Category Archives: Variety

‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Casts Joe Pantoliano for Final Season
Veteran actor Joe Pantoliano is set to join the fifth and final season of "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" in a recurring guest role. Pantoliano will portray Pino Bernardi, the head of the Manhattan Ma...
Kennedy French Feb 19, 2026

Steven Spielberg Joins SXSW Lineup for Keynote Conversation
Steven Spielberg is heading to Austin, Texas, for this year’s South by Southwest as a keynote speaker for the festival’s landmark 40th anniversary. At SXSW, the storied filmmaker will disc...
Angelique Jackson Feb 19, 2026

Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin Set as First Presenters for 98th Oscars
Last year's Oscar acting winners - Adrien Brody, Kieran Culkin, Mikey Madison and Zoe Saldaa - will return to the 98th Academy Awards to present trophies to the next wave of victors. Raj Kapoor, the s...
Clayton Davis Feb 19, 2026

Country Singer Riley Green Joins ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff ‘Marshals’ (EXCLUSIVE)
CMA and ACM Award winner Riley Green is heading to Montana. The singer will guest star in the upcoming “Yellowstone” spinoff, “Marshals,” appearing in multiple episodes. "I'm s...
Emily Longeretta Feb 19, 2026

‘Zootopia 2’ Producer Yvett Merino on Box Office Records, Latina Success and Sneaking in References to ‘The Shining’ and ‘Silence of the Lambs’
"Zootopia 2" producer Yvett Merino had an unconventional start at the Walt Disney Company. She wasn't in storyboard rooms or art school corridors, but rather in the back halls of the studio, temping a...
Clayton Davis Feb 19, 2026

NBC’s Fast-Paced ‘Gold Zone’ Conjures Visions of Quick-Hit TV Viewing Across Sports, News, Debates
STAMFORD, Conn. — Chloe Kim, Jordan Stolz and Elizabeth Lemley trained hard to get to the 2026 Winter Olympics. So too have Andrew Siciliano and Scott Hanson — even though much of their wo...
Brian Steinberg Feb 19, 2026

‘Beautiful Bastard’ TV Series Adaptation in the Works at Fifth Season (EXCLUSIVE)
Fifth Season has acquired the rights to the erotic novel “Beautiful Bastard” with plans to develop it as a TV series, Variety has learned exclusively. The novel, which was published by Sim...
Joseph Otterson Feb 19, 2026

Senate Democrats Demand Answers From David Ellison About Paramount Skydance’s Dealings With Trump in Warner Bros. Takeover Bid, Accuse CEO of ‘Pattern of Evasion’
A group of eight Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter to David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, asking that he “preserve all records related to the proposed Paramount-Warner Br...
Todd Spangler Feb 19, 2026

Audra McDonald and Joy Reid to Be Honored at NYWIFT’s Muse Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
Audra McDonald and Joy Reid are among the 2026 New York Women in Film & Television Muse Award honorees. Dedicated to celebrating women in film, television, music, and media, the awards ceremony wi...
Arushi Jacob Feb 19, 2026

‘Percy Jackson’ Casts Ming-Na Wen, Jennifer Beals and Hubert Smielecki as Hera, Demeter and Apollo in Season 3 (EXCLUSIVE)
Ming-Na Wen, Jennifer Beals and Hubert Smielecki have been cast as Greek gods in Season 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Wen will guest star as Hera, who is described as “quee...
Selome Hailu Feb 19, 2026