Category Archives: News
‘Love Island: Beyond the Villa’ Gets Renewed for Season 2, Will Feature Season 7 Islanders
"Love Island" fans can rejoice: New bombshells will be entering "Love Island: Beyond the Villa." Peacock has renewed "Love Island: Beyond the Villa" for a second season, set to premiere in early 2026....
Leia Mendoza Nov 07, 2025
How Millennials’ Y2K Nostalgia Is Fueling This New Round of TV Revivals — Including ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Buffy’ and ‘Malcolm in the Middle’
Just when you thought there was nothing left to reboot, remake or revive, TV is riding a new wave of nostalgia. And this time, there's a turn-of-the-century twist. Shows from the late 1990s and early ...
Varietyschneider Nov 07, 2025
Nina Hoss on Playing a Queer Icon in ‘Hedda’, and Why ‘It’s Our Time Now’ for Women Over 50 in Hollywood
Nina Hoss enters a conversation about “Hedda” the way her character Eileen Lvborg enters that fateful party: She commands the space, is unapologetically present and utterly impossible to o...
Clayton Davis Nov 07, 2025
Jared Bush and Byron Howard Why Bringing ‘Zootopia: Better Zoogether’ to Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Is a Full-Circle Moment
Disney World's Animal Kingdom theme park has introduced a new show, "Zootopia: Better Zoogether." This nine-minute immersive experience opens Friday at the Florida park, celebrating the biomes of R...
Jazztangcay Nov 07, 2025
‘Call My Agent’ American Adaptation in Development at HBO From ‘The Other Two’ Co-Creator Sarah Schneider
An American version of “Call My Agent” is currently in development at HBO, Variety has learned. While the original French series “Call My Agent” (a.k.a. “Dix pour cent...
Joseph Otterson Nov 07, 2025
WGA Names John August and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel to Lead Negotiating Committee
Here’s something that will be interesting to screenwriters. John August, the co-host of the “Scriptnotes” podcast, has been named a co-chair of the negotiating committee for the Writ...
Gmaddaus Nov 07, 2025
12 New Talent Gems Spotlighted by the Seville European Film Festival
Anyone wanting to argue the riches of European films need go no further than the new talents spotlighted at this year's Seville European Film Festival which launched last year a Rampa section for firs...
John Hopewell Nov 07, 2025
How Google Cloud Entertainment Biz Boss Is Explaining Fine-Tuning AI Models to Hollywood: ‘I’ve Heard People Use the Terms Incorrectly’
Buzz Hays wants to make sure his colleagues in Hollywood understand the pros and cons of generative AI, in particular, fine-tuning models. And a good starting point for explaining the controversial to...
Jennifer Maas Nov 07, 2025
CBS and Sony Resolve ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ Fight, Agree to New Distribution and Sales Structure
The increasingly ugly battle between CBS Media Ventures and Sony Pictures Television over the distribution of first-run syndicated megahits “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” h...
Varietyschneider Nov 07, 2025
Casting Couch Iranian Style: A Creepy Director Lures Young Women Into His Web of Deceit and Coercion in ‘1001 Frames’
"1001 Frames," which screened at Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, is composed of a series of creepy scenes from auditions conducted in Tehran, Iran. But it could be any city. During the auditions...
Leo Barraclough Nov 07, 2025