Thanks to nearly two decades of over-the-top performances and secret guest spots, Coachella's first weekend is under an international microscope, and this year sets like Beyonce's Saturday s…
Event cinema specialist Trafalgar Releasing has recruited Kymberli Frueh who will join its North American operation as senior VP, programming and acquisitions. Frueh is well-versed in event …
Fathom Events is adding more than 200 theaters to its live digital broadcast network in North America over the next 12 to 18 months, Variety has learned exclusively. Fathom, which is jointly…
The “Harry Potter” novels spawned a massively successful film franchise, and now, with the April 22 opening of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Boy Who Lived …
This is no time for bogus expressions of sophistication. So, let's just say: Hooray! With "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the Boy Who Lived has finally come to Broadway, bringing …
When first-time director Bradley Cooper was shooting his forthcoming remake of “A Star in Born,” his co-star, Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta), made a deal with him. “She…
Ariana Grande performed her new single “No Tears Left to Cry” live for the first time on Friday night at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. As Variety previously reported, th…
Samsung on Friday debuted its first-ever LED cinema screen in the U.S. at Pacific Theaters Winnetka in Chastworth, Calif., pitching the new technology has a money saver for exhibitors that o…
Ariana Grande will make a surprise appearance at the Coachella music festival on Friday night, Variety has learned. The performance will occur on the same day the pop star released her…
Bette Midler will return to her box office-busting role in “Hello, Dolly!” this summer, stepping back into the part that won her a Tony Award, in a new six-week run that will cap…
The sleek, carefree party jam of the spring… as inspired by the Manchester bombing of last spring? That's not a contradictory notion, at least not in the intent behind Ariana Grande's new …
If you've got it, flaunt it. The splendid Beaumont stage at Lincoln Center was made for great classic musicals like Lerner and Loewe's “My Fair Lady,” and helmer Bartlett Sher wa…
“They killed my friend. So I’m gonna kill each and every one of them. And the only disappointment is that I only get to do it once,” Denzel Washington’s Robert McCall…
Landmark Theatres, a high-end chain known for its art-house offerings, has been quietly on the market for some time. But this week, two would-be buyers emerged as potential suitors: Netflix …
Universal Pictures has entered into a first-look production agreement with “Saturday Night Live” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels and his company Broadway Video, Var…
The New York City Mayor’s Office and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) have locked in the details of a new grant program for film and theater projects by, for …
Since MoviePass slashed its monthly subscription costs last August from $50 to $9.95, its user base has exploded from roughly 20,000 to more than 2 million. In the process, it's become the f…
The publicity material for "Tina — the Tina Turner Musical" actually doesn't use the phrase "starring Adrienne Warren." It should. And it will. Hitherto unknown in the U.K., the actres…
Like the Phantom of the Opera " and "The Phantom of the Opera" " "Love Never Dies" isn't dead yet. The musical, mega-composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to his record-breaking smash "Phant…
The week before last, the Broadway box office boomed. Last week came the inevitable dip out of the stratosphere. After boffo business fueled by spring-break and holiday traffic, nearly every…
The New York Times and the New Yorker have jointly won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for public service for their influential exposes of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The explosive i…
John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, and Paul Walter Hauser have joined the cast of Mindy Kaling’s comedy “Late Night,” directed by Nisha Ganatra. The film stars Kaling an…
Domhnall Gleeson is in final talks to join Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, and Melissa McCarthy in the mob drama “The Kitchen” for New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment. “S…
Univision has billions in debt left from its leveraged buyout a decade ago, and is struggling with the same headwinds facing all linear operators. The company also made an aggressive play fo…
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce presented Vanessa Williams with this year's Lifetime Achievement Award Thursday at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, Calif. The event, co-spon…