Category Archives: Variety

Korea Box Office: ‘Escape’ Rises to Weekend Market Leader at Third Attempt
"Escape," a Korean-made action drama that has been on release for most of the month, took the lead at the South Korean box office over the latest weekend. The film recounts the story of a North Korean...
Patrick Frater Jul 21, 2024

Bruin Theatre’s Future Uncertain as Regency’s Lease of Two Historic Westwood Movie Palaces Ends This Week
Westwood Village’s Bruin Theatre and Fox Village Theatre will screen their last films — for now — on Thursday as Regency Theatres’ lease comes to an end at the two historic Los...
Pat Saperstein Jul 21, 2024

Biden’s Exit and the 2024 Election Are Outdoing the Drama of ‘Veep’ and ‘Scandal’
A decade or so ago, the hottest trend in television was imagining what it might look like if politics became unfathomably chaotic. From the murderous hijinks surrounding the Fitzgerald Grant administr...
Kate Aurthur Jul 21, 2024

Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Reboot: Kevin Feige Says the ‘Most Important Thing Is Not Rushing It’ After ‘Two Years’ of ‘Trying to Crack That Movie,’ Teases R-Rating
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige spoke to BlackTree TV on his press tour for “Deadpool & Wolverine” and briefly touched upon the company’s long-in-the-works “Blade̶...
Zack Sharf Jul 21, 2024

Aaron Sorkin Takes Back Divisive Op-Ed Urging Democratic Party to Select Mitt Romney: Kamala ‘Harris for America!’
Aaron Sorkin no longer believes the Democratic Party should select Republican Senator Mitt Romney as their candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Earlier on Sunday, an op-ed by Sorkin was published ...
Michaela Zee Jul 21, 2024

‘Twisters’ Cut a Kiss Between Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones Cut Due to Steven Spielberg’s Advice; Powell Explains Why ‘It’s a Good Spielberg Note’
“Twisters” blasted off at the domestic box office with a huge $80.5 million, but one of the biggest talking points from film on social media is for something that didn’t actually mak...
Zack Sharf Jul 21, 2024

Kamala Harris Launches Presidential Bid: ‘My Intention Is to Earn and Win This Nomination’
Kamala Harris has launched her campaign for the White House, after President Joe Biden stepped aside Sunday under pressure from party leaders. The vice president has Biden’s endorsement, and is ...
Gmaddaus Jul 21, 2024

Jack White’s ‘No Name’ Is Full of the Fiery Rock and Roll His Fans Have Been Lusting for: Album Review
With no disrespect to the five fine solo albums Jack White has created in the last dozen years, it's safe to say that "No Name" - the vinyl-only set he stealth-released on Friday, packaged in a p...
Jem Aswad Jul 21, 2024

Mark Hamill, Kathy Griffin, Lizzo and More Hollywood Reactions to President Biden’s Decision to Drop Out: ‘He Restored Honesty’
President Biden’s decision to step down from the 2024 presidential campaign has elicited a wave of support from Hollywood. Familiar faces from Biden’s campaign trail resurfaced to show the...
Meredith Woerner Jul 21, 2024

Biden Decision Surprised Most TV News Networks: How CBS, MSNBC and More Scrambled to Cover Bombshell
Many of them knew it was coming, but not exactly when. The nation’s big TV-news outlets appear to have been caught flat-footed by President Joe Biden’s Sunday announcement that he would en...
Brian Steinberg Jul 21, 2024