The past year of Leslye Headland's work has been a love letter to her teenage self. The multitalented screenwriter-director-showrunner-playwright is on the eve of closing her acclaimed Broad…
Ariana DeBose won't be crying for Argentina. The Oscar winner was in talks to star in Jamie Lloyd's revival of "Evita" at the London Palladium, but sources tell me things didn't work out "du…
Harvey Weinstein's New York trial date has been set for April 15, but the disgraced movie mogul pleaded for an earlier start due to his recent cancer diagnosis and poor health conditions. We…
A U.K. stage production of Neil Gaiman's "Coraline" has been canceled following allegations of sexual assault against the author. The "Coraline" musical was set to take place at Leeds Playho…
RIZZO RIDES "EastEnders" regular Max Bowden and WhatsOnStage Award nominee Paul Jacob French are set to headline the world premiere of "Midnight Cowboy " A New Musical" at London's Southwark…
Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone help plan a sham wedding in the first trailer for "The Wedding Banquet," a modern retelling of Ang Lee's 1993 queer comedy of errors. Set in Seattle, "The Weddi…
Marlee Matlin is an Oscar winner for her work in "Children of a Lesser God," and starred in the 2021 film "CODA," which won the Oscar for best picture, but she feels that Hollywood is so rig…
Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 " some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record "Â making its total around $60 billion since it was founded in 2006. T…
Dolly Parton announced Tuesday that her autobiographical stage musical "Dolly: An Original Musical" will have its world premiere in Nashville this July, the first public stop on the way to a…
In a dramatic scene worthy of the Bard himself, a London stage performance by Hollywood legend Sigourney Weaver was brought to an abrupt halt when two Just Stop Oil activists stormed the The…
London's Prince Charles Cinema said on Tuesday that it is "under serious threat" of closing after a disagreement with its landlord over a new lease. The cinema posted a petition on its socia…
"44," a humorous musical about Barack Obama's presidency, has announced its complete casting ahead of its production at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The show, which is produced by Monica Saunde…
Jennifer Lopez, outfitted in sparkling, webbed-up gown and sky-high black heels, fought back tears as "Kiss of the Spider Woman" was embraced at Sundance Film Festival with a standing ovatio…
Boundaries are constantly blurring in "Kiss of the Spider Woman," the revolutionary mid-'80s film that became a Kander and Ebb musical, and that cunningly (and stunningly) morphs back to the…
Jennifer Lopez brought major star power to the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance ahead of the world premiere of her new musical, "Kiss of the Spider Woman." She was joine…
Tonight's "Saturday Night Live" cold open had a very special surprise in store for viewers as Lin-Manuel Miranda popped up onscreen behind the "SNL" cast who were dressed in 1700s attire in …
At the Friday night opening of his stage show, "From New York, With Love" at Radio City Music Hall, Hugh Jackman received a surprise visit from his "Deadpool & Wolverine" costar Ryan Rey…
Bjork has been doing press interviews to promote today's livestream of her new Apple TV+ concert film "Cornucopia," but a comment she made about Spotify during an interview with the Swedish …
Cynthia Erivo joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance ahead of receiving the Visionary Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's gala fundraiser and said she doesn't unde…
In her documentary "Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore," the star continues to explore the at times lonesome space she has occupied since bursting on the scene in 1986: that of being a represe…
Four years ago, Oscar winner Marlee Matlin experienced the magic of a Sundance premiere virtually when the heartfelt indie "CODA" made its debut at the fest (it then sold for $25 million to …
Unlike casual language learners " say, in a high school French class, or on Duolingo " for the characters in Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer-winning "English," language acquisition feels imperative.…
The Oscars have shared details about how they will honor the city of Los Angeles amid the devastation caused by wildfires, along with other updates to this year's ceremony. In a letter sent …
Soleil Moon Frye is set to direct "The Carters," a new two-part documentary that looks at the "extreme highs and tragic lows" of the Carter family, including the musical careers of Backstree…
Katie Feeney, a social-media influencer who works with many sports leagues and media companies, has signed with CAA for representation. Feeney, who worked as the first official social media …