Category Archives: Variety

Broadway Theaters to Dim Lights in Memory of James Earl Jones
Broadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of James Earl Jones, the four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award winning actor who died on Sept. 9 at the age of 93. Broadway houses will dim their...
Rebecca Rubin Sep 23, 2024

Brad Pitt, Courteney Cox and Pink Help Raise $1 Million for EBMRF: Inside the Rock4EB! Benefit
Brad Pitt, Courteney Cox, Pink, Elizabeth Olsen and Kaley Cuoco were among the celeb guests at Saturday's seventh Rock4EB! fundraiser. The event, which took place at talent manager Marc Gurvitz's Mali...
Marcmalkin Sep 23, 2024

‘Agatha All Along’ Creator Jac Schaeffer on Inventing Agatha, Theories About Joe Locke’s Teen and Directing Patti LuPone
SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot details in the first two episodes of "Agatha All Along," currently streaming on Disney+. In the wake of the runaway success of "WandaVision" in 2021, th...
Adam B. Vary Sep 23, 2024

WGA East President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Marks One Year Since Writers Strike Ended: We’re ‘Fighting Back Against the Scourge of Unpaid Development’
Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) president Lisa Takeuchi Cullen laid out the East Coast faction of the WGA’s current top priorities in a memo to members Monday, the one-year anniversary of t...
Jennifer Maas Sep 23, 2024

M-Appeal Boards Sitges Competition Title ‘Bury Your Dead’ by Marco Dutra (EXCLUSIVE)
Berlin-based sales agency M-Appeal has boarded elevated genre title “Bury Your Dead,” which world premieres at the Sitges Film Festival in the competition section. The director is Brazilia...
Leo Barraclough Sep 23, 2024

Menendez Brothers Speak Out in New Interviews From Prison in Netflix Documentary: ‘Everyone Asks Why We Killed Our Parents’
Erik and Lyle Menendez speak out for the first time in decades in the official trailer for “The Menendez Brothers,” a new documentary feature streaming on Netflix in October. The brothers ...
Zack Sharf Sep 23, 2024

Chappell Roan’s ‘Midwest Princess’ Vinyl Is Finally Back in Stock
After pre-orders immediately sold out upon their release last week, Target-exclusive vinyl of Chappell Roan’s “Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” are finally back in stock. The phy...
Atingley4 Sep 23, 2024

Dropout’s ‘Very Important People’ Season 2 Adds Bobby Moynihan, Nicole Byer and Echo Kellum (EXCLUSIVE)
Indie streamer Dropout has set the full guest-star lineup for the second season of its Vic Michaelis-hosted comedic interview series "Very Important People.” "Very Important People" features Mic...
Jennifer Maas Sep 23, 2024

Catherine Deneuve to Preside Over 50th Edition of Cesar Awards
Catherine Deneuve will preside over the 50th edition of the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars. As part of her honorary role as president of this milestone edition, Deneuve will be ...
Elskes Sep 23, 2024

Daily Beast Hopes to Revitalize Site With New Contributors Like Samantha Bee, Kara Swisher, Dick Costolo (EXCLUSIVE)
If the media industry is burning, Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood aren't afraid to play close to the flames. Each member of this duo left traditional media giants at the top of the game. Sherwood had pa...
Brian Steinberg Sep 23, 2024