Category Archives: Variety

Stephen Colbert Says CBS Released Statement About Pulled James Talarico Interview ‘Without Ever Talking to Me’: ‘I Really Don’t Want an Adversarial Relationship With the Network’
On Tuesday night’s broadcast of “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert slammed his home network, CBS, for releasing a statement denying it pulled his interview with Rep. James Talarico off...
Jack Dunn Feb 17, 2026

Netflix Threatens ByteDance With ‘Immediate Litigation’ Over Seedance 2.0 AI Clips
Netflix threatened ByteDance with “immediate litigation” on Tuesday, joining three other studios that have condemned the company for enabling copyright infringement via its Seedance 2.0 AI...
gmaddaus Feb 17, 2026

AI Film Studio Launched by India’s Abundantia Entertainment, InVideo (EXCLUSIVE)
India’s Abundantia Entertainment and AI video technology company InVideo have unveiled a strategic partnership to launch an AI-driven film production studio, backed by an investment of INR100 cr...
Naman Ramachandran Feb 17, 2026

YouTube Goes Down: Platform Experiences Technical Issue With Recommendation System
YouTube went down on Tuesday night, with more than 300,000 users experiencing technical difficulties, according to DownDetector. Problems for the digital video platform began around 5 p.m. PT, and som...
Jack Dunn Feb 17, 2026

Jane Baer, Animator on ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Who Founded Baer Animation, Dies at 91
Jane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer, whose long career in animation included working on films including "Sleeping Beauty" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," died Monday at her home in Van Nuys, Calif.. She was 91...
Payton Turkeltaub Feb 17, 2026

Warner Bros. Blasts ByteDance for AI Videos of Superman, Batman and ‘Game of Thrones’
Warner Bros. has joined a parade of studios in blasting ByteDance for “blatant infringement” on its new AI video service, accusing the Chinese company of facilitating user-generated knocko...
gmaddaus Feb 17, 2026

‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open
A film of deceptive simplicity, Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans's investigative documentary "Who Killed Alex Odeh?" often struggles against its own straightforward style, but in the process, embo...
Siddhant Adlakha Feb 17, 2026

Daniel Radcliffe Tells Press Not to Always Ask HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Cast About the Original Movie Actors: ‘Just Let Them Get On… It’s Going to Be Different’
Daniel Radcliffe recently joined ScreenRant for a video interview and urged press moving forward not to ask the new “Harry Potter” actors about the original cast. Dominic McLaughlin is tak...
Zack Sharf Feb 17, 2026

Brian Tyree Henry Adult Animated Series ‘Bass x Machina’ Sets Netflix Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Brian Tyree Henry is headed to Netflix with the adult animated series “Bass X Machina.” Henry will executive produce and star in the show which is set to debut on Oct. 6 Joining Henry in t...
jazztangcay Feb 17, 2026

Ted Sarandos Slams Paramount for ‘Flooding the Zone With Misinformation’ as Warner Bros. Discovery Initiates New Talks With Rival Suitor
Ted Sarandos isn’t hiding his frustration at the hurdle that emerged Tuesday in Netflix’s plan to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO Max through an $83 billion sale agreement reached in December...
Cynthia Littleton Feb 17, 2026