Category Archives: Variety

Emmys 2024 Voters’ Guide: Breaking Down the Early Frontrunners
The second Emmys of 2024 is sure to set records. With multiple first-time nominees, groundbreaking recognition for Indigenous performers and an actual good mix of shows, the nominations cast a wide ne...
Emily Longeretta Aug 01, 2024

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Set ‘Bill & Ted’ Reunion on Broadway With ‘Waiting for Godot’
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are reuniting for a new Broadway production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” directed by Jamie Lloyd. Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will p...
Ethan Shanfeld Aug 01, 2024

Britney Spears Biopic Film Set at Universal With ‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu
Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Britney Spears’ bestselling memoir “The Woman in Me,” with “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt attached to de...
Angelique Jackson Aug 01, 2024

HBO and Max’s Multicultural Marketing Chief Jackie Gagne Exits After 4 Years (EXCLUSIVE)
HBO and Max senior vice president of multicultural marketing Jackie Gagne is exiting her post after four years. The elimination of her role is part of the nearly 1,000 job cuts announced across HBO an...
Jennifer Maas Aug 01, 2024

‘Suits: L.A.’ Moves Production From Vancouver to Los Angeles as Filming Begins (EXCLUSIVE)
“Suits: L.A.” is headed to… L.A. The legal drama, led by Stephen Amell, has moved from Vancouver, where it filmed its pilot, to Los Angeles, Variety has exclusively learned. The NBC ...
Emily Longeretta Aug 01, 2024

Why ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Is the Year’s Most Depressing Success Story
With half a billion dollars in the bank within a week of its global release, "Deadpool & Wolverine" has proven reports of the superhero genre's demise greatly exaggerated. Its success is no surpri...
Guy Lodge Aug 01, 2024

Ramy Youssef Sets First-Look Deal With Netflix
Ramy Youssef and his Cairo Cowboy production banner have signed a first-look TV deal with Netflix, Variety has learned. Under the deal, Youssef and Cairo Cowboy will develop and create new scripted pr...
Joseph Otterson Aug 01, 2024

In a Year of Two Emmy Ceremonies, Why Not Have a Couple Host September’s Show?
Back in February 1952, the fourth-ever Primetime Emmy Awards were hosted by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the married couple behind "I Love Lucy," from the Cocoanut Grove at the now-demolished Ambassad...
Varietyschneider Aug 01, 2024

J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk Criticize Olympics After Algeria’s Imane Khelif Wins Women’s Boxing Match Amid Gender Controversy: ‘A Misogynist Sporting Establishment’
J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk are among the high-profile names condemning the Olympics for allowing Algeria's Imane Khelif to compete in the women’s boxing competition at the Paris 2024 games. Khel...
Zack Sharf Aug 01, 2024

Fred Again Announces ‘Intimate’ New Album ‘Ten Days’ With Skrillex, Four Tet and Emmylou Harris
Fred Again has announced a new album titled “Ten Days,” set for release on Sept. 6. The album, made up of “ten songs about ten days,” features the previously released singles &...
Ethan Shanfeld Aug 01, 2024