Category Archives: Variety

Lady Gaga Confronts College Facebook Group That Said She’d ‘Never Be Famous’: You ‘Gotta Keep Going’ When ‘People Doubt You’
Lady Gaga took a look back at her humble roots Wednesday, acknowledging a now-deleted Facebook group created by some of her classmates at New York University titled, "Stefani Germanotta, you will neve...
J. Kim Murphy Sep 12, 2024

Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origins,’ Max’s ‘Hacks,’ Showtime’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ Among Humanitas Prize 2024 Winners
“Hacks,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Black Cake” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origins” were among the big winners on Thursday as Humanitas revealed its 2024 Human...
Varietyschneider Sep 12, 2024

Colin Jost and Michael Che Host Stand-Ups in Peacock’s First Live Comedy Special: ‘If It’s a Disaster, We’ll Never Talk About It Again’
NBCUniversal recruited “Saturday Night Live” duo Colin Jost and Michael Che for the first-ever live comedy special for its streaming service Peacock on Thursday evening. The pair poked fun...
J. Kim Murphy Sep 12, 2024

CAA and Wasserman Foundation Partner to Launch School Day 2024
CAA and Wasserman Foundation have joined efforts to announce School Day 2024, a Los Angeles county-wide call to action for entertainment industry partners to provide additional resources to teachers, ...
Katcy Stephan Sep 12, 2024

‘The Roommate’ Review: Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone Bring Out Each Other’s Best in a Charming Double Act
There's something loose, rebellious, and even wild hiding within the trappings of "The Roommate," a new Broadway production of a play written by Jen Silverman. One just has to wait for it to reveal it...
Gordon Cox Sep 12, 2024

Linkin Park Rises From the Ashes With Dark Songs, a Joyful Attitude and a New Singer Who Does Primal Scream Therapy Proud: Concert Review
Sometimes, when a woman is very unexpectedly put at the top of the ticket, things very unexpectedly go right. Now, in the course of reviewing Linkin Park’s first full comeback concert to feature...
Chris Willman Sep 12, 2024

‘The Salt Path’ Review: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs Lead a Sentimental Story of a Married Couple Removed From Their Home
From the very first moments of the "The Salt Path," frantically capturing the vestiges of one middle-aged couple's life swept out to sea by a turbulent tide of saltwater and sorrow, director Marianne ...
Courtney Howard Sep 12, 2024

‘The Assessment’ Review: Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Olsen Test Each Other in a Smart, Stripped Down Sci-Fi Parable About Parenting
Aaryan (Himesh Patel) spends much of "The Assessment" fiddling with skin, having developed a tactile virtual simulation of an animal to replace the creatures that were sacrificed in a near-extinction ...
Stephen Saito Sep 12, 2024

Zachary Quinto Casts Leonard Nimoy’s Widow Susan on Medical Drama ‘Brilliant Minds’ as an 80-Year-old Nymphomaniac (EXCLUSIVE)
Leonard Nimoy's widow Susan will make a surprise appearance on Zachary Quinto's new NBC medical drama, "Brilliant Minds." Quinto became close to the Nimoys while playing Spock in three "Star Trek" mov...
Marcmalkin Sep 12, 2024

Soul Coughing Dazzle Die-Hard San Diego Audience on First Night of Surprise Reunion Tour: Concert Review
The we’re-never-going-to-play-together-again-to-lucrative-reunion trail is well-worn at this point - just ask such famously feuding acts as the Eagles, Guns ‘N Roses, Pixies and, most rece...
Jem Aswad Sep 12, 2024