variety.comadded August 2026
Varietyby Varietymattdonnelly10d ago
It’s 102 degrees in Los Angeles, but it’s certainly not a summer Friday on the Paramount lot. The studio is swarming with activity, subplots and preparations for the closing of Skydance‘s...
Varietyby Zack Sharf10d ago
October is Halloween movie season, so it’s the perfect time for two of the year’s high-profile horror releases to debut on streaming platforms.
Varietyby Mya Copeland10d ago
Richard E. Grant almost immediately blew his chances on this season of “Celebrity Traitors” in what he calls the “biggest mistake I’ve made in my life.” In the first episode of the U.K.
Varietyby Elskes10d ago
After nearly a year of dealmaking drama, Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is about to become reality.
Varietyby Gmaddaus10d ago
Skydance is officially L.A.’s newest Fortune 500 company — but for how long? In a message to employees last week, CEO David Ellison said he is committed to keeping the company in Hollywood: “We...
Varietyby Marlow Stern10d ago
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Verity,” now playing in theaters. To say that “Verity,” a new erotic thriller featuring the ubiquitous Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson — who gets...
Varietyby Pat Saperstein10d ago
Next week, Paramount and Warner Bros. will officially combine into one mega-studio with a familiar name: Skydance. The deal is expected to close on Tuesday.
Varietyby Angelique Jackson10d ago
Sony is in talks to acquire Christopher McQuarrie and Michael B. Jordan‘s big-screen adaptation of the popular “Battlefield” video game after a multi-studio bidding war.
Varietyby Jennifer Maas10d ago
Karen Bailey, the Starz exec responsible for bringing “Outlander” to the network, is exiting the company at the end of the month.
Varietyby Tanya Fedak10d ago
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) announced Jessica Lange will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Varietyby Steven J. Horowitz10d ago
At 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...
Varietyby Guy Lodge10d ago
It’s easy to poke fun at the English upper classes, but that’s no reason not to do it. Amid continued social inequality in the U.K., the extreme wealth and societal remove of the aristocracy looks...
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente10d ago
Mexican actress Ilse Salas, winner of Mexico’s Best Actress Ariel Award for “The Good Girls” (“Las niñas bien”), will lead the cast of the Quijote Films wry dramedy “To Die on Your Feet” (“Morir de...
Varietyby William Earl10d ago
Aaron Sorkin never truly feels his scripts are finished. “They’re just confiscated,” he says. “There comes a time when someone says, ‘Pencils down.’” So when director Michael Arden proposed the...
Varietyby Brian Steinberg10d ago
Capturing attention — the first job of advertising — has never been so difficult. With consumers distracted by alerts, texts, posts, emails and likes — not to mention the constant churn of daily...
Varietyby Brian Steinberg10d ago
CBS Sports kicked off a massive industry spending spree when it lured former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to its NFL booth in 2017.
Varietyby Cynthia Littleton10d ago
Even people who have been around the block a few times on Madison Avenue find themselves sometimes having to ask for directions.
Varietyby Jordan Moreau10d ago
Another Colleen Hoover adaptation is coming to theaters as Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson bring the author’s best-selling novel “Verity” to life this weekend.
Varietyby Jennifer Maas10d ago
Eminem will release a limited-edition merch collection with streetwear and pop culture brand NERDS Clothing during New York Comic Con next week, including the launch of an original video game.
Varietyby Jordan Moreau10d ago
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim shocked Hollywood and the world when they revealed they’d secretly been filming Elizabeth Holmes ahead of her 11-year prison sentence for their documentary, “You...
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