The term Gold Star Family refers to the immediate family of a U.S. service member who died in the line of duty. It's a term Oscar-nominated actor Virginia Madsen was all too familiar with ev…
Jimmy Kimmel has an offer that he thinks President Donald Trump is "gonna find difficult to refuse." Joking about Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado's White House visit on …
For anyone attending the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy theatrical re-release, pay attention to the iconic Mines of Moria set piece in "The Fellowship of the Ring" and you may notice for the fi…
NYC-based comedian Chandler Dean and his comedy-debate series "Abolish Everything" return this month to tell us all what's wrong with the world. On "Abolish Everything," which streams exclus…
Bad Bunny has released a video trailer for his forthcoming appearance at Super Bowl LX, and the message is so clear it's stated at the end: "The world" " all different ages, races and styles…
The Oscars haven't sold out yet, but Disney is moving closer to that milestone. "We are definitely pacing ahead of where we were last year," says Rita Ferro, president of global advertising …
The London Critics' Circle Film Awards will honor Guillermo del Toro with the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film at its 46th annual ceremony. The "Frankenstein" filmmaker becomes the …
Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in "Oedipus," but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing she could do without. For starters, there's the applause that gr…
David Ellison is on a race against the clock, meeting political leaders and entertainment figures across Europe to rally support for his $108.4 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery…
Two of the U.K.'s fastest rising stars are set to reveal the full lineup of the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards nominations. David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood are on hosting duties for the nominees an…
"Daily Show" host Michael Kosta will play a different type of anchor on Tracy Morgan's "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins," premiering on Jan. 18. Kosta will guest star on the upcoming NBC…
Taye Diggs is entering the vertical drama space, a growing industry around content made to be watched on smartphones. CandyJar, which bills itself as the first microdrama streaming platform …
Alan Cumming has signed with UTA for representation in all areas, Variety has learned. He will continue to be repped by Bond Artists and by B-Side in the UK. Although Cumming has enjoyed a h…
Timothy Busfield will get a court hearing next Tuesday on whether he should be held in jail pending a trial on child sex abuse charges. Busfield remains at the Metropolitan Detention Center …
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a budget proposal that, among other things, funds both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities at lev…
Less than a year after he jigged terrifyingly into Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror "Sinners" as an Irish-dancing vampire, Jack O'Connell is back with an even more bonkers baddie. Sir Jimm…
Disney+ has boarded "The Last Man on Earth," a French remake of Will Forte's hit 2015 sci-fi comedy series which will be headlined by French star Artus. An original series created by Forte, …
The backstage farce "La Comédie-Française" took a well-deserved bow as the opener at this year's Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris " an auspicious spotlight for a project not originally mea…
"Amadeus," Sky's five-part series about the rivalry between composers Mozart and Salieri starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany, has been acquired by Starz for the U.S. Based on Peter Shaffer…
David Linde, former Participant CEO and Universal Pictures chairman, has been named CEO at the Sundance Institute, where he'll lead all areas of the nonprofit organization and film festival,…
The Actor Awards, formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, is getting a Met Gala-inspired glow up. The guild announced Thursday morning that the awards will have a "fashion theme" o…
Artist management and production company Entertainment 360 has promoted Nicola Chomiak, Yang Fei, Erica Kennedy, Jonah Koppelman and Dustin Rios from assistant to manager. All five are based…
Comedians Tig Notaro and Matteo Lane are set to headline civil rights organization Lambda Legal's inaugural Stand Up for Equality event on March 4. Held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills…
Pamela Golum and Cynthia Swartz, two veteran communications executives, will receive special honors at the 63rd annual ICG Publicist Guild Awards, set for March 13 at the Beverly Wilshire Ho…
Such is the secrecy behind Sam Mendes' upcoming four-part biopic about the Beatles that the actors aren't allowed to take hard copies of the scripts beyond the set. Thankfully, Mia McKenna-B…