Category Archives: Variety

Beta Film Boards Spanish Dramedy ‘In Vitro,’ Selected for Series Mania’s Buyers Upfront (EXCLUSIVE)
Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights for Spanish series "In Vitro" ahead of Series Mania. It follows a 37-year-old biologist Blanca, who takes on a job at a fertility clinic...
Marta Balaga Mar 13, 2026

Rafe Spall, Bérénice Bejo, Steven Moffat and Bryan Elsley Head Shows at Series Mania’s 2026 Buyers Upfront
Rafe Spall ("Trying, "The English"), Oscar nominee Brnice Bejo ("The Artist"), "Sherlock" co-creator and showrunner Steven Moffat and "Skins" co-creator Bryan Elsley head shows at the 2026 Series Mani...
John Hopewell Mar 13, 2026

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ Broadway Review: Daniel Radcliffe Is Warm, Funny and Deeply Moving in a Thrilling One-Man Show
Discussions surrounding mental health are finally becoming commonplace in society. Therapy and psychiatrists are no longer an anomaly in everyday conversations, but suicide and suicidal ideation are s...
Aramide Tinubu Mar 12, 2026

Kerry Washington ‘Obsessed’ With ‘Heated Rivalry’: Bought an ‘I’m Coming to the Cottage Candle’ Off Instagram
Kerry Washington is going all in as a "Heated Rivalry" fan. "I just bought one of those candles on Instagram - an 'I'm coming to the cottage' candle," she told me Tuesday at the premiere of her new Ap...
Marcmalkin Mar 12, 2026

‘Tyler Perry’s The Oval’ Star Nick Barrotta Signs With Untitled Entertainment
“Tyler Perry’s The Oval” star Nick Barrotta has signed with Untitled Entertainment. The New York native is best known for his role as Allan on the BET drama “The Oval” wh...
Marcmalkin Mar 12, 2026

‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Takes Charge in Boots Riley’s Playfully Out-There Riff on Shoplifting, Sisterhood and Fashion Madness
"I Love Boosters" might have had the makings of a more conventional commercial comedy, but the way Riley works it's like a deliberately ticky-tacky version of "The Devil Wears Prada" meets "Set It Off...
Owen Gleiberman Mar 12, 2026

Julia Fox’s Steamy Lesbian Romance ‘Perfect’ Heats Up SXSW With Pregnant Sex, Panty Sniffing and FKA Twigs Soundtrack
Newly minted film star Ashley Moore had some instructions for the audience at the world premiere of her new SXSW movie. “Leave horny, people! Leave horny,” said the actor, who stars opposi...
Ethan Shanfeld Mar 12, 2026

Teamsters Union Says DOJ Must Block Paramount’s Warner Bros. Takeover Unless There Are ‘Enforceable’ Job Protections
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has urged the Justice Department to block Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery unless Paramount agrees to “su...
Todd Spangler Mar 12, 2026

Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘GOAT’ Makes History as First Major Studio Film Looped by an All-Disability Group
In Sony Pictures Animation’s “GOAT,” the roar of the crowd filling the theater speakers carries a significance most audiences won’t know. Those chants, crowd noise and ambient ...
Kennedy French Mar 12, 2026

What’s Different at SXSW Music 2026: Festival Chiefs on Having a New Base Beyond the Convention Center, Earlier Set Times, Global Genre Shifts and Celebrating a 40th Anniversary
It’s not your grandfather’s South by Southwest Music Festival. But with any luck, granddad would still find something to latch onto in this, the fest’s 40th anniversary year, even as...
Chris Willman Mar 12, 2026