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Insiders dispute the idea that the 'Today' show is a 'family' when it comes to Guthrie's absence.

Former "Call Her Daddy" cohost Sofia Franklyn is dropping a new memoir ... and while spilling plenty of tea about her life, she says the writing process jogged her own memory in a pretty wild way.

While he decided not to direct “The Adventures of Cliff Booth” and scrapped “The Movie Critic,” Quentin Tarantino will make a directorial comeback with an original play he’s written, Variety has confirmed. According to the Daily Mail, which first reported the news, Tarantino has written an “old-fash

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the executive digital director of Variety and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at wearl@variety.com if th

Africa’s creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave the continent’s film and TV sector after Canal+’s announcement that it’s pulling the plug on MultiChoice’s video streaming service Showmax. Aghast, award-winning producers of

Keep up to date with which series will return for the 2026-27 season and which ones are on the way out.

Archewell's first-look deal just got weird.

The union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are racing against the clock to conclude negotiations prior to the Writers Guild starting their own on March 16.

Isabella Esler and John Cardoza have been cast as the new Veronica Sawyer and Jason “J.D.” Dean in “Heathers The Musical.” Both actors will begin performances on April 27 at New World Stages. They replace Kuhoo Verma and Casey Likes, who had headlined the hit show. Verma will play her final performa

Kirk Sommer will continue to run the agency's contemporary music department, WME co-chairman Christian Muirhead confirmed in a memo to staff.

SAG-AFTRA and the major studios have agreed to continue negotiations on a new contract into next week, a sign that both sides see the value in further discussions. The performers’ union started bargaining on Feb. 9 for the first time since the 2023 strike. The original expectation was that the talks

Archewell's first-look deal just got weird.

James G. Robinson, the former auto executive who co-founded Morgan Creek Entertainment with Joe Roth and had producing credits on films including “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” and “True Romance,” died Feb. 15, according to a family obituary. He was 90. Robinson famously sparred with Lindsay Lohan dur

‘Severance’ EP Eli Jorné will write and executive produce the project.

Label stars Ella Langley and Megan Moroney topped Billboard's Hot 100 and Albums charts this week — and Harry Styles is on deck — as the Sony imprint reaps the benefits from its country lean.

The Baltimore native spearheaded such films as 'Young Guns,' 'Major League,' 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.'

Netflix has stepped down as a backer in As ever, the lifestyle brand from Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. As Ever was launched 11 months ago, with an inaugural collection of teas, jam, honey and baking mixes. It coincided with the launch of her Netflix series “With Love,,” where the former Meghan Mar

Ben Stiller has slammed the Donald Trump’s White House for using a clip from the 2008 film “Tropic Thunder.” The White House post said, “Justice the American way” and showed clips from “Braveheart,” “Top Gun,” “Superman,” “Transformers,” “Iron Man 2,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and more. Stiller res

Inside this week's biggest Hollywood premieres, parties and openings.

“Heated Rivalry” creator Jacob Tierney says he’s exhausted from the whirlwind of the last three months since the show premiered on HBO Max, but that hasn’t stopped him from working hard on Season 2. “I’m in a room all day writing,” Tierney told me at the GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday at the Beverly

Thursday’s tenth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, featuring Paul Simon, Mary J. Blige, Hozier, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Mavis Staples, Nile Rodgers & Chic and more, raised over $6 million for the God’s Love We Deliver charity, raising the total the concerts have raised to more than $65 mil

Although T-Mobile is known as one of the best mobile internet providers, according to Ookla® Speedtest® for smartphones, tablets and laptops in the United States, the company has its sights set on delivering high-speed home internet over fiber-optic cables to households across the nation with T-Mobi

US HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that WWE has officially signed his niece, Zoe Hines.

The Hollywood couple hasn’t officially appeared together since before Trump’s first term.