Category Archives: News
Gersh Promotes 14 Across Multiple Departments, Valentijn Sloot Upped to Vice President
Gersh has made a total of 14 promotions across multiple departments, Variety has learned. Valentijn Sloot has been named vice president, while Brittany Albis, Benjamin Atkins, Ariadne Bazigos, Jimmy C...
May 30, 2025
Netflix and Brazil’s Embratur Announce Cooperation Agreement to Boost Film-TV Tourism in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - Netflix and Embratur, the Brazilian Agency for the International Promotion of Tourism, announced Friday a cooperation agreement aimed at boosting tourism through Brazilian audiovisual...
May 30, 2025
‘The Bondsman’ Star Jolene Purdy on the Secret to Going Toe-to-Toe With Kevin Bacon: ‘I Am in Control’
Kevin Bacon may star as demon hunter Hub Halloran in the Prime Video drama "The Bondsman," but the real power lies with his boss, Midge Kusatsu. Jolene Purdy inhabits the role of a no-nonsense bureauc...
May 30, 2025
Benicio del Toro Calls ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Role a ‘Gift’ as Wes Anderson Says ‘He Was the Only One I Ever Considered’: ‘Actors Dream of Moments Like This’
Four years before Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” premiered at Cannes on May 18, the idea for the film was born at the festival as the visionary director presented “The ...
May 30, 2025
Taylor Swift’s Catalog Victory: Breaking Down Her Six-Year Battle to Own Her Music
Taylor Swift's long, very public and very personal battle to own the rights to her first six albums, from her self-titled debut to “Reputation,” came to a happy conclusion for the singer t...
May 30, 2025
‘The Boys’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Writers Imagined a Fascism That’s Now Coming True: ‘I Never Imagined That Would Happen In Our Own Country’
As part of its Emmy for Your Consideration campaign for "The Boys," Sony Pictures TV and Prime Video are embracing the show's topicality. The satirical series, about a group of superheroes who are act...
May 30, 2025
Hulu Orders Comedy Pilot ‘Don’t Get High’ From ‘Mythic Quest’ Alum Megan Ganz (EXCLUSIVE)
Hulu has given out a pilot order to a new comedy from Megan Ganz, Variety has learned exclusively, Currently titled “Don’t Get High,” the official logline for the comedy project stat...
May 30, 2025
How Foxwarren Made a Folk Rock Album With a Hip-Hop Ethos
Andy Shauf was making a disco record. It was quite a curveball from the Canadian folk artist, whose music is often defined by its rich storytelling and warm acoustic guitars. "Then the pandemic hit, a...
May 30, 2025
‘Andor’ Star Benjamin Norris, ‘Gossip Girl’ Actor Zión Moreno Join ‘Corporate Retreat’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Benjamin Norris and Zin Moreno have joined the horror-satire "Corporate Retreat.” Norris is best known for his recurring role as Trent Harrison in the award-winning TV series "Never Have I Ever"...
May 30, 2025
‘Her Will Be Done’ Review: Superstition Meets Smalltown Bigotry in a Grimily Atmospheric Psychodrama
For a long time in the popular cinematic imagination, the French countryside was a golden place, of haybales, wildflowers and uncannily beautiful goatherdesses. More recently, mainly thanks to the dar...
May 30, 2025