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June Diane Raphael turned it out Thursday night at the world premiere of her new movie "Weapons," wearing a a pantless black tuxedo look reminiscent of Roxie Hart, the murderess ex-con turne…
Stevie Nicks has announced that she'll be rescheduling her upcoming tour dates in August and September due to a fractured shoulder that requires ample recovery time. The news was revealed on…
American Eagle is standing by its controversial ad campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney, which includes various commercials with the tagline: "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans." The campaign crea…
Matthew Loeb has been reelected "by acclimation" as international president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Also reelected on Thursday at the 70th Quadrennial Co…
Lady Gaga is having a ball… and so are we. It's been a hell of a 2025 for her: A few months ago, she put out what might be the most purely enjoyable album of her career, "Mayhem." Now, she…
Julianne Nicholson may live quietly in the English countryside, but this Emmy season, she's making noise in Hollywood. With two Emmy nominations " for her haunting turn in Hulu's post-apocal…
A limited series adaptation of the 2006 romantic comedy film "The Holiday" is in development at Apple TV+, Variety has confirmed. As with the film, the series would center on two women, one …
Flaco Jiménez, the San Antonio-born accordionist whose music has been a hallmark of Tex-Mex, Tejano and conjunto music for seven decades, died Thursday, according to a statement from his fa…
Actor River Phoenix's story has long haunted Hollywood: A rising star with rare talent and a tragic ending that came far too soon. Now, more than three decades after his death outside The Vi…
Variety and iHeartPodcasts have launched the second season of the popular true crime podcast "Variety Confidential," which depicts not just true crime but the dark side of fame. "Variety Con…
National Theatre Live has unveiled a stirring trailer for the cinema release of Rosamund Pike's latest play, "Inter Alia." The Oscar nominee stars in the production " which is currently runn…
British actor Ray Winstone, best known for his role in Jonathan Glazer's "Sexy Beast," will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his ca…
"We've created a monster!" quips casting director Juliette Ménager about the "Emily in Paris" frenzy. Ménager, who describes herself as a gourmet French chef known for mastering the secret…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has tapped John Leader to play the title role in its upcoming stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The BFG." The production, adapted by Tom Wells ("The Kitchen Sin…
Kamala Harris appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Thursday night just hours after it was announced she is going to release "107 Days," a memoir about the 2024 presidential elect…
He's spent a lot of time in blue tights. He's embraced Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. And he has a healthy sense of humor about himself. All of these things refer to actor Dean Cain, th…
Conan O'Brien told fellow "Saturday Night Live" alum Andy Samberg during a chat on the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast that Adam Sandler more or less saved the NBC sketch comedy serie…
Helen J. Shen, the star of Broadway's "Maybe Happy Ending," is defending the show's recent decision to recast the lead male role with a white actor. Producers announced last week that Andrew…
"Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight has been hired to pen the script for Denis Villeneuve's upcoming James Bond movie at Amazon MGM Studios. Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing the …
Just as "My Beautiful Laundrette" launched a little-known English actor named Daniel Day-Lewis, the London-set "Unicorns" spotlights up-and-coming talent Ben Taylor (whose minor roles in "Bo…
Robert Wilson, an experimental theater stage director, playwright, founder and artistic director of The Watermill Center, died on July 31. He was 83. Wilson's death was confirmed on his pers…
As final-round Emmy voting approaches, Apple TV+'s The Studio has emerged as a serious contender, after tying the all-time nomination record for a comedy series with 23 nominations and becom…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from "The Sandman" second and final season bonus episode, "Death: The High Cost of Living," now streaming on Netflix. The final chapter of…
Jeremy Strong may soon be getting a perm and rocking a gold chain. The Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner is the top choice to play Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network Part II,"…
Spinal Tap, the fictional and nonetheless impactful heavy metal band featured in the 1984 mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap," is back after a 41-year absence, once again extolling the unknowa…