After three seasons, Devon Walker has exited the cast of "Saturday Night Live." Walker shared the news in an Instagram post on Monday, in which he expressed mixed feelings about late-night s…
A24 will officially re-open the Cherry Lane Theatre, a historic off-Broadway venue in New York's West Village, with a week's worth of events hosted by Spike Lee, Sofia Coppola, Jodie Foster …
In the first-ever installment of Variety's new video series, "Variety Crossword," Brittany Snow " the star of Netflix's "The Hunting Wives" and a puzzle enthusiast "Â completed a crossword…
Marc Maron recently appeared on "Pod Save America" (via Vulture) and doubled down on his criticisms of Bill Maher. While the "WTF" host acknowledged that he joined Maher on HBO's "Real Time"…
The Mexican director-writer-producer Michel Franco has come to the Sarajevo Film Festival with every one of his nine features. He returns "because he feels like part of the family," he said …
Austin Butler is known for his intense approach to his roles, from speaking with Elvis Presley's signature drawl during the entire production of "Elvis" to training with a Navy SEAL to becom…
Danny Trejo, the indie film "Bob Trevino Likes It," starring John Leguizamo and Barbie Ferreira, and "The Bear" breakout Liza Colón-Zayas were among the winners at the 40th annual Imagen …
"The Bard," Kevin Willmott's upcoming drama about enslaved man and celebrated poet George Moses Horton, has rounded out its cast. The film "Â first announced by Variety earlier this month …
Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its "Mother Africa" season with the world premiere of "Afro!," a new commission by managing and artistic director " and jazz legend "Â Wynton Marsalis, o…
John Leguizamo opened up about some early career setbacks in Hollywood during a recent appearance on the podcast Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade. Reminiscing about Mik…
Shu Qi's highly anticipated directorial debut "Girl" has released its first footage, offering a glimpse into the intimate Taiwanese drama that will compete at the upcoming 82nd Venice Film F…
Kumail Nanjiani says that he signed on for six Marvel movies when he was cast as the superhero Kingo in Marvel Studios' "Eternals," but that the film's critical and commercial disappointment…
Growing up above their parent's pub in the West Midlands, England, Benjamin and Jodie Caron would bustle around the office pretending to oversee a business. "I can't remember what we were ru…
Jerry Adler, a former Broadway producer and manager who turned to acting in his sixties and became known to audiences as Hesh Rabkin on "The Sopranos," died Saturday. He was 96. Adler's deat…
The title's a problem, but it would be a crying shame to let that discourage you from seeing "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight," which is precisely the sort of intelligent, human-scale adu…
If the ritualistic scenes during the "Birthday at Friendly's" sketch on "Saturday Night Live" looked familiar, your eyes didn't deceive you. The big skull, red cloaks, chalice and chanting w…
Diego Borella, an assistant director on Netflix's "Emily in Paris," died after collapsing suddenly while filming Season 5 in Italy on Thursday. He was 47. "We are deeply saddened to confirm …
That was the week that was for Variety " as covered on the "Daily Variety" podcast, hosted by co-Editor in Chief Cynthia Littleton. Variety's Brent Lang and Ramin Setoodeh told the backstory…
Sex, sexism, aging, celebrity, social class, suicide, churchgoing, anti-Roma bigotry, the emergence of a new geopolitical world order and the now rather tarnished lustre of EU membership: Is…
David Ketchum, a voice actor and comedian known for roles in series including "Get Smart" and "Camp Runamuck," died on Aug. 10. He was 97. A familiar guest star on sitcoms in the 1960s, Ketc…
"Shrinking" star Jason Segel remembers how much he was juggling in his 20s: The hit sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," along with films like "Knocked Up," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "The M…
George Lopez, Jesse Garcia and Al Madrigal are among the new additions to the one-night-only virtual table read of the 2007 hit comedy "Superbad," reimagined with an all-immigrant and childr…
Do you want to see a magic trick? In upcoming doc "The Greatest Illusion," Benjamin Ree " behind Oscar-shortlisted "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" and "The Painter and the Thief" " will …
Sunrise Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Italian director Piero Messina's unconventional sci-fi film "Another End" starring Gael GarcÃa Bernal and Renate Reinsve ("The Wo…
More than 30 years after River Phoenix's tragic death outside Hollywood's Viper Room, the late actor's influence continues to ripple through the industry. That's the focus of the latest " an…