That perfection is a facade is one of the main concepts in Prime Video's newest YA psychological thriller, "We Were Liars." Based on the award-winning novel by E. Lockhart and adapted for te…
Dave Scott, an American dance teacher and choreographer who worked on "Step Up 2," "Step Up 3" and "So You Think You Can Dance," died on Monday. He was 52. Scott's death was confirmed via an…
Gary Oldman got tired of playing the villain. While discussing his performance as Dr. Zachary Smith in "Lost in Space" during a recent episode of Variety's "Know Their Lines," Oldman said th…
According to Rachel Griffiths, whether it's cinema or TV, "older women are having a moment."Â Â "We all know that's true: Demi Moore is a brand. There are so many great actresses of tha…
Dustin Lance Black not only directed the new documentary "Rock Out" about the queer influence on heavy metal, punk and rock n' roll, but he's also in it. For good reason. The feature pulls i…
Netflix has commenced production on a series adaptation of Miles Franklin's seminal Australian novel "My Brilliant Career," with filming underway at Adelaide Studios and various South Austra…
Tyler Perry has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of sexually harassing and assaulting an actor on his BET show "The Oval." Derek Dixon, who appeared in 85 episodes of the show, alleges i…
Set in smalltown western India, Uttera Singh's directorial debut "Pinch" (in which the writer-director also stars) unfolds with propulsive rhythms and a bleakly humorous tone. Its subject ma…
Songwriter-producer-entrepreneur Swizz Beatz and showrunner Chris Brancato ("Narcos," "Godfather of Harlem") will be developing new ideas for podcasts, television and film in a newly formali…
What were they waiting for? Disney's lawsuit against Midjourney, an AI image generator, on June 11 was hailed by creatives as a welcome development " if long overdue. The Writers Guild of Am…
"RuPaul's Drag Race" executive producer and World of Wonder co-founder Fenton Bailey is still giddy over the cold open of Season 17's sketch "The Squirrel Game." "It's better than drugs. It'…
Brett Goldstein has had a busy month on the Warner Bros. lot. As "Shrinking" Season 3 finishes filming there, he's also busy in the writers' room for the highly anticipated return of "Ted La…
"Doogie KameÄloha, M.D." star Peyton Elizabeth Lee and "Dead Boy Detectives" actor Joshua Colley have joined director Will Ropp's coming-of-age comedy "Brian." Written by "Late Night with…
The singer for the alternative rock band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is looking to make the audiences at their shows great again by making their crowds free of outright MAGA supporters again. In …
Rachel Brosnahan is making her comic book movie debut as Lois Lane in James Gunn's "Superman" this summer, and it's an experience she does not plan on criticizing no matter how successful or…
Variety's Storytellers to Watch returns Aug. 13. The 2025 edition will be hosted by the Arkansas Cinema Society during their Little Rock-based Filmland festival this August. The Storytellers…
Throughout Apple TV+'s "The Studio," numerous actors, writers and directors waltz through the halls of Continental Studios, demanding that their full creative vision makes it onto the big th…
Amazon MGM Studios is building on its partnership with "The Chosen" creator Dallas Jenkins with a series centered on the Biblical figure Joseph and his time in Egypt. Jenkins is attached to …
"We all live with terror inside of us," says Judith Light. So does her character in the upcoming Season 3 of anthology series "The Terror" called "Devil in Silver" and out later this year.Â…
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is set for a leadership transition next year as longtime chief operating officer Charlotte Wells rises to the newly created role of CEO. Wells will succeed Cyd Wilso…
'Madfabulous,' the British indie feature from actor, writer and director Celyn Jones, has secured global sales representation from Upgrade and the Gersh Agency. The film " described as an "a…
Jason Isaacs and Mel Gibson faced off in Roland Emmerich's 2000 historical war drama "The Patriot," and their antagonistic relationship on screen apparently took shape in real life after Gib…
Variety's "Actors on Actors" Season 22 was the franchise's most successful social campaign ever for an Emmys season. The video series, which pairs actors in conversation with one another to …
Ruth Jones, Richard E. Grant, Indira Varma, Richard Coyle and more of the U.K.'s finest are set to take on iconic Jane Austen characters in the BBC and Britbox adaptation of "The Other Benne…
Professional audio technology specialists L-Acoustics, in collaboration with Black Meteor, have launched "The Art of Sound," a three-part documentary series that merges scientific discovery …