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‘X-Men’: ‘Hunger Games’ Actor Ben Wang Circling Iceman Role in Marvel’s Reboot

After battling it out in the arena in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” and leading the latest “Karate Kid” installment, Ben Wang is circling another major franchise: Marvel Studios’ “X-Men” reboot. Wang is in negotiations to play Bobby Drake, aka Iceman, who was one of the founding X-Men. Created by Stan Lee and […]

Roku Delivers Another Stellar Quarter: Q3 Sales Soar 24% as Media and Entertainment Ad Spending Sees Biggest Growth in Four Years

Roku’s financial engines are cranking in overdrive ahead of the streaming platform company’s takeover by Fox Corp. next year. For the third quarter, Roku handily topped Wall Street earnings expectations, with top-line growth of 24% to $1.50 billion in revenue. Total gross profit was $649 million, up 24%, and Roku generated net income of $183 […]

HBO Renews Sharon Horgan Comedy ‘Youth’ For a Season 2

HBO has given a Season 2 order to “Youth,” the latest series from Peabody and BAFTA winner Sharon Horgan. The series’ Season 1 is currently streaming on HBO Max. In the show, Horgan plays a 50-year-old divorcee navigating relationships, her ailing parents and her troubled son, who isn’t quite gelling at his new college. Horgan […]

Oscar Predictions: Documentary Feature — Will the Branch Embrace ‘You Can See Everything’ or Snub the Frontrunner (Again)?

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect […]

Fox News Sets Midterm Elections Coverage: Here’s How to Stream ‘Democracy 26’ Online Free

Fox News Channel has set its lineup for election night, with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum set to co-anchor the network’s midterm election coverage on Tuesday. Baier, Fox News’ chief political anchor and executive editor of “Special Report,” and MacCallum, the anchor and executive editor of “The Story,” will front Fox News’ “Democracy 26” special, […]

Bruce Springsteen Endorses Abdul El-Sayed for Senator: ‘He’s a Fighter Against’ Trump’s ‘Corrupt, Lawless, Anti-American Leadership’

Bruce Springsteen is throwing his support behind Abdul El-Sayed, who’s running as the Democratic candidate in the race to be Michigan’s senator. El-Sayed is running against Republican nominee Mike Rogers in this year’s midterms, and if elected he would become the first Muslim senator is U.S. history. Because of his religious background, El-Sayed has faced […]

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Apple Services Revenue Hits New Record of $31.6 Billion, up 10%, in September Quarter

Apple continued to see sales in its flagship iPhone family balloon, while the tech giant’s services business hit a new all-time high, in the first earnings report under CEO John Ternus. The financial results were for Apple’s fiscal 2026 fourth quarter ended Sept. 26, 2026. Total iPhone revenue of $57.58 billion increased 17% and Apple’s […]

Justin Timberlake to Release Four-Part ‘Tell-All’ Docuseries, Featuring Janet Jackson, on Apple (EXCLUSIVE)

Justin Timberlake is set to release a four-part docuseries on Apple TV in December, described as a “tell-all,” three sources confirm to Variety. One source says the series will feature Janet Jackson discussing the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” that took place during the pair’s performance at the 2004 Super Bowl. Another source says that Timberlake discusses […]

MS NOW Will Make Two Local Watch Parties Part of Election Night Coverage

Look for MS NOW to offer a little red and purple as it chronicles what may be a blue splash on Election Night. The Versant Media-backed news outlet will hold forth from special watch parties of its own design in Houston, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia, where it will offer followers in those states a chance […]

‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ EP Matthew Wright Dies at 52 in ‘Unfathomable Tragedy’; DeGeneres Shares Tearful Video Calling Him the ‘Glue to Our Family’

Matthew Wright, an executive producer on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” died Oct. 30 in an “unfathomable tragedy,” according to a GoFundMe campaign for his family. He was 52. “In an unfathomable tragedy, Matt Wright passed away Oct 30th while working remotely in Los Angeles His husband, father, sister and niece are in New York, desperate […]

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Driven Unveils Original Programming Slate, Including Series Starring Tom Nelson, Emelia Hartford and Tanner Foust (EXCLUSIVE)

Automotive enthusiast-centric interactive streaming platform Driven has unveiled its initial original programming slate beginning with “Art of Speed” starring renowned engine builder Tom Nelson. First announced last December, Driven comes from car-enthusiast co-founders including longtime producer Michael George, “Top Gear USA” host Tanner Foust and “Gran Turismo” actor Emelia Hartford. Additional original series include programs […]

Sanfic Mórbido Lab Lineup Ranges From an LGBTQ Alien Monster Comedy to a Mapuche Parable, Extreme Horror and Cold War Sci-Fi

Simón and Raimundo Bucher’s “L4IK4,” Roberto’s San Sebastián’s “The Hostess” and Javier Attridge’s “Beneath the Flesh” weigh in as potential standouts at the 7th edition of the Sanfic Mórbido Lab, now a fixture on Latin America’s genre scene, part of Sanfic Industria, which runs Nov. 2-8 in Santiago de Chile. In its totality, however, with […]

‘Sex Education’ Star Asa Butterfield Signs With Linden Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)

Linden Entertainment has signed actor Asa Butterfield for representation. Butterfield most recently made his stage debut in Barney Norris’ “Second Best” at Riverside Studios in London, which was based on David Foenkinos’ best-selling novel of the same name, and starred in Oscar Boyson’s “Our Hero, Balthazar.” Known for his role as Otis Milburn in the […]