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Venezuela’s Maduro pleads not guilty to US conspiracy to torture charges
Maduro and wife appear in New York City court after new 'conspiracy to commit torture' charges.
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Syrian court sentences two to death over 2025 coastal violence
Court rulings concern violence and killings during March 2025 uprising by pro-Assad forces and retaliatory attacks.
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US teen held over Hindu temple attack plot: Is anti-Indian racism rising?
Illinois teen who allegedly said he 'couldn’t wait' to kill Indians is arrested over a Hindu temple attack plot.
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Amazon MGM Studios’ Albert Cheng Named HRTS Chair, While President Tim McNeal and CEO Melissa Grego Continue in Their Roles
The Hollywood Radio and Television Society has announced their newly elected officers, including Amazon MGM Studios’ Albert Cheng as chairman. Also, Tim McNeal will serve his second term as president and CEO Melissa Grego has renewed her contract to continue leading the nonprofit organization into 2028. Grego has served in that role since October 2017. […]
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CAA, WME and UTA Lead Coalition Pushing for Law to Force Streamers to Spend Half Their Budgets on Indie Productions
In a rare team-up of big Hollywood talent agencies, CAA, UTA and WME have joined forces as founding members of the American Entertainment Alliance — which among other things wants U.S. legislation to force streaming providers like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Disney+ to spend at least 50% of their budgets on independent productions. […]
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‘Sheriff Country’ Hits Series High of 5.5 Million Viewers as CBS Wins Premiere Week With Eight of the Top 10 Broadcast Shows
CBS was the most-watched broadcaster of the week of Oct. 4-10, during which it debuted new seasons of the shows on its primetime lineup. The Eye network averaged 4.4 million viewers in primetime during that window, a significant lead on its next closest competitor, which was NBC with a 3.4 million-viewer average. ABC and Fox […]
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Al Pacino to Be Honored With SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
Al Pacino will be honored with SAG-AFTRA’s Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian accomplishments at the Actor Awards. The “Scarface” actor will receive the union’s top tribute at the Actor Awards ceremony on Feb. 28, 2027 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Life Achievement Award is given annually to an actor […]
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See-Saw Films Heads on Mediawan Sale, Why ‘Tenzing’ Was Their ‘Most Challenging’ Movie Yet and the ‘World Building’ Potential of ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘The NeverEnding Story’
Less than two years ago, See-Saw Films was one of the most eligible bachelors in the industry. Prestige tastemakers behind a library of acclaimed movies (including multi Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech,” plus the likes of “Lion,” “The Power of the Dog,” and “One Life”), the production company had moved into TV with astonishing success with […]
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‘Wildwood’s’ Murder of the Crows Sequence Took Laika’s Artisans Over Five Years to Complete (EXCLUSIVE)
Laika’s latest stop-motion animated feature, “Wildwood,” is the Oregon-based studio’s most ambitious film to date, featuring 231 puppets, 54 hero characters and 136 locations. Written and direct by Travis Knight (“Kubo and the Two Strings”), the picture, opening Oct. 23, follows Prue, a 12-year-old girl who launches a desperate rescue mission to save her baby […]
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‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Sarah Levy’s ‘Run’ Boarded by Mise En Scene Company for Sales, First Look Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)
The Mise En Scene Company has taken worldwide sales rights to “Run,” the marathon comedy-drama led by “Schitt’s Creek” star Sarah Levy, and has unveiled the first-look image exclusively with Variety. The London and New York-based outfit, known as MSC, will open sales on the U.S. production at the American Film Market, operating from the […]
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Guillermo del Toro Pays Tribute to Late ‘E.T.’ Designer Carlo Rambaldi Ahead of Hollywood Walk of Fame Honor: ‘A Worldwide Maestro of Magic’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Guillermo del Toro is paying tribute to Italian special effects master Carlo Rambaldi, who is being honored today with a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Rambaldi, best known for designing the iconic title character in Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” died in 2012 at age 86. He was a three-time Academy Award winner for […]
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Bollywood Actor Imran Khan Heads to High Court to Fight Order to Leave India Over Election Protest
Imran Khan is preparing a court challenge to an order that gives the Bollywood actor until Oct. 28 to leave India, after he attended a demonstration demanding that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar step down. Khan, a Bollywood superstar and Aamir Khan’s nephew, is an American national who lives in India on an Overseas Citizen […]
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‘Boiling point’: Why students are protesting against Albania’s Edi Rama
Experts say Albania’s protests reflect ignored student grievances and growing frustration.
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Trump says Fort Hood US shooter execution will not be livestreamed
US president reverses Pentagon's plan to publicly stream execution of Nidal Malik Hasan after outcry.
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What is Starshield, and who limited Ukraine’s access to it?
Ukraine relies on Starshield, the military-grade version of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite service, to fight Russia.
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Sally Rooney books withdrawn from sale in UK over Palestine Action support
Publisher Faber says withdrawal due to 'circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney'.
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Photos: China and North Korea open new border bridge amid deepening ties
The New Yalu River Bridge connects Dandong, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea, enhancing regional trade and collaboration.
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Christy Carlson Romano Says Her Salary Was Half of Shia LaBeouf’s on ‘Even Stevens’: ‘We Were Co-Leads and Had the Same Screen Time’
Christy Carlson Romano is claiming she was paid half of Shia LaBeouf’s salary on the Disney Channel series “Even Stevens,” despite the two being “co-leads” with “the same screen time.” Romano opens up about her time on the show, which ran from 2000 to 2003 and followed the antics between a brother and sister with […]
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Cineverse to Adapt Trevor Henderson’s Horror Podcast ‘Mayfair Watchers Society’ Into Movie (EXCLUSIVE)
Cineverse is teaming with Trevor Henderson, the horror creator behind viral characters like Siren Head and Cartoon Cat, to adapt his podcast “Mayfair Watchers Society” into a feature film, Variety can reveal exclusively. Launched in 2022 as part of Cineverse’s Bloody FM network, the “Mayfair Watchers Society” podcast is “presented as a collection of found […]
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Russell Brand Trial: Woman Details Alleged Rape After Asking Her to Take Photos of Him Half-Naked
The second day of Russell Brand’s criminal trial is underway in London, with the first complainant detailing an alleged rape at the 1999 Labour Party conference in Bournemouth. Arriving to Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, Brand sported a grey suit, white shirt and black-and-white polka dot tie, with his hair tied back in a half-up […]