One of the great challenges faced by the events during Grammy Week, including the FireAid benefit, is how to set the proper tone: How do you have a celebratory event like big concert or awards show without seeming tone-deaf to the tragedy and loss so many suffered in the Los Angeles wildfires that ravaged the
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Green Day and Alanis Morissette set the tone at the FireAid benefit with songs of hope and resilience. Then came Anderson .Paak, who turned the stage at the Kia Forum into a California celebration, bringing out legendary musician Sheila E. and Dr. Dre to chip in on both his songs and a few of Dre’s.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Throw This Lawsuit Out, Judge!!! Published January 30, 2025 6:05 PM PST Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are setting wheels in motion to try and have Justin Baldoni‘s defamation lawsuit thrown out. According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ … the A-list couple’s lawyers informed a NYC judge of
AMC Theatres has promoted Nikkole Denson-Randolph to senior VP and U.S. chief content officer. She’s replacing the cinema chain’s long-time head of worldwide programming and chief content officer Elizabeth Frank, who is departing to serve as CEO of RealD, one of the leading providers of 3D cinema technology. In Denson-Randolph’s new role, she will oversee
What makes a Marianne Faithfull song great is something an artist can’t buy or learn: It’s the sound of experience. Faithfull’s most haunting (and haunted) quality as an artist was the raspy world weariness in her voice and phrasing, the sense that this elegant woman — who died today at the age of 78 —
It didn’t seem possible that Taylor Swift would miss the 2025 Grammy Awards, and she won’t: Late Thursday, the Recording Academy announced that Swift will be a presented at the show, which takes place Sunday night, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on CBS. The singer, whose “Tortured Poets Department” album
David Jonsson will star in the lead role of Frank Ocean‘s forthcoming directorial debut film, and has begun shooting the project in Mexico City. The independent film is currently untitled, and plot details remain under wraps. The fast-rising British actor recently starred as the co-lead in Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Romulus” film alongside Cailee Spaeny, receiving
Matthew Lillard still likes scary movies. The actor, who starred in Wes Craven’s original “Scream” and did not return for future entries considering, well, narrative events, is joining the cast of the franchise’s upcoming seventh installment. Following the exit of both Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega from the “Scream” franchise after the pair led a
John Leguizamo is the latest star to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” He will appear alongside previously announced cast members Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Benny Safdie and Jon Bernthal. Universal shared last month that the film “is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand
The annual SCAD TVfest is back — and kicking off the packed event robustly with one of the biggest shows on television being honored on opening night. The 13th annual festival will begin with Variety honoring Matt and Ross Duffer, the creators of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” with the Showrunner Award, presented by star Caleb McLaughlin.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was handed an expanded superseding indictment earlier today in his ongoing sex trafficking and racketeering case, with prosecutors including two new female victims and accusing Combs of engaging in criminal conduct four years earlier than previously stated. In the indictment, reviewed by Variety, prosecutors state that Combs transported, aided and abetted three
Need an aid in how to watch FireAid? The all-star benefit concerts for L.A. wildfire relief are streaming from two locations in Los Angeles Thursday night, and they’re available through so many apps and channels, you almost won’t be able to turn on a computer without seeing them. Almost. We’re here to guide you to
Anthony Mackie told Esquire magazine in a new cover story that playing Captain America “is my Oscar because I’ve been overlooked so many times in my career.” The actor says there are least four performances of his that deserved award nominations (“Brother to Brother,” “Half Nelson, “The Banker” and “The Hurt Locker”), and yet he
“Emilia Pérez” star and Oscar nominee Karla Sofía Gascón has issued an apology after her social media posts expressing controversial views on Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars resurfaced this week. “I want to acknowledge the conversation around my past social media posts that have caused hurt,” she said in a statement to Variety.
Matt and Ross Duffer spent most of last year filming the final season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” and they can’t help but feel “mixed emotions” now that production has wrapped. “It was definitely sad,” Ross Duffer says of their last day in December. “We’re not going to tell the story with these characters anymore, with
Selma Blair is back. The “Cruel Intentions” star is returning with three new movies, including the Israel-Hamas war drama “Stay Forte” with Judd Hirsch and the brothers Mark and Michael Polish’s “There There.” She will also star in supernatural thriller “Silent” from filmmaking duo Doron and Yoaz Paz. Blair, who went public with her multiple
Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds told a federal judge Thursday that they will seek to dismiss Justin Baldoni‘s defamation lawsuit. Attorneys for the two sides are due in court Monday for the first hearing on the megafeud between the two “It Ends With Us” co-stars. Lively has accused Baldoni, who was also the film’s
“Squid Game” reached 4.6 billion minutes watched on Netflix in Season 2’s first full week of availability, per Nielsen. Even though that’s a small drop from the 4.9 billion minutes the series achieved the week before, which included Season 2’s debut weekend, this is a massive achievement for the South Korean drama. It’s rare that
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Vince Vaughn is joining Shane Gillis in his Netflix comedy series “Tires” among other Season 2 guest stars Ron White, Jon Lovitz, Veronika Slowikowska and Steph Tolev. It was previously announced that Thomas Hayden Church would appear in the second season as Gillis’ character’s dad. Details on most of their characters have yet to be
Six documentaries that have premiered in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival are among the 46 recipients of The Ford Foundation‘s $4.2 million donation as part of the organization’s commitment to social justice stories, Variety has exclusively learned. The Sundance documentaries chosen include “Free Leonard Peltier,” “Heightened Scrutiny,” “How to Build a Library,” “Seeds,”
“Twin Peaks” and “The Addams Family” actor Carel Struycken and his wife, Tracey, lived in their Altadena, Calif. home for more than 12 years without ever having to evacuate, despite a few close calls. Usually when there’s a fire in the nearby brush-covered hills, they see it coming toward them, giving them ample time to
Scott Belsky, Adobe’s chief strategy officer and executive VP of design and emerging products, is leaving the company to join A24 full-time as a partner leading tech and innovation projects at the studio. Belsky is an entrepreneur, author and creator who in 2006 founded Behance, an online platform that is used by more than 50
The Academy Awards have staged some iconic showdowns. Think of the tension around “La La Land” versus “Moonlight,” “12 Years a Slave” versus “Gravity” or “The Godfather” versus “Cabaret.” Each was a nail-biter that kept viewers on the edge of their seats. But what happens when six films — “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “A Complete Unknown,”
Jennifer Love Hewitt was the latest guest on Mayim Bialik’s “Breakdown” podcast (via US Weekly) and recalled how it wasn’t until she was in her thirties that she registered just how much the media sexualized her as a teenager. The actor got her breakthrough on shows like “Party of Five” and movies such as “I
Despite a cryptic teaser earlier this week, Jake Paul and Logan Paul will not face off against each other in the ring. Rather, they are launching a reality series on Max, the brothers announced during a livestream event Thursday. Jake and Logan peacocked around one of their mansions for five minutes, pretending to spar, until
Pick your peaches in the summer! Season 3 of “Ginny & Georgia” will premiere on June 5, Netflix just announced. The drama, which follows mother-daughter duo Ginny (Antonia Gentry) and Georgia (Brianne Howey) as they navigate life together, will pick up shortly after the Season 2 finale. Per Netflix, “Georgia has just been arrested for
“Saturday Night Live” is bringing Studio 8H to Radio City Music Hall with a three-hour, livestreamed concert on Feb. 14, in celebration of the sketch comedy series’ 50th anniversary. Jimmy Fallon will host the event, which boasts a lineup including Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Backstreet Boys and Post Malone. Jack White, David Byrne,
Mike Chester has been promoted to general manager of Warner Records, the company announced on Thursday. Chester was most recently executive vice president of promotion & commerce. In his newly expanded role, he will add marketing, digital marketing, artist development, and viral marketing to his purview while continuing to oversee promotion and commerce. In his new role,
There was both a fervor and a tenderness to the nature of Zayn‘s performances at the Shrine in Los Angeles. For the first of three back-to-back sold-out dates — his first L.A. concerts in over a decade — the English singer-songwriter seemed oddly taken aback by the reception of the crowd. Of course, the shrills
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