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Ethan Hawke, 55, is a girl dad, which shows when he sits down to speak with Sydney Sweeney. At 28, the actor-producer who first broke out on HBO's "Euphoria" is close in age to Hawke's oldes…
Egyptian-British actor Amir El-Masry was presented with the Variety International Vanguard Actor Award at the Red Sea Film Festival, recognizing a career that has moved fluidly between Arab …
Taylor Swift revealed two of her favorite songs from her own catalog during a Wednesday night appearance on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." Colbert initially asked Swift for her top fi…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus revealed on Amy Poehler's "Good Hang" podcast that she felt "backed into a corner" when she publicly disclosed her breast cancer diagnosis in 2017. At the time, HBO's "Ve…
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Season 2. The "Percy Jackson" fandom is known for being especially sensitive to on…
Noah Baumbach knew he wanted the score to "Jay Kelly" to be a character in his latest movie. He wanted a fullness of emotion, and for it to have melodic characteristics. With that clarity, c…
German actor Idan Weiss says one of the keys to his critically praised portrayal of Franz Kafka in Agnieszka Holland's "Franz" was locking in on the iconic writer's sensitivity. "He just wan…
Idris Elba opened his Red Sea Film Festival conversation with the screening of "Dust to Dreams," a short film shot in Lagos, starring Seal, Nse Ikpe-Etim, and Constance Olatunde, marking his…
Variety will honor Golden Globe, Grammy Award and Critics Choice Award nominee Teyana Taylor at the 2026 Palm Springs Film Festival with the Creative Impact in Breakthrough Performance Award…
Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Anthony Hopkins explained how he approached the role of Hannibal Lecter in Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs." Ho…
"Young Sheldon" star Iain Armitage is returning to CBS " and this time, he's all grown up. Armitage is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of the CBS comedy "Ghosts." According to the c…
Everybody knows Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and the legend of "I Love Lucy." But do they really? There have been several movies over the years about the two icons, including Aaron Sorkin's rece…
Movies are the great escape. "Optimistic endings, passionate romances," sings the incarcerated dreamer of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty …
Courtney Love, one of the most influential female figures in alternative culture in the 1990s and 2000s, is getting the documentary treatment. "Antiheroine" "Â which was just announced by …
Tracy E. Gilchrist, the journalist behind the viral "holding space" interview with "Wicked" stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, has launched a new weekly podcat "Holding Space with Tracy …
Cheryl Hines expanded on why she hasn't spoken to "Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-star Larry David since the series finale in April 2024, saying, "I think he's mad … because Bobby's in the admin…
The Netflix reboot of the talent competition series "Star Search" is shifting its premiere date at the streamer. The show was originally slated to premiere Jan. 13, 2026 at the streamer, but…
Two years after its debut, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" has returned for a powerful second season that stands just as tall as the first. Season 1 followed the snarky and precocious demi…
For Sigourney Weaver, working with James Cameron on the "Avatar" films fundamentally reshaped what acting could look like. Speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, the actress …
"Please be great. Please be great."Â That's what Hugh Jackman, a veteran of both the screen and the stage, nervously whispers to himself every time he sits down to watch a new movie musica…
Diana Ross will ring in the new year as the 2026 headliner for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." From Times Square, the disco legend will anchor a lineup of 39 artist…
Juliette Binoche delved into the craft of acting and her emerging voice as a director during a packed masterclass at the 7th Hainan Island International Film Festival, drawing on decades of …
Reliance Entertainment will distribute the critically acclaimed period drama "Hamnet" across India in February 2026, as the film gains momentum during awards season. Based on Maggie O' Farre…
Josh Hutcherson said during a recent appearance on Jesse Tyler Ferguson's "Dinner's On Me" podcast that he "knew only success" in the early stages of his career, but after starring in "The H…
Buffalo 8 has secured worldwide rights to "The World's Happiest Man," the Bhutanese-Nepali-American drama starring Oscar and Emmy nominee Bruce Dern. A trailer has been unveiled. Dern ("Nebr…