Category Archives: Variety

Senate Democrats Implore FCC Chair to Conduct ‘Rigorous’ Review of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign Investment: Deal ‘Raises National Security Alarms’
Democratic senators are again urging the FCC to not rubber-stamp Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery — citing concerns over foreign investors, inc...
Todd Spangler May 21, 2026

Mick Jagger Set to Star in Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘Three Incestuous Sisters’ Joining Josh O’Connor, Dakota Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, Isabella Rossellini
Mick Jagger is set to star in Italian director Alice Rohrwacher's adaptation of U.S. author Audrey Niffenegger's novel "Three Incestuous Sisters," alongside previously announced cast members Dako...
Nvivarelli May 21, 2026

Hollywood Ventures Group Options Namratha Stanley’s ‘Vineyard Melody’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Hollywood Ventures Group has optioned Namratha Stanley’s memoir “Vineyard Melody” for a film adaptation, with the deal closed during the Cannes Film Festival. HVG co-founder Glenn Ga...
Naman Ramachandran May 21, 2026

The Duffer Brothers ‘The Boroughs’ Is a Captivating Sci-Fi Horror For the Ages: TV Review
Older folks are revered for their wisdom as they’re simultaneously pushed toward the edges of society. It is a conundrum most people don't begin to consider until they near their own twilight ye...
Aramide Tinubu May 21, 2026

‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Folds Nesting Mysteries into an Elegantly Classical Shogun-Era Drama
Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown - or in this case, the samurai topknot - in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s absorbing, clean-lined literary adaptation, for which the veteran filmmaker brings to lif...
Jessica Kiang May 21, 2026

‘Drishyam’ Indonesian Remake Stars Real-Life Couple Vino G. Bastian, Marsha Timothy as Rivals (EXCLUSIVE)
Real-life couple Vino G. Bastian and Marsha Timothy star as on-screen rivals in “Ayah, Aku Mau Cerita...,” Falcon Pictures’ Indonesian-language adaptation of the Malayalam thriller &...
Naman Ramachandran May 21, 2026

Grief Doc ‘The Last Note’ Acquired by HG Distribution as Fusee Launches Three-Doc Slate at Cannes Film Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Fusee Films entered documentary territory in a major way at the Cannes Film Market, unveiling co-production commitments to three non-fiction projects spanning Vietnam, the Philippines, Canada, Belgium...
Naman Ramachandran May 21, 2026

Bruce Springsteen Calls Out Trump, Larry and David Ellison in Colbert’s Second-to-Last ‘Late Show’
The timing of "The Late Show's" cancellation has always been curious. After all, the news broke mere weeks before avowed Trump loyalists Larry and David Ellison finalized their takeover of the late-ni...
Marlow Stern May 21, 2026

‘The Late Show’: Stephen Colbert Brings Out Robert De Niro, Martha Stewart and Tons of Others to Quiz Him in Second-to-Last Episode
On Wednesday night's episode of "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert was on the other end of “The Colbert Questionnaire,” and he had an all-star lineup of guests to deliver the questions. Jour...
Jack Dunn May 20, 2026

Robert De Niro Sends Off Stephen Colbert by Slamming Trump With Epstein Jab
Stephen Colbert has been milking the heck out of his final weeks as host of "The Late Show" (and rightfully so). There's been Obama, Hanks, Oliver, Stewart, and even throwing furniture off the roof of...
Marlow Stern May 20, 2026