Category Archives: Variety

Tony Slattery, a British actor and comedian known for his improv skills on Channel 4’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” died on Tuesday. He was 65. Slattery’s longtime partner, Mark...

Mandy Moore and her family were taken in by fellow actor Hilary Duff and her husband Matthew Koma after their home burned down in the L.A. fires, Moore’s brother-in-law Griffin Goldsmith reveale...

Neo Sora, the filmmaker and artist behind “Happyend,” has signed with Cinetic Media. The move comes after “Happyend,” which Sora wrote as well as directed, premiered at the 202...

Rashida Jones, a respected news operator who has led MSNBC for four years, will leave the NBCUniversal cable outlet to pursue other opportunities, she informed executives and staffers Tuesday. She wil...

Netflix has landed worldwide streaming rights to “Anuja,” the Oscar-shortlisted live-action short that counts Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling and Academy Award winner Guneet Monga Kapo...

A new true-crime podcast about the theft of iconic Austrian empress Sisi's diamond in the 1990s is set to launch on Curiouscast later this month. Written by Emma Jane Kirby and hosted by Seren Jones, ...

"Primavera," a film about Antonio Vivaldi, the Italian Baroque composer and violinist who penned "The Four Seasons," has been bought by a flurry of major distributors. Represented by Memento Internati...

Edinburgh Fringe-originated college comedy series "Big Boys" is set to end after Season 3, Variety can confirm. The show, which launched in 2022 after a run at the famous Scottish arts festival, stars...

Paris-based About Premium Content has boarded international sales on the Finnish sports drama thriller "Guts" from hot creator Jemina Jokisalo, behind the feminist porn tale "Money Shot" which scooped...

The origin story of Jean Valjean, the iconic protagonist of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece “Les Misrables,” is being brought to the bigscreen by ric Besnard, the French director of 18th-c...