Monday, June 11, 2018
While introducing the first Tony nominee for best revival of a musical, “My Fair Lady,” Amy Schumer paused to throw some general shade at the state of women’s right in Amer…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04AMTuesday, March 6, 2018
Broadway actress Ruthie Ann Blumstein, whose stage name is Ruthie Ann Miles, is in the hospital and her 4-year-old daughter Abigail has died after they were struck by a car in Brooklyn, acco…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AMSunday, March 4, 2018
The 90th Academy Awards are taking place on Sunday, honoring the best in film from the past year. Nominees to look out for include Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:42PMWednesday, December 27, 2017
Disneyland suffered a power outage on Wednesday afternoon, Variety has confirmed. At least a dozen rides and attractions appear to have been shut down at the Anaheim, Calif., park. According…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:45PMFriday, December 15, 2017
Variety has tapped Aaron Sorkin for the 2018 creative impact in screenwriting award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award will celebrate Sorkin’s prolific screenwr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:43PMFriday, December 8, 2017
In today’s roundup, Alice Cooper joins the cast of “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!,” while Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” announces a new Fab Five. CASTING Alice Coo…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:56PMTuesday, December 5, 2017
Twitter has released its top-trending topics and tweets of 2017, with Barack Obama and Ariana Grande dominating the most popular posts. The former president’s response to violence in …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AMFriday, December 1, 2017
Geraldo Rivera apologized to Bette Midler on Friday in the wake of recently resurfaced sexual harassment allegations against the Fox News contributor. Midler took to Twitter on Thursday to …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMWednesday, November 15, 2017
Center Theatre Group announced Wednesday that three Broadway productions have been added to its 2018-19 season at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s mu…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:59PMMonday, November 13, 2017
Christopher Plummer has responded to the reveal that he will replace Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s upcoming thriller “All the Money in the World.” In the wake of numerous…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:59PMWednesday, November 8, 2017
Longtime Boston television journalist Heather Unruh has accused Kevin Spacey of sexually assaulting her son at a Nantucket, Mass., bar last summer. During a press conference Wednesday, Unruh…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:07PMMonday, October 30, 2017
GLAAD criticized Kevin Spacey’s decision to come out as a gay man in an apology statement to actor Anthony Rapp, who has accused him of making sexual advances when Rapp was 14. “…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:49PMFriday, October 27, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s sensation “Hamilton” certainly no longer needs an introduction, but its expanding education program is breathing new life into the universally acclaime…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:02PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
Disney CEO Bob Iger weighed in on the sexual harassment allegations against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. “Harvey Weinstein’s reported behavior is abhorrent and unacceptable, and it …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:08PMTuesday, October 3, 2017
On Oct. 3, “Mean Girls” cast members set up a GoFundMe for Las Vegas shooting victims. Mean Girls Day typically honors the comedy classic’s legacy with memes and movies quo…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:40PMMonday, October 2, 2017
Ariana Grande offered her condolences Monday morning to victims of a Las Vegas shooting that left at least 58 people dead and more than 500 injured. In her response, she urged for gun contr…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:46PMThursday, September 28, 2017
Disney Channel has announced plans to remake the cult classic “Hocus Pocus” as a TV movie. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who starred in the 1993 Disney fe…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:44PMMonday, September 25, 2017
In today’s roundup, the live musical production of “Rent” will premiere in 2019, Paramount Network offers a first look at Taylor Kitsch in “Waco,” and Sanaa Lat…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PMFriday, September 15, 2017
Nick Kroll and his childhood best friend Andrew Goldberg mined their adolescent experiences for the upcoming raunchy coming-of-age comedy “Big Mouth.” Co-creator Goldberg, voice…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMTuesday, September 12, 2017
William H. Macy, Wendie Malick, William Fichtner, Richard Kind, and Xander Berkeley will be honored next month at the third annual Carney Awards, which celebrate achievements in character ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMMonday, September 11, 2017
In today’s roundup, “Andi Mack” gets a Season 2 premiere date and Jane Seymour joins the cast of Pop’s “Let’s Get Physical.” PREMIERE DATES The se…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMMonday, August 28, 2017
A Memphis movie theater canceled its annual screening of “Gone With the Wind” following complaints of racially insensitive content. The Orpheum Theatre has aired the classic 1939…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:01PMTuesday, August 22, 2017
The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of 2017 World Soundtrack Award nominees. Among the contenders: Academy Award winner Justin Hurwitz (“La La Land”), and …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMSaturday, August 19, 2017
Multihyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda was able to share his latest accolade with those closest to him — his family. The Mirandas, including Lin-Manuel, his mother, Luz, father Luis, and si…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:02PMTuesday, August 15, 2017
“Carpool Karaoke” seems to be holding up, even without James Corden in the front seat. Apple Music released new clips teasing the second and third episodes of the “Late Lat…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:33PMFriday, July 14, 2017
Marvel announced the cast and premiere date for its new animated series “Marvel’s Spider-Man” during the the comic giant’s panel at D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., on Fr…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PMFriday, June 30, 2017
Hollywood did not throw away its shot to participate in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s #Ham4All challenge. When Miranda announced a charity campaign on Twitter on Monday for donations to the Imm…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:20PMThursday, June 29, 2017
After headlining Coachella in April, and before embarking on a world tour in August, Lady Gaga is bringing her music back to more intimate venues. The singer is kicking off her second round …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:59PMThursday, June 1, 2017
John Lithgow is happy to say he only has one degree of separation from actor Kevin Bacon. The two shared the screen in a little movie — cue laughs — that Bacon calls “the F…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMTuesday, May 23, 2017
The Motion Picture & Television Fund rededicated its newly renovated Wasserman Campus movie theater in Woodland Hills on Saturday, May 20. The Louis B. Mayer Theatre, named after the dec…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Musicians and actors alike took to Twitter to offer condolences after fatalities and injuries were reported following an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena in Engl…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM 
