Cinema has long been Ivo van Hove's treasure trove. In turning to its old masters " Pasolini, Visconti, Cassavertes " the Belgian director has found new stories for the stage. He's made Ingm…
Disney’s cable networks group has brought together shows, movies, games, and other content from its three networks — Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior — into a si…
Welcome to "Playback," a Variety podcast bringing you exclusive conversations with the talents behind many of today's hottest films. The 55th annual New York Film Festival kicks off Thursday…
Do you believe? “The Cher Show,” a new musical based on the life and career of the singer and actress, is Broadway-bound. The show will first open in Chicago at the Oriental Thea…
Jason Mraz, the Grammy winner known for hits including “I’m Yours,” will join the cast of the Broadway musical “Waitress” for 10 weeks beginning in November. He…
Disney XD’s animated comedy “Milo Murphy’s Law” is planning a crossover episode next year with “Phineas and Ferb,” the hit comedy from the same creative t…
20th Century Fox and Fox Networks innovation unit FoxNext has hired Marc Zachary as its new senior bizdev VP of FoxNext Destinations. In that role, Zachary is going to be taske…
John Legend is renewing his efforts to revive the WGN America series “Underground,” on which he was an executive producer. Legend posted an op-ed on Wednesday morning stating tha…
Playbuzz, which develops tools for creating interactive media and distributes branded content, has raised $35 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Viola Growth with participatio…
The musical adaptation of the smash 1990 romantic comedy “Pretty Woman” has laid out its route to Broadway, with a creative team that includes musician Bryan Adams and Garry Mars…
“Mary Jane,” a heart-stopping play at New York Theater Workshop about women as domestic caretakers, was written by a woman, directed by a woman, largely designed by women, and pe…
In today’s film news roundup, Disney has hired David Oyelowo to star in “Cyrano the Moor,” “Michelin Stars” gets North American distribution and the comedy R…
Special presentations on the upcoming animated film "The Breadwinner" and Disney's new animated short "Olaf's Frozen Adventure" will be featured at the View Conference 2017 in Turin, Italy. …
No one is immune from the wrath of fans on Twitter " especially celebrities. And so Jimmy Kimmel’s popular segment “Mean Tweets” returns on September 25 with its 11th chapt…
In today’s roundup, the live musical production of “Rent” will premiere in 2019, Paramount Network offers a first look at Taylor Kitsch in “Waco,” and Sanaa Lat…
September is never a great month at the Broadway box office. There’s a whole host of reasons for that, including the back-to-school rush and, last week, the annual United Nations Gener…
A chance reference in "The Andy Warhol Diaries" to a collaboration on a play with Truman Capote led Rob Roth to 59 cassettes and 80 hours' worth of taped conversation, a decade's worth of ob…
SAN SEBASTIAN — Suggesting the pull of major documentaries on extreme sports legends, London-based Film Constellation has rolled out Rory Kennedy's weighty "Take Every Wave: the Life o…
While there are few who would dispute the place Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's "The Red Shoes" holds as the greatest dance film of all time " focusing as it does on the backstage en…
Disney and the cable company once known as Cablevision are at it again. The two companies, whose fractious carriage negotiations in 2010 resulted in viewers in New York and Connecticut missi…
Warner Bros.’ “A Star Is Born” remake starring Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga) and Bradley Cooper, who is also directing, is moving up its release to May 18, 2018. The pic w…
Where to begin with all that's wrong with Paul Rudnick's new play, "Big Night," which takes place in a swanky Hollywood hotel suite before and after the Academy Awards ceremony where a C-lis…
The Laid Back Fest in New Jersey was anything but mellow Thursday night when Bruce Springsteen jumped onstage to jam with headliners Jacksone Browne and Little Steven and the Disciples of So…
Matthew Broderick has signed on for the role of the adult Ralphie narrator in Fox's live staging of a musical based on the beloved 1983 film "A Christmas Story." "A Christmas Story Live!" is…
Jeff Dunham has always maintained full control over the world of characters that he's created, and over the years has built various companies (On a Stick Prods., Red Wire Blue Wire " "a nod …