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LISTEN: Inside Variety’s 120th Anniversary Issue: How We Tackled 12 Decades of Hollywood’s Highs and Lows
On today’s “Daily Variety” podcast, we dive into the creation of Variety’s 120th anniversary issue with deputy editor...
Cheap Trick Defends Performing at Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors Amid Backlash: ‘We Agreed to Do It’ to ‘Pay Tribute to Our Lifelong Brothers in KISS’
Cheap Trick has been feeling the heat from some fans since performing at the Donald J. Trump-hosted Kennedy Center Ho...
Alan Ritchson's 'Reacher' Replacement Recruits a 'Peaky Blinders' Star
Alan Ritchson's upcoming Navy SEAL movie is moving forward with Joe Cole joining the cast, best known for his role in...
‘Elsbeth’ Casts J. Smith Cameron as Guest Star (EXCLUSIVE)
J. Smith Cameron is the latest guest star to join Season 3 of “Elsbeth,” the CBS mystery series that serves as a spin...
Jon M. Chu to Receive Inaugural Judy Garland Award at the Lumiere Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
Jon M. Chu will receive the inaugural Judy Garland Award at the Lumiere Awards. This newly-established honor celebrat...
Daniel Diemer Was Destined to Be Tyson in ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’
Even before joining the Disney+ series, the actor had several connections to it.
Behind the Making of the Site of a Sect in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
Production designer Sam Bader explains how he re-created 18th century Shaker architecture in the middle of Budapest f...
Donald Trump’s National Address: Where to Watch the Speech Live Online Without Cable for Free
Here are the best ways to watch the President of the United States address the nation online on your TV, tablet, smar...
Rob Reiner’s Children Jake and Romy Speak Out After Parents’ ‘Horrific’ Deaths and Brother Nick’s Murder Charge: ‘Words Cannot Even Begin to Describe the Unimaginable Pain’
Jake and Romy Reiner, children of Rob and Michele Reiner, have spoken out for the first time after their parents were...
KJ Apa Faces Battles as Jimmy Stewart in Trailer for Biopic Movie ‘Jimmy’
The first look at the 2026 theatrical release features Stewart working on 'It's a Wonderful Life' and grappling with ...
Stephen King's Supernatural Small-Town Series Is Finally Available To Watch for Free 10 Years Later
Stephen King's overlooked supernatural series Haven is the perfect binge for fans of small-town dramas, and it's free...
Is Olivia Nuzzi Writing a Screenplay? Sydney Sweeney, Your Dream Role Awaits
The scandal-buffeted journalist and author is denying rumors that she’s adapting her just-released memoir for the scr...
How TikTok Is Pirating Broadway — and Why Some Producers Are Loving It
From 'Hadestown’ to ‘Hamilton,' from ‘Wicked’ to ‘Death Becomes Her,’ theater lovers can now catch their favorite pla...
Chim Chim Cher-EEK! How Dick Van Dyke Nearly Fathered the Anti-Christ
The famously clean-cut 100-year-old performer reveals in his new book that he very nearly played Damien’s dad in the ...
Nearly 92% of the Top Scripted Streaming Series Come From White Creators
Women in leading roles slipped from 39 percent last year to 34.3 percent, UCLA’s latest diversity-on-streaming-TV rep...
The Oscars Are Moving From TV to YouTube in Historic New Deal
Starting in 2029, The Oscars will no longer be airing on ABC, with the ceremony now moving to a new streaming home on...
FCC Chair Deflects Responsibility on Kimmel, Says Agency Is Not Independent
In a testy Senate hearing, Brendan Carr says that Disney, Nexstar and Tegna decided to pull Jimmy Kimmel's show "on t...
The Oscars Will Move Its Telecast to YouTube, the Most-Watched Streaming Service, Starting in 2029
After the 100th Oscars air in 2028, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it will move the live t...
Illinois Approves Significant Increases to State Production Tax Credits
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed SB 1911, which expands and enhances the Prairie State’s film production tax ...
Blizzard Entertainment Boss on Bringing Back BlizzCon, Gaming Brand’s 35th Anniversary Plans: 2026 Will ‘Be the Biggest Year Yet’
Blizzard Entertainment is turning 35 and they want everyone to know it. “While tonight for ‘Diablo’ is such a masthea...