Category Archives: News
‘Dickinson’ Creator Alena Smith Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
Writer and showrunner Alena Smith has signed with WME for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. The agency will work with Smith to further develop her approach to storytelling ...
Joseph Otterson Oct 14, 2025
Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs on Becoming ‘Addicted’ to Instagram After Being ‘Anti-Social Media’ and Why He May Be Done Collecting Labubus: ‘I’m Up to My Eyeballs’
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs may have more than 2.2 million followers on his personal Instagram account, but he wasn't always a fan of the social media app. "For someone who was so anti-Instagram in t...
Marcmalkin Oct 14, 2025
UTA’s Head of Asian Business Development Max Michael Exits, Launches M3 Global Strategy (EXCLUSIVE)
Max Michael, the head of Asian business development at UTA, is departing the agency after nearly two decades. Variety has learned exclusively that Michael will now be launching M3 Global Strategy, whi...
Joseph Otterson Oct 14, 2025
D’Angelo dies aged 51 after “prolonged and courageous battle with cancer”
Neo-soul pioneer D’Angelo has died aged 51, his family have confirmed. This afternoon (October 14), TMZ reported that the musician died this morning after privately living with pancreatic cancer...
Adam England Oct 14, 2025
‘Abbott Elementary’ Star Lisa Ann Walter Sets Debut Comedy Special at Hulu
Lisa Ann Walter started her career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1980s before booking film and TV roles and eventually landing on the hit ABC sitcom “Abbott Elementary.” She continues...
Ethan Shanfeld Oct 14, 2025
Alex Wallau, One-Time Boxing Announcer Who Helped Disney Navigate Media Sector, Has Died
Alex Wallau, who rose from working as a director and producer at ABC Sports to calling play by play for boxing matches to advising Disney mainstays ranging from Robert A. Iger to Jimmy Kimmel, died Fr...
Brian Steinberg Oct 14, 2025
Every song on ‘The Woman In Cabin 10’ soundtrack
Keira Knightley has a mystery to solve in psychological thriller The Woman In Cabin 10. Directed by Simon Stone (The Daughter), the film follows a journalist who witnesses a passenger being thrown ove...
Adam Starkey Oct 14, 2025
D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Pioneer and ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel)’ Singer, Dies at 51
D’Angelo, a legendary R&B singer who helped pioneer neo-soul, has died. He was 51. The singer’s family confirmed his death in a statement to Variety. "The shining star of our family ha...
Steven J. Horowitz Oct 14, 2025
‘Stranger Things’ season five, volume one runtimes have been revealed
The runtime for the first volume of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things has been revealed. READ MORE: Finn Wolfhard on his post-‘Stranger Things’ summer The science-fiction ...
Alex Rigotti Oct 14, 2025
‘Amadeus’ Teaser: Will Sharpe’s Mozart and Paul Bettany’s Salieri Face Off in Sky Series
Will Sharpe’s Mozart and Paul Bettany’s Salieri go head to head in the first teaser for the upcoming Sky limited series “Amadeus,” which recounts the famous music rivalry. Base...
Ellise Shafer Oct 14, 2025