Category Archives: Variety

Hans Zimmer Rocks Out on His Birthday With ‘Dune,’ ‘Lion King’ and His Daughter at Madison Square Garden: Concert Review
Hans Zimmer had a long guest list for his 67th birthday: some 19,500 people at his sold-out Madison Square Garden concert on Thursday night. The legendary composer rocked the stage for nearly three ho...
Jordan Moreau Sep 13, 2024

Steve-O Canceled Plan to Get Breast Implants for a Comedy Prank After Talking to a Transgender Person He Met on Surgery Day: ‘It’s Not All Fun and Games’
“Jackass” alum Steve-O revealed in a new interview with Consequence that he scrapped a plan to temporarily get breast implants for hidden camera sketches that he was planning to film for h...
Zack Sharf Sep 13, 2024

Is Pink Floyd About to Sell Its Catalog to Sony Music for Half a Billion Dollars?
Of all the remaining multimillion-dollar music-catalog deals on the table, the rights to Pink Floyd's recordings and name/likeness has been the most contentious. The catalog has been in play for sever...
Jem Aswad Sep 13, 2024

‘Friends’ Boss Marta Kauffman on Helping Raise $500,000 for Kamala Harris and Jennifer Aniston’s ‘Brave’ Move to Slam JD Vance: ‘It Wasn’t Easy for Her’
Marta Kauffman didn't think twice about signing on as a co-host for Cooking for Kamala, a fundraiser for the vice president featuring an "intimate dinner" designed by celebrity chef Nancy Silverton. T...
Marcmalkin Sep 13, 2024

The War on Drugs Talks ‘Live Drugs Again’ and Playing on Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’: ‘It’s Arguably the Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Done’
Like many of the band's progenitors, from Bruce Springsteen to Bob Dylan to Tom Petty, you haven't truly experienced the War on Drugs until you've seen them in the flesh. That's what makes "Live Drugs...
Ethan Shanfeld Sep 13, 2024

James McAvoy Says He Signed on for ‘Split’ at the ‘Last Minute’ After Joaquin Phoenix Pulled Out: ‘I Think He Ditched It Two Weeks Before Shooting’
James McAvoy appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast to promote his villainous turn in the new horror movie “Speak No Evil,” but his revelation about M. Night Shyamalan...
Zack Sharf Sep 13, 2024

‘Ginny & Georgia’ Season 3 Casts Ty Doran and Noah Lamanna as Production Wraps
Ty Doran (“Manifest”) and Noah Lamanna (“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”) have joined the cast of Netflix’s original dramedy series “Ginny & Georgia,” whic...
Jack Dunn Sep 13, 2024

Variety and TikTok Partner to Host Gaming on TikTok Summit and Culture Catalysts Dinner
Variety and TikTok have partnered to host two industry-leading events, one focused on gaming and one on media and entertainment, this fall. The inaugural "Variety Presents: Gaming on TikTok Leadership...
Wcinkala Sep 13, 2024

Oscar-Nominated Abortion Short ‘Red, White and Blue’ Sets Nationwide Celebrity Screenings Ahead of Election
"Red, White and Blue" - an Academy Award nominated short film dealing with emergency access to abortions — will roll out a series of celebrity-hosted screenings across the country to raise the i...
Varietymattdonnelly Sep 13, 2024

1982 Milwaukee Brewers Documentary ‘Just a Bit Outside’ Pacts With Marcus Theatres for Limited Wisconsin Run
In the summer of 1982, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" led the box office, "Dallas" topped the Nielsen rankings and Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" was No. 1 on t...
Cynthia Littleton Sep 13, 2024