Category Archives: Variety

‘Hannah Montana’ Anniversary Special Hits 6.3 Million Views in Three Days as Original Series Jumps 1,000% in Views
The Disney+ special celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Hannah Montana” reached 6.3 million views in its first three days of streaming. Additionally, the anniversary drove a massive surge...
Selome Hailu Mar 27, 2026

‘Full Time’ Director Eric Gravel Readies Social Thriller, ‘Before the Storm,’ Starring Mélanie Thierry, Ludivine Sagnier and Dali Benssalah (EXCLUSIVE)
French-Canadian director ric Gravel, whose latest film “Full Time” won prizes at Venice and the Cesar Awards, is revving up his next feature, “Before the Storm,” a social thril...
Elskes Mar 27, 2026

‘Stop That Train!’ Trailer: RuPaul Is President Gagwell, Who Must Prevent a Trainwreck Disaster in Action-Comedy
Bleecker Street and World of Wonder have released the first trailer for the action-comedy “Stop That Train!” Directed by Adam Shankman, “Stop That Train!” stars RuPaul as ...
Jazztangcay Mar 27, 2026

Antonio Banderas Came to Hollywood and Execs Told Him: ‘You Are Here, Like the Blacks and Hispanics, to Play the Bad Guys’
Antonio Banderas said in a recent interview with The Times of London (via The Independent) that he was warned upon arriving in Hollywood that Latinos and Blacks could only play villain roles, a stereo...
Zack Sharf Mar 27, 2026

Melanie Martinez Skewers Toxic Masculinity, Online Haters, Climate Change and Lots More on the Intense Yet Accessible ‘Hades’: Album Review
Melanie Martinez may be the most reluctant star ever to sell out two nights at Madison Square Garden. Even as she rose to stardom as a teenager on "The Voice" a dozen-plus years ago and platinum statu...
Jem Aswad Mar 27, 2026

Charlie Puth on Baring It All With His Dynamic Fourth Album ‘Whatever’s Clever!’: ‘I Didn’t Want to Remove the Emotion’
Charlie Puth is, objectively, busy these days. In October, he released the Phil Collins-indebted “Changes,” the delectable first taste of his fourth album “Whatever’s Clever!,&...
Steven J. Horowitz Mar 27, 2026

Lola Tung on ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Movie, Dancing With Hudson Williams and New Horror Projects ‘Forbidden Fruits’ and ‘The Young People’
Fresh off Paris Fashion Week, Lola Tung, the actress who became a household name playing Isabel “Belly” Conklin in Prime Video’s "The Summer I Turned Pretty,” sat down for the ...
Tiana DeNicola Mar 27, 2026

Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Drama Selects Six Series Projects From Southeast Europe
CineLink Drama, a flagship program of Sarajevo Film Festival's CineLink Industry Days, dedicated to supporting drama series in development, has unveiled seven projects from Southeast Europe selected f...
Leo Barraclough Mar 27, 2026

Andrew Garfield Defends Watching ‘Harry Potter’ Movies Even if ‘It’s Controversial and We Shouldn’t Be Putting Money in the Pocket’ of ‘She That Shall Remain Nameless’
Andrew Garfield took a brief detour during his recent Hits Radio interview to reveal that he only recently just watched the “Harry Potter” movie franchise, which he’s aware is a cont...
Zack Sharf Mar 27, 2026

Tift Merritt Is Set to Bring the ‘Sugar’ With Her First New Album in Nine Years: ‘I Got Back in Front of That Microphone and Was Like, Oh, This Is My Place’ (EXCLUSIVE)
With Tift Merritt revealing that she has an album of new material on the way after nine years without one, fans may have an instinctual reaction to the fact that it’s titled “Sugar,”...
Chris Willman Mar 27, 2026