Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer, who died on Tuesday at the age of 65 after battling throat cancer, became one of the biggest stars of the ’80s and ’90s with a diverse array of films, ranging from action thr…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:02PMMonday, March 17, 2025
Orville Peck won’t be sporting his signature mask when he debuts as Emcee in Broadway’s “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club” later this month. The alt-country crooner, who has never reveale…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:21PMWednesday, March 5, 2025
Jesse Eisenberg is officially a Polish citizen. The actor, writer and director was granted citizenship by President Andrzej Duda at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday night, just days after h…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:03PMThursday, February 27, 2025
Gene Hackman, who was found dead at 95 alongside his wife at their Santa Fe, N.M. home on Feb. 26, was considered one of the greatest actors of his generation. He won two Oscars over a caree…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14AMWednesday, February 26, 2025
The sequel to 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland,” subtitled “Surviving Michael Jackson,” will be available to watch on YouTube in the U.S. and Canada. Little Dot Studios, an All3Me…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:59AMWednesday, February 19, 2025
Ethan Hawke is weighing in on his daughter Maya’s comments about certain producers wanting to cast actors based on the amount of Instagram followers they have. In an interview on the “Ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:42AMSaturday, February 15, 2025
When Isaac Hernández was cast in Michel Franco’s upcoming drama “Dreams” alongside Jessica Chastain, he immediately felt the weight of the story on his shoulders. Premiering at the Be…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AMMonday, February 10, 2025
Ariana Grande is advocating for therapy for young stars in both the acting and music worlds, saying that weekly appointments should be built into their contracts. The Oscar-nominated actor a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:03AMFriday, January 31, 2025
Emmy winner Elizabeth Debicki (“The Crown”) and Tony nominee Kate Fleetwood (Broadway’s “Macbeth”) have joined Ewan McGregor in the West End play “My Master Builder.” David Aja…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:48AMTuesday, January 28, 2025
London’s Prince Charles Cinema said on Tuesday that it is “under serious threat” of closing after a disagreement with its landlord over a new lease. The cinema posted a petition on its…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:49AMSaturday, January 18, 2025
Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, has died. She was 71. According to an announcement from her family, van Kampen died on Saturda…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:46PMFriday, January 17, 2025
Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and scree…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:05AMWednesday, January 15, 2025
The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards are in, and as always, they have their fair share of snubs and surprises. At the top of the list of snubs this year are “Wicked,” which mis…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PMSaturday, January 4, 2025
Bruce Springsteen is providing more insight to his upcoming biopic starring Jeremy Allen White, saying that “The Bear” star “sings very well” in the film. Titled “Deliver Me From N…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:57AMThursday, November 28, 2024
Ncuti Gatwa is back on stage in a new production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” at London’s National Theatre, and first-look images have been released ahead of th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AMFriday, September 27, 2024
British stage and screen actress Maggie Smith, who numbers two Oscars, three Emmys and countless stage awards to her credit, has died. She was 89 years old. “It is with great sadness we ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:23AMMonday, July 8, 2024
Willem Dafoe has been appointed the artistic director of the Venice Biennale theater department for 2025 and 2026. The Biennale’s theater department was founded in 1934, following the esta…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AMWednesday, June 5, 2024
Tom Holland is crying. No, it’s not because of the not-so-great reviews he’s been getting for playing the lead in “Romeo & Juliet” on the West End — that’s literally how his …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:48AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
The nominations have been revealed for this year’s Olivier Awards, which celebrate the best in British theater. Among the acting nominees are Sarah Jessica Parker for “Plaza Suite,” Sa…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:47AMFriday, December 15, 2023
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” now playing on London’s West End. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” a prequel play to Netflix…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:27PMTuesday, December 12, 2023
Britain’s most beloved bear, Paddington, is set to take the stage in an upcoming musical adaptation. “Paddington: The Musical” (working title) is now in development from Sonia Friedman…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:57AMWednesday, August 9, 2023
Fredrik Backman, the internationally bestselling author of “A Man Called Ove,” “Anxious People” and more, has signed with UTA in all areas. UTA will represent Backman in his expandin…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PMWednesday, March 1, 2023
“Stranger Things” is coming to London’s West End. Netflix announced on Tuesday that “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” a stage play spinoff of the wildly popular series, will wor…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AMFriday, December 9, 2022
Paramount’s upcoming “Mean Girls” movie musical has set its main cast — and it’s so fetch. Reneé Rapp, Angourie Rice, Jaquel Spivey and Auli’i Cravalho will star in the film, ba…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:12PMFriday, August 19, 2022
Hey Mr. Ziegfeld, here she is! On Friday, Broadway’s “Funny Girl” officially revealed the first footage of Lea Michele as lead Fanny Brice. Shot in black-and-white, the teaser shows Mi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40PMFriday, July 15, 2022
Beanie Feldstein will be missing a few more shows before her run as Fanny Brice in Broadway’s “Funny Girl” comes to an early end on July 31. On Friday, Feldstein took to Instagram to r…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:36PMThursday, November 4, 2021
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are soon to be defying gravity. Grande and Erivo will portray Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in Universal’s big-screen adaptation of the Tony-winning mus…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07PMSunday, June 20, 2021
Vivendi has reached a deal with Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square to sell a 10% stake in Universal Music Group, a transaction that values the world’s largest music company at $40 billion. In…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:40PMThursday, June 17, 2021
Rita Moreno has posted a new statement saying that she is “incredibly disappointed” following her comments about the lack of Afro-Latino representation in “In the Heights.” During an…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:42AMWednesday, June 16, 2021
Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda and “In the Heights” following criticism over the film’s lack of Afro-Latino representation. On tonight’s episode of “The Late Show With…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:52AMTuesday, June 15, 2021
“In the Heights” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is addressing criticism over the film’s lack of Afro-Latino representation. In a statement posted to Twitter, Miranda apologized for not inc…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22AM 
