With only six hours of exclusivity before it hit YouTube, Netflix’s “Grand Theft Auto 6” extended look became the streamer’s most-viewed title last week. Between its release on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday, Aug. 30 (the end of Netflix’s viewing window for its weekly
Their long-promised collaboration, which is also Badu's first proper album in 16 years, plays to both of their strengths and delivers exactly what fans have been waiting for
A harvester of disease in “Antiviral,” a white supremacist in “Get Out,” mass murderer Martin Bryant in “Nitram,” Vlad the Impaler himself in “Dracula”: Caleb Landry Jones has carved such a niche for himself playing men not to be touched with a ten-foot pole that “Down the Arm of
‘Guardians of the Video Game’ Lands Finecut for International Sales Ahead of Toronto Market and more — today's trivia signal.
Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has acquired international sales rights to “Guardians of the Video Game,” a 3D animated feature based on the Naver Webtoon of the same name, ahead of the Toronto market. “Guardians of the Video Game” originated as a Naver Webtoon by Gasfard that ha
Norman Reedus is set to star alongside James Marsden in the upcoming Apple TV series “Disavowed,” Variety has learned. The show was originally announced back in May with Marsden in the lead role. Exact details on Reedus’ role are being kept under wraps. The show is based on an or
“Tires” keeps on rolling. The Shane Gillis sitcom has been renewed for Season 4 at Netflix, a few weeks after the third season premiered on the streamer. Hailing from co-creators Gillis, John McKeever and Steve Gerben, “Tires” follows the dysfunctional staff of auto repair chain
The 32nd edition of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV content market in Le Havre kicks off Sept. 7 with a broad selection of more than 350 programs boasting strong international potential presented by France’s leading distributors. The Rendez-Vous hosts some 50 exclusive screenings of
President Donald Trump suggested referring NBC News anchor Kristen Welker for possible punishment by the Federal Communications Commission after the “Meet the Press” moderator made innocuous remarks about candidates the President has backed in the run-up to the nation’s midterm e
American author Jay Parini’s 2020 memoir “Borges and Me: An Encounter” read as a charming extension of an anecdote any writer would dine out on for the rest of their life: the tale of how Parini, as a college student in the 1970s, was somehow partnered on a winding road trip thro
Daniel Donato’s New Live Album Is a Jam Band Fan’s Dream and more — today's trivia signal.
The guitar ace and his group Cosmic Country capture a pair of shows played the same night in 2025 in Nashville for the breathless three-hour-plus Ryman to Robert's
Andrew Garfield is reflecting on his viral interview from 2013 in which he questioned why there had not yet been a gay Spider-Man. The Oscar nominee was promoting “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” at the time when he told Entertainment Weekly about a recent discussion he had with produc
Variety Future in Focus, presented by Utopai Studios, will bring together leading filmmakers and creative voices at the Toronto International Film Festival. The invite-only event, presented on Sept. 12, will explore how innovation is shaping the art and craft of filmmaking. James
“I’m not fame-hungry," the Eighties hitmaker says. "For me, it’s always about understanding the world within."
Tony Romo has analyzed plays for CBS Sports since 2017. Now he’s considering a new one, in which he hopes the network allows him to return following a run-in with the law. Romo on Tuesday said he pleaded no contest to a charge of operating while intoxicated stemming from an incid
The two-hour event will feature interviews with Michael Strahan, Derek Jeter, Pete Davidson, and more — here's where to tune in
President Donald Trump came away from a meeting with actor Jon Voight and two Hollywood producers very supportive of a federal tax incentive for film and TV productions. Something that may have caught Trump’s attention was the explanation by one of the producers that he would be
Just two months before the midterm elections, USPS is preparing to launch an untested mail-in ballot verifcation system that puts eligible voters in jeopardy
Grammy-winning Americana crooner Jason Isbell is one of several new litigants in a new federal lawsuit against the AI music generator Suno, arguing the company has allowed users to produce tracks based on musicians’ identities with its models without their consent. The lawsuit —
Noah Jupe will be the latest actor to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the “Hamnet” and “A Quiet Place” star tapped to play a top-secret role in “Avengers: Secret Wars.” The superhero team-up movie, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and produced by Marvel chief Kevin Feig
We asked a doctor to explain one of the trendiest supplements on the market: magnesium. Here's what she said
Debi Mazar says the set of “Entourage” became “toxic” after she gave birth to her second child, claiming “they didn’t like that I got fat.” In an interview with The Times U.K., the actress described being on the HBO show around Season 3 as “complicated” because “I’d had my second
The Oscar-winning director just brought back four discontinued (and very stylish) Warby Parker frames
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