Category Archives: News
Jimmy Carr criticised for supporting Graham Linehan on anti-trans tweets
Jimmy Carr has sparked criticism after showing support for Graham Linehan following the latter’s anti-trans social media comments. Linehan, who co-created Father Ted and The IT Crowd, made headl...
Liberty Dunworth Oct 28, 2025
Variety CEO Michelle Sobrino-Stearns to Step Down After 28 Years
Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, Variety CEO and Group Publisher, who has been the driving force in the business transformation of Variety over the past dozen years, will step down next month after 28 years ...
Cynthia Littleton Oct 28, 2025
Lily Allen says ‘West End Girl’ is “not a cruel album”: “I don’t feel confused or angry now. I don’t need revenge”
Lily Allen has insisted that ‘West End Girl’ is “not a cruel album”, saying she is no longer “confused or angry” about the circumstances that inspired the record. T...
Tom Skinner Oct 28, 2025
Watch Tame Impala kick off in-the-round ‘Deadbeat’ US tour in New York
Tame Impala kicked off their 2025 US arena tour last night (Monday October 27), where they debuted material from new album ‘Deadbeat’. Watch footage and see the full setlist below. Kevin P...
Tom Skinner Oct 28, 2025
Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy
Amid sweeping layoffs that began throughout ecommerce giant Amazon Tuesday, the company is making “significant” changes to its video games business. The move comes just as Amazon had unvei...
Jennifer Maas Oct 28, 2025
Spotify Raises Subscription Prices in U.K. for Second Time in 18 Months, U.S. Price Hike Likely Soon
Spotify is raising subscription prices in the U.K. for the second time in 18 months, a rep for the company confirms to Variety, and is also increasing the price of its Premium plans in Switz...
Jem Aswad Oct 28, 2025
Nickelodeon Comms VP Lilah Kojoori to Exit After 20 Years With Network
Lilah Kojoori, the vice president of communications for Nickelodeon and Paramount+ Kids & Family, is stepping down. Kojoori has been with Nickelodeon since 2006. She shared the news of her exit wi...
Joseph Otterson Oct 28, 2025
Gotham Awards Nominations: Big-Budget ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads With Six, Adam Sandler and Jessie Buckley Score Acting Nods
Paul Thomas Anderson’s big-budget action epic “One Battle After Another” leads this year's Gotham Awards nominations with six mentions, including best feature and acting nods for Ben...
Clayton Davis Oct 28, 2025
Quentin Tarantino’s Filmography Gets 10-Book Series From Insight Editions, Starting With ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’
Quentin Tarantino’s entire filmography is set to get the coffee table book treatment from Insight Editions. The series kicks off with "The Making of Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon A Time... In H...
Andrew McGowan Oct 28, 2025
‘The Pitt’ Stars Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa Tease ‘Grotesque’ Season 2 Storylines: ‘Our Prosthetics Team Has Been Working Overtime’
The cast and creatives of "The Pitt" are teasing Season 2. Star and executive producer Noah Wyle tells me that they've completed filming 10 of the season's 15 episodes. "I’m really proud of the ...
Marcmalkin Oct 28, 2025