As expected, Metallica has announced that the band will debut its "Life Burns Faster" residency at Sphere in Las Vegas later this year. The eight-show run will take place on October 1 and 3,…
These days, any drama with the U.K.'s Sheridan Smith raises expectations, especially if her role is written by Tony Schumacher, creator of "The Responder." Winner of a BAFTA TV Award for "Mr…
The German government is set to hold an "extraordinary meeting" over the "future direction" of the Berlinale, the festival has confirmed. In a statement sent to Variety, the Berlinale said t…
The director, Polly Findlay (an acclaimed British stage director making her first feature), presents all of this in a stately and fastidious prestige-teleplay-of-the-week way. Adapting a 201…
Management of the Writers Guild of America West met with the staff union on Sunday night as the two sides aimed to resolve the week-old staff strike. But while there has been some movement o…
John Davidson, the Scottish Tourette's syndrome activist and real-life inspiration for "I Swear," was thrust into the spotlight at the 79th BAFTA Awards when his involuntary vocal tics disru…
John Turturro's crime thriller "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" has sold to Sony Pictures Classics a month after its Sundance Film Festival premiere. A release date hasn't been set b…
Tim Daly and Téa Leoni are "Newlyweds" " both in real life and in the NBC comedy pilot of the same name. Variety has learned that Daly will star opposite Leoni in the multi-cam pilot. The c…
Martin Short's daughter Katherine died Monday in Los Angeles. She was 42. She died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, law enforcement sources told TMZ. Police responded to her home in the Ho…
UTA has added British actor Lox Pratt to its roster, representing him across all areas. Pratt recently gained attention for his role as Jack Merridew in Jack Thorne's four-part television se…
Olaplex is betting that science can be both serious and stylish. The hair care brand on Tuesday announced the launch of No.3PLUS, an updated version of its bestselling No.3 Hair Perfector, a…
Gwyneth Paltrow will be honored at the New York Women in Film & Television's 46th annual Muse Awards on March 20. She joins previously announced honorees Jamie Brewer, Patricia Cardoso, …
Lisa Rinna already has three novels under her belt but she's officially telling her own story in a new memoir out today, "You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It." Published by Dey Street…
Roy Wood Jr. doesn't sound like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper or Erin Burnett. And yet, his importance to CNN could start approaching that of those popular anchors. Wood isn't at CNN to deliv…
Warner Bros. was quick to react following the BAFTA Film Awards N-word controversy on Sunday but reportedly saw their concerns ignored. According to a well-positioned source speaking to Vari…
Robert Carradine, an American actor best known for his roles in the 1984 comedy film "Revenge of the Nerds" and the 2001 Disney Channel original series "Lizzie McGuire," has died. He was 71.…
On this week's episode of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart covered the Right's enthusiastic response to the United States' hockey victory over Canada at the Olympics and poked fun at FBI Direct…
With their antitrust trial tentatively set to start next Monday, Live Nation and Ticketmaster have filed a motion to delay the proceedings so that an appeals court can determine whether two …
Matthew Lillard told People magazine that he would "love" to be in a Quentin Tarantino movie, which is why it "sucked" when the director criticized him last year, along with fellow actors Pa…
Oscar-winner Tom Hanks is set to portray President Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming film adaptation of "Lincoln in the Bardo" from Starburns Industries. In addition to starring as the 16th U.…
The truth is right here: Ryan Coogler's reboot of "The X-Files" is officially moving forward with a pilot order at Hulu. In addition, Danielle Deadwyler is officially set to play one of the …
Per its title, the NBC sitcom "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" is a comeback story, but it's also a reunion. Comedian Tracy Morgan has produced a wide-ranging body of work since his bre…
Broadway will remain closed on Monday amid the major winter storm that brought heavy snowfall to New York City. Venues on the Great White Way (a particularly apt nickname for the theater dis…
Searchlight Pictures has signed a first-look film and television deal with Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton and Coco Francini's Dirty Films. Under the pact, the specialty studio will develop and…
Ice Spice and Jon Turturro may seem like an unlikely duo, but the two artists came together to celebrate their shared New York roots in a new campaign for H&M. Fellow native New Yorkers …