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Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure reopens Friday after a six-week refurbishment.
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Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure reopens Friday after a six-week refurbishment.
EntertainmentThe 91-year-old Oscar winner told BBC Radio 4 that her age-related macular degeneration, diagnosed in 2012, now keeps her from performing or reading.
EntertainmentJohn Anderson, the Grammy-nominated country singer behind "Swingin'" and "Seminole Wind," has died at 71.
EntertainmentThe 77-year-old singer says his neurologist has advised him to stay off stage while doctors test whether he can safely perform again.
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EntertainmentDC Studios co-chief Peter Safran says a second season renewal depends on whether writers develop a sequel worthy of the first season's success.
EntertainmentDirector Lim Hayeon's feature follows a young woman through two versions of the same day, examining how fate and choice shape a life.
EntertainmentThe AI-focused film received critical acclaim at major film festivals following its controversial removal from Amazon's slate, raising questions about studio conflicts of interest.
EntertainmentCountry artist Zach Bryan will launch a 23-show stadium tour in 2027 supported by John Fogerty, Ryan Bingham, and others, promoted by AEG Presents.
A 911 call revealed that Zach Hickerson performed CPR on actress Hayden Panettiere after she was found unconscious at her South Carolina home on August 16.
EntertainmentAustrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer discusses his historical drama starring Sandra Hüller, who won Berlin's Best Lead Performance award.
EntertainmentIrish author Sally Rooney says her publisher stopped supplying her work in the U.K.
EntertainmentMattel announced a special edition Barbie doll modeled after Celine Dion's iconic 1998 Oscars performance of 'My Heart Will Go On.' Mattel has unveiled a limited-edition Celine Dion Barbie doll as part of its Mattel Creations line.
EntertainmentThe 26-year-old social media influencer with 22.8 million TikTok followers faces domestic battery and coercion charges stemming from a July incident in Las Vegas.
EntertainmentVariety has selected skilled craftspeople from 2026 films and shows to honor at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, continuing a tradition where past honorees have earned Oscar nominations.
EntertainmentArt of Play set a $15 million price tag for its mechanical mascot following a public disagreement with Kelly Clarkson over whether the automaton was for sale.
EntertainmentUniversal Talent Development, in partnership with Universal Film Music and the participation of DreamWorks Animation and Universal Studio Group Music, has launched its fourth composers initiative, a program designed to seek and amplify rising talent in the...
The Department of Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer money for the ads, which the White House has defended as public service announcements.
EntertainmentBeta Film has closed major deals for two of its female-led highlights: royal drama “Queen Silvia” and upcoming series “La Vida Barcelona.” Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT has acquired the Swedish second window rights after Prime Video to “Queen Silvia”...
The Department of Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer money for the ads, which the White House has defended as public service announcements.
EntertainmentThe judge ordered the Trump administration to “cancel or cause to be cancelled” any ads from airing or being disseminated, including those set to air Sunday night.
EntertainmentArtemis Fowl is coming to TV.
EntertainmentThe Justice Department said it is investigating five major TV broadcast networks for potentially violating federal antitrust laws after the networks temporarily declined to provide pool coverage of President Donald Trump, a department spokesperson said.
The Justice Department is investigating whether the major TV networks violated antitrust laws after they briefly suspended the TV press pool system in response to President Trump's decision to ban three news organizations from the White House.
EntertainmentPeacock’s “Dungeon Crawler Carl” live-action TV series will begin shooting next year, author Matt Dinniman and Universal TV execs revealed Saturday.
EntertainmentIt might have taken pioneering explorer Amyr Klink one hundred days to cross the Atlantic, but it took Carlos Saldanha almost three thousand to bring his story to the big screen.
EntertainmentSpain’s TV industry is shifting gears as international buyers grow more selective, prompting its leading operators to rethink their series business.
EntertainmentRemi Wolf hasn’t landed a spot on “Survivor,” one of her favorite shows she’s always wanted to be on, so she instead put her mental fortitude to the test by rolling around in a makeshift mud pit.
EntertainmentSomething is emerging in Vancouver’s independent film scene.
Entertainment“Pretty Little Liars” actor Keegan Allen was mugged at a West Hollywood grocery store by two masked men who beat him up and stole his watch, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
EntertainmentItalian public broadcaster RAI has acquired a slate of international, female-led drama series from Beta Film ahead of Mipcom.
EntertainmentThe Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will wrap its 37th edition on Nov.
EntertainmentA movie based on “Cyberpunk 2077,” the popular sci-fi, open-world RPG from CD Projekt Red, is in the works at Paramount, Variety has confirmed.
EntertainmentRooster Teeth founders Matt Hullum and Burnie Burns have teamed up for a new Christmas horror-comedy movie, “Bad Toys,” now in development.
EntertainmentGeneviève Dulude-De Celles’ “Nina Roza,” Nyla Innuksuk’s “In the Heart of the South” and Marie Clements’ “How We Stand” are among the films taking top honors at the 45th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).
EntertainmentJames Gunn has an answer to the question of “who tf asked for a Clayface movie,” posed by a user on the DC Studios head’s Threads account earlier this week.
EntertainmentThe upcoming Doha Film Festival has unveiled its 15-title competition lineup made up mostly of Middle East premieres of movies from the region, seven of which directed by women.
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EntertainmentRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Fantastic:Brasil debuted at this year’s Rio Film Festival as a new industry platform for genre cinema in the largest country in South America.
EntertainmentBusta Rhymes discussed the fundamentals of his new album “Dillagence II” last night at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum, breaking down a handful of key tracks during a Q&A with musician Anderson .Paak and performing a string of his greatest hits along with a...
EntertainmentTom Cruise suffered one of his worst box office openings in history with “Digger,” Alejandro G.
EntertainmentLuca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” premiered at the New York Film Festival Monday night, and early reviews have members of the film press championing the Sam Altman-centered movie as a “provocative,” “visceral corporate drama” and the director’s “best film in...
EntertainmentTrump during a rally in Grand Island, Neb., on Monday.
EntertainmentAfter controversy erupted over Donald Trump’s administration buying TV ad time (with taxpayer dollars) to air advertisements endorsing the president, Trump has now said he will fund what he calls “patriotic ads” himself.
EntertainmentBasque director Javier Giner’s “This Solitude” (“Esta Soledad”) recently premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival’s New Directors section on Sept.
Entertainment“Imperfect Women” has been renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV, Variety has learned.
EntertainmentWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going to places like Iberseries & Platino Industria.
EntertainmentTom McCarthy’s biographical drama “Spotlight” won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 2016.
EntertainmentProduction of Daily Wire’s pro-ICE film “Pawn Shop” has been temporarily halted in Livingston, Mont., following a Special City Commission Meeting held on Saturday.
EntertainmentMarjoe Gortner, whose childhood as an evangelical preacher was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Marjoe” and who went on to have a career as an actor, died Friday.
EntertainmentOn paper, "A Statement" sounds like an interesting movie, but it’s at once talky and flat, grabby and meandering, impassioned and neutral.
EntertainmentSPOILER ALERT: This story contains minor spoilers for “Behemoth!” in theaters Dec.
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A new film, "Atonement," is based on the true story of a U.S.
Entertainment"Behemoth!" is a classical-musician movie.
EntertainmentAt her Los Angeles home, Victoria Monét sits perched on the edge of her off-white couch, enjoying the stillness in the moments leading up to her sophomore album, “Frequency of Love,” dropping in less than 48 hours.
EntertainmentThe slow rolling piano echo through the hall like a rhapsody from the deep.
EntertainmentNBCUniversal Entertainment chair Donna Langley managed to snag “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan away from Paramount after a decade at the studio.
Entertainment“The Social Reckoning” soundtrack, featuring music by composer Alexandre Desplat, is set to be released on Oct.
EntertainmentSony Pictures Television distribution and networks co-president Mike Wald is retiring after 32 years with the company, the studio was set to announce Thursday morning.
Entertainment“Doraemon” has been on Indian television for 21 years, long enough, by TV Asahi’s reckoning, for the franchise to start passing from one generation of viewers to the next.
EntertainmentIn the last few years (ever since “Top Gun: Maverick”), Tom Cruise has often been hailed as The Last Movie Star.
EntertainmentGeopolitical turmoil is as good an excuse as any to call off a film festival.
EntertainmentIn the end, Casey Bloys knew he was holding all the cards.
EntertainmentLast week, politicians decided they could not let Hollywood slip away.
EntertainmentPresident Donald Trump’s administration paid for TV ads showing him in a favorable light using money intended for U.S.
Variety’s “Pixels and Pencils” panel returns to the SCAD Savannah Film Festival for a fifth year, spotlighting the directors behind the year’s standout animated features.
EntertainmentFilmmakers and three-time Academy Award nominees Margot Robbie and Jason Blum have joined Cinema United’s Filmmaker Leadership Council, a group of producers and directors aimed to champion the future of cinema.
EntertainmentWinter is coming to the big screen… in summer of 2029.
EntertainmentThe actor portrayed Richard Belding on the show, as well as in the spinoff series “Saved by the Bell: The New Class.”
EntertainmentTodd Rundgren, the singer-songwriter and producer behind hits like “Hello It’s Me” and “I Saw the Light,” recently slammed Taylor Swift, calling the pop star “the apotheosis of mediocrity” and claiming that she “ruined music.” “To me, Taylor Swift is the...
EntertainmentFrench director Olivier Assayas (“The Wizard of the Kremlin”) has set his next movie, “Spiritual World,” with a starry cast including Kristen Stewart, Vicky Krieps, Riley Keough and Wagner Moura.
Watch highlights from the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, with Queen of Pop Madonna returning to the stage after over two decades and Taylor Swift making history as the first recipient of the Artist Director Honors and winning Video of the Year for “The Fate...
Watch highlights from the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, with Queen of Pop Madonna returning to the stage after over two decades and Taylor Swift making history as the first recipient of the Artist Director Honors and winning Video of the Year for “The Fate...
EntertainmentIt’s a love story?
EntertainmentKacey Musgraves led a touching tribute to Dolly Parton at the MTV Video Music Awards 2026, honoring the late country icon just a month after her death with a rendition of “I Will Always Love You.” The pre-taped performance began with footage of Parton...
EntertainmentMadonna performed for the first time in 23 years at the MTV VMAs on Sunday, opening the show by bringing out special guests Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx to perform their respective duets.
EntertainmentA new “Star Wars” movie is currently in development with director Jon Watts attached.
EntertainmentCNN has partnered with Farm Aid for a second year to bring audiences the Farm Aid 2026: Music Festival Live on Saturday, Sept.
EntertainmentGenre thrills and chills dominated the 15th Finnish Film Affair that closed last night, and splattered across various sections of Helsinki’s Love & Anarchy Film Festival and panel sessions.
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards will be held this weekend with Snoop Dogg carrying out hosting duties.
EntertainmentThe sun set on a perfect fall evening in New York City as emerging writers, directors and producers mingled with industry giants in a rustic Greenwich Village penthouse.
EntertainmentThe Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will present its Screen Icon Award to Indian actor, director and producer Aamir Khan at its 37th edition, with a 25th-anniversary Special Presentation screening of “Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India”...
EntertainmentSam Worthington and Sofia Carson are executive producing and attached to star in “The Parsifal Mosaic,” a drama series based on Robert Ludlum’s 1982 spy novel in development at Hulu.
EntertainmentA bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled federal legislation Thursday that would create a 20%-30% U.S.
EntertainmentBlack Bear has acquired worldwide rights to Laika’s live-action adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel, “Atmosphere.” The Academy Award-winning indie studio and distribution company (“Imitation Game,” “Sing Sing,” “Train Dreams”) landed the...
EntertainmentA bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a bill on Thursday to create a 20% federal film incentive, with bonuses that could bring the total rebate to 30%.
EntertainmentJohn Malkovich will be honored with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for his performance in Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” at the 42nd annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which will take place Feb.
EntertainmentSpending on video content in seven major markets across Asia is expected to climb to $15.1 billion in 2026, according to Media Partners Asia’s “Asia Video Content Dynamics 2026” report.
Taylor Swift announced a new single, "Patient Zero," and a deluxe version of her record-breaking album, "The Life of a Showgirl," this week as the VMAs and Grammy voting season approach.
EntertainmentOscar-winning Swiss-Austrian director Edward Berger (“Conclave,” “All Quiet on the Western Front”) and American cinematographer Matthew Libatique (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Black Swan”), a triple Oscar nominee, will receive the top honors at the upcoming...
EntertainmentMerely seven months before a fateful presidential election which has the far right leading polls, the French TV and film industry is in shambles.
EntertainmentHome to some of the Nordics’ hottest genre talents making waves at top international festivals – Hanna Bergholm and Ilja Rautsi whose respective “Nightborn” and “Red Snow” were snagged by Shudder – Helsinki will no doubt vibrate this week to the beat of...
EntertainmentOf the five projects at the 9th Incubator program of the Madrid Film School (ECAM), Eire Cid’s debut feature “The Imaginary Kings” (“Los Reyes Imaginarios”) centers on the angst of male urban youth.
EntertainmentSeattle’s Tasveer Film Festival & Market has unveiled its 21st edition lineup: 136 films from 16 countries screening Oct.
EntertainmentIt may be some time before cameras begin to roll on Jon M.
EntertainmentThe Austin Film Society has announced more than $300,000 in new filmmaker grant awards through the launch a new film funding program Texas Lights.
EntertainmentJordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is gearing up for the second edition of its “No Drama” filmmaker initiative, presented in partnership with Universal Film.
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