variety.comadded August 2026
Varietyby Aramide Tinubu26 Aug 2026
James Franco’s glittering career first showed signs of faltering in 2014, when a 17-year-old girl shared messages the then-35-year-old sent her on Instagram, trying to coerce her into showing up at...
Varietyby Varietyschneider26 Aug 2026
New Amazon MGM Studios global TV head Peter Friedlander is continuing to round out his executive team, naming Carina Walker to head of YA.
Varietyby Isabelle Farina26 Aug 2026
Jaye P. Morgan, a singer, actress and frequent game show panelist in the 1970s, died Monday in Washington. Her family announced her death and said she resided in Castle Rock, Washington.
Varietyby Tanya Fedak26 Aug 2026
“Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure,” a special primetime crossover between the kids’ series and PBS‘s “Nature,” has released its first look at Elmo and his friends as they explore...
Varietyby Clayton Davis26 Aug 2026
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, Emmys, Grammys and...
Varietyby Chris Willman26 Aug 2026
How do we count the ways in which we will always love her — do we go from 9 to 5,000? Here’s a compromise: We’ve selected 30 of Dolly Parton’s greatest songs, from among hundreds.
Varietyby Mya Copeland26 Aug 2026
It’s a golden age for television about teens and twentysomethings right now, and there is no shortage of shows about the epic highs and lows of high school and early adulthood.
Varietyby Selome Hailu26 Aug 2026
After its landmark 50th season, explored at length in a Variety cover story, “Survivor” is back for another round.
Varietyby Elskes26 Aug 2026
Pedro Pina, YouTube’s vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, used this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival to challenge the narrative that the platform...
Varietyby Isabelle Farina26 Aug 2026
Busy Philipps revealed she had a malignant brain tumor removed weeks before she was set to start filming her new CBS show “Cupertino.” “I’m grateful that I’m alive,” Philipps told People.
Varietyby Elskes26 Aug 2026
KimStim has acquired all North American rights to Katharina Rivilis’ debut feature “I’ll Be Gone in June,” following its world premiere at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Varietyby Jack Dunn26 Aug 2026
Producer Todd Black will receive the inaugural Career Producer Honor at the 39th annual Virginia Film Festival, which takes place Oct. 21-25 in Charlottesville.
Varietyby Isabelle Farina26 Aug 2026
Tyler Perry launched a new specialty division of his production company Tyler Perry Studios called “Maxscene.” According to the company, the label is “dedicated to expanding theatrical...
Varietyby Tanya Fedak26 Aug 2026
“Final Fantasy VII” received a new gameplay trailer during gamescom Opening Night Live. The third and final entry in the “Final Fantasy VII” remake series sees hostile giants called Weapons...
Varietyby Selome Hailu26 Aug 2026
There has been an outpouring of love for Tim Curry — the English actor best known for playing villains in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Annie,” “Clue” and more — since news broke of his death...
Varietyby Gmaddaus26 Aug 2026
A judge on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees in her dispute with “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, well short of the $8 million she had sought.
Varietyby Ethan Shanfeld26 Aug 2026
Miley Cyrus has paid tribute to her godmother, the late country music legend Dolly Parton, in an emotional message posted to Instagram.
Varietyby Clayton Davis26 Aug 2026
Julie Huntsinger has spent two decades as the guardian of the Telluride Film Festival — a jewel box of off-duty movie stars and power players relaxing in the mountains and a consequential launchpad...
Varietyby Marcmalkin26 Aug 2026
I am sitting on a couch in a hotel suite in midtown Manhattan. I have two tape recorders on the coffee table ready to document my interview with one of my idols.
Varietyby Selome Hailu26 Aug 2026
Five months after ABC pulled Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of “The Bachelorette,” fans are getting their first on-screen updates about her life. Hulu set a Sept.
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