271 stories by "Cynthia Littleton"
Mel Brooks has donated his career archive of more than 150,000 documents and 5,000 photographs to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., the same nonprofit institution that holds the…
On today’s special Upfronts-themed episode, Rita Ferro, Disney’s president of global advertising, offers a preview of the Mouse House’s May 12 presentation to advertisers in New York. …
Eva Longoria and the team behind Amazon Prime Video’s “The House of the Spirits” will be among the notable multihyphenates, actors, writers and producers who are set to take part in th…
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, writer-producer Aaron Tracy discusses his hugely popular Imagine/iHeart Media podcast “The Secret World of Roald Dahl.” The author of…
Film and TV veteran Dan Steinman has joined Gigi Pritzker’s Madison Wells production venture as president and chief content officer. He takes the reins as Madison Wells is on a roll with h…
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, entrepreneurs Tina Knowles and Ashley Graham explain how they have blazed trails to build powerful media and retail brands in highlights …
Jon M. Chu, the celebrated director of "Wicked" and "Wicked: For Good," was unquestionably direct on Thursday when he offered words of wisdom to an arena full of design enthusiasts at the an…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Variety's Todd Spangler details the growing opposition within media and entertainment to Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Di…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Variety's Gene Maddaus details the Writers Guild of America's four-year contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television P…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, in our Box Office segment, Variety's Jack Dunn unpacks another big weekend for "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" as well as the art of analyzing F…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety's Michael Schneider details his reporting and the incredible access he received to cover the fifth and fina…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, actor and singer Andra Day joins us to talk about her involvement in the Night Out for No Kid Hungry fundraiser set for April 11 at Rolling Gre…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, Variety's Kate Aurthur details the 21-year, three-season journey that Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King have been on with "The Comeback" as …
Actor Judy Greer and journalist and TV host Kara Swisher went right for it as soon as they sat down. The pair took AI fears, maturing on screen and assessing how the dawn of streaming has ch…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety's Ethan Shanfeld details his profile of Miley Cyrus as she embraces the legacy of "Hannah Montana," tackles…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, we'll hear from Variety's Marc Malkin on his chat with Zendaya on the red carpet for A24's The Drama. And Variety reporter Jack Dunn details on…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, hear from Nancy Grace on Kouri Richins, "Inside Edition" host Eva Pilgrim, producers of "Quiet on Set," "The Fall of Diddy," "Lost Women of Ala…
Judy Pace, a pioneering model and actress known for her work in "Peyton Place," "Brian's Song," "The Young Lawyers" and numerous films, has died. She was 83. Pace died in her sleep on March …
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety's Matt Donnelly details his sit-down in Nashville with Nicole Kidman for Variety's pre-Oscars issue, publis…
Timothée Chalamet's comment on the contemporary state of opera and ballet in a CNN/Variety town hall last month was among the targets of "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update" segment. Ch…
"Saturday Night Live's" cold open took aim at Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's bravado as the U.S. goes to war with Iran as well as Kristi Noem's firing from the Department of Homeland Se…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety's Selome Hailu details her profile of actor Keke Palmer, star of "I Love Boosters," the Boots Riley comedy …
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, we'll hear from Jon Brockett, who is executive producer and showrunner of Sunday's Actor Awards. The kudocast veteran discusses producing a liv…
Warner Bros. Discovery veteran Karen Horne has been named executive director of showrunner Mara Brock Akil's Writers' Colony talent development program designed to nurture underrepresented w…
Robert Duvall was a true original, on and off the screen, who had a multitude of quirks and interests as a person but was never anything less than a consummate professional and "marvelous ac…