David Kramer has taken the reins of United Talent Agency at a fraught time of consolidation and contraction for Hollywood's core business of film and TV. It's no accident that the agency's f…
Tony Hinchcliffe is re-teaming with WWE for a comedy event during SummerSlam weekend in August, Variety has learned. The non-televised event, "WWE Late Night Featuring Tony Hinchcliffe," wil…
After having celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 5, "The Comeback" "Â the beloved comedy co-created by Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, starring Kudrow as actress Valerie Cherish …
Rebekah Del Rio, a singer-songwriter who achieved cinematic legend with her performance of "Llorando" in David Lynch's 2001 opus "Mulholland Drive," died June 23 at her residence in Los Ange…
Even though she's dropped an album every four years, Lorde's career has felt so start-stop that it's surprising to realize we've had a dozen trips around the sun since "Royals" lofted her, a…
Echo Lake Entertainment has signed author Ashok Rajamani for representation in all areas. Rajamani will be represented by Amy Schiffman, partner at Echo Lake Entertainment. The signing comes…
Artists Equity, the independent studio founded by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Gerry Cardinale, has signed an overall theatrical feature film agreement with Sony Pictures. Under the three-yea…
Amanda Seyfried has made it no secret that she auditioned to play Glinda in the "Wicked" movie, but the extent to which she tried her hardest to land the role is now coming to light. Speakin…
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for "The Big Pump," Season 2, Episode 10 of "Poker Face," now streaming on Peacock. The last time "Poker Face" fans saw Clea DuVall, she played …
Lalo Schifrin, the Grammy-winning composer of "Mission: Impossible" and film scores including "Cool Hand Luke," "Dirty Harry" and "Bullitt," died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He…
Leo Woodall is set to star opposite Rachel Weisz in the upcoming Netflix limited series "Vladimir," Variety has learned. The show was originally announced in March with an eight-episode orde…
Bert Kreischer is the star and co-creator of a new scripted comedy series on Netflix titled "Free Bert." The perpetually shirtless stand-up comedian plays a version of himself in the six-epi…
Country singer LeAnn Rimes bravely displayed her showmanship when her teeth popped out while performing mid-concert. She addressed the accident in a video uploaded to Instagram, where she wa…
Stars Harvey Guillén ("What We Do in the Shadows") and Brenda Song ("Running Point") have been tapped to announce this year's major Emmy nominations on Tuesday, July 15, at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:…
Bob the Drag Queen has launched production company Purse First Studios. The first project from the company is "The Big Question," an interview show hosted by Bob featuring friends, colleague…
New movies from directors Steven Soderbergh and Nia DaCosta have been added to this year's Toronto Film Festival lineup. TIFF organizers announced on Thursday the first five titles of its of…
Adam Sandler is hitting the road again. The beloved comedian has just announced a North American tour titled "You're My Best Friend," kicking off this fall. The North American jaunt will see…
The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate multi-Oscar-winning Italian costume designer Milena Canonero, who is admired for her work with Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola…
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a claim brought by 13 authors, including Sarah Silverman and Junot DÃaz, that Meta violated their copyrights by training its AI model on their books.…
The family foundation of longtime showbiz investor and film producer Len Blavatnik has donated $25 million to USC's School of Cinematic Arts to establish the Blavatnik Center for Virtual Pro…
While upbeat at a distance, self-reflexive heist caper "Stealing Pulp Fiction" seldom translates its good nature through story or style. Danny Turkiewicz's feature debut follows a pair of be…
"Boop! The Musical" is the latest show to close on Broadway after leaving the Tony Awards without any hardware. The show, which fictionalizes the life of Betty Boop, will conclude its run on…
FX is nearing a pilot order for a project inspired by Mel Brooks' iconic comedy film "Young Frankenstein," Variety has confirmed. Exact plot details are under wraps, but the project is curre…
"Brokeback Mountain's" Oscar-winning co-writer Diana Ossana recently marked the film's 20th anniversary with an interview in The New York Times, in which she revealed the exact moment she re…
"You're in the tornado, man." That is Paul Freeman, the principal audio artist at Sphere Studios, talking, offering a plainspoken assurance to cinematic thrill-seekers about the enhanced ver…