Humphrey Bogart never said, "Play it again, Sam" in the 1942 Oscar-winning classic "Casablanca." In fact, no one says it in the movie. And the mysterious voice in the adored 1989 fantasy fil…
Director Michael Lehmann was shocked when he looked at the New York Times and Los Angeles Times entertainment sections and saw there were no ads for the second week of dark high school comed…
Barbra Streisand only met Michael Jackson a few times, but she definitely has some opinions about his alleged molestation of several young boys. Streisand shared her thoughts with the Times …
There was only one Carol Channing, and her outsize personality was a source of delight to many fans — and imitators. Gerard Alessandrini's stage spoof "Forbidden Broadway" had many inc…
Lady Gaga was among the many entertainment figures who had to evacuate during the catastrophic Woolsey fire a week ago, and she still hasn’t been able to return to her house. Though ev…
Craig Zadan and his producing partner, Neil Meron, are responsible for one of the most meaningful professional experiences in my career. They brought the magic of Broadway to primetime telev…
David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as the arrogant surgeon Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on “MASH,” died Saturday. He was 75. His agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs, tweet…
With Fox and Disney announcing their anticipated multi-billion dollar mega-merger on Thursday, the movie industry is poised to experience the impact of consolidation and potential ripples to…
Movies weren’t yet talkies and the headquarters were located in New Jersey when Fox Film was founded in 1915. William Fox couldn’t have imagined that his modest film company woul…
Before Disney's animated blockbuster "Aladdin" had its premiere in Japan, directors Ron Clements and John Musker were told not to worry if the audience didn’t laugh. And it wasn't beca…
Kevin Spacey’s apology to actor Anthony Rapp has unleashed a flood of negative reactions on Twitter. Spacey’s decision to combine a coming-out statement with an apology to Rapp, …
For Variety's latest issue, we asked Leslie Odom Jr. to write a tribute to Cynthia Erivo, one of 50 people to make our New Power of New York list. Here's why Erivo represents a new generatio…
For Variety's latest issue, we asked Lin-Manuel Miranda to write a tribute to Oskar Eustis, one of 50 people to make our New Power of New York list. Here's why Eustis, the artistic director …
In the wake of Sunday night’s mass shooting that killed at least 58 people in Las Vegas and injured hundreds more during a country music concert, entertainment figures are begging the …
When Barbara Cook had been hired to play the lead in "She Loves Me," my image of her was based on the roles I had seen her play. I thought she was more or less an innocent ingénue. The firs…
Vice-president elect Mike Pence went to see the hip-hop musical “Hamilton” on Broadway Friday night, and the performance was disrupted when the audience wouldn’t stop booin…
A collection of awards season contenders including “Jackie,” “La La Land,” “Arrival” and “Manchester By the Sea” will screen at the Savannah F…
Edward Albee, who shocked Broadway audiences with his play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1962, died Friday at his home in Montauk, Long Island in New York. He was 88.His work was know…
Edward Albee, who shocked Broadway audiences with his play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in 1962, died Friday at his home in Montauk, Long Island in New York. He was 88…
"You are the writer, but I am the author!" When famed ghost-singer Marni Nixon said those words to me, her ghostwriter, I didn't quite understand how any of it would work. I had written prev…
Controversy magnet Shia LaBeouf earned big laughs Thursday playing a demented military General whose fear of fluoride leads to armageddon in a raucous Live Read of the 1964 classic "Dr. Stra…
Though much of Mickey Rooney’s most notable work appeared more than 70 years ago, the Hollywood community remembers him fondly as a hardworking actor who started his career as a child …
Alec Baldwin says simply “I give up” on the cover of the latest issue of New York Magazine. But what’s he giving up? In a wide-ranging rant, he explains that he’s not…
The last surviving member of the seven original Trapp Family Singers made famous in “The Sound of Music” died this week at her home in Vermont. Maria von Trapp, the second-oldest…
“August: Osage County” star Julia Roberts will be honored with the Palm Springs Film Festival’s Spotlight Award at the Jan. 4 awards gala. The festival runs Jan. 3-13. R…