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Tamera Mowry-Housley is checking into Season 2 of the “Scrubs” reboot. The “Sister, Sister” and “Twitches” star has boarded the ABC sitcom as a guest star. She will play Dr. Steffie, a pediatric doctor who tries to persuade Tosh (Ava Bunn) to choose peds as her specialty. Season 2 premieres with two episodes on Wednesday, […]
A bidding war may be in full flower for Letterboxd, the popular film-reviews and social service that has been fielding inbound acquisition offers for several months. Indie studio A24 and the New York Times are the latest to express an interest in buying Letterboxd, according to a New York Times report citing anonymous sources. Any […]
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame Encore,” now playing in theaters. In the lead-up to “Avengers: Doomsday,” Marvel has re-released “Avengers: Endgame” in theaters with four brand new scenes that tie directly into the sprawling team-up film releasing on Dec. 18. Retitled “Avengers: Endgame Encore,” this slightly longer version of the 2019 […]
A packed lineup of talent and industry executives stepped out for Variety’s Power of Women event at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday night. Making the rounds at cocktails and inside the ballroom were movers and shakers from the town’s stop studios and platforms. Executives included Warner Bros. TV Group’s Channing Dungey, Disney’s Debra OConnell […]
Mamiya Shotaro leads a Japanese remake of CJ ENM’s Korean hit drama “Quiz From God,” which will stream exclusively on Prime Video from Dec. 4. The Prime Original series casts Mamiya as Hatsushima Haruto, a neurosurgeon turned forensic pathologist whose brilliance has earned him a reputation as a heaven-sent genius. Having quit neurosurgery for reasons […]
“Saturday Night Live” alums Jay Pharoah and Cheri Oteri, as well as “Workaholics” star Adam Devine, are among the guest stars set to appear on the upcoming Season 3 of Fox’s animated series “Universal Basic Guys.” Also set to join in on the universal basic fun this season: Thomas Lennon (“Reno 911!”), Brandon Wardell (“Wonder […]
Amid more layoffs and contraction and renewed going-discless discourse, we are facing no shortage of opinions about what strategies will finally rightsize the global-gaming-industry ship. Apart from relying on the highly anticipated release of “Grand Theft Auto VI” to solve for the nearly $350 billion industry’s problems, a new book by Xsolla president Chris Hewish […]
“You rarely see a movie now where the big question is, ‘How the fuck did this get made? Who let them do this?'” Tony award winner WIll Brill asks this aloud over a meal with Variety at West Hollywood’s Canter’s Deli. Brill starts with a steaming bowl of soup at 11 a.m. before joyfully moving […]
The party took place at the Porthcawl and Kenfig Hill RAFA Club where her parents were members.
Choirs say they're withdrawing from the Principality Stadium event because of the £42 per member charge.
The contest, organised by a group from the University of Bristol, included an Australian accent round.
Sam Worthington and Sofia Carson are executive producing and attached to star in “The Parsifal Mosaic,” a drama series based on Robert Ludlum’s 1982 spy novel in development at Hulu. The small screen adaptation hails from Legendary Entertainment and writer Wes Tooke, who served as showrunner on USA Network’s “Colony” and worked on Amazon’s “Jean-Claude […]
Los Angeles Dodgers player Mookie Betts has signed with 3 Arts Sports and Sanders Sports & Entertainment (SSE) for personal representation. “I’ve always believed in surrounding myself with people who understand my vision and bring expertise in areas where I can continue to grow,” Betts said. “As the opportunities around me have continued to evolve, […]
The judge overseeing the antitrust case filed by 12 state attorneys general seeking to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger questioned the parties about their settlement at a hearing Thursday. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has not yet ruled on whether to approve the proposed settlement, and set the virtual hearing to cover “outstanding questions” […]
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 personal preferences for any individual […]
Hannah Einbinder and Susan Sarandon were among those detained on Sept. 24 in New York City for protesting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was set to speak at the U.N. General Assembly. Pictures of the actors being led away from protests in cuffs went viral on social media before Netanyahu began speaking, such as […]
New York-based indie distributor Dekanalog has acquired the U.S. rights to “Nina Roza,” Canada’s Academy Awards submission. Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ film won the Silver Bear for best screenplay at the Berlin Film Festival this year. It was screened as a work-in-progress in the First Look program at the 78th Locarno Film Festival in 2025, winning […]
Judith Light has joined “Shrinking” Season 4 in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively. Light will appear in the fourth season of the Apple TV series alongside returning stars Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Christa Miller, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, and Ted McGinley. Previously announced Season 4 additions include Christian Slater […]
British actor Tom Hiddleston has a privileged view and understanding of the Marvel Cinematic Universe phenomenon, having starred as Loki in “Thor,” only the second film of a now ever-expanding franchise. Speaking at the Zurich Film Festival, where he is presenting the opening film “Tenzing” and receiving a Golden Eye Award, the actor recalled those […]
The Serbian film and television industries are in a state of crisis, with independent production in the Balkan powerhouse crippled by what leading industry groups describe as “a coordinated campaign of state-sponsored censorship.” Nearly two years after a devastating train station disaster that killed 16 people and sparked mass demonstrations against the government of President […]
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