Category Archives: Variety

‘Rivals’ Star David Tennant and Producer Felicity Blunt on Making the Sex-Soaked, Occasionally ‘Uncomfortable’ Jilly Cooper Adaptation: ‘It’s Like a Naughty Bridget Jones’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for "Rivals,” now streaming on Hulu/Disney+. British author Jilly Cooper is synonymous with sex. In the U.K., the 87-year-old has long reigned as the ...
K.J. Yossman Nov 20, 2024

How to Watch the CMA Awards Live Online
The best in country music will be celebrated tonight. The CMA Awards take place Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. ET and will air live on ABC from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. The best way for cable-cutt...
Variety Nov 20, 2024

Matthew McConaughey Made a Pact With His Wife After Leaving Hollywood for Texas: ‘I’m Not Going Back Unless I Get Offered Roles’ That Aren’t Rom-Coms
Matthew McConaughey recently told Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios on the latter’s “Good Trouble” podcast that he abandoned Hollywood and moved his family to Texas when the indu...
Zack Sharf Nov 20, 2024

Read ‘The Wild Robot’ Screenplay by Chris Sanders (EXCLUSIVE)
Filmmaker Chris Sanders was visiting DreamWorks Animation to see what was in development, when he came across Peter Brown’s novel “The Wild Robot.“ The first few sentences of Brown...
Jazztangcay Nov 20, 2024

IDFA-Premiering Documentary ‘The Shepherd and the Bear’ Bought by Jour2Fete for French Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)
Jour2Fte has acquired French distribution rights to Max Keegan’s “The Shepherd and the Bear” out of IDFA and is planning to release the film theatrically in 2025. “The Shepherd...
Elskes Nov 20, 2024

Variety Executive Editor Tatiana Siegel Writing Sweeping History of DC Film Franchise, With Crown Taking Worldwide Rights to Upcoming Book
Crown Publishing has acquired worldwide rights to an upcoming book by Tatiana Siegel, Variety's executive editor of film and media, that covers the sweeping history of the DC film franchise. The book ...
William Earl Nov 20, 2024

Netflix Sued Over Technical Glitches in ‘Unwatchable’ Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Boxing Match
At least one Netflix customer was disappointed enough over the company’s glitchy livestream of last Friday’s fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson that he’s gone to court. Ronald "B...
Todd Spangler Nov 20, 2024

How the Mars Volta Rock Doc ‘Omar and Cedric’ Burns Down the Genre and Gets ‘Lost in Space Into Some Other Quantum Reality’
At the heart of maximalist rock outfit The Mars Volta are two friends: guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala. The pair met as El Paso high-schoolers obsessed with ...
William Earl Nov 20, 2024

John Landgraf Wrestles with the Industry’s Streaming Reckoning and Getting Back to Basics in TV
FX chairman John Landgraf has a bulletin for a battered and bruised entertainment industry: People love traditional television. After a decade of brinksmanship in content spending among the largest me...
Cynthia Littleton Nov 20, 2024

Denzel Washington Has Been Sober for 10 Years, Says He Used to Drink Two Bottles of Wine a Day and ‘I’ve Done Damage to the Body’
Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a recent cover story that he is 10 years sober. He cut off alcohol at 60 years old after a 15-year drinking pattern that started in the late 1...
Zack Sharf Nov 20, 2024