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Prime Video's celebrity talk show "Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle," hosted by Bollywood star Kajol and author-producer Twinkle Khanna, has emerged as the platform's most successful unscript…
It has been a while since the "Cold War" craze and its three Academy Award nominations, but its Polish breakout star Joanna Kulig will soon reunite with director PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski once a…
Hallmark is bringing in country music royalty for their upcoming holiday film, "A Grand Ole Opry Christmas," their first collaboration with the Opry as it celebrates its 100th year. But the …
Danny Seagren, a "Sesame Street" puppeteer who also appeared as an early iteration of Spider-Man on "The Electric Company," died on Nov. 10 at 81 years old. His cause of death was not listed…
On a special Thanksgiving Day edition of "Daily Variety" podcast, Marlo Thomas, the actor, author and activist, revisits the remarkable story of how her father, entertainer Danny Thomas, lau…
What a long, strange bubble ride it's been. But the work of songwriter Stephen Schwartz on "Wicked" " the property he first discovered as a source novel and has led into Broadway and dual fi…
Jonathan Groff and Bowen Yang shared a warm and flirty moment together during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Broadway and "Saturday Night Live" stars, respectively, did a dance number a…
With "Stranger Things" introducing a Hawkins float and Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions making an ad play during the event this year, the 99th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks o…
Kevin Spacey is set to face three more claims of sexual assault in London civil court next year. According to BBC News, three men have sued the actor over allegations that he assaulted them …
Kristin Chenoweth took to Instagram Wednesday night to share her thoughts on the recent cancellation of her musical "The Queen of Versailles" and to thank her fans for supporting the show. "…
Ahead of the premiere of "This Tempting Madness" at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), director Jennifer E. Montgomery and actor Suraj Sharma spoke about shaping the psychologi…
At India's WAVES Film Bazaar's Knowledge Series, Rachel Griffiths unpacked the path from her breakout as Rhonda in "Muriel's Wedding" to a career that spans Oscar-nominated turns, prestige U…
Quentin Tarantino is the latest guest on "The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast," where he started unveiling his list of the 20 greatest movies of the 21st century so far. The Oscar winner revealed …
Jason Biggs takes a page out of the Coen brothers' playbook in his directorial debut "Untitled Home Invasion Romance," about a romantic getaway gone absurdly, violently wrong. "They are …
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, "The Studio" star Ike Barinholtz discusses his tubthumping campaign to raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. And we take a Vi…
"Wicked" cinematographer Alice Brooks knows why the "For Good" number tugs at heartstrings. Aside from the split door scene with Elphaba and Glinda on either side in tears, the handholding m…
Most biopics persuade you to empathize with the main character. But as actress-turned-writer/director Kristen Stewart explains, her screenplay adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir "The Ch…
As "Wicked: For Good" dominates the box office, screenwriter Winnie Holzman feels incredible gratitude. "We all joined together and did these incredible movies," Holzman says over Zoom. "Peo…
James Van Der Beek suited up in his "Varsity Blues" football jersey to help raise money for his cancer treatment and other families going through the same battle. "By popular demand! My favo…
Ciarán Hinds, the Oscar and BAFTA nominated Northern Irish actor and star of films including "Belfast" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," has joined Oscar-qualifying short film "Three Keeni…
Tuesday, November 25 Education Through Music-Los Angeles is set to honor songwriter Diane Warren. It will host the 20th Year Benefit Gala at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Ja…
Ariana Grande appeared on the "Shut Up Evan" podcast for a spoiler interview about "Wicked: For Good" and revealed that "certain people" wanted to cut the shot of a door separating Elphaba a…
A maxim from Italian composer Ennio Morricone " "Music must be able to say what words can't" " was a working thesis at Cam Sugar's inaugural SLAM " Sounds Like a Movie festival this month in…
Over the last decade, Ryan O'Dowd has written some of the biggest live moments on television " including those from the past seven years of "Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve With Ryan Sea…
Spike Lee wants you to know that he is not related to Aiyana-Lee. "Maybe way in the roots," he laughs. In Spike Lee's "Highest to Lowest," streaming on Apple TV, Denzel Washington plays musi…