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“It is a great time to be British in the entertainment industry,” Variety’s publisher and co-president Dea Lawrence told an enthusiastic crowd in London Monday as she explained why the publication was bringing Power of Women, one of its tentpole franchises, to the U.K. capital. L

Tim Curry will return in an expanded role in “Stream 2: Sudden Death.” The sequel is being produced by Fuzz on the Lens Productions, the team behind “Terrifier 2,” “Terrifier 3” and “Screamboat.” The screenplay was written by “Impractical Jokers” star Brian “Q” Quinn and longtime

What is it — even still — about Marilyn Monroe? A century after her birth, the woman born Norma Jeane still has American culture hanging on her every breathy vocalization. Monroe remains the ultimate standard-bearer of Hollywood glamour — a woman who died (in 1962, at the tragica

After closing out the Eastern and Western Conference Finals of the 2026 NBA Playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs take on the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals in June. Since the No. 2-seed in the west Spurs have the better regular season record, so San Antonio has home court advantage

Skyrockets in flight, CBS is lookin’ forward to a little anytime delight. The Eye network is debuting a new marketing campaign for its daytime soap operas — with the intent of reminding viewers that they’re available to watch at any time of the day on multiple platforms. The cent

Katey Sagal is the latest addition to the untitled Apple TV comedy from Liz Heldens and Matt Ward, Variety has learned exclusively. Sagal will appear alongside previously announced lead Elizabeth Banks as well as fellow cast members Ted Danson and Rob Delaney. The logline for the

Ariana Grande has released the video for her latest single “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” a horror-inspired visual co-starring actor Justin Long. The video was directed by Christian Breslauer, who shot last year’s short film “Brighter Days Ahead,” from the singer’s 2024 album “E

When James Wan, the filmmaker behind “Insidious” and “Saw,” had his first Zoom meeting with Kane Parsons, the creator of the online phenom “Backrooms,” they were joined not by the YouTuber’s manager or agent, but by his dad. “We didn’t realize until we reached out that Kane was s

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger warned that AI companies were making choices that could lead to “a great deal of unnecessary harm” to the news business and the public’s access to reliable sources, in a speech delivered during the World News Media Congress in France on Mo