"The Greatest Showman" director Michael Gracey is set to make a stage musical about Luciano Pavarotti. The Australian director, producer and visual effects artist " who more recently executi…
Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" has sold to multiple territories ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The film stars Tom Waits, Adam Driver, …
Netflix is revving up production in Colombia as it revels in the success of its mega-budget series "One Hundred Years of Solitude." In the lead up to Season 2 of the series adaptation debuti…
When the comedian Leanne Morgan reached her mid-50s, her life drastically changed. The same is true of the namesake character she plays on the Netflix sitcom "Leanne," albeit in a less inter…
The world of Warren Zevon devotees should become an excitable fan base upon hearing that a tribute show for the late singer-songwriter is being slated for this fall in Los Angeles, with Jack…
Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White are circling the lead roles for Aaron Sorkin's sequel to the 2010 Oscar winner "The Social Network," according to sources with knowledge of the project. …
Early on in his headlining appearance at the Greek in Los Angeles, Father John Misty offered his closest equivalent to an invocation for the evening, calmly telling the full house in Griffit…
JP Saxe has done what many artists in his position tend to avoid: in a post captioned "fuck being cool about this," he's coming clean with fans about the fact that if more tickets aren't sol…
A judge on Wednesday dismissed Alec Baldwin's misconduct suit against authorities in New Mexico, after Baldwin's side failed to pursue the case. Baldwin filed the 73-page complaint in Januar…
Tim Burton praised Lady Gaga at the premiere of "Wednesday" Season 2 in London on Wednesday night, saying that working with the multi-hyphenate on the Netflix series was "inspirational." Gag…
The hills and multiplexes will both be alive with "The Sound of Music" this September, as Fathom Entertainment adds three extra days to the film's 60th Anniversary theatrical rerelease, now …
 SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents actors, hosts, broadcasters and more, said it had renewed its deal with measurement giant Nielsen that will have the company stand as its primary arb…
Neal McDonough, the veteran character actor who has appeared in everything from "Band of Brothers" to "Desperate Housewives," "Minority Report," "American Horror Story," "Suits" and more, re…
Roadside Attractions has released the first trailer for "Twinless," the Audience Award-winning dark comedy from James Sweeney that debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The movie stars…
Jessica Chastain has gone back to school. A source tells me the Oscar winner is enrolled in the two-year Master in Public Administration program at The John F. Kennedy School of Government a…
Sylvia Young, who founded one of Britain's most influential performing arts institutions, the Sylvia Young Theatre School, has died peacefully on July 30 at age 86, her daughters confi…
'POTTER' PERSISTS "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" marks nine years at London's Palace Theatre July 30, continuing its successful West End run. The original two-part production, currently…
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released the first rehearsal images from "Born With Teeth," offering a glimpse of Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel as Christopher Marlowe and William Sh…
FireAid has hired a law firm, Latham & Watkins, to review the dispersal of roughly $100 million in funds that were raised in conjunction with a massive benefit concert earlier this…
"Midsommar" star Jack Reynor has joined Rachel Brosnahan in Season 2 of the Apple TV+ legal thriller "Presumed Innocent." The next installment of the series is based on Jo Murray's upcoming …
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is bringing a honky-tonk to New York's East Village with a new bar and venue at 169 Avenue A she's calling, naturally, Lucinda's. True to a …
Scott MacArthur is the latest addition to HBO's upcoming college comedy series starring Steve Carell, Variety has learned exclusively. MacArthur will appear in the untitled series in a recur…
"The White Lotus" stars Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell and Jon Gries will be among this year's honorees at The Creative Coalition's Humanitarian Awards Luncheon. The 11th annual event, which…
A new biography by Amy Odell offers an unflinching look at Gwyneth Paltrow's life and career, from Hollywood royalty to wellness mogul. "Gwyneth: The Biography," out now, traces the Oscar-wi…
In the op-ed below, Rachel Landy, an assistant professor at Cardozo School of Law specializing in contracts and copyright law, makes a the case for why states legislatures, not Congress, …