Category Archives: Variety

‘Doctor Who’ Producer Jane Tranter to Chair 50th Edinburgh TV Festival
Jane Tranter has been named advisory chair for the 2025 Edinburgh TV Festival, which also marks the 50th anniversary of its MacTaggart Lecture. The influential TV executive, whose production company B...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 04, 2025

Streamers Set to Outspend Commercial Broadcasters for First Time This Year, Report Claims
For the first time, 2025 will see streamers outpace commercial broadcaster in global content spend, according to a new report. New figures released by Ampere Analysis predict global content spend will...
Alex Ritman Feb 04, 2025

Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau Set Australia Shoot for ‘Spa Weekend’ – Global Bulletin
COMEDY CONVERGENCE Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris are heading to Queensland, Australia with cameras set to roll this month on destination comedy “Spa Weekend.” Th...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 04, 2025

‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ Review: Adolescent Envy Turns Deadly in an Atmospheric Argentine Oddity
Whatever summer temperature it is where the average person’s mind begins to warp and melt in the general heat-haze, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is set permanently to that exact d...
Guy Lodge Feb 04, 2025

Jon Stewart Calls America ‘The Jake Paul of Nations’ After Donald Trump Threatens ‘Easy Marks’ Like Panama, Denmark and Canada: ‘We Used to Fight Nazis’
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart took aim at President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and his plans to take over Panama and Greenland. Stewart opened the s...
Jack Dunn Feb 03, 2025

John Hiatt Feted by Fellow Americana Stars in Splendid Troubadour Tribute Show: Concert Review
“Let’s go to WeHo in the meantime” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but legendary singer-songwriter and longtime Tennessean resident John Hiatt returned to his old haunts in L...
Chris Willman Feb 03, 2025

Juliette Binoche to Preside Over 78th Cannes Film Festival Jury
French actor Juliette Binoche will succeed Greta Gerwig as jury president of the Cannes Film Festival at the upcoming 78th edition. It will mark a second time in Cannes history that the jury will head...
Elskes Feb 03, 2025

‘Squid Game 3’ Leads Netflix Korea 2025 Slate
Netflix has unveiled an ambitious 2025 Korean content lineup anchored by “Squid Game 3,” which expands its universe with a roster including Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul and Park Gyu-young join...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 03, 2025

Killer Mike Sues Grammys Private Security After Arrest at 2024 Ceremony
Killer Mike is suing the private security companies that worked the 2024 Grammys after the Atlanta rapper was arrested at the ceremony. Following his three-award sweep at last year’s Grammys, Mi...
Jack Dunn Feb 03, 2025

‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Boss and Star Rob Lowe Break Down Series Finale, That Verizon Ad and Whether They’ll Return on ABC’s ‘9-1-1’ or New Spinoff
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers from Monday's series finale of Fox's "9-1-1: Lone Star," titled "Homecoming.” After five seasons of life-saving, it’s time to thank the 126 fo...
Jennifer Maas Feb 03, 2025