Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed two bills backed by SAG-AFTRA that will regulate the use of "synthetic" AI performers in New York. One bill will require disclosure when an AI performer …
When Jim Belushi was playing Ken Kesey " a literary giant gone to seed " in "The Chronology of Water," he'd hear Kristen Stewart calling out from behind the camera with one consistent note. …
Director Carl Rinsch was convicted Thursday on charges of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million during production of the never-completed sci-fi series "White Horse." Rinsch faces the threat …
Max Amini has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The comedian and actor is coasting off a 2025 global tour, where he performed 150 sold-out shows across 19 countries, and is se…
Lola Petticrew is the latest addition to the cast of Netflix's live-action "Assassin's Creed" series, Variety has confirmed. Petticrew will star alongside previously announced cast member To…
Just ahead of Jane Austin's 250th birthday on Dec, 16, the first look photos from "The Other Bennet Sister" "Â about the oft-overlooked middle sister in "Pride and Prejudice" "Â have bee…
"Survival of the Thickest" Season 3 is officially in production, with the Netflix comedy series adding a major roster of guest stars. As previously announced, the third season will be the sh…
After a six-year hiatus, Gus Van Sant returns to feature filmmaking with "Dead Man's Wire." In between, he worked on a TV show "(Feud: Capote vs. the Swans") and made a few videos for Gucci.…
The award-winning documentary "Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones?" will have its television premiere across three Weigel Broadcasting-owned channels simultaneously. The film will air concurren…
Mo Willems' beloved children's books series are coming to the small screen, as Paramount+ has greenlit "The Pigeon Show! Starring the Pigeon" and "The Elephant & Piggie Show." The two an…
Hugh Laurie is set to star opposite Amy Poehler in the Peacock comedy series "Dig," Variety has learned. The series, which is based on the Kate Myers book "Excavations," was originally annou…
James L. Brooks had his first encounter with showbiz royalty as a student journalist at Weehawken High School in New Jersey in the 1950s, when he managed to wrangle a one-on-one interview wi…
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 …