Category Archives: Variety

Spanish Queer Drama ‘Maspalomas’ Wins Top Prize at Sonoma Film Festival as Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers’ Takes Audience Award
The 29th Sonoma Intl. Film Festival wrapped March 29 with Spanish film "Maspalomas" winning the Grand Jury Award for best narrative feature. In a statement, the jury noted that directors Aitor Arregi ...
Carolehorst Mar 29, 2026

BTS’ ‘Arirang’ Debuts at No. 1 on Albums Chart With Biggest Sales Week for a Group in Over a Decade
BTS has earned its seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Arirang,” scoring the biggest sales week for an album by a group in over a decade. “Arirang” opens on the char...
Steven J. Horowitz Mar 29, 2026

‘The Pitt’ Star Sepideh Moafi Says Her First Agent ‘Wanted Me to Change My Name’: ‘I Immediately Said F— No’
"The Pitt" Season 2 star Sepideh Moafi recently told People that her first agent told her to change her name so that she could land more roles. "When I graduated from grad school, my first agent wante...
Jack Dunn Mar 29, 2026

Mary Beth Hurt, Who Starred in ‘The World According to Garp,’ Dies at 79
Mary Beth Hurt, who was nominated for three Tonys and appeared in films including “Interiors” and “The World According to Garp,” died on Sunday from Alzheimer’s. She was ...
Jack Dunn Mar 29, 2026

‘Project Hail Mary’ Crosses $300 Million at Global Box Office to Become Amazon MGM’s Highest-Grossing Film, ‘Scream 7’ Passes $200 Million Mark
“Project Hail Mary” is officially Amazon MGM’s highest-grossing film ever. The space odyssey has grossed $300.8 million globally after earning another $54.1 million from 86 markets t...
Varietybrentlang Mar 29, 2026

HBO Boss Casey Bloys Says ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 Is Being Written ‘Now’: ‘Our Goal Is to Not Have a Huge Gap’
HBO boss Casey Bloys recently told The Times of London that the network is already developing the second season of the highly anticipated "Harry Potter" TV series. "Our goal is to not have a huge gap,...
Jack Dunn Mar 29, 2026

‘The Last Critic’ Review: A Captivating Portrait of Robert Christgau, the Brilliant Mad Professor of Rock Critics, and How He Made the Grade
In "The Last Critic," we meet Christgau as an elder stateman of rock-crit (he's now 83), a downtown stalwart knocking around the streets of the East Village. He's a bit more bent than he was, with whi...
Owen Gleiberman Mar 29, 2026

‘Happy Death Day’ Star Jessica Rothe Says Director Christopher Landon Has Third Installment ‘Figured Out’: ‘At This Point, it’s Just Logistics’
"Happy Death Day" star Jessica Rothe is happy to relive another day as Tree Gelbman in the franchise's third installment. Rothe, who starred in the 2017 film “Happy Death Day” and its 2019...
Arushi Jacob Mar 29, 2026

James Blake Asks for His Production Credit on Kanye West’s ‘Bully’ to Be Removed
James Blake has asked for his name to be removed from the production credits of Kanye West's track "This One Here," featured on the artist now known as Ye's new-ish album "Bully." Blake says his "orig...
Jem Aswad Mar 29, 2026

Rob Schneider Says the U.S. ‘Must Restore the Military Draft’ Amid Iran War: ‘These Freedoms That We Cherish Do Not Come Without Cost’
Rob Schneider took to X on Friday to declare that the United States "must restore the military draft for our nation's young people" amid the ongoing war with Iran. "Each and every American, at eightee...
Jack Dunn Mar 29, 2026