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Sharon Stone on Helping Marc Maron Channel His Grief Over Lynn Shelton With ‘In Memoriam’ and Why Joe Eszterhas’ ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot Is a Bad Idea
Marc Maron plays a great actor in “In Memoriam,” but the comedian and podcaster worried he didn’t have the chops to p...
Casting Society Adds Video Game Membership Category (EXCLUSIVE)
Video game casting will now be recognized as a membership qualification category by the Casting Society (CSA), allowi...
Netflix’s ‘Michael Jackson: The Verdict’ Docuseries Puts the Singer and the Public on Trial: TV Review
Despite his death nearly 20 years ago, there are still few figures on Earth as famous as Michael Jackson. A singular ...
‘The Odyssey’ Sets 3-Week 70mm Run at Westwood’s Village Theatre
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will screen in 70mm at Westwood’s Village Theatre for a special three-week run in p...
Sara Bareilles Announces First Studio Album in Seven Years, ‘Good Grief,’ to Be Followed by Fall Tour
Sara Bareilles has kept a fairly low profile as a performing and recording artist since prior to the pandemic, but th...
‘Boomah,’ Gritty New Feature From ‘Daughters of Abdulrahman’ Director Zaid Abu Hamdan, Set For Shanghai Film Festival Bow
Jordanian director Zaid Abu Hamdan is set to launch the follow up to his female empowerment drama “Daughters of Abdul...
Shia LaBeouf Pleads Guilty Over Mardi Gras Fight, Receives Probation
The actor was accused of fighting with two men and using a derogatory slur for gay people. Shia LaBeouf Pleads Guilty...
Sam Reich on ‘Game Changer’ Emmy Chances, Abby Lee Miller’s Surprise Dropout Fandom and Animated ‘Dimension 20’ Plans
Sam Reich isn’t expecting an Emmy nomination this year. He isn’t expecting to lose, either. For the CEO of Dropout, t...
FIFA World Cup Ticket Prices Drop As Inventory Floods Secondary Market
FIFA won't admit that they initially overpriced the games, but large swaths of seats are now appearing on the seconda...
Weezer Preview Self-Titled Album With ‘We Might As Well Be Strangers’ Featuring Wednesday
Weezer arrives on Aug. 21 and feautres the previously released single "Shine Again"
Now Hear This: June 2026
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative...
‘Bicycle Thief,’ Iroller Media’s Indian Drama, Lands European and U.S. Distribution With Norse Key Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
India’s Iroller Media and Entertainment has partnered with Helsinki-based Norse Key Productions to handle distributio...
Disney Moves Some Super Bowl Commercials at $8 Million Amid Advertiser Squabbles (EXCLUSIVE)
Disney has started to move Super Bowl commercial time in earnest, but only after a round of squawking that would have...
TV Networks Hope Sports Catch Upfront Ad Dollars as Madison Avenue Cuts Budgets (EXCLUSIVE)
Big TV is putting it all out on the field. A number of top TV networks and streamers are making aggressive efforts to...
Flo Rida Hasn’t Said a Word About Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert. So We Asked His ‘FloGPT’
The rapper's own AI chatbot gave a shocking answer when queried about the "Low" rapper's participation in the Great A...
‘American Horror Story’ Star Emma Roberts Signs With UTA
Actress and producer Emma Roberts, the “American Horror Story” who also recently produced the hit series “Tell Me Lie...
How Ken Burns and David Schmidt’s ‘The American Revolution’ Documentary Lends a Voice to the Underrepresented and Took 10 Years to Make
It’s a total coincidence that Ken Burns and David Schmidt’s six-part documentary series “The American Revolution” was...
Netflix Orders Big Box Store Animated Comedy Series ‘Dealies’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix has greenlit the adult animated comedy series “Dealies,” Variety has learned exclusively. The official loglin...
Snap Taps Anmol Malhotra as New Global Head of Content and Partnerships
Anmol Malhotra, a 10-year veteran of Snap, has been promoted to the role of global head of content and partnerships. ...
Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, and the Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Cast on Weaponized Desire: Podcast
Jessy Hodges, Murray Bartlett, Brandon Flynn, David J. Rosen, and David Gordon Green talk the Apple TV thriller’s mes...