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Billie Eilish is set to star in a new film adaptation of the classic Sylvia Plath novel 'The Bell Jar' from director Sarah Polley; Focus Features boards pic.

Kate Winslet is venturing from Pandora to Middle-earth. The beloved actress, who was recently in James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” is in talks to star in “Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.” She’ll join Andy Serkis, who is directing in addition to reprising his role as the creature from t

Finally, the mystery has been solved. This is the statuette Penn gifted to the Ukrainian president in 2022.

Constantine Rousouli broke all sorts of rules by turning to social media to finance the cult musical’s would-be Broadway run.

Laurel Canyon’s storied Country Store has been sold. But what its new owners plan to do with it remains unclear.

Keep an eye out the next time when, as a gag, you order a cheap Cameo video from a washed-up reality TV star: There might just be a murder accidentally captured in the background. That’s the premise of “Lex,” a comedy pilot ordered Wednesday by Hulu. From 20th Television, “Lex” comes from writer/exe

Rookie editor Mark Guiducci is slashing the guest list, banning the press, and changing the venue from its longtime home in Beverly Hills to the still-under construction LACMA.

Is Colleen Hoover the box office’s new secret weapon? A case could be made after 2024’s “It Ends With Us” became a sleeper hit for Sony and “Regretting You” was one of Paramount’s only 2025 films to turn a theatrical profit. In 2026, the prolific author has two more movies based on her bestselling n

Executive producers Liz Garbus and Sara Enright detail how they approached one of the world's most famous and powerful families.

Sam Levinson explains how he and several members of his HBO series' cast found themselves front and center at Paris Fashion Week.

The US singer lost the case in 2023 and later won on appeal, but now judges have ruled against her.

At some point, the green wave stops being a wave and starts being the waterline. Ireland doesn’t need to announce its arrival on the global screen stage anymore. It just keeps delivering. Production spend hit a record €544 million ($632.7 million) in 2025, a 26% jump on the previous year, all agains

With many factors hitting the real estate market, such as L.A.’s “mansion tax” and other economic factors, agents have a tricky juggling act to perform. But what seems to be staying pretty strong is the luxury real estate market, and what people are looking for in a home: “Buyers are looking for res

A year ago, the Warners power duo was considered dead in the water. Now they head into the Academy Awards with frontrunners 'One Battle After Another' and 'Sinners,' a string of hits behind them — and an uncertain future.

Antoine Fuqua’s untitled Netflix movie starring Denzel Washington as Carthaginian general Hannibal, which was announced back in 2023, is finally set to start shooting this summer in Italy. The production will be based at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, sources confirmed to Variety. Pre-production and loca

Katherine Heigl made her first public appearance in years over the weekend, popping out for a dog-rescue fundraiser at … Mar-a-Lago?

They’ve both played presidents, and now they’re in the presence of “Ghosts.” Original “Hamilton” star Christopher Jackson — who played George Washington in the Broadway hit — and “SNL” cast member James Austin Johnson (best known for his Donald Trump impression) have signed on to guest later this sp

Romance may get you in the door to Reminders Of Him, the latest Colleen Hoover film, but it's the questions of motherhood that will linger.

The latest craze among creator platforms? Inventing their own awards shows to honor the most popular and creative people cranking out content on their apps. Snapchat on Wednesday announced the nominees for the first-ever Snappy Awards Show. The nominees across 21 categories “embody the innovation, c

I'll take the lipo and the $65K vacation.

A Los Angeles court ordered Mickey Rourke's eviction, which comes after the Oscar-nominated actor turned down help from fans who'd donated more than $100,000 to keep a roof over this head

The President's actions have some striking parallels to the Iranian filmmaker's 2006 soccer movie 'Offside.'

The 43-year-old actress has a habit of getting killed on screen. She does it one more time in Apple TV’s latest high-gloss thriller, 'Imperfect Women.'

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos channel Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman — and more specifically, their “Song Sung Blue” Neil Diamond band tribute characters — in a new promo for Monday’s “Live With Kelly and Mark” post-Oscars special. And Variety has a first look at the bedazzled, rhinestone-laded produc