Category Archives: Variety

Sarah Snook Peacock Series ‘All Her Fault’ Rounds Out Main Cast With Daniel Monks, Duke McCloud, Kartiah Vergara (EXCLUSIVE)
The Sarah Snook-led Peacock series “All Her Fault” has filled out its main cast with three new additions, Variety has learned exclusively. Daniel Monks (“Ricky Stanicky,” ̶...
Joseph Otterson Aug 21, 2024

Taylor Swift Says Canceling Eras Tour Shows in Vienna Due to Terrorist Plot Was ‘Devastating’ and ‘Filled Me With a New Sense of Fear’
Taylor Swift has spoken out after three of her Eras Tour dates in Vienna were canceled earlier this month following a thwarted terrorist attack that led to the arrest of two men. In a post on Instagra...
Steven J. Horowitz Aug 21, 2024

Pras Claims His Lauryn Hill Diss Track Wasn’t a Diss Track, Says He Understands Fans’ Issues With Late and Canceled Concerts
Fans were shocked, but not surprised, when Lauryn Hill and the Fugees quietly canceled their U.S. tour earlier this month just days before it was set to kick off in Tampa, Fla. Shortly after, Hill rel...
Steven J. Horowitz Aug 21, 2024

Lionsgate Pulls ‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Offline Due to Made-Up Critic Quotes and Issues Apology: ‘We Screwed Up’
Lionsgate is recalling its latest trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s epic “Megalopolis,” which featured a slew of fabricated quotes from famous film critics. “Lionsgate is imme...
Katcy Stephan Aug 21, 2024

Michael Keaton Says ‘It’s Kind of Bulls—‘ That ‘Birdman’ Got Touted as His Comeback Role Amid Oscar Buzz
Micheal Keaton appears to have a bone to pick with the industry for turning his Oscar-nominated role in Alejandro G. Irritu’s “Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” into h...
Zack Sharf Aug 21, 2024

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Blends Art and Politics in a Potent Pop Stew That Continues to Draw Viewers
Category is: “Political or entertainment?” Ever since its humble beginnings on Logo TV in 2009, "RuPaul's Drag Race" has gone from the little engine that could to one of the highest rated ...
Jazztangcay Aug 21, 2024

‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Fabricates Quotes From Famous Movie Critics
When Lionsgate released the second trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s epic film “Megalopolis” on Wednesday morning, it began with a litany of pans of his past work from several renow...
Katcy Stephan Aug 21, 2024

Primetime TV Sees Ad Dollars Fall in Upfront for Second Year, but Streaming Lends Boost
Advertisers keep yanking dollars out of what was once Madison Avenue’s most treasured media vehicle: primetime TV. Ad commitments for the next cycle of primetime broadcast TV fell 3.5% in this y...
Brian Steinberg Aug 21, 2024

Disney Board Committee to Find Bob Iger’s Successor as CEO Names James Gorman as Head
Disney’s board named director James Gorman, executive chairman of Morgan Stanley, as chair of its succession planning committee to identify a CEO replacement to take the reins from Bob Iger. Gor...
Todd Spangler Aug 21, 2024

Hard Quartet — With Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Chavez’s Matt Sweeney — Re-Create the Rolling Stones’ ‘Waiting on a Friend’ Video in New Clip
It would probably annoy the Hard Quartet - which features Pavement's Stephen Malkmus, Chavez/Superwolves' Matt Sweeney, the Dirty Three's Jim White and Bonnie Prince Billy/ Ty Segall alum Emmett Kelly...
Jem Aswad Aug 21, 2024