Apple is nearing a greenlight for a limited series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cecily Strong, Variety has learned exclusively. The limited dramedy is inspired by the New York Magazine a…
On today's episode of "Daily Variety" podcast, we'll hear from Jon Brockett, who is executive producer and showrunner of Sunday's Actor Awards. The kudocast veteran discusses producing a liv…
Catherine Pégard, a former film journalist who previously worked in Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet and headed the Château de Versailles, has been appointed France's culture minister. Pégard …
"The Comeback" Season 3 has announced its official premiere date at HBO. The Lisa Kudrow comedy series will debut March 22 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO M…
Folk musician Olivia Chaney has performed "Dark Eyed Sailor" more times than she can count. The 19th-century British ballad about a lost love returning was on her proposed track list for thr…
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is going back to high school. The "Never Have I Ever" alum is set to appear in the second season of the "Legally Blonde" prequel series "Elle" at Amazon Prime Video. Th…
An unwitting subject surrounded by actors starts working at a fake company and goes on a fake corporate retreat in the trailer for "Jury Duty: Company Retreat," the follow-up installment to …
"The Singers" filmmaker Sam A. Davis had read the 19th-century short story of the same name but "I was a little bored by it. I kept nodding off," he admits, adding that it was late at night …
Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in "Moulin Rouge! The Musical." She's stepping into the role of nightclub impresario Harold Zidler, a part originated by Tony winner Danny Bu…
Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical rights to "Eraserheads: Combo on the Run," an award-winning documentary on the legendary Filipino rock band, from DVent Pictures. Directed a…
Oscar-winning director Bille August, who recently scored a global hit with TV series "The Count of Monte Cristo," is set for another high-end period show that this time will hark back to Anc…
The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled its 2026-27 season, headlined by Tony Award-winning Broadway star Jonathan Groff making his RSC debut as Rosalind in an all-male staging of Shakesp…
As the fate of Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle is being debated at an extraordinary meeting convened by Germany's culture minister Wolfram Weimer, staffers of the festival have penned an open …
The second half of "Bridgerton" Season 4 begins just shortly after Part 1 ended. Still reeling from the heated kiss she shared with Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) on the back stairwell …
Donald Trump lashed out at Robert De Niro in a Truth Social rant amid their ongoing public feud. The president slammed the Oscar-winning actor as "a sick and demented person" after De Niro f…
It's not difficult to see why Kelly Ripa has spent the last 25 years as host of "Live." A natural blend of wit, enthusiasm and inquisitiveness was evident from her first appearance as a gues…
Uma Thurman is back in killer form. Prime Video released the first trailer for "Pretty Lethal," a survival action-thriller in which a group of elite ballerinas must fight their way out of a …
Famously, "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie is great at accents. His Russian is especially popular, which the actor pulled off to play a convincingly Slavic Ilya Rozanov in the hit series…
The Royal Shakespeare Company's West End staging of "My Neighbor Totoro" has unveiled a fresh wave of casting as the production approaches its first anniversary at London's Gillian Lynne The…
Maggie Winters will debut her new comedy special, "Marguerite," on March 17 on YouTube. The stand-up hour comes from a partnership between Abso Lutely Productions and comedy talent incubator…
"Scrubs" is back. The hospital comedy series, which premiered on NBC 25 years ago in 2001, returns to ABC and Hulu with a revival season that sees original stars Zach Braff, Donald Faison, S…
Warner Bros. Discovery veteran Karen Horne has been named executive director of showrunner Mara Brock Akil's Writers' Colony talent development program designed to nurture underrepresented w…
Hudson Williams is getting people to read again. Since the "Heated Rivalry" star signed onto Crave's adaptation of "Yaga," physical copies of Kat Sandler's original screenplay instantly sold…
Mubi has released the trailer for "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma," a gruesome meta-take on the slasher genre of yore. The film, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, is s…
Liza Marshall recently discovered that she was the only person who bid for the rights to "Hamnet." This was back in October 2019, after the producer had been sent Maggie O'Farrell's novel a …