Category Archives: Variety

Jake Shane Slammed Online for Asking Kacey Musgraves to Explain Time Zone Lyric: ‘Literally Just Means What it Means’
"Therapuss" host Jake Shane is facing online backlash for asking Kacey Musgraves to explain a lyric from her 2018 track "Slow Burn." When asked what lyric or song she is most proud of, Musgraves told ...
Jack Dunn May 09, 2026

J.G. Quintel on ‘The Lost Tapes,’ Cartoon Network’s Golden Age and Pushing the ‘Regular Show’ TV-PG Rating to the Limit: ‘They Were Like, “We Need You Guys to Tone It Down”‘
In the "Regular Show" pilot, a mild-mannered blue jay named Mordecai and his scrappy raccoon counterpart Rigby swipe a magical synthesizer from a wizard while he's peeing in a bush. The instrument, wh...
Jack Dunn May 09, 2026

Box Office: ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Lands Friday Fatality With $17 Million; In Close Race for No. 1 With ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Through Sunday
"Mortal Kombat II" landed a fatality on last week’s champ, "The Devil Wears Prada 2," and took the top spot at the Friday box office. However, it looks like a tight race to a flawless victory th...
Jack Dunn May 09, 2026

Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’ Turns Down Cannes Film Festival Invite After Being Denied Competition Slot (EXCLUSIVE)
Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard” won’t be premiering at Cannes despite speculation that it might be appearing at the film festival. “‘Bucking Fastard’ was in...
Varietybrentlang May 09, 2026

Where to Watch Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois Boxing Pay-Per-View Live Online
The best boxers in the world travel to Manchester, where English fighter Fabio Wardley (20-0-1) defends his WBO Interim World Heavy title belt against Londoner boxer Daniel Dubois (22-3-0) in the main...
Rudie Obias May 09, 2026

Inside the Unprecedented Growth of Hasbro’s Magic: The Gathering and Trading Card Game’s High-Stakes Pro Competition
For this week’s episode of “Strictly Business,” Variety was on the ground at MagicCon 2026 in Las Vegas, a convention centered not around slight of hand tricks, but Hasbro's hit trad...
Jennifer Maas May 09, 2026

‘Bloody Tennis’ Director on What His Horror Film Says About Society: ‘Ruthlessness Is Rewarded, Not Compassion’ (EXCLUSIVE)
At the Cannes Market on Wednesday, sales agency The Playmaker we will be hosting a private screening of Nikias Chryssos' horror film "Bloody Tennis." Variety spoke to the German director about his deb...
Leo Barraclough May 09, 2026

‘In the Blue,’ Next Feature From Filmmaking Duo Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers, Boarded by Passages Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
Uri Singer's Passage Pictures has secured the rights to “In the Blue,” the next feature film from writer-director duo Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers. The pair's feature “Floating Car...
Varietybrentlang May 09, 2026

Cannes ACID Doc ‘Detention’ Lands at Andana Films for Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Andana Films has boarded worldwide sales on “Detention” (“La Dtention”), Guillaume Massart’s second feature, ahead of its world premiere in the ACID sidebar at the Cannes...
Naman Ramachandran May 09, 2026

Bill Maher Thinks Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide Note Sounds an Awful Lot Like Trump
On Friday night, mere minutes after the New York Knicks wiped the floor with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA Playoffs, Bill Maher kicked off his latest "Real Time" monologue by wading into the murky...
Marlow Stern May 08, 2026