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Steve Martin and Martin Short are hitting the road before solving their next murder. The "Only Murders in the Building" duo will embark on a 27-city tour, titled "The Dukes of Funnytown," du…
Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute " or write seemingly anything "Â it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his and their c…
At 86 years old, Scott Glenn has nothing to prove. The veteran actor has been working steadily onscreen since the 1960s and has turned in command performances in films such as "Urban Cowboy,…
Actor and musician Jharrel Jerome ("Moonlight," "When They See Us," "Unstoppable") and actor Teo Yoo ("Past Lives," "The Recruit," "Karoshi") have joined the jury for the Golden Globes Impac…
Mandy Moore is the latest addition to Dan Fogelman's upcoming series set within the NFL at Hulu, Variety has confirmed. The untitled series was originally announced in October 2024. Exact pl…
Lindsey Stirling has announced her upcoming "Snow Waltz" Christmas tour, kicking off on November 18. The violinist and dancer, who's announcing the tour exclusively on Variety, will spread h…
"Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary this year with a flurry of specials " and was rewarded with multiple Emmy nominations for them all. That included 12 for the main live ev…
Glenn Close has landed her next killer TV role. The eight-time Oscar nominee is set to star as the lead in "Maud" for U.K. network Channel 4. Written by Nina Raine and Moses Raine (behind ac…
David Gyasi, best known for playing the suave and well-tailored U.K. foreign secretary Austin Dennison in Netflix's political thriller series "The Diplomat," has landed his first lead film r…
Ricky Martin will make MTV VMAs history becoming the first ever artist to receive the annual show's Latin Icon award. Twenty-six years after he became the first male Latin artist to win best…
Ana Brun " the first Paraguayan actress to win a prestigious Berlinale Silver Bear, thanks to her debut performance in "The Heiresses" " is starring in Catalina Torres Puentes' coming-of-age…
Guy Pearce is paying tribute to Terence Stamp. In a post on X, Pearce called his "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" co-star a "true inspiration." Stamp died on Sunday at 87 y…
For many years, Luke Macfarlane was one of only a handful of gay actors who never shied away from playing queer roles. His coming out during a newspaper interview in 2008 coincided with him …
English-born Terence Stamp, who burned brightly as a young actor in the 1960s, with praise heaped upon him for roles in "Billy Budd," "The Collector" and "Far From the Madding Crowd," memora…
Anyone approaching "Blue Film" hoping to be titillated, per the pornographic implication of the title, is likely to be disappointed. "Blue" denotes sex, certainly, and that's forever on the …
Steve Martin celebrated his landmark 80th birthday on Thursday, and he marked the occasion by spending the day shooting a scene at Disneyland. Speaking on Saturday at the Television Academy'…
Bryan Cranston has quelled speculation that his performance as the boss on Apple TV+'s "The Studio" was based on Warner Brothers CEO, David Zaslav. "I did a deep dive on (Zaslav) and I thoug…
It's Not TV, so maybe that's why Joey Pants can't get his HBO? "The Last of Us" Season 2 guest star Joe Pantoliano had previously told Variety he doesn't subscribe to the pay cabler, which i…
Liza Colón-Zayas' Off Broadway theater roots proved the perfect training ground for her turn as Tina on "The Bear" " a role that brought her the Emmy as supporting actress in a comedy ser…
When filming began on HBO's "Somebody Somewhere" back in 2021, co-creator and writer Paul Thureen remembers he and collaborators Bridget Everett and Hannah Bos were still battling doubts the…
For Helen Walsh, place comes first. "Place is always my starting point. It's an active force that shapes and informs our identities right throughout our lives," said the novelist-turned-…
Director Jesse Noah Klein is world premiering at Edinburgh the jet-black comedy thriller "Best Boy," starring Caroline Dhavernas and Aaron Abrams, ("Hannibal"), Marc Bendavid ("Good Witch…
Eli Roth has spent decades in the entertainment industry, but he's still chasing the high of telling his schoolyard friends about the wild new movie he just saw. "If someone had given me thi…
In Alex Timbers' new musical "Just in Time," audience members are transported into the jukebox world of American singer Bobby Darin (Jonathan Groff), who rose to success from a teen idol to …
In her BBC/Netflix documentary special investigating the most profound questions about existence, Philomena Cunk explains the moment that human life is created. "The disappointingly flavored…