Category Archives: Variety

Warner Bros. Sale to Paramount Over Netflix Won’t Save Movie Theaters: ‘Pick Your Poison’
Is there a lesser of two evils? That was the looming question for movie theater owners before Netflix bowed out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. and paved the way for Paramount Skydance to take ove...
Rebecca Rubin Feb 27, 2026

Radiohead Tells Trump’s Homeland Security to ‘Go F— Yourselves’ After Song Used in ICE Video
Radiohead has issued a joint band statement decrying the use of the group’s song “Let Down” in a pro-ICE video, telling the U.S.’s Department of Homeland Security to “go ...
Chris Willman Feb 27, 2026

BAFTA Pressured BBC to Exclude John Davidson’s N-Word Outburst From Streaming
BAFTA is moving to correct the record on two fronts after John Davidson's Tourette’s-related outburst - including the technical question of whether a microphone near his seat may have made the m...
Clayton Davis Feb 27, 2026

The 10 Best Bruno Mars Songs of All Time
Bruno Mars is perhaps pop music’s greatest creature of reinvention. Since his 2010 debut, the singer-songwriter has evolved on the genre’s main stage from a supple young crooner with stars...
Steven J. Horowitz Feb 27, 2026

Actor Awards’ Stunt Ensemble Categories Announce Nominated Performers and Coordinators (EXCLUSIVE)
The Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA has announced the complete list of stunt performers and coordinators nominated for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in motion pictures ...
Kennedy French Feb 27, 2026

CNN Staffers Fear Warner Bros.-Paramount Deal Will Hurt Their Journalism and Network’s Financial Health
Anderson, cooped. Jake, tapped. Erin, burnt. Kasie, hunted. Wolf, blitzed. Fears are running high among staffers at CNN, according to three people familiar with the network, after parent Warner Bros. ...
Brian Steinberg Feb 27, 2026

Bruno Mars Makes a Leisure Suit of a Record With ‘The Romantic,’ Doubling Down on Silk Sonic’s Hermetically Sealed ’70s Revivalism: Album Review
When it rains reigning male pop superstars, it pours. The boys are back in town, and two of the three or four biggest guys in the recording business, Bruno Mars and Harry Styles, are coincidentally re...
Chris Willman Feb 27, 2026

Chris Hemsworth Says Moving Out of L.A. Was the ‘Greatest Decision’ Because ‘Nothing Was Shooting There’ and ‘You’d Come Home’ to Paparazzi
Chris Hemsworth appeared on a recent episode of the “SmartLess” podcast while continuing to promote his latest movie, Amazon MGM’s “Crime 101,” and spoke honestly about h...
Zack Sharf Feb 27, 2026

‘Hamnet’ Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date Ahead of Oscars
“Hamnet,” the tragic story of William Shakespeare and his wife that’s become a major contender at the Oscars this year, is coming to Peacock on March 6, just in time to watch before ...
Jordan Moreau Feb 27, 2026

UTA Signs April Kelley and Sara Huxley of U.K. Outfit Mini Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
Producers April Kelley and Sara Huxley have signed with UTA, which will also represent their production company, Mini Productions. Founded in 2012, Mini Productions was set up with a commitment to cha...
Alex Ritman Feb 27, 2026