Category Archives: Variety

‘Bar Rescue’ Host Jon Taffer Partners With TuneIn to Launch New Original Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Jon Taffer, entrepreneur and host of Paramount Network’s “Bar Rescue,” has partnered with TuneIn to launch new original content exclusively on the audio streaming platform. Taffer...
Michaela Zee Jan 28, 2025

Martha Stewart Says She Was Asked to Host ‘SNL’ After Prison but Parole Officer Wouldn’t Let Her: ‘I’m So Pissed. Maybe Some Day’
Martha Stewart has revealed that she was once asked to host “Saturday Night Live,” but her parole officer wouldn’t allow it. During an appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jimm...
Ellise Shafer Jan 28, 2025

Thomas Vinterberg Talks Adapting Astrid Lindgren’s ‘The Brothers Lionheart’ About ‘Faith and Doubt,’ Contemplates Return to U.S.: ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’
Thomas Vinterberg is ready for "The Brothers Lionheart," based on Astrid Lindgren's fantasy novel. "I'm writing it myself with the brilliant British writer Simon Stephens, so it's a mix of thing...
Marta Balaga Jan 28, 2025

London’s Prince Charles Cinema ‘Under Serious Threat’ of Closure, Launches Petition to Save Iconic Theater
London’s Prince Charles Cinema said on Tuesday that it is “under serious threat” of closing after a disagreement with its landlord over a new lease. The cinema posted a petition on i...
Ellise Shafer Jan 28, 2025

Did Bob Dylan Follow Suze Rotolo to Italy? ‘A Complete Unknown’s’ Local Release Prompts Reports That He Visited Perugia to Find Her
The Italian release of James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown" is prompting local media to claim that, unlike in the movie, Dylan traveled to Italy in 1962 in pursuit of Suze Rotolo R...
Nvivarelli Jan 28, 2025

Sigourney Weaver’s West End Production of ‘The Tempest’ Disrupted by Climate Change Activist Group Just Stop Oil
In a dramatic scene worthy of the Bard himself, a London stage performance by Hollywood legend Sigourney Weaver was brought to an abrupt halt when two Just Stop Oil activists stormed the Theatre Royal...
Naman Ramachandran Jan 28, 2025

Malaysia-U.K. Rom-Com ‘Mojo’ Unveils Cast, Astro Shaw Boards as Co-Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
Malaysian powerhouse Astro Shaw has joined forces with Sympatico, the newly minted production label from Double Vision’s Min Lim and Argo Films’ Richard Johns, as the outfit commences prod...
Naman Ramachandran Jan 28, 2025

‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: Modern Reimagining of Queer Classic Mostly Finds Its Own Way With Funny New Guests
When Ang Lee's "The Wedding Banquet" was released back in 1993, the AIDS epidemic was still taking lives, marriage equality in the U.S. was decades away and queer representation in media remained limi...
Peter Debruge Jan 28, 2025

Vampire Romance ‘Haunted & Devoted’ Leads Four-Picture Pact Between New Zealand Genre House Black Mandala and Australia’s Black Forest Films (EXCLUSIVE)
A vampire-themed love story starring Saya Minami and Whitney Duff heads a slate unveiled by Australia’s Black Forest Films and New Zealand genre powerhouse Black Mandala. “Haunted & De...
Naman Ramachandran Jan 28, 2025

‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Review: Engaging Doc About Activist Accused of Killing Two FBI Agents in 1975 Is Timelier Than Ever
It's the sort of twist no screenwriter would dare invent: "Free Leonard Peltier," a persuasively well-researched and often infuriating documentary about the American Indian Movement activist convicted...
Peter Debruge Jan 28, 2025