Category Archives: Variety

Manu Chao to Release First Album in 17 Years, ‘Viva Tu’
French-born, Spanish-based artist Manu Chao is set to release his next album — and his first since 2007 — on Sept. 20. The upcoming new project, "Viva Tu,” is said to be “inspi...
Thania Garcia Jun 26, 2024

With Her Debut Feature ‘Janet Planet,’ Annie Baker Fractures a Girl’s Love for Her Hippie Mother— and Takes ‘Maniacal Pleasure’ in the Slow Burn
It's always been about timing for Annie Baker. In her author's note for her second produced play "Circle Mirror Transformation," she lays down the law on how to accurately perform the silences as she'...
J. Kim Murphy Jun 26, 2024

Ebon Moss-Bachrach Didn’t Read ‘Fantastic Four’ Comics, but ‘Some of My Earliest Sexual Visions Were “Elfquest”‘
Ebon Moss-Bachrach may be playing Ben Grimm, aka the Thing, in Marvel's upcoming reboot of "The Fantastic Four," but he admits he didn't read comics about the superhero team when he was younger "I was...
Marcmalkin Jun 26, 2024

Sheryl Crow Slams Drake for Using AI to Recreate Tupac’s Voice on His Kendrick Lamar Diss Track: ‘It’s Hateful’ and ‘Antithetical’ to Life
Sheryl Crow recently spoke to the BBC and slammed artificial intelligence being used in the music space to bring back the vocals of dead artists. She specifically called out Drake for using AI to recr...
Zack Sharf Jun 26, 2024

Eric Illowsky, Veteran Cable Executive Who Helped Launch Sci Fi Channel, Dies at 66
Eric Illowsky, a cable TV veteran who helped launch the original Sci Fi Channel in the early 1990s, died June 15 at in Peekskill, New York after a battle with glioblastoma brain cancer. Illowsky start...
Cynthia Littleton Jun 26, 2024

‘The Constituent’ Review: James Corden Impresses in Timely but Contrived Political Play
Regardless of one's political allegiance, it's almost universally agreed that in recent years political expediency rather than truth has been, literally, the governing principle behind speeches from B...
Varietybrentlang Jun 26, 2024

Sean Penn Says He Couldn’t Play Harvey Milk Today. Is He Right About That?
Could Sean Penn make "Milk" today? It's a question the actor answered himself, in a recent profile by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. "It could not happen in a time like this," he said, of his per...
Danvariety Jun 26, 2024

‘The Bear’ Returns to Hulu Tonight: How to Stream the Emmy-Winning Series Online for Free
Season 4 of “The Bear” will be served shortly. The Emmy-winning show, starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, will return to Hulu on Wednesday, June 25 at 5 p.m. PT. Like the first th...
Atingley4 Jun 26, 2024

Banijay Entertainment’s French Scripted Label Screenline Pacts With Writers Duo Behind Prime Video’s Local Series ‘Trash’
Aiming to expand its footprint within the scripted space, Banijay Entertainment’s French label Screenline Productions has formed a creative partnership with the writers duo Matthieu Rumani and N...
Elskes Jun 26, 2024

From ‘Inside Out 2’ to ‘Madame Web,’ Grading the Box Office Winners and Losers of 2024 (So Far)
There hasn’t been a lot to celebrate at the box office in 2024. Ticket sales have languished. There’s been a dearth of blockbusters (a consequence of the strikes and COVID, which brought p...
Rebecca Rubin Jun 26, 2024