TikTok and London's Southbank Centre have announced Crescendo, a new accelerator program that aims to discover the next generation of classical music talent. The program will support and ele…
Blue Finch Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to "Affection," a sci-fi horror feature starring Jessica Rothe and marking the directorial debut of BT Meza. The film follows Ellie Carte…
Given the pressures of modern existence, it's clear why an adaptation of Michael Ende's 1973 novel "Momo" would appear utterly relevant in 2025. More than ever, the hours in the day seem ins…
"The Louis Theroux Podcast" has unveiled its slate of Season 6 guests, including Florence Pugh, David Byrne and Malala Yousafzai. The Spotify and Mindhouse podcast, hosted by the award-winni…
Emily Blunt had not heard the news when she sat down for an upcoming episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast this week. Stopping by the studio ahead of the Los Angeles premiere of A24'…
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are separating, Variety confirms. The couple have been married for 19 years. Kidman, 58, and Urban, 57, first met in 2005 at the G'Day USA gala in Los Angeles, …
Netflix has ordered a new young adult drama series titled "Poser" from Lauren Iungerich, the creator and showrunner of the MTV dramedy "Awkward." "Poser" is an eight-episode, one-hour drama …
Whoopi Goldberg is challenging the creation of AI actress Tilly Norwood and doubting Tilly can steal jobs away from real actors since human performers "move differently, our faces move diffe…
Sarah Sherman has set her debut comedy special at HBO. Titled after her vulgar alter ego, "Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh" will premiere on the cable network and HBO Max in December. In t…
Playing Bruce Springsteen in the new biopic "Deliver Me From Nowhere," Jeremy Allen White joins a list of A-list actors who have recently taken on the roles of rock music icons, from Timoth�…
Benedict Cumberbatch received Zurich Film Festival's Golden Eye Award on Monday. "He's one of the most versatile and charismatic actors of today's cinema," said festival director Christian J…
Bill and Ted are on Broadway. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who starred in 1989's "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and its two sequels together, have reunited for director Jamie Lloyd'…
Nicole Beharie is the latest addition to the cast of Netflix's upcoming series adaptation of "All the Sinners Bleed," Variety has learned. Beharie will star alongside previously announced le…
Yusuf / Cat Stevens has announced that his North American "Cat on the Road to Findout" Book Tour will be postponed due to unspecified visa issues. "Sadly, my 'Cat on the Road to Findout' Boo…
Claire Foy opened up about her career at Zurich Film Festival. The British actor, in town also to pick up the Golden Eye Award, presented her latest feature "H Is for Hawk," fresh off screen…
Emerald Fennell has spoken for the first time about her already controversial film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel "Wuthering Heights." During a panel at the Brontë Women's Wri…
The creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood has released a statement following a weekend of heated backlash over the news that talent agents were already interested in signing the digital charac…
Banijay Entertainment looks set to present one of the biggest, most powerful and eclectic lineups of any company at this year's Mipcom content trade fair at Cannes, headlined by 'Half Man,' …
Director Jonas Ulrich formed an actual black metal band for his debut feature "Wolves."Â WLVS " led by actor Bartosz Bielenia, known for Oscar-nominated "Corpus Christi" " ended up tourin…
Forget the tree. That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett's tragicomic masterwork "Waiting for Godot" is offstage in Jamie Lloyd's re-envisioned revival. The polariz…
"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Kathy Hilton is opening up her home for a good cause. A dinner for 12 at Hilton's estate went for $40,000 during the live auction at Project Angel…
There is a mild buzz outside the open door of Amanda Shires' dressing room backstage at the Grand Ole Opry House. "Sorry, there's a tour going on out there," she says, looking over a visitor…
Dolly Parton has announced that she's postponing her Las Vegas concerts at Caesars Palace scheduled for December, revealing that she's dealing with health issues and that her doctors advised…
Daniel Day-Lewis made his grand return to the screen in "Anemone," which premiered on Sunday afternoon at the New York Film Festival. The Oscar-winner returned to acting after an eight-year …
A smart, withheld story about the borders between people, Ulrich Köhler's self-reflexive "Gavagai" chronicles on-set tensions between the cast and crew of a filmed update of "Medea" and s…