Category Archives: Variety

Over Half U.K. Audiences Watch YouTube Via TV Set, According to Ratings Body Barb
Over half of YouTube's U.K. audience watches via a television set, according to the latest viewing habits report from U.K. ratings body Barb. According to the report, published today, while almost hal...
K.J. Yossman Feb 18, 2026

Marshmello, Ashlee Simpson, Juicy J Tapped for Diplo’s HonkyTonk at Stagecoach 2026
Marshmello, Ashlee Simpson and Juicy J are just a few of the artists slated to perform at Diplo’s HonkyTonk tent during Stagecoach 2026. Diplo’s HonkyTonk is returning to the tent for a fo...
Steven J. Horowitz Feb 18, 2026

Blackpink’s Jisoo Navigates Virtual Romance and Real-Life Sparks in Netflix’s ‘Boyfriend on Demand’ Trailer
Netflix has released the main trailer for its upcoming Korean romantic comedy series "Boyfriend on Demand," with Blackpink's Jisoo leading a star-studded cast. Jisoo plays Mi-rae, a webtoon producer w...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 18, 2026

‘Derry Girls’ Creator Unpacks Her Netflix Mystery Series ‘How to Get to Heaven From Belfast’ and Why Her Heroines Are ‘The Worst People to Solve This Thing’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “How to Get to Heaven From Belfast,” now streaming on Netflix. It starts, as so many things in Irish life do, with a wake. Lisa McGee had w...
Kennedy French Feb 18, 2026

Peter Krause to Star in NBC Drama Pilot ‘Protection’
Peter Krause is set to star in the NBC drama pilot “Protection,” Variety has learned. Krause is the first addition to what is said to be an ensemble cast, with NBC having picked up the pil...
Joseph Otterson Feb 18, 2026

Amanda Seyfried Didn’t Know She Was a Producer on ‘The Housemaid’ Until Three Weeks Into Filming and Says ‘It’s a Vanity Credit Because I Didn’t Do S— to Make That Movie. I Only Acted’
Amanda Seyfried has scored one of the biggest box office hits of her career with “The Housemaid,” which has grossed a mighty $374 million and counting worldwide on a reported $35 million b...
Zack Sharf Feb 18, 2026
How ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ VFX Team Created Water Simulations
James Cameron's "Avatar: Fire and Ash" picks up where "The Way of Water" left off. The Sully family is hiding as they deal with the loss of son Neteyam (Jamie Flatters). When they take Spider (Jack Ch...
jazztangcay Feb 18, 2026

‘Pulp Fiction’ Actor Peter Greene Died From Accidental Gunshot Wound
Peter Greene, the “Pulp Fiction” character actor who died on Dec. 12 at 60 years old, suffered a fatal accidental gunshot wound, it was revealed Wednesday. He died from "a gunshot wound of...
Jordan Moreau Feb 18, 2026

Neon, Oscar-Winning Studio Behind ‘Parasite’ and ‘Anora,’ in Talks to Sell Stake to Department M (EXCLUSIVE)
Department M, a production company founded two years ago by Mike Larocca and Michael Schaefer, is in talks to acquire a significant stake in Neon, the Oscar-winning studio behind “Parasite”...
varietybrentlang Feb 18, 2026

‘A New Dawn’ Review: A Visual Masterpiece Searching for a Story
Japanese animator Yoshitoshi Shinomiya’s background as a painter is clearly evident in his feature directorial debut “A New Dawn,” representing Japan in the Berlin Film Festival's ma...
Murtada Elfadl Feb 18, 2026