As Twitter tributes rolled in after Cloris Leachman's death today, she was most remembered for a comedy career which lasted decades, cemented by iconic roles in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" a…
Oscar winner and eight-time Emmy winner Cloris Leachman, best remembered as the delightfully neurotic Phyllis Lindstrom on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and her own subsequent sitcom, was reme…
When the American Film Institute announced that it was giving its 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Nichols, the event instantly became the hottest ticket in town. As recounted in Mark…
Tegna wants a bigger piece of the podcast action: The TV station group announced the acquisition of Locked On Podcast Network, which produces some 160 daily shows for teams across the U.S.'s…
It's been a banner year for Latin American cinema where 18 countries, including newcomer Suriname, have submitted films to vie for the international feature Oscar. Half of this year's crop a…
One day after announcing new deputy director Clint Dyer, the National Theatre has dropped a first-look image of its upcoming production of "Romeo & Juliet," produced as a feature film to…
Florida Georgia Line member Brian Kelley's plan to bring a country-music musical to life as a legit stage production is now extending to a movie version that is being developed simultaneousl…
 Long before Jo Ellen Pellman was cast in the starring role of Emma in Ryan Murphy's movie adaptation of "The Prom," she saw the original production of the Broadway musical. "I'm only 25…
In a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, major live-entertainment organizations " AEG, Bandit Lites, Broadway League, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Inter…
Nearly three years after the Weinstein Co. declared bankruptcy, a judge on Monday confirmed a liquidation plan that provides a $17.1 million fund for Weinstein's sexual misconduct victims. T…
Ariana Grande was nearly able to make her song "34+35" add up to No. 1, by releasing a hit remix that includes Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat. The song moves up to second place on the new …
Kerry Washington, in conversation with Voices Artistic Creative Director Aja Monet, explained how "The Vagina Monologues" connected her ambitions as an actor and activist. "Once I became…
IATSE, the union that represents the workers behind the scenes, has reached out to the White House and its COVID Response Team offering their venues and workforce to help build and convert v…
The U.K.'s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has found a global streaming home with theater specialist BroadwayHD. Nine RSC titles will debut on BroadwayHD in January, with 20 more productions…
Seth Rogen and Sen. Ted Cruz have been engaged in a heated Twitter exchange for a few days now, sparring over everything from the Paris Climate Agreement to the Disney film "Fantasia." It al…
Pray for movie theaters. "The Marksman," a Liam Neeson thriller from Open Road, held onto first place for the second weekend in a row, grossing just over $2 million. The film has grossed $61…
Andra Day ("The United States vs. Billie Holiday") and Leslie Odom Jr. ("One Night in Miami") sat down for a virtual chat for Variety's Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For mor…
Kenneth Branagh will play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky TV series detailing Britain's muddled response to the COVID-19 crisis. The five-part drama will be directed and writt…
The inauguration television special "Celebrating America" was only about six weeks in the making. "We did election night, and people are calling me and going, 'Okay, what are we doing for th…
Three Long Island-based ticket brokers agreed to pay around $3.7 million to settle alleged violations of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, the Department of Justice and Federal Trad…
Despite disruptions to the music industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Big Hit Entertainment, the management company behind K-pop superstars BTS, had a booming 2020. Last year saw BTS…
Bob Avian, the Tony Award-winning choreographer of "A Chorus Line," died Thursday of a heart attack. He was 83. In a career that spanned seven decades, Avian appeared in, staged, produced, d…
Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to star as Betty Ford in the upcoming Showtime series "The First Lady,"Â Variety has learned. In addition, Susanne Bier has signed on to direct and executiv…
Magic never works the same way in movies that it does in person, which is not to say that it doesn't work in movies. It just takes a different kind of finesse, typically relying on editing a…
Secretary Hillary Hillary Rodham Clinton recorded a video message in support of the theater community, in which she recognized the Costume Industry Coalition (CIC). In the video, Clinton sha…