Christopher Jackson found it hard to sleep the past few nights in anticipation of being back in "the room where it happens" " otherwise known as Radio City Music Hall, where the original Bro…
Costume designer Paul Tazewell won a Tony Award for his work on the Broadway musical "Death Becomes Her." Tazewell, who worked on the film version of "Wicked, made Oscar history earlier this…
Broadway's brights stars came out in force on Sunday for the 78th Tony Awards. There was plenty to celebrate for the theater business, which seems to have recaptured its stride after a long …
On the Tony Awards red carpet, James Monroe Iglehart, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson and other Broadway artists and stars weighed in on the fallout surrounding Patti LuPone's c…
Never ask Halsey to be just one thing at a time, whether it's on record or in person. The singer's current outing, dubbed the "For My Last Trick" Tour, is one of this year's most impressive …
After more than 20 years, Tom Felton thought the Wizarding World of "Harry Potter" might be out of magic by now. But instead, the actor finds himself set to reprise the role of Draco Malfoy …
Pippa Scott, who appeared in movies including "The Searchers," "Petulia" and "Auntie Mame" before making numerous TV appearances and marrying Lorimar Productions co-founder Lee Rich, died Ma…
Hugh Jackman earned an Oscar nomination for his work as Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables," but things didn't go so well decades ago while belting out the musical's "Stars" when he had to sin…
Natasha Rothwell is seeking a friend for the end of the world. A beloved and fiery social media presence, the writer-actor-producer-showrunner hit a professional high this year with a triump…
In Season 1 of HBO's "Somebody Somewhere," the spotlight had to find Sam (Bridget Everett), a wayward 40-something, looking for direction in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas. In the slice-o…
Tribeca Film Festival co-founder and recent Variety cover star Jane Rosenthal hosted the annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program luncheon with the legacy fashio…
Martin Scorsese couldn't help but give his two cents to the production even when stepping in front of the camera for Apple TV+'s "The Studio." In a recent conversation with People, "The Stud…
Comedian Wanda Sykes has a rallying cry for the entertainment industry and beyond: "Protect our trans brothers and sisters… that's our next movement." Sykes, who was honored with the Caree…
In January, programmers at the Tribeca Film Festival called director Penny Lane to check on the status of her latest project "Mrs. America," which follows married contestants chasing the tia…
Danny Duran, a respected entertainment publicist for more than 25 years who founded boutique agency ddPR, died Wednesday after an eight-month battle with cancer. He was 58. Duran started his…
The first bow of "Étoile" is also its last. Prime Video has canceled the ballet series from "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, despite the strea…
In 2019, Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman began filming "We Are Guardians," a documentary about Indigenous forest guardians fighting to protect their ancestral lands from re…
Anyone who's seen Nicola Coughlan in "Derry Girls" knows that she's a brilliant comedic performer. As nerdy teenager Clare Devlin, Coughlan made teenage anxiety immensely physical and palpab…
Regina Hall is set to star opposite Jennifer Garner in the Peacock series adaptation of "The Five-Star Weekend," Variety has learned. The series, based on the Elin Hilderbrand novel of the s…
As Roseanne Barr remembers it, God told her to do it. It was Memorial Day weekend in 2018, and she was having trouble sleeping. Earlier in the day, the comedy star called Bruce Helford,…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
When a bright-eyed, 17 year-old Michael Imperioli first moved to New York City in the early '80s, just as he was beginning to find his footing in East Village's buzzing arts scene, he stroll…
David Joseph Craig and Brian Crano's new film "I Don't Understand You," in theaters today via Vertical, is a comedy that swerves into horror movie territory midway through. But it was also a…
Variety TV editors Michael Schneider and Emily Longeretta are on Variety's Award Circuit, presented by Paramount+, to discuss the top contenders in the comedy race at this year's Emmy Awards…
Hulu has picked up an untitled feature from comedy duo BriTANIcK, Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, that will be led by "Stranger Things" star Gaten Matarazzo and "The Goldbergs" breakout Sea…