Category Archives: News
Y Not Festival 2026: Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Streets, The Libertines lead first line-up announcement
The first names for Y Not Festival 2026 have been confirmed, with The Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Streets, The Libertines, and more leading the way. READ MORE: The Libertines talk late nights, ...
Liberty Dunworth 8h ago
Greg Berlanti, Bash Doran’s ‘Foster Dade’ Hulu Pilot Casts Cameron Mann (EXCLUSIVE)
The “Foster Dade” pilot at Hulu has added Cameron Mann to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively. Mann will appear in the pilot, which is based on the Nash Jenkins novel “Foster D...
Joseph Otterson 8h ago
Remembering Robert Pietranton: A PR Legend With a Taste for Springsteen, Scorsese, Soccer and Steelers
Former Variety staffer Stu Levine, now a PR executive at NBCUniversal, was a close friend of publicity and communications exec Robert Pietranton, the Warner Bros. TV Group senior VP who died last week...
Varietyschneider 8h ago
How ‘Frankenstein’ Used Color to Create Victorian-Era Edinburgh: ‘Everything Is Vintage and of the Period’
While beginning the pre-production process for Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein," production designer Tamara Deverell began her research by going to museums to create the look of 1850s Edinburgh. "O...
Leia Mendoza 8h ago
Sinclair Offers to Acquire E.W. Scripps for $7 per Share in Unsolicited Takeover Bid
Sinclair, the second-biggest U.S. TV station group owner, has proposed to acquire smaller rival E.W. Scripps Co. in its entirety, offering $7 per share for stock in Scripps that it does not already ow...
Todd Spangler 8h ago
Check out Pulp’s sultry cover of Johnny Cash’s ‘The Man Comes Around’
Pulp have shared a moody and sultry cover of Johnny Cash‘s ‘The Man Comes Around’, recorded for The Hack drama series. READ MORE: Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker interviewed: “This ...
Liberty Dunworth 9h ago
HBO Max Black Friday Deal: 73% Off Basic Plan With Ads for One Year
Warner Bros. Discovery is hoping to lock in new and returning HBO Max customers with a one-week Black Friday promotion. Beginning Monday, eligible subscribers can sign up for HBO Max's Basic with Ads ...
Todd Spangler 10h ago
Dorra Zarrouk on Directing Debut ‘The Life That Remains,’ Doha’s Growing Film Ecosystem, and Two Decades of Screen Stardom
Tunisian actress Dorra Zaraouk ("Whispering Sands") was in Doha for the launch of the city's inaugural film festival, bringing with her the perspective of an actor who has recently expanded her work b...
Leo Barraclough 10h ago
Tiny Monroe album hits streaming as band reclaim their place in Britpop history: “It’s about setting the record straight – we were there, part of that moment”
Tiny Monroe have returned with newly digitised music, and are looking to reaffirm their place in Britpop history. READ MORE: ‘The Rise and Fall Of Britpop’: what happened to the key player...
Poppy Burton 10h ago
Zak Starkey: “Last time I spoke with Mani, he said he was ready to ‘dust off me strings and give it a go'”
Zak Starkey has said the late Stone Roses legend Mani said he was ready to dust off his strings and “give it a go” the last time they spoke. READ MORE: Gary “Mani” Mounfie...
Poppy Burton 10h ago