Category Archives: News
Warner Bros. Discovery Makes Layoffs Across Cable TV Group
Warner Bros. Discovery, as its cable TV business continues to shrink and viewership falls, has made targeted job cuts across its linear networks. The media conglomerate’s linear TV business incl...
Todd Spangler Jun 04, 2025
Patrick Ball on Playing ‘Hamlet’ at the Mark Taper by Night, While Shooting ‘The Pitt’ Season 2 by Day: ‘They’re Both Disgraced Princes… I’m in My Prince Era Here’
To sleep, or not to sleep? That is certainly a question for Patrick Ball, who will spend his nights during the coming weeks playing the title role in “Hamlet” at the Mark Taper Forum in do...
Chris Willman Jun 04, 2025
Nicole Kidman to Star in ‘Girls and Their Horses’ TV Series in Development at Amazon, Legendary (EXCLUSIVE)
Nicole Kidman is attached to star in a series adaptation of the Eliza Jane Brazier novel “Girls and Their Horses,” Variety has learned exclusively. The project is currently in development ...
Joseph Otterson Jun 04, 2025
‘The White Lotus’ or ‘Squid Game’? Breaking Down the Top Contenders for the Best Drama Series Emmy
Variety TV editors Michael Schneider and Emily Longeretta are on Variety’s Award Circuit, presented by Paramount+, to discuss the top contenders in the best drama race at this year’s Emmy ...
Jordan Moreau Jun 04, 2025
Woman Accuses Diddy of ‘Dangling’ Her Off 17th Floor Balcony and Threatening ‘I’m the Devil and I Could Kill You’
A woman accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of dangling her off a 17th-floor balcony in 2016, while testifying at the music mogul’s sex trafficking trial in New York. Bryana “Bana”...
Ethan Shanfeld Jun 04, 2025
Jimmy Buffett’s Widow Files to Remove Co-Trustee From $275 Million Estate, Claiming Hostility and Lack of Transparency
Jimmy Buffett’s widow has filed a petition to remove the co-trustee of the late singer’s $275 million estate, claiming that he has failed to act in her best interests. In her filing, revie...
Steven J. Horowitz Jun 04, 2025
Watch Turnstile debut new songs ‘I Care’ and ‘Dull’ on ‘… Fallon’
Turnstile stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to debut two new songs, ‘I CARE’ and ‘DULL’. READ MORE: Turnstile embarked on an odyssey for new album ‘N...
Emma Wilkes Jun 04, 2025
‘There Is No Feud’: Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood Tell All on Their ‘White Lotus’ Connection, a Cut Love Scene and Yes, Why He Unfollowed Her on Instagram
“Rick and Chelsea, may your souls be tied forever." That's how Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood were first introduced, via a text from producer David Bernad. There was no chemistry test, no rea...
Emily Longeretta Jun 04, 2025
‘Ma 2’ in Development: Octavia Spencer Returning for Horror Sequel From Blumhouse
There’s more “Ma” on the way. Blumhouse is developing a sequel to its 2019 revenge thriller, with Octavia Spencer reprising her role as the eponymous killer. The project remains in e...
J. Kim Murphy Jun 04, 2025
‘The Better Sister’ Creators on Creating a ‘Greek Tragedy’ and Striking Gold With Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel
Elizabeth Banks thinks her new murder-mystery show “The Better Sister” has a few things in common with Shakespeare. “I felt like this entire endeavor was like a Greek tragedy,”...
Matthew Minton Jun 04, 2025