Category Archives: News
Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser Steps Down
Nintendo of America president and chief operating officer Doug Bowser will retire Dec. 31 after more than a decade at the company. He will be succeeded by Devon Pritchard, a nearly a 20-year veteran o...
Jennifer Maas Sep 25, 2025
Paramount Skydance Names Makan Delrahim, Former Head of DOJ’s Antitrust Division Under Trump, as Its Top Lawyer
Paramount Skydance announced the appointment of Makan Delrahim, who had advised Skydance on its takeover of Paramount Global, as chief legal officer. He was formerly an assistant attorney general over...
Todd Spangler Sep 25, 2025
Amazon MGM Studios Hires Netflix’s Peter Friedlander as New TV Boss
Peter Friedlander, the former head of scripted U.S. and Canadian television at Netflix, has been hired at Amazon MGM Studios as head of global television. He will enter the role on Oct. 6. Having left...
Selome Hailu Sep 25, 2025
Trump Signs Order Approving TikTok U.S. Deal Valuing It at $14 Billion, Giving Non-Chinese Investors 80% Ownership
TikTok is finally about to become legal in the U.S.: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday paving the way for TikTok’s U.S. operations to become 80% owned by a group of Ameri...
Todd Spangler Sep 25, 2025
Lucy Liu to Lead Peacock Series ‘Superfakes’ From ‘Beef’ Writer, Josh & Benny Safdie, A24
Lucy Liu is set to lead the upcoming Peacock crime drama “Superfakes,” Variety has learned. The show was originally announced back in January with a series order. The logline states, ̶...
Joseph Otterson Sep 25, 2025
Bruce Springsteen Keeps Slamming Trump Because ‘A Lot of People Bought Into His Lies’: ‘If Congress Had Guts, He’d Be Consigned to the Trash Heap of History’
Bruce Springsteen talks about a lot of things in his new Time magazine cover story: fame, family, therapy, touring with the E Street Band and the 50 th anniversary of his epochal "Born to Run" album -...
Jem Aswad Sep 25, 2025
José Luis Guerin Returns to San Sebastián With ‘Good Valley Stories,’ Stands Against ‘Impoverishing Cinema’ by Looking at Docs Solely as ‘Denunciation’
Goya-winning Spanish filmmaker Jos Luis Guerin is back in competition at the San Sebastin Film Festival with "Good Valley Stories" ("Historias del Buen Valle"), almost a quarter of a century after "Wo...
Rafa Sales Ross Sep 25, 2025
Duffer Brothers Discuss ‘Stranger Things’ Future, Their Big Paramount Deal: Theatrical Release Is ‘Something We Dreamed About Since We Were Little Kids’
"Stranger Things" auteurs Matt and Ross Duffer spoke for the first time about their blockbuster deal with Paramount on Thursday, at Variety's Entertainment and Technology Summit in Los Angeles. In Aug...
Adam B. Vary Sep 25, 2025
‘The View’ Scores Best Premiere Ratings in Five Years (EXCLUSIVE)
Viewers are taking a little more time to enjoy “The View” this season. According to ABC News, the daytime chat show’s Season 29 premiere on Sept. 8 averaged 2.602 million viewers - i...
Varietyschneider Sep 25, 2025
‘The Fence’ Review: Matt Dillon and Isaach de Bankolé Face Off in Claire Denis’s Stagy but Striking Return to West Africa
The fence of the title isn’t a terribly imposing one: a utilitarian, standard-issue wire border, easy bent or broken down, and affording no protection from outside eyes. But it’s the heavi...
Guy Lodge Sep 25, 2025