Jason Momoa is no longer feeling too optimistic about playing Aquaman in the future. The actor is reprising his superhero role in Warner Bros.’ upcoming “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” which might be Momoa’s swan song as the character on the big screen. Momoa was cast as Aquaman in the DC Universe, playing the character
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Crown” Season 6, streaming on Netflix now. The series finale of “The Crown” is set in 2005, a full 17 years before Queen Elizabeth II’s death. But as the show’s creator, Peter Morgan, told Variety earlier this year, he felt compelled to honor the Queen’s real-life passing
Credit country superstar Luke Combs for being a lot faster to get out ahead of a potential public-relations crisis than your average celebrity — to the point that he’s cleaning up messes before he’s had the chance to wipe the sleep out of his eyes. Combs woke up early Wednesday morning learning of a TV
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that accused Warren Beatty of coercing a teenage girl into sex in 1973, after the plaintiff’s attorney backed out of the case. Kristina Charlotte Hirsch filed the suit in November 2022 under a California law that temporarily suspended the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse.
As the fall draws to a close, and the late night talk shows still adjust to their post-strike rhythm (and one host in particular navigates some unexpected health crises), there appears to now be a steady ratings story to be told in live+same day numbers. In adults 18-49, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is emerging as
Studio71 has signed an advertising partnership with Unspeakable, a popular family-friendly content creator on YouTube who has more than 33 million subscribers across four channels and amasses 150+ million views every month. Houston native Nathan Milner, known online as “Unspeakable,” began creating Minecraft content more than ten years ago. His content has since expanded to
Jack Black is patiently waiting for Universal Pictures and Illumination to greenlight a sequel to the animated box office smash “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” “It has been radio silence,” Black tells Variety. “The only chatter has been coming from me, and I don’t even know if I’m allowed to chatter. I’ve been chomping at
‘Tis the season for streaming! With the holiday movie season in full swing, Netflix is bound to be one of the premiere destinations for movie lovers seeking a bit of Christmas confront. The streaming giant has become a bonafide Christmas movie machine over the last few years, developing its own slate of Christmas movie franchises
With “Barbie” now available to stream on Max, director and co-writer Greta Gerwig hit the late night press circuit and revealed on “The Late Show” one of the wildest ideas Ryan Gosling wanted to execute in the film as Ken. One of the character’s most memorable looks in the blockbuster comedy is a white mink
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Matthew Perry died from “the acute effects of ketamine,” according to the toxicology report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. The exact method of intake is unknown. Contributing factors in the “Friends” actor’s death included drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of
In its inaugural year, the African music performance category for the 66th Grammy Awards is stacked with some of the continent’s biggest stars of the moment: Asake and Olamide (for “Amapiano”), Burna Boy (“City Boys”), Davido and Musa Keys (“Unavailable”), Ayra Starr (“Rush”) and Tyla (“Water”) are leading lights from the wide landscape of Afrobeats,
There’s nothing better than seeing an actor on the silver screen subvert expectations, whether that means being bowled over by a newcomer’s performance or watching a familiar faceeffortlessly shift gears in that person’s career trajectory. This year, a noteworthy number of actors achieved these milestones, playing everything from real people who’ve made an impression to
Ambition paired with jealousy can be a dangerous cocktail. Especially when gender expectations are thrown into the mix. Prestige offerings, from “Fair Play” and “Oppenheimer” to “Past Lives” and “Lessons in Chemistry,” have mined that tricky terrain this year. “Maestro” and the latest seasons of female-led “Julia” and “The Morning Show” have tackled it as
“Kung Fu Panda 4” kicked off with a mighty hi-yah! on Wednesday, as the trailer for the animated comedy racked up more than 142 million views across channels. TikTok was a major contributor to the karate-chopping trailer’s terrific debut, which outperformed comparable Universal titles “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” “Minions 2,” “Sing 2” and “Puss
The jury in Jonathan Majors‘ trial for alleged assault did not reach a verdict by Friday afternoon and will continue on Monday morning. The jurors began deliberating in the late afternoon on Thursday and resumed mid-afternoon on Friday, only giving them about three hours to discuss the case. On Friday, Majors entered the courtroom with
It’s a full-blown holiday Hamm-aissance. Jon Hamm will next star in Apple TV+‘s new drama series “Your Friends and Neighbors,” which he’ll also executive produce. The show is based on an idea from Jonathan Tropper, who is also showrunner on the project. Americans are carving into freshly baked Hamm all over the place right now.
INVITING JUST THE RIGHT combination of guests to a party can be nerve- wracking for a good host. Similarly, those casting an ensemble movie know that the precise blend of people can make it a blowout or a bust. For the teams behind “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie,” “The Iron Claw” and “The
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel is set to return as the host of “Drag Race’s” Season 16 weekly recap show, “The Pit Stop.” Mattel and a guest will review and recap each episode of “Drag Race” Season 16, which returns to MTV on Jan. 5. “The Pit Stop” will air on the
Even before the summer of labor strikes brought Hollywood to a standstill, the TV awards season heavyweights already seemed set in stone. The cast of “Succession” seems unbeatable for their rapturously received final season, while “The Bear” and “The Last of Us” stand among a new class of shows that every awards body is clamoring
Netflix’s upcoming dark comedy “No Good Deed” has added Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson and Poppy Liu to its cast. The series comes from “Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman, making this a reunion of sorts with Cardellini. They join Ray Romano, who was previously confirmed to also star in “No Good
“We’re making incredible strides,” “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams told the crowd Thursday night at the HRTS Foundation Gala at the Beverly Hilton. Williams spoke about the progress he sees on diversity, equity and inclusion issues in Hollywood during a a 15-minute Q&A with Odetta Watkins, president of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society and
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” now playing on London’s West End. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” a prequel play to Netflix‘s hit sci-fi series, officially opened on London’s West End on Thursday night. Coming straight from the “Stranger Things” creative team — with a script by series writer
Tom Cruise got to Jack Reacher first, portraying the hulking military police officer turned vigilante in two films. But truth be told, for fans of Lee Child’s hugely popular novel series, Cruise was never a convincing fit, from his distracting star wattage to his smaller stature. Now, in the Prime Video series adaptation, the stans
A carefree disco-influenced song like Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night,” from Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster summer film “Barbie,” might seem effortless. But it was anything but, as you can see from Variety’s latest “Behind the Song” words-and-music video, where she and producer/co-writer Mark Ronson talk about the song’s creation and play individual vocal and instrumental tracks
The holiday season is in full swing but Recording Academy voting members still have one critical task to cross off their to-do lists. Voters — comprised of music professionals across all genres and disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, and engineers — should cast their ballots for the final round of Grammy Awards voting starting
James Cameron is sharing one of his favorite moments from “Barbie” with Greta Gerwig, the film’s director and co-writer. It’s America Ferrera’s showstopping monologue, the one that had audiences breaking into applause as her character slams the impossible demands society imposes on women to be successful in ways that don’t threaten men. “You basically sum
We tend to think that the best movies of the year express something about the spirit of their time. But what about the worst movies? Often, they’re thought of as merely inept. Yet the truth is that bad movies, in their very badness, have their own way of channeling what’s going on around them. Our
On the heels of an explosive season finale, Starz has renewed “Power Book IV: Force” for a third season. The second season of the spinoff (which serves as the third spinoff series in the “Power” universe), picked up with Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) as he sets out on a mission to avenge the death of
Cher‘s celebrated her holiday single “DJ Play a Christmas Song” hitting the top of Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” noting that she’s the only solo artist to have No. 1 hits in seven decades. The only other music act to achieve this feat is rock band the Rolling Stones.
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