The Writers Guild of America has reached a deal with the studios, but most of the staff of its West local remains on strike. In a letter on Wednesday, California Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas u…
Sir Ian McKellen says he "fell in love with" Johnny Depp after working together on "Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol." "He's in spankingly good form," McKellen told Variety on Wednesday evening a…
Sam Asghari has wrapped his starring role in the action thriller short, "The Good American." Asghari stars as Ben, an Iranian refugee and rideshare driver in Los Angeles who becomes entangle…
SPOILER ALERT:Â This post contains stories from the Episode 5 of "Imperfect Women," now streaming on Apple TV. There's a lot to learn about Kate Mara's Nancy Hennessy in "Imperfect Women."…
SPOILER ALERT:Â This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of "The Testaments," now streaming on Hulu. Bruce Miller is plunging back into the world of Gilead " and he's br…
"Nobody Wants This" Season 3 has added nine new cast members, Variety has learned. Andrew Rannells ("Girls," "Book of Mormon"), Keyla Monterroso Mejia ("The Studio," "Abbott Elementary"), an…
Jasveen Sangha, the drug dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen," was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for illegally selling the ketamine that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry in 20…
Mitchell Fink, whose career as a celebrity gossip columnist and entertainment journalist included stints ranging from People magazine to the New York Daily News to the Los Angeles Herald Exa…
What if a stand-up comedian walked onstage only to find the audience was 50 bald men? Or 50 clowns, or nuns, or bikers or goths? Mark Normand wanted to find out, so he co-created a new YouTu…
SPOILER ALERT:Â This story contains spoilers for the first three episodes of "The Handmaid's Tale" sequel series, "The Testaments," now streaming on Hulu. On the series premiere of Hulu's …
"Saturday Night Live" has set a star-studded lineup for the final episodes of Season 51. Olivia Rodrigo will pull double duty as both host and musical guest on May 2; Matt Damon will host th…
United Talent Agency has signed "10-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, author, actor, world builder and HalloQUEEN" Janelle Monáe for global representation in all areas. …
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety's Michael Schneider details his reporting and the incredible access he received to cover the fifth and fina…
French auteur Arnaud Desplechin has started shooting his next feature, "The Thing That Hurts," a bittersweet comedy led by an all-star international cast including Alfre Woodard, J.K. Simmon…
It's early on a warm January morning in Las Vegas, and the entire "Hacks" team " stars, crew, producers " is milling around Kyu, a sushi restaurant at the Fontainebleau. It's going to be a b…
The Far East Film Festival will present Hong Kong action choreographer and director Yuen Woo-ping with its Golden Mulberry Award for lifetime achievement at the event's 28th edition, in Udin…
The BBC's highly controversial airing of the n-word in its broadcast of the BAFTA Film awards breached the networks editorial standards, the BBC's own executive complaints unit (ECU) has rul…
Guatemala's Jayro Bustamante, whose feature "Mountains of Fire" ("Cordillera de Fuego") screens at the 14th IFF Panama, is in production on his latest work, "Eruption," ("Erupción") which…
Jimmy Kimmel addressed the ceasefire between the United States and Iran during his Tuesday night monologue and pointed out a recurring pattern with President Donald Trump's negotiating tacti…
Broadway is burning " and that's something to celebrate. "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," a refreshed version of the downtown 2024 hit, blazes anew, having made the trek uptown with its extravagan…
SAG-AFTRA has sent out its "save-the-dates" for the next two awards ceremonies on Netflix. The Actor Awards (formerly known as the SAG Awards) announced that the 33rd annual ceremony, presen…
Meryl Streep graces the cover of Vogue magazine alongside Anna Wintour ahead of the release of "The Devil Wears Prada 2," which finds Streep reprising her Oscar-nominated role of fashion mag…
Riding on a high since the success of its most ambitious show in Argentina, "The Eternaut," Netflix has unveiled a new 20,000 sq. ft. office in Buenos Aires as well as a powerful wide-rangin…
Paradigm will launch a physical production department led by veteran agents Gil Harari and Jonathan Silverman. Harari and Silverman previously held key roles at Paradigm, where each helped b…
When a movie is scrapped in the development stage " as countless have been " it's usually memorialized by an intern sending a script through the shredder. When you're Madonna, however, you g…