Graham Norton is the host of "The Graham Norton Show," Eurovision commentator for the U.K. and recently had a scene-stealing cameo in Taylor Swift's "Opalite" music video. Now he's adding an…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Variety's Todd Spangler details the growing opposition within media and entertainment to Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Di…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
Comedian Cat Cohen's new one-woman show "Broad Strokes" will debut Off-Broadway over the summer. The musical comedy is set to begin previews at downtown Manhattan's Lucille Lortel Theatre on…
U.K. comedian and viral showman Christopher Hall is set to make his New York debut this summer with his new one-man show "Pizazz," which is slated for a limited run at Asylum NYC this summer…
Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody jokes that he's not good at pretending. "I always say I'm a terrible actor because you know when I don't like something. You know where I stand," the 52-ye…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus' popular podcast "Wiser Than Me" is returning with new batch of episodes featuring the Emmy-winning actress' interviews with older women. "Wiser Than Me," a production of…
"A Walk on the Moon," a musical about a Brooklyn mother whose life is transformed during a trip to a Catskills bungalow colony, will have its New York premiere this summer at The Laura Pels …
New York's Bryant Park has announced the 2026 schedule for its summer Picnic Performances, presented by Bank of America " a free outdoor performing arts festival in the heart of Midtown. The…
Ben Whishaw. Kathryn Hunter. debbie tucker green. A "Thelma & Louise" musical. The Young Vic has unveiled a 2026/7 season stacked with world and U.K. premieres running from September thr…
Richard Kind is back in the fraudulent theatrical agency business. Twenty-two years after playing Max Bialystok on Broadway following Nathan Lane in the role, the veteran actor has brought t…
Yo Adrian, the Italian Stallion is back in the ring. Amazon MGM brought a teaser of "I Play Rocky," a drama about the true story behind the tumultuous making of the 1976 boxing classic "Rock…
At age 21, Nick Yarris was stopped during a routine traffic stop, arrested and sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a young wife and mother. Though Yarris did not commit this crime, h…
"Lorne" lures us in with the mischievous playfulness of its tone. The premise of the movie is that Lorne Michaels is one of those rare showbiz figures known, almost mythologically, by just o…
Ariana Grande has conquered global arenas, the Oscars stage and, now, another CinemaCon. The triple-threat star lit up the annual Las Vegas convention of movie theater owners in a first trai…
Taylor Momsen was hospitalized on Tuesday after she was bitten by a spider while her band, The Pretty Reckless, was on tour with AC/DC. Momsen took to Instagram to share a photo of her bitte…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Variety's Gene Maddaus details the Writers Guild of America's four-year contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television P…
After the blockbuster trial that went from the U.S. Department of Justice to 34 states, a jury has decided that Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster illegally held monop…
Classic films from David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Neil Jordan, and more are among the new titles anchoring the announced Criterion Collection's July slate. From the legendary late auteur D…
Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict lend their voices to "Saigon," a new scripted drama podcast for iHeartMedia's iHeartPodcasts billed as "an epic story of love, war and power set against the…
Anne Hathaway has played many roles across her two-decade career, but pop star is a new one. As a singer, she's usually gravitated toward musical theatre " with an exception being her stella…
Rosie Sheehy, the Welsh actress who recently received her second Olivier Award nomination, has signed with CAA. The signing comes just as Sheehy shoots her next project, an film adaptation o…
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and four colleagues are urging the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to use its authority under the Tunney A…
Based on Rufia Thorpe's acclaimed 2024 novel and adapted to television by David E. Kelley, Apple TV's dramedy, "Margo's Got Money Troubles," follows college freshman Margo Millet (Elle Fanni…
Spotify and the National Independent Venue Association have announced a year-long partnership intended to strengthen independent live music in the U.S. As the live-music business has exp…