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A 15-year-old misfit, sitting alone on the fire escape and drawing cartoon dreams of a larger-than-life hero to rescue him from the perils of being a teenager. Haven't we seen this one befor…
It appears that the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga romance rumors that sprang into being after the pair's kinetic performance at the Academy Awards can be put to bed. Lady Gaga stopped by "Jimmy K…
At the Off-Broadway premiere of "Alice by Heart," a new musical from "Spring Awakening" creators Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and inspired by "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," conversatio…
AMC Theatres' Stubs A-List program, the subscription service that allows customers to see three movies a week for $19.95 a month, has hit 700,000 subscribers. That figure is well ahead of th…
A crowdfunding effort to pay for free theater screenings of "Captain Marvel" for girls and young women has now raised more than $60,000, three times its original goal. Donors to cause " to s…
Warner Bros. has set a one-week release of "A Star Is Born" with almost 12 minutes of additional footage, including extended musical performances, on 1,150 screens in North America. The film…
Laura Benanti is now playing her dream role on Broadway. At the same time, the Tony winner (“Gypsy”) is also playing her toughest part ever. Listen to this week's podcast below: …
Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video and Amazon’s Audible have struck a deal to create multiple audio-only original comedy programs for Audible listeners, Variety has learned, starting…
Steven Spielberg is continuing his quest to push filmmakers to make movies for theaters and not just for television. "I hope all of us really continue to believe that the greatest contributi…
Three people were injured after mistaken reports of an active shooter at a San Francisco production of “Hamilton” caused attendees to flee the theater. CNN reported that a wom…
Time is money. Money is time. Both come unstuck in "The American Clock." Arthur Miller's kaleidoscopic account of the Great Depression, part autobiography, part social history, crawls throug…
Comfy? Okay, let's talk Death: sudden death, painful death, lingering death, accidental death, and whatever other kinds of death happen to come into the receptive minds of playwrights Simon …
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway has big plans for the show’s upcoming evolution into a musical. Soloway revealed on Wednesday that the show’s musical movie finale …
To adapt a crass old adage: it's "All About Eve," not "All About Steve." Stripping Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sharp-witted screenplay about a waning theater star of its period trappings, Ivo van…
The Tribeca Film Festival will open its 18th edition with the world premiere of the HBO Documentary Film “The Apollo,” directed by Roger Ross Williams. The film will debut at the…
Elsa, I have a feeling we’re not in Arendelle anymore. Everyone’s favorite ice queen is braving a new element in the newest teaser trailer for Disney’s “Frozen 2,R…
Director Adam Shankman’s latest movie, the Taraji P. Henson comedy “What Men Want,” isn’t a musical. But as one of Hollywood’s top director-choreographers of mu…
The Beastie Boys, Brandi Carlile, Elisabeth Moss, T Bone Burnett and former House Speaker John Boehner have been added as speakers at the SXSW Conference during March 8"17 in Austin, Texas. …
Nicki Minaj is speaking out against Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich just days after Ariana Grande called him out for statements regarding her not performing at this year’s Grammy Award…
It wasn’t Soho House, the Polo Lounge or the Four Seasons that Mark Ronson chose for his post-Grammy “Club Heartbreak” celebration with some of the biggest stars in music. …
Ariana Grande’s beef with the Recording Academy appears to be growing despite her win Sunday night for best pop vocal album. In a series of since-deleted tweets, the “Thank U, Ne…
Accepting the award for best pop duo/performance, Lady Gaga took a minute out of her Grammy speech to address the issue of mental illness in the entertainment industry. “I’m so p…
The BTS army might be gaining some monsters with the band’s next collaboration. During the Grammys red carpet, the K-pop sensation told Variety‘s Marc Malkin that they hope…
One of this year’s most nominated artists at the Grammys, Brandi Carlile, won all three of the awards she was up for in the pre-telecast ceremony Sunday afternoon. She was one of two p…
Lady Gaga is starting the night off strong with two Grammy wins before she even hits the red carpet. Prior to the actual awards ceremony, the “A Star Is Born” Oscar nominee took …
