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Asian members of the team behind “Freakier Friday,” Disney’s upcoming sequel to the 2003 comedy “Freaky Friday,” agree that the original film featured some “hurtful” choices surrounding…
Netflix executive Kelly Dalton is exiting the streamer to start her own production company, Higher Altitude Productions. Higher Altitude’s mission is to inspire change and build community…
Kristen Zolner has parted ways with Imagine Entertainment, where she has served as head of television since 2022. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Zolner’s exit…
This spring marks a milestone for Disney Channel’s “Big City Greens,” as the beloved animated series airs its 100th episode on linear TV on May 3 and streams on Disney+ on May 7. Launched…
Guy Ritchie will direct the sequel to “Road House” with Jake Gyllenhaal set to reprise his lead role as ex-UFC fighter Dalton. “Road House 2” marks the third collaboration between Ritchie…
Following the record-breaking opening weekend for “A Minecraft Movie” and the breakout success of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum…
Lorde has revealed the title and release date of her fourth studio album, “Virgin.” Out June 27, “Virgin” is described by Lorde as “100% written in blood.” These details, along with the…
“Fire Island” actor Zane Phillips and Jelani Alladin of “Fellow Travelers” are set to star in the 1980s-set queer erotic thriller “Strangers On a Beach.” Written and directed by Michael…
President Trump said his $20 billion lawsuit against Paramount Global and CBS, which alleges “60 Minutes” deceptively edited an interview with then-VP Kamala Harris, is “a true WINNER.” He…
It is certainly no secret that women have been historically under-represented in music and entertainment, and a large part of Variety’s Power of Women Nashville’s mission is to shine a…
Barbra Streisand is going back to the buddy system for her next album, joining forces with several generations’ worth of stars, from Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney to Hozier and Laufey, for…
International sales outfit Cercamon has acquired worldwide rights to the Gaza-set documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” directed by Iranian-French filmmaker Sepideh Farsi. The…
Former StudioCanal executive Kalle Friz is joining Universal Pictures International as Managing Director for Germany and Austria. Friz will report to Paul Higginson, Executive Vice…
Barcelona, Spain — On a bustling street in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, past halal butchers, tattoo parlors and generations-old Catalan cafés, a production crew quietly turns the…
CANNES — Blessed for most part by balmy weather, French TV fest Canneseries launched a new life this week, staging its first standalone edition without a parallel MipTV or Mipcom supplying…
Steve Buscemi and Daniel Brühl are set to attend Slano Film Days, which will focus on the work of actors this year. The festival, which was set up two years ago by former Sarajevo Film…
Netflix is set to add another international series to its growing slate with “Mad Unicorn.” The Thai drama, helmed by award-winning director Nottapon Boonprakob (“Come and See”), draws…
A trio of Indian content heavyweights are placing a high-stakes bet on experimental storytelling with Madlab Alpha, a new studio venture that aims to create innovative premium content at a…
Marlee Matlin accepted an Academy Award of Merit – an Oscar statuette – that was created to broadly recognize “all the individuals who have developed and supported captioning technology,…
Kanye West has released his lost album “Donda 2” after he revealed on a livestream that he was planning to drop the record today. The roots for “Donda 2” date back to early 2022, when the…
The Netflix comedy “North of North” has been renewed for Season 2, Variety has learned. The series is a co-production between Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in…
Grammy-winning musician Joy Huerta and musical theater songwriter Benjamin Velez didn’t know each other before they started working together on the score for “Real Women Have Curves.” But…
John Lindley has been elected national president of the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600), returning to a role that he held from March 2020 to June 2022, during which…
Snap, parent company of Snapchat, kept adding app users in the first three months of the year — reaching a new milestone in Q1 by surpassing 900 million monthly active users globally. The…
