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Jeremy Erlich, most recently the global head of music for Spotify, is setting up his own shop with the announcement Alta Music Group, an independent full-service music company folding in…
SPOILER ALERT: This story includes major spoilers from “Smoke,” now streaming on Apple TV+. When Jurnee Smollett was approached about starring alongside Taron Egerton in the Apple TV+…
Valerie Donzelli‘s anticipated film “At Work” (“A Pied d’Oeuvre”), one of the three French movies set to compete at this year’s Venice, has been boarded by Gregoire Melin‘s international…
CBS News named Tanya Simon the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” making her just the fourth executive to lead the program in its nearly 60 years on air and the first woman to do so.…
The first trailer for “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” teases the continuation of Freddy Fazbear’s chilling reign. The sequel from Universal and Blumhouse has a new tagline: “Anyone can survive…
U.K. entertainment freelancers are facing an unprecedented crisis, with nearly half earning below the legal minimum wage, according to the final Big Freelancer Survey released Thursday by…
Films from parts of the world plagued by war and other hardships dominate the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Giornate Degli Autori that will open with Ukrainian-born director…
Sony Group Corporation has inked a strategic business alliance with anime and gaming powerhouse Bandai Namco Holdings Inc., with the electronics and entertainment conglomerate also…
The Sandmanwe've come to know and love, Dream, a.k.a. Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), is finally faced with his potential end — a tad ironic for a member of The Endless. It would make sense,…
U.K. media giant ITV posted a 31% drop in group adjusted EBITA (Earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization) for the first half of 2025, coming in at £146 million ($198 million),…
“South Park” kicked off its 27th season on Wednesday night, and in the debut episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone literally put Donald Trump in the White House and in bed with the Devil.…
Throughout the years, many films and TV shows have tackled these delicate themes with care, handling mental health with precision and refusing to stigmatize these sensitive issues. As our…
About eight years ago, multihyphenate Noah Hawley wrote a five-page pitch for FX on what he would do with the “Alien” franchise if he ever got the chance to work in the world established…
The Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” will open in standard theaters and in Imax worldwide on April 24, moving from its earlier October date. Lionsgate is releasing the film domestically,…
President Trump waded into the complex issue of paying copyright holders whose works are used for AI training, saying it is impractical and would put the U.S. at a disadvantage to China.…
Julia Ormond is asking a court to enforce a subpoena against CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz, after he skipped a noticed deposition in June. Ormond is suing the agency for allegedly setting…
Fans of the Grateful Dead and its offshoot Dead & Company will have multiple ways to access the latter group’s upcoming weekend of 60th-anniversary-commemorating shows at San Francisco’s…
Christopher Meloni is the first addition to Dan Fogelman‘s upcoming Hulu series set in the world of pro football, Variety has learned exclusively. The untitled series was originally…
YouTube, the world’s biggest video platform, keeps eating a bigger portion of the ad-spending pie. For the second quarter of 2025, YouTube’s advertising revenue increased 13% year over…
A spokesperson for Donald Trump‘s White House is attacking ABC’s “The View” after Joy Behar claimed on the July 23 episode that Trump is “jealous” of Barack Obama. It all started the day…
Elba McAllister’s Cineplex USA has pounced on the worldwide sales rights to “November” (“Noviembre”), the feature debut of Colombia’s Tomás Corredor, which world premieres at Toronto Film…
Matthew Perry‘s doctor, Salvador Plasencia, entered a guilty plea Wednesday to four counts of ketamine distribution, and will face sentencing on Dec. 3. As part of the deal, Plasencia, 43,…
TV viewers are moving to streaming faster than ever. Can advertisers keep up? That’s one big question facing the connected TV ad market, that segment of the digital advertising business…
Peter Rice, a media-industry veteran who held senior operating roles at both the former 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney Co., is walking on to a new field — sports. Rice has been named…
