome...

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Colleen Hoover’s ‘Verity’ Returns to Top of Book Charts Following Film Adaptation Release

Author Colleen Hoover’s 2018 romantic thriller, “Verity,” is back on the bestsellers chart as a motion picture adaptation of the novel hits theaters nationwide. The hardcover version of “Verity” is cu...

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Florence Pugh Says ‘Instagram Censored Me’ Over Cornell 7 Posts Addressing Sexual Assault Case: ‘Another Shock That Women Are Censored’

Florence Pugh’s press tour for Netflix’s “East of Eden” brought her to “The View,” where co-host Sara Haines brought up the Oscar nominee’s recent social media posts speaking out on the sexual assault...

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’24 Jump Street,’ Hugh Jackman’s ‘Treasure Island’ Remake Get Holiday 2027 Release Dates

Sony has slated the highly anticipated comedy sequel “24 Jump Street” and Ridley Scott’s “Treasure Island” remake starring Hugh Jackman for release around the 2027 holiday season. “Treasure Island” hi...

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SCP Foundation Anthology Movie in the Works at Neon, Based on Online Horror Forum

Neon is developing an anthology movie based on the community-driven horror forum The SCP Foundation. The project, which will focus on platforming emerging filmmakers, is slated for release in 2027. Th...

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David Ellison Taps Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz to Be Co-CEO of Merged Paramount-Warner Bros.

Ynon Kreiz, who is stepping down as CEO of Mattel after eight years, will join David Ellison’s Paramount — which is expected to close its mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on Oct. 6 — as co-CEO ...

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‘Big Brother’ Ratings Average 5.1 Million Multiplatform Viewers This Summer, Up 8% From Last Year (EXCLUSIVE)

“Big Brother” is ending its Season 28 run with an average multiplatform audience of 5.1 million in live+7 viewers, up 8% from last summer. According to CBS, that’s 46% higher than summer rival “Love I...

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Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul Exits Disney TV for ‘New Opportunty’ After Eight Years as Head of Communications

Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul is exiting Disney TV as head of communications after eight years. Here is her note to her staff, more to come: Team, I want to share with you all that after eight extraordinary ...

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Alec Baldwin’s Claims Against ‘Rust’ Prosecutor Dismissed on Immunity Grounds

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out much of Alec Baldwin’s civil rights lawsuit against prosecutors in the “Rust” case, finding they are entitled to prosecutorial immunity. Baldwin sued last year, ...

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Ubisoft Adopts Massive Entertainment as Name of Studio Group Led by Christoph Hartmann

Games company Ubisoft has landed on a name for what it has been calling “Creative House 2,” led by general manager Christoph Hartmann, the former head of Amazon Games who recently joined the team. The...

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Daniel Zolghadri to Replace Charles Melton in Elijah Bynum’s Crime Thriller ‘My Darling California’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Charles Melton has dropped out of Elijah Bynum’s L.A. crime thriller “My Darling California” and “Lurker” actor Daniel Zolghadri is stepping in as his replacement, Variety can exclusively reveal. Zolg...

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Apple Studios Visual Effects Workers Secure First IATSE Contract

Apple Studios visual effects workers have secured their first IATSE contract. The members won new standards for wages, health care, retirement benefits, working hours, artificial intelligence and work...

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Ariana Madix to Star in Housewives Drama Series in Development at Peacock

Continuing her crossover from reality TV into acting, Ariana Madix is attached to executive produce and star in a drama series in development at Peacock. In a meta play on Madix’s unscripted career, t...

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‘Adults’ Heartthrob Jack Innanen Reveals All: From Wildest Fan DMs to His Love for ‘Heated Rivalry’ to Whether He’d Shave His Iconic Mustache

Season 2 of FX’s “Adults”— which premiered in late August — depicts a group of five friends hanging out in their shared house in Queens. There’s the relatively sane Samir, holding the group together (...

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Sets and the City: Why New York’s Film and TV Business Is Booming

When Rafael Espinal took office in February as New York City’s entertainment chief, he looked around and saw a city that was thriving but had yet to recover from a yearslong slump in film and TV produ...

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Robert Pattinson Is a New Kind of Movie Star: The Anti-Tom Cruise

In the last few years (ever since “Top Gun: Maverick”), Tom Cruise has often been hailed as The Last Movie Star. He’s certainly the gold standard, though it might be appropriate to add Brad Pitt and J...

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Rough Seas: A War-Torn Middle East Isn’t the Only Reason the Red Sea Film Festival Was Abruptly Canceled

Geopolitical turmoil is as good an excuse as any to call off a film festival. But an explosive shake-up of another sort is happening on the Middle Eastern cinema circuit — and it’s not just due to Pre...

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How HBO’s Casey Bloys Wound Up With the Keys to Paramount-Warner Bros.’ Streaming Empire, and What’s to Come

In the end, Casey Bloys knew he was holding all the cards. As the industry continued to speculate about whether the HBO boss or Paramount’s Cindy Holland would wind up with control of the two companie...

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‘Sense and Sensibility’ Inspires Handcrafted Apparel Collection From Designer Sarah Flint, Featuring Embroidered Heels and Painted Scarves

Jane Austen is getting a style upgrade just in time for the latest trip to the Dashwood family estate. Designer Sarah Flint has teamed with Focus Features on a new capsule collection inspired by the u...

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Paramount Deal and U.S. Film Incentive Reflect Hollywood’s Deepening Ties to Government

Last week, politicians decided they could not let Hollywood slip away. First, California Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed for a resolution of the Paramount antitrust case out of fear that the studio would lea...

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David Ellison Recruits Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz for Senior Role at Merged Paramount-Warner Bros.

Ynon Kreiz, who is stepping down as CEO of Mattel after eight years, will join David Ellison’s Paramount — which is on the brink of closing its mega-merger with Warner Bros. Discovery — in a senior ma...

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