Category Archives: Variety

Most TV hosts find cancellation to be the kiss of death. But Joe Bob Briggs has never done things conventionally. Days after his shocking announcement that the Friday, March 6, episode of his Shudder ...

There has never been a war film quite like "Platoon." Hollywood delivered powerful combat stories about the brutality of battle, but nothing came close to matching Oliver Stone's depiction of America'...

Fifth Season, the growing film and TV studio behind the hit show “Severance,” has fully acquired The Story Collective, the U.K. banner that launched in 2021 with its backing and has since ...

Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan answer the call. The two showrunners joke that they’re just eating at their desks. It’s not like they have anything else going on - except planning and preparing...

A new start-up is hoping to make its mark on the podcasting biz by using AI to automate the grunt work of producing and distributing podcasts. Rebel Audio this week is taking the wraps off its AI-powe...

It’s Saturday in Nashville, and in the affluent suburb of Green Hills, that means heading to the mall. The neighborhood has turned up to revel in the unseasonable heat, just weeks after an icest...

Spotify paid out a record $11 billion to the music industry in 2025, bringing the streaming giant's 20-year total to nearly $70 billion. But in its latest Loud & Clear report, the company is focus...

Spanish filmmaker David Victori has landed a global streaming breakout with "Firebreak" ("Cortafuego"). The Spanish-language psychological thriller has surged to No. 1 worldwide on Netflix over Feb. 2...

On hand for the Mlaga Film Festival's retrospective of Argentine filmmakers Mariano Cohn and Gastn Duprat, Andrs Duprat spoke at length on Tuesday about his unconventional career as a screenwriter and...

Quentin Tarantino’s new play is officially coming to the West End. After Variety confirmed last week that Tarantino’s next project would be a play possibly premiering in London, further de...