The British playwright, director and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah has signed with CAA and Redefine Entertainment. He currently serves as the artistic director for the Young Vic in London and was p…
Taylor Swift's lawyers have said "It's on," effectively, to a Utah theme attraction, Evermore Park, that sued Swift earlier in February, alleging that her "Evermore" album infringed on its t…
BMI has announced that Sandye Taylor is joining the company as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer.  She will report to the performing rights organization's Presiden…
Audible is punching up its scripted comedy podcast lineup with two new shows from Broadway Video: "Hit Job," a high-concept workplace comedy starring Keke Palmer and "Saturday Night Live" ca…
For the first time in nearly a year, New York-based movie theater operator Nicolas Nicolaou can breathe a sigh of relief. That's because Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that cinemas across the f…
With her critically acclaimed performance in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," Viola Davis is primed to become the most nominated Black actress in Oscars history. Though Davis' name (and her rousi…
Marvel might have just dropped the greatest character introduction song of all time. Now is your chance to dance it out to the "WandaVision" bop, "Agatha All Along." NOTE: Spoilers ahead for…
You wouldn't be able to guess it while watching the visually complex and highly detailed "WandaVision," but the Marvel Studios series on Disney Plus was cinematographer Jess Hall's first tim…
 Welcome to this week's "Just for Variety." Evan Ross appears in Lee Daniels' "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" as a federal agent. He knows the subject well " his mom, Diana Ross, …
Calleri Casting is being renamed Calleri Jensen Davis. The rechristening is taking place as a nod to the fact that the company has become triumvirate of co-equals, with James Calleri Erica J…
Shares in Walt Disney Co. rose for a second straight day as investors were encouraged by its official launch of a new streaming-video service aimed at consumers of general entertainment in E…
After nearly a year of closures, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given movie theaters in New York City permission to reopen at limited capacity starting on March 5. During his daily press bri…
The legendary Ann Roth is looking like a frontrunner for the costume design Oscar for her costumes for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." With over 130 film and television credits, Roth is set to m…
As case rates plummet and vaccinations continue rapidly, England will begin easing lockdown from March 8, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to reveal Monday evening. While school…
Hong Kong's film industry moved ahead on several fronts over the weekend after coronavirus-mandated lockdowns were reduced. But the return to business is likely to be uneven. Cinemas reopene…
Australia-based theatrical producer Michael Cassel Group is planting a flag in the United States. The company has made its first New York City-based hire, tapping Jane Abramson to serve as i…
A settlement deal has been reached in a 2019 lawsuit alleging that James Franco intimidated his students into sexual situations at the acting school he founded. According to a joint status r…
Leading Black filmmakers, producers and writers opened up about what inspired them to enter cinema and the importance of capturing the Black diasporic experience on screen during a virtual p…
"Saturday Night Live" has booked Nick Jonas for its Feb. 27 episode. The musician, actor and "The Voice" coach will appear as both the episode's host and musical guest on the fifth episode o…
The gifted and mercurial Lee Daniels, director of "Precious," is one of the only filmmakers I can think of who would dare to drop a badass-diva moment of Billie Holiday violently slapping he…
Kevin Bacon, Sterling K. Brown, Michael Douglas, Kyra Sedgwick, Susan Kelechi Watson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will serve as presenters at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood F…
"Reminiscence," a new action thriller with Hugh Jackman, will open in theaters and on HBO Max on September 3, 2021. The Warner Bros. film, which co-stars Thandie Newton and Rebecca Ferguson,…
Actors Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, who've won a brace of Oscars each, will headline the cast of "The Great Escapers," which Pathé will present at the upcoming European Film Market in …
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, creator and star of smash hit "Fleabag," will take on the role of the first president of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Waller-Bridge performed her successful o…
Lupita Nyongo's children's book "Sulwe" will be adapted into an animated musical for Netflix. Written by Nyong'o and illustrated by Vashti Harrison, the book follows a young Kenyan girl name…