After two years of massive layoffs and the promise of more consolidation to come in media and entertainment in 2025, the mood is bleak among executives of a certain age. The pink-slip bloodbath has hit hard on Gen X veterans in the middle-management ranks of networks, studios, talent agencies and PR firms. And it’s come
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When my late husband, Stanley Kramer, created his own independent film production company in 1947, his goal was to make some level of difference with his work in Hollywood. The first success of that stated direction was the World War II drama “Home of the Brave” in 1949, adapted from Arthur Laurents’ play about anti-Semitism
At the risk of sounding like Nicole Kidman: We all know the feelings that unite an audience in a movie theater. Yet when I went to see the rereleased “Interstellar,” I was struck by a new feeling. Taking my seat in front of the IMAX screen at the AMC Lincoln Square, I was honestly shocked
“I’m finding out we’re the same person — long-lost cousins,” Drew Starkey says to Harris Dickinson. Though the two have just met, at 31 and 28, they are indeed in the same unusual position: Both play the love interests of far more seasoned movie stars. Starkey was best known for Netflix’s teen drama “Outer Banks”
After several delays down the Sony release calendar, the studio’s Marvel spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” is being met by indifference in its arrival to theaters. The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations. That’s behind the $6 million opening day gross of the studio’s “Madame Web,” which
Described by some as “Euphoria” meets “Succession,” Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s “Industry” stakes out territory that is all its own. Driven by exceptional ensemble performances, Season 3 of the drama set in a London investment bank skewered the global financial system, class and the media, while also tackling racism, misogyny, addiction, sexual assault and
In his second theatrical film, multi-hyphenate Mehran Modiri, one of Iran’s most beloved TV satirists, turns his hand to the thriller genre with mixed results. He writes, directs and performs in the intense but increasingly contrived social issues movie “6 A.M.,” in which a small incident escalates into a big tragedy. Although the indie feature
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “End of Tour,” the Dec. 13 series finale of “Blue Bloods.” After 14 seasons and 293 episodes, CBS’ “Blue Bloods” officially came to an end on Friday night, airing its final episode. The last hour didn’t go out with a bang; in fact, it felt a bit like
“The Sand Castle” is made up of intentionally simple elements: an abandoned island, a creaky old lighthouse, an intermittently working radio. And at its center is a family of four: a doting mother, a resourceful father, a moody teen son and a daydreaming daughter. Their survival depends on the increasingly Sisyphean task of waiting and
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Rihanna changed the game when it came to accessible lingerie. Sure, other brands have been breaking the mold for years, but with radical body positivity, size inclusion, bright, bold colors, and out-of-the-box lingerie fashion shows, the Savage x Fenty founder gave the lingerie industry the reset it needed. Best for: The modern muse Material: Polyamide,
Towards the end of Sony Picture’s newest Marvel movie “Kraven the Hunter,” the titular anti-hero — played with maximum abdominal musculature by Aaron Taylor-Johnson — experiences a chilling hallucination in which he’s surrounded by a horde of spiders. It is a clear allusion to the character’s greatest nemesis in the Marvel comics, Spider-Man. It is
For nearly a decade — since comedy legend Lily Tomlin played a salty septuagenarian in Paul Weitz’s “Grandma” — I’ve been trying to track down a copy of her one-woman show, “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.” Well, the search is over. Last week, on Friday night, Tomlin sat down with
“The Way Home” is coming back … home. Last month, Variety broke the news that the hit series was moving to Hallmark+, the company’s new streaming service, for its third season, debuting in January. It was set to make its linear debut in the fall. However, “after hearing from the many passionate, loyal fans,” the
The woman accusing Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her when she was 13 years old has addressed some inconsistencies in her report. Speaking with NBC News, the woman, whose identity remains protected as Jane Doe, said “not all the faces are clear” in her recollection of what happened to her over 20 years
It is seemingly not possible for “Dexter,” as a franchise, to move forward. In the final moments of the sequel series “New Blood,” which aired eight years after the original series finale in 2013, Michael C. Hall’s serial killer was fatally shot. (Or at least, he appeared to be — more on that in a
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the series premiere of Showtime’s “Dexter: Original Sin” now streaming on Paramount+. “Things were a little messy in the beginning…” That’s how Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) described his first kill when audiences saw it 18 years ago in Season 1 of Showtime’s serial killer series “Dexter.” And
Emerald Fennell‘s adaptation of the classic gothic romance “Wuthering Heights” is coming to the big screen just in time for Valentine’s Day. Warner Bros. will release the film from MRC on Feb. 13, 2026. Fennell serves as writer, director and producer on the project based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, which stars Margot Robbie, Jacob
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for the ending of “Kraven the Hunter,” now playing in theaters. Aaron Taylor-Johnson is suiting up as the famous Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter in Sony’s latest (and possibly final) Marvel movie. After the “Venom” trilogy, “Morbius” and “Madame Web,” “Kraven the Hunter” is the last Spidey-less movie
Before “Sing Sing” became a critical hit and awards darling, it almost failed to launch. The film, which shows the positive impact that the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program has on a group of incarcerated men, features Colman Domingo as a playwright incarcerated after being wrongfully convicted of murder. Domingo is one of
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is not throwing away his shot to make the perfect “Hamilton” movie. “I’ve always said I’m open to it, if I hear a director with a great take,” Miranda told Variety during an interview for his latest film “Mufasa: The Lion King.” (He wrote the original songs for the Disney prequel, in theaters
Jim Carrey recently expressed interest in reprising the Grinch, but what about some of his other iconic characters? The comedian was recently asked by ComicBook.com about making a sequel to “The Mask,” his 2004 comedy that introduced the world to Cameron Diaz and became a blockbuster with $351 million at the worldwide box office. That
Viola Davis said that probably her proudest achievement was the creation of her game-changing character Annalise Keating in legal drama thriller “How to Get Away With Murder,” during an onstage interview Thursday at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where many in the ecstatic audience had greeted her by declaring, “I love
Sean “Diddy” Combs has officially given up on getting out of prison before his trial date comes in May 2025. Legal counsel for Combs, who is currently incarcerated at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., filed a motion earlier today to dismiss his appeal for bail in his ongoing sex trafficking and racketeering case. He
Greek-American opera superstar Maria Callas is the subject of Pablo Larrain’s latest feature. “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie, picks up with Callas at the end of her life, as she mourns the end of her career. The film, now streaming on Netflix, is mapped with flashbacks showing snapshots of her stardom; performing at La Scala and
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A year after suing him for sexual assault, Paula Abdul has reached a settlement with “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe. Abdul’s attorneys notified the court on Thursday that the case had been resolved. Terms were not disclosed. “I am grateful that this chapter has successfully come to a close and is now something I can
Quentin Tarantino was a recent guest on “The Joe Rogan Experience” and spent a considerable amount of time reflecting on the current relationship between television and film. He argued that even a TV show that he loves to watch like “Yellowstone” can hardly compare to the power of a good movie. In Tarantino’s eyes, “Yellowstone”
Will Smith has seen the memes, and he’s making it clear that he had nothing to do with Sean “Diddy” Combs and his freak off parties. During a performance last night in San Diego, the rapper paused his set to lightheartedly address speculation that he was one of the celebrity guests that frequented Combs’ infamous
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