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Once the cameras stop rolling on Sam Mendes’ epic four-part biopic series about the members of the Beatles, many of the sets and props are going to have a new life celebrating the band in their native home. A 100,000 sq. ft Beatles experience has been announced for Liverpool, moving the existing The Beatles Story […]
Patrick Dempsey has signed with Gersh for representation. The Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated actor is a big get for the company, which is the fourth largest talent and literary agency in the world. Dempsey currently stars in and executive produces the Fox series “Memory of a Killer,” which streams on Hulu. Season 2 of […]
An exhibition dedicated to the music of Ryan Coogler’s Oscar-winning “Sinners” has opened at the California African American Museum. “Sinners: Sounds That Summon” is on view Oct. 20-March 14. Presented in collaboration with Warner Bros. Archives, the presentation is the first museum exhibition devoted to film’s music. “Sound has the power to form creative worlds […]
How do you get an A-list actor to star in your movie? If it’s Robert Pattinson, the answer is a whole lot of nicotine. The “Batman” and “Odyssey” star is generating Oscar buzz for his portrayal of “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen in A24’s “Primetime.” But Pattinson was originally planning to stay behind […]
“Mayor of Kingstown,” the Taylor Sheridan-created crime series starring Jeremy Renner, will return for its fifth and final season on Jan. 15. Accompanying the news, Paramount+ released 15 photos from the season, which picks up “in the wake of Tracy’s murder and the vengeance visited upon Callahan by Mike (Renner) and Kyle McLusky (Taylor Handley),” […]
With new talk of escalation, Islamabad is trying to revive negotiations without alienating Tehran, Riyadh or Washington.
Calls for independence intensified last year, with some 300,000 petitioning officials for a referendum.
The UK's new prime minister has made big promises and is a popular leader, but there is still talk of an early election.
The Signal Awards, which is in its fifth year of honoring podcasts, has revealed this year’s recipients, including “Good Hang With Amy Poehler,” “Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky” and “Khloé in Wonder Land,” which are among the dozens of shows that have received a gold medal this year. Others winning top prizes include “All There Is […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced the cast for his next Broadway venture, “Warriors,” which comes a decade after “Hamilton” became a pop culture sensation. The upcoming production, which opens in the spring, will star Jaci Calderon, Aneesa Folds, Amber Gray, Julia Harriman, Sasha Hutchings, Gizel Jiménez, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Kenita R. Miller, Sasha Allen, Casey Likes, […]
Prince Harry says he wants to make peace with both his father and brother. Speaking in his first major interview since returning to the U.K. with his family earlier in the summer, the Duke of Sussex discussed his complicated and fractured relationship with King Charles and Prince William, claiming that he wanted to fix the […]
The Paley Center for Media has announced four new appointees to its board of trustees: David Ellison, chairman and chief executive officer, Skydance; Roger Lynch, who was recently named chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.; Dina Powell McCormick, the president and vice chairman of Meta; and Chris Winfrey, Charter Communications’ president and chief executive officer. Additionally, […]
LuckyChap International, the London-based joint venture between LuckyChap and Mediawan that was unveiled in late 2025, has given its filmmaking ambitions a shot in the arm with a significant new hire. Katie Goodson-Thomas, a hugely respected and experienced exec who has spent more than a decade at Searchlight Pictures, is set to leave the studio […]
The BBC has confirmed it will shut down a host of linear broadcast services next year. Among those impacted are BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra. The decision was made as the beleaguered corporation seeks to make cuts across the board in a bit to save £500 million by 2028. “We need […]
Aficionados of Fox News may not know Kate DePetro as well as they do mainstays like Harris Faulkner, Sean Hannity or Bret Baier. Give them some time. Fox News Media has hired DePetro, a former production assistant, for a new role that may prove to be extremely important to the cable-news mainstay as it seeks […]
Mexico’s beloved Guillermo del Toro descended on the 24th Morelia Film Festival like the rockstar he is, greeted by hordes of shrieking fans that impressed even the most jaded in the crowd. In town to present the much-anticipated 3D Re-Release of “Pan’s Labyrinth,” he was everywhere all at once, holding a masterclass where tickets were […]
Iconoclastic Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi’s debut feature “Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep” made a splash in this year’s Un Certain Regard in Cannes with its powerful, poetic treatment of a Bedouin community in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. This week it plays in a competition slot at the El Gouna Film Festival, where Variety spoke to the […]
Reliance is central to Washington’s efforts to punish Russian energy buyers and contain oil prices amid the war on Iran.
Britain’s reopened refugee resettlement scheme offers no escape for Palestinians in Gaza.
From the ‘Flamingo Revolution’ to current protests, an inside look at a leaderless youth uprising challenging Edi Rama.
