Claire Danes has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming Apple drama series "Essex Serpent,"Â Variety has learned exclusively. Danes takes over the role from Keira Knightley, whose exi…
Guild awards season is officially underway. The 27th annual SAG Awards nominations are proving to still be a good indicator of how things may shake out at the upcoming Academy Awards. In man…
Last week, Disney Plus announced that 1997's "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," starring Brandy and Whitney Houston, would begin streaming Feb. 12. The movie's streaming debut has bee…
As a person who fancies himself a historian, my life is built around celebrating people in our culture who paved the way for us all, so it's hard to focus on any one person. But in "Ma Raine…
Podz, a startup whose app auto-generates highlight clips of podcasts to create what it touts as the industry's first "audio newsfeed," has enlisted a trio of female investors and advisers fo…
As the pandemic raged on last fall, it was no surprise when veteran folk singer Arlo Guthrie called off his plans for future live performances. After suffering a series of strokes over the p…
The Princess of Pop has finally spoken out following the Feb. 5 debut of controversial FX documentary "Framing Britney Spears." While not directly addressing the matters raised in the film, …
Amber Ruffin is partnering with Matthew López to adapt film classic "Some Like It Hot" for the stage. The new stage adaptation will also feature music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Scott …
Joe Allen may have named his New York City restaurant after himself, but he was never one to seek the spotlight, even as the eatery became more renowned than he could have ever imagined. "He…
The cast of "The Best Man" film franchise is reuniting for a limited series that has been ordered at Peacock. "The Best Man: Final Chapters" will feature returning cast members Morris Chestn…
Hold on to your ruby red slippers and break out the pointy black hats: A "Wizard of Oz" remake is in the works at New Line Cinema. Nicole Kassell ("Watchmen") is directing the adaptation of …
The Walt Disney Company will close Blue Sky Studios, the animation company inherited in its 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Founded in 1987, Blue Sky helped grow top-grossing family fr…
Diana Ross, who cofounded the Supremes with Mary Wilson when both were in their early teens, paid tribute to her friend and longtime bandmate in a brief Twitter post on Tuesday. "I just woke…
WGA West president David Goodman knew taking on Hollywood's largest talent agencies would be an uphill battle from the start. But the veteran showrunner who led the guild's campaign to refor…
Mon. Feb 8. Universal Pictures Moves Jennifer Lopez's 'Marry Me' to 2022 Universal Pictures has announced Jennifer Lopez's "Marry Me" is moving from May 14, 2021 to Feb. 11, 2022. Lopez star…
Just days after Triller and Universal Music Group essentially declared war on each other, UMG has unveiled a global agreement with TikTok "that delivers equitable compensation for recording …
Move over Paddington, and beat it Winnie the Pooh! There's a new talking bear coming to the big screen " voiced by four-time Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage. Dinklage is set to voice one of the l…
The Motion Picture & Television Fund and BrightFocus Foundation announced a special Valentine's virtual concert featuring acclaimed multi-hyphenate and Grammy-nominated vocalist Seth Mac…
As expected, Bruce Springsteen's rumored Jeep commercial was the big highlight of this year's Super Bowl ad haul, with The Boss making his first-ever appearance in a commercial. His music, h…
Viewers looking to stream the Super Bowl took a blindside hit Sunday. As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday in Tampa, ViacomCBS' streaming app, CBS All…
After adapting to COVID protocols last summer and fall, most of Disney's TV productions have maintained virus transmission rates of less than 1%, making them "some of the safest places" in L…
On the heels of Donald Trump's resignation from SAG-AFTRA on Thursday, the union has passed a resolution banning the former president from ever applying for readmission. The decision was mad…
After driving "Thunder Road" for decades, Bruce Springsteen is taking a detour on Madison Avenue. The musician known as "The Boss" will command two minutes of commercial time in Super Bowl L…
It's some kind of paradox " he probably thought of it as a joke played on him by the gods " that Christopher Plummer, the impishly irascible, velvet-voiced star of stage and screen who died …
Christopher Plummer, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor who starred in films including "The Sound of Music" and "Beginners," died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91. …