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John Landgraf Wrestles with the Industry’s Streaming Reckoning and Getting Back to Basics in TV

John Landgraf Wrestles with the Industry’s Streaming Reckoning and Getting Back to Basics in TV

FX chairman John Landgraf has a bulletin for a battered and bruised entertainment industry: People love traditional television. Af...

Denzel Washington Has Been Sober for 10 Years, Says He Used to Drink Two Bottles of Wine a Day and ‘I’ve Done Damage to the Body’

Denzel Washington Has Been Sober for 10 Years, Says He Used to Drink Two Bottles of Wine a Day and ‘I’ve Done Damage to the Body’

Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a recent cover story that he is 10 years sober. He cut off alcohol at 60...

Old World, New Power: The Unexpected Ways Europe’s Entertainment Business Could Benefit From Trump’s Re-Election

Old World, New Power: The Unexpected Ways Europe’s Entertainment Business Could Benefit From Trump’s Re-Election

Judging by the shocked faces on the European buyers and sellers attending the recent American Film Market in Las Vegas, the U.S. e...

Daisy Duck Hits Sidelines When ESPN Shows Animated Knicks Vs. Spurs NBA Game on Christmas Day

Daisy Duck Hits Sidelines When ESPN Shows Animated Knicks Vs. Spurs NBA Game on Christmas Day

ESPN’s latest hire: Daisy Duck. The animated waterfowl has been a part of the sports giant’s parent company for more than 80 years...

Daniel Craig Circling DC Comics Movie ‘Sgt. Rock’ With ‘Queer’ Director Luca Guadagnino

Daniel Craig Circling DC Comics Movie ‘Sgt. Rock’ With ‘Queer’ Director Luca Guadagnino

Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig, who recently joined forces on the A24 indie “Queer,” are reuniting on a much grander scale. The ...

Ventana Docs: Portraits of Mafalda Creator Quino, Intolerance, Family Relations, Trans Figures and Rebellious Youth in Cuba (EXCLUSIVE)

Ventana Docs: Portraits of Mafalda Creator Quino, Intolerance, Family Relations, Trans Figures and Rebellious Youth in Cuba (EXCLUSIVE)

“Quinografía,” a portrait of the famously timid Mafalda cartoonist Quino, and “Habana Libre,” a take on rebellious youth in Cuba, ...

HBO Says ‘Harry Potter’ Series Will ‘Benefit’ From J.K. Rowling’s Involvement: She ‘Has the Right to Express Her Personal Views’

HBO Says ‘Harry Potter’ Series Will ‘Benefit’ From J.K. Rowling’s Involvement: She ‘Has the Right to Express Her Personal Views’

When J.K. Rowling first went public in June 2020 about her belief that transgender women are men and transgender men are women, ma...

‘You Don’t Die Two Times,’ ‘Amal,’ ‘The North Wind’ Win Top Prizes at Cairo Film Connection

‘You Don’t Die Two Times,’ ‘Amal,’ ‘The North Wind’ Win Top Prizes at Cairo Film Connection

Three documentary projects took top honors at this year’s Cairo Film Connection, with Ager Oueslati’s “You Don’t Die Two Times” wi...

Neon, UFO Select ‘Miss Juneteenth’ Director Channing Godfrey Peoples for Second Feature Development Residency (EXCLUSIVE)

Neon, UFO Select ‘Miss Juneteenth’ Director Channing Godfrey Peoples for Second Feature Development Residency (EXCLUSIVE)

Neon, the Oscar-winning studio behind “Parasite” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” and UFO, a nonprofit organization that supports filmmake...

Designer Thom Browne Talks Humble L.A. Beginnings, Hollywood Ambitions and His Prestige Doc ‘The Man Who Tailors Dreams’

Designer Thom Browne Talks Humble L.A. Beginnings, Hollywood Ambitions and His Prestige Doc ‘The Man Who Tailors Dreams’

Documentaries centered around the fashion world – in particular, the often-enigmatic designers that power it – have become a power...

Apple TV+ Unveils First Look at Crime Drama ‘Dope Thief’ (TV News Roundup)

Apple TV+ Unveils First Look at Crime Drama ‘Dope Thief’ (TV News Roundup)

FIRST LOOKS / TRAILERS The trailer for the HBO sports series “Hard Knocks: In Season With the AFC North” has been released. The sh...

New ‘The Office’ Series Sets Guest Cast Including Tracy Letts, Molly Ephraim, Mo Welch

New ‘The Office’ Series Sets Guest Cast Including Tracy Letts, Molly Ephraim, Mo Welch

Greg Daniels and Michael Koman’s untitled upcoming Peacock series set in the same universe as “The Office” has set its guest cast....

How ‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Karla Sofia Gascón Transformed Into a Menacing Drug Lord

How ‘Emilia Pérez’ Star Karla Sofia Gascón Transformed Into a Menacing Drug Lord

Spoiler alert. That’s actress Karla Sofia Gascón playing both roles in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez.” The film, now streaming o...

‘The Hunger Games’ Franchise Director Francis Lawrence Sets First-Look Producing Deal at Lionsgate

‘The Hunger Games’ Franchise Director Francis Lawrence Sets First-Look Producing Deal at Lionsgate

“The Hunger Games” franchise director Francis Lawrence has signed a first-look producing deal with Lionsgate through his company A...

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Becomes Fastest Song to Reach a Billion Streams on Spotify

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Becomes Fastest Song to Reach a Billion Streams on Spotify

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ ballad “Die With a Smile” has become the fastest song to reach a billion streams on Spotify. The track, ...

Milhouse Voice Actor Retires From ‘The Simpsons’ After 35 Years

Milhouse Voice Actor Retires From ‘The Simpsons’ After 35 Years

“The Simpsons” voice actor Pamela Hayden, who played Milhouse and a variety of other characters, announced she is retiring from th...

‘Aire, Just Breathe’ Review: Dystopian Sci-Fi Rooted in Fears of AI and Human Extinction Feels All Too Familiar

‘Aire, Just Breathe’ Review: Dystopian Sci-Fi Rooted in Fears of AI and Human Extinction Feels All Too Familiar

In 2024, there is no shortage of possible imagined dystopian futures. Not just because there’s an ever-growing canon of films that...

Impact Network Greenlights Inaugural Scripted Original Series ‘Highly Favored’ From Bentley Kyle Evans (EXCLUSIVE)

Impact Network Greenlights Inaugural Scripted Original Series ‘Highly Favored’ From Bentley Kyle Evans (EXCLUSIVE)

Impact Network has greenlit its first ever original scripted series, Variety has learned exclusively. Impact Network, which is com...

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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