Category Archives: Variety

Jermaine Fowler Joins Tracy Morgan in Paramount+ Comedy Series ‘Crutch’
Jermaine Fowler will star opposite Tracy Morgan in the upcoming Paramount+ multi-cam comedy series “Crutch,” Variety has learned. The show was first announced back in May and is said to be...
Joseph Otterson Sep 03, 2024

Michael Keaton Says ‘A Lot of People Are Making a Lot of Money With Superhero Movies’ Because of Tim Burton’s ‘Choice and Vision’ for ‘Batman’
Micheal Keaton helped present his longtime collaborator Tim Burton with a star on the Walk of Fame and noted that Hollywood has been making boatloads of money from superhero movies in recent years all...
Zack Sharf Sep 03, 2024

Barry Manilow Sues Hipgnosis, Seeking $1.5 Million in Allegedly Unpaid Funds
In the latest move in an ongoing dispute, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, who sold a catalog of his music to Hipgnosis Songs Fund in 2020, and Nevada-based Stiletto Entertainment have filed a lawsuit...
Jem Aswad Sep 03, 2024

‘In Waves and War’ Review: Moving Doc About Afghanistan Vets Treating PTSD With Hallucinogens Is an Odyssey of the Mind
Every American soldier has left Afghanistan, but that doesn't mean Afghanistan has left them. Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen's heartfelt documentary gives new meaning to the term "forever war" by showing t...
J. Kim Murphy Sep 03, 2024

Matt Smith Says ‘I Worry Everything Is Being Dumbed Down’ by Trigger Warnings: ‘Too Much Policing of Stories Is a Shame’ and ‘Isn’t Being Shocked the Point?’
Matt Smith recently spoke to The Times of London about his concerns over trigger warnings, saying he worries “everything's being dialed and dumbed down” when audiences are being tipped off...
Zack Sharf Sep 03, 2024

‘¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!’ Review: Trey Parker and Matt Stone Bite Off More Than Expected Restoring a Bad-Taste Restaurant
Twenty years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit the set of "Team America: World Police," an ambitious Jerry Bruckheimer-style action parody, starring puppets, for which Trey Parker and Matt Stone ha...
Peter Debruge Sep 03, 2024

Judge Orders Donald Trump to Stop Using ‘Hold On I’m Comin’ at Rallies
Many artists and songwriters have objected to the use of their songs as part of Donald Trump’s presidential campaigning, but actual legal judgments have been harder to come by. One such edict ca...
Chris Willman Sep 03, 2024

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey’s Sensual — and Psychedelic — Sexual Awakening in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Earns 9-Minute Venice Ovation
Daniel Craig delivers a career-best performance in Luca Guadagnino’s romantic drama “Queer,” playing a gay American expat in 1950s Mexico City. The drama, with its explicit love scen...
Ellise Shafer Sep 03, 2024

Jenna Ortega Says Women ‘Should Have Our Own Franchises’ and Not Just Spinoffs: ‘I Don’t Want Jamie Bond. I Want to See Another Badass’
Jenna Ortega is calling for more female-led franchises over female-led spinoffs. During a recent video interview with MTV while on the publicity tour for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” Ortega ...
Zack Sharf Sep 03, 2024

Elton John Recovering From ‘Severe Eye Infection’ That Left Him ‘With Only Limited Vision in One Eye’
Elton John revealed on his social media Tuesday that he has spent the summer “quietly recuperating at hoime” from “a severe eye infection” that has left him with limited sight ...
Chris Willman Sep 03, 2024