Category Archives: Variety

MrBeast on That ‘Survivor’ Crossover and Wanting a ‘Beast Games’ Movie: ‘If Amazon’s Down, I’ve Got Some Crazy Ideas’
Jimmy Donaldson is known to millions as MrBeast. And by "millions," we mean 480 million. That's the number of subscribers to his YouTube channel alone, and that continues to grow. Earlier this year, h...
Jazztangcay Jun 04, 2026

‘The Burial’ Writer and Tony Award Winner Doug Wright Signs With Anonymous Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Doug Wright has signed with Anonymous Content for representation. Playwright, screenwriter and librettist, Wright, most recently wrote “The Burial,” directed by Maggie Betts and starring J...
Jazztangcay Jun 04, 2026

Rich Eisen’s ’This Was SportsCenter: Stories From the Set’ Gets Behind the Highlights of ESPN’s Flagship Show (EXCLUSIVE)
"SportsCenter," launched in 1979 as the flagship show on the new cabler ESPN, is now a cornerstone of the sports station but has become part of pop culture as generations of Americans turn to the show...
Carolehorst Jun 04, 2026

‘Devil May Cry’ Renewed for Third and Final Season at Netflix
The Netflix animated series adaptation of “Devil May Cry” has been renewed for Season 3, which will also be the show’s last. "For those of you who have been paying attention to the e...
Joseph Otterson Jun 04, 2026

Keith David Has Portrayed Some Unforgettable Characters, and He’s Not Even Close to Being Done: ‘I’m 47 Years Into This, and I Still Get to Do It’
The first time Keith David visited Venice, he remembers finding a corner inside the cavernous grandeurof Doge's Palace. Back in Rome, he had been starstruck by the fact that Julius Caesar had walked t...
Carolehorst Jun 04, 2026

Tribeca Kicks Off With Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary and Robert De Niro Dissing Trump as ‘Immoral, Cruel and Corrupt’
Robert De Niro took a thinly veiled dig at Donald Trump at the opening night of Tribeca Festival on Wednesday. The Oscar-winner used his time at the podium to talk about Tribeca’s mission as a f...
Varietybrentlang Jun 03, 2026

‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’
"Backrooms" director Kane Parsons recently sounded off on AI in filmmaking during a recent interview with The Australian. The 20-year-old filmmaker said that he was "in the same boat as most well-adju...
Jack Dunn Jun 03, 2026

What the Backlash to Artists Booking or Backing Out of ‘Freedom 250′ Tells Us About the Fickleness of Fan Bases: Bret Michaels’ Guitarist Speaks Up
Is every musical artist’s fan base just waiting to turn on them, at a moment’s notice? The fickleness of fandom was never more apparent than it was reading the comments this past week from...
Chris Willman Jun 03, 2026

Doja Cat Slams Elon Musk as a ‘Barrel Chested Ewok’ While Requesting Changes to X: ‘You Look Like You Eat Sand’
Doja Cat took to X on Wednesday to request that the platform's billionaire owner, Elon Musk, reinstate the "audio post" feature. It's not likely the Grammy winner will get her way, however, because sh...
Jack Dunn Jun 03, 2026

‘Love Island USA’ Contestant Who Was Expelled for Using the N-Word Apologizes: ‘There Is No Excuse’
Vasana Montgomery, the 25-year-old from Beaverton, Ore. who was cast in “Love Island USA” Season 8 and promptly expelled for using the n-word in social media videos, made a public apology ...
Selome Hailu Jun 03, 2026