Veteran marketing executive Dominic Curran has joined CAA to head international growth for the CAA Brand Consulting division. Curran will work in collaboration with Aubree Curtis, Jeff Eccle…
Alan Cumming has unveiled Pitlochry Festival Theatre's programming for 2026. This will mark Cumming's inaugural year as the theater's artistic Ddirector for the theater and coincide with the…
The upcoming U.K. version of "Saturday Night Live" has revealed three key members of its creative team. "The Late Late Show With James Corden" alum and two-time Emmy winner James Longman wil…
Of all the mysteries in the Netflix thriller "The Beast in Me," the least suspenseful is its source of inspiration. The limited series co-stars Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis, a reclusive New Y…
James Van Der Beek is seeking additional finances to help cover costs for his cancer treatment. The 48-year-old "Dawson's Creek" star has elected to team with Propstore to sell memorabilia h…
Emily Blunt sat down with Elle magazine for its Women in Hollywood cover series and looked back at her first movie audition, which was for PaweÅ‚ Pawlikowski's 2004 romance drama "My Summ…
"Batgirl" and "Orange Is the New Black" actor Ruby Rose has taken to Threads to slam Sydney Sweeney as a "cretin" following the release of "Christy," Sweeney's biopic on the wrestler Christy…
Eddie Murphy opens up in his Netflix documentary "Being Eddie" about his decision to stay away from "Saturday Night Live" for decades. It all stemmed from a joke David Spade made on "SNL" in…
Once upon a time in Hollywood, there was a common perception of what made a film "Oscar bait." Usually used as a derisive term, it referred to movies that wanted to be seen as prestige films…
A soldier sits in a sterile hospital room, speaking words of hard-earned wisdom as his eyes betray flickers of melancholy and regret. It's a scene out of a movie, only this is no ordinary ac…
Jimmy Kimmel opened Tuesday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with a heartfelt tribute to his childhood friend and late-night bandleader Cleto Escobedo III, who died Tuesday at 59. "We've be…
As Millennials hit the age where classic rock channels now include their music, it's no surprise that acts are striking while the nostalgia iron is hot. And what better way to recall your yo…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel's close friend and the bandleader of his talk show, has died. He was 59. Kimmel shared the news on Instagram, writing, "Early this morning, we lost a great f…
"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" will add a countdown segment from Chicago for the Central time zone for the first time in the more than 50-year history of the live telecast on ABC. The…
"Dungeons & Dragons" has been cool for a while now " or forever, depending on who you ask " but the iconic tabletop roleplaying game has recently achieved a new level of mainstream statu…
Sabrina Carpenter is headed to the movies. The pop star will lead her first major studio feature with a new musical at Universal Pictures. The project is inspired by Lewis Carroll's trippy p…
Released in 1987, "The Running Man" was a lumbering Arnold Schwarzenegger movie; you could say that Edgar Wright, the director of the deluxe new version, has made it into a decent Bruce Will…
When Juxtapose Studio founder Luke Anderson consulted a medium on the advice of his assistant, he didn't expect it to change his career " or his life. At the time, he was newly divorced, cha…
"Slam Frank," a provocative new musical that reimagines Anne Frank's story to satirize progressive politics and media, is extending through the end of 2025. The off-Broadway show, which has …
The Coronado Island Film Festival celebrated 10 years of bringing the best of cinema to the San Diego region Nov. 5-9. Besides the films, festivalgoers attended panels with industry professi…
The Hollywood Bowl stage has been dedicated to composer John Williams. The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced the naming of the venue's iconic stage in honor of Williams. It is the first tim…
Sally Kirkland, the effervescent blonde actress who was Oscar-nominated for the independent film "Anna" in 1987, has died. She was 84. Her representative, Michael Greene, confirmed to Variet…
Antonio Banderas will be honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy, where the Oscar-nominated actor will present a special screening of Pedro Almo…
On this week's episode of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart came after Democrats for voting to end the government shutdown without extending subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, which is the p…