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Whenever a comedic actor has a hot streak of hits at the box office, they often land a dud within the context of a dark comedy. Eddie Murphy’s signature style of playing multiple…
If Tom Hanks is known as the “everyman” of movies — you know, the ordinary guys, so approachable and unpretentious that just about everybody can relate to him in one way or another — then…
The 20th Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) will open with Garin Nugroho‘s musical “Opera Jawa” and close with Aco Tenriyagelli’s feature directorial debut “Comedy Buddy” in…
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Without having to give up her voice to a sea witch, the titular mermaid princess in the Japanese animated dramedy “ChaO” gets the husband of her dreams. Still, their seemingly fated bond…
Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana has scored his fifth century at the Indian box office with the Diwali blockbuster “Thamma,” which has crossed the INR100 crore mark ($11.3 million) and is…
On October 24, 2025, the comedian-actors Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak took the stage for a discussion with the New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme, as part of the 26th annual New…
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Paul Thomas Anderson is ready to lean into the laughs with “One Battle After Another.” The acclaimed action thriller, loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Vineland,” will compete in…
Jennifer Coolidge and Nicole Scherzinger have joined the cast of Rebel Wilson‘s upcoming comedy “Girl Group.” The film, which Wilson is writing, directing and starring in, sees her playing…
NBC‘s upcoming cheerleading comedy “Stumble” has added a trio of guest stars. Variety has learned exclusively that Jeff Hiller, Dascha Polanco, and Ashlie Atkinson are all set to appear in…
Charlie Heaton (“Stranger Things,” “The Souvenir Part II,” “The New Mutants”) and Mia Wasikowska (“Bergman Island,” “Club Zero,” “Alice in Wonderland”) are set to star in romantic comedy…
Before Ben Stiller made his mark on film, television and comedy, his parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, were an unstoppably uproarious duo. Over a joint career that spanned five…
Mariska Hargitay appeared on Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast and revealed she auditioned and screen tested many times for “Friends” a few years before landing the role of Olivia Benson…
Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza has joined the cast of Jonah Hill’s upcoming Warner Bros. comedy “Cut Off,” Variety has learned exclusively. The film follows a pair of wealthy…
Director Byun Sung-hyun‘s Netflix film “Good News,” a black comedy inspired by a real ’70s hijacking incident that spans Japan, South Korea and North Korea, marks the filmmaker’s fourth…
Ben Stiller is calling on comedians to keep pushing boundaries. During a recent interview with Radio Times, the “Severance” director said that comedy is facing unprecedented challenges in…
The 2020s have blessed theaters with raunchy comedy hits aplenty, from Jennifer Lawrence's uncomfortable yet riotous No Hard Feelings to the acclaimed teen black comedy Bottoms with Rachel…
If ever a play seemed tailor-made — tailor-braided? — for the Mark Taper Forum stage, at least in the 2020s, it’s “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” The most intimate of the three Music…
As dealmaking is reaching its climax at Mipcom, boutique production and distribution outfit Oble has added two fresh titles to its slate of series shopped to global buyers in Cannes. The…
NBC has released the official trailer and first look photos of Jenn Lyon as a down and out cheerleading coach in NBC’s comedy series, “Stumble.” The series takes place in the world of…
No film should attempt to recapture the magic of It's a Wonderful Life unless it has something fresh to say. Multiple movies have tried, focusing on people engulfed in regret and…
“The Inbetweeners,” the hit British teen comedy series that gave the world a foul-mouthed library of hilariously puerile quotes not to mention two hugely successful spin-off movies, looks…
Bette Midler, Ben Stiller, Kerry Washington, Nancy Sinatra and more are paying to Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton, who died at 79 on Saturday. Keaton’s “The First Wives Club”…
