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Apple TV+ has given a series order to a half-hour comedy from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory. Starring Rogen, the untitled series is about a legacy Hollywood movie studio trying to survive in a world where it is increasingly difficult for art and commerce to live together. In addition to starring,

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Six-time Grammy winner Elton John will perform for the last time in North America this Sunday — a grand finale that will be captured in a Disney+ live broadcast titled “Elton John Live: Farewell

British production companies such as Left Bank, Carnival Pictures and Eleven Film have already signed up to a slew of new writing projects comprising the annual Brit List. Just 5 out of the 19 scripts this year are still without a production company attached. The U.K. platform for emerging British screenwriting talent and their unproduced

The Kardashian family media approach used to be Swiss-watch precise: First, an event in the public life of the family happened, and was covered by the tabloid press in its moment. Then, some months later, the event would be the subject of an episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” their E! reality show, in

Christina Applegate attended her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Monday, Nov. 14, which notably marked the Emmy winner’s first public appearance since disclosing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in spring 2021. Applegate was originally set to receive her star on the Walk of Fame in 2020, but the pandemic delayed the ceremony. She announced her

TLC is bringing back eight of their hit shows in 2023. “1000-Lb. Best Friends,” “I Am Jazz,” “Darcey & Stacey,” “Extreme Sisters,” “7 Little Johnstons,” “My 600-Lb. Life,” “Say Yes to the Dress” and “Return to Amish” will all return with 88 hours of new content in the first quarter. “1,000-Lb. Best Friends” premieres Wednesday,

John Aniston, who starred as Victor Kiriakis in nearly 3,000 episodes of “Days of Our Lives,” died on Friday, Nov. 11. He was 89. The Greek-born, Emmy-nominated actor was a staple on the NBC soap opera for over 30 years, also appearing on daytime serials “Love of Life” and “Search for Tomorrow.” In 2022, Aniston

Veteran Indian filmmaker Sudhir Mishra’s latest venture is “Tanaav,” the Indian adaptation of Israeli global hit “Fauda.” The series is transposed from Israel and Palestine to the troubled area that is Kashmir and tells the story of a Special Covert Ops Unit. ” ‘Fauda’ is about two countries, Israel and Palestine and it is about

NEW FUNDS FOR SHORTS U.K.-based creative agency, Intermission Film has announced the launch of Next Up The Intermission Short Film Fund, a new fund offering filmmakers the opportunity to create work supported by leading industry creatives. The fund is divided into two parts Get it Shot, a production fund and Get It Finished, a finishing fund.

“Shuggie Bain,” the Booker Prize-winning debut novel from Douglas Stuart, is set to be adapted as a BBC drama by A24. The book centers around a mother-son relationship in Glasgow, Scotland, where Shuggie’s mother battles alcoholism while dreaming of the glamorous life she was supposed to have had. Effeminate Shuggie struggles to fit in and

Mick Jagger, P.J. Harvey and “Heartstopper” casting director Daniel Edwards are among the nominees at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Craft & Design Awards 2022. Jagger was nominated alongside Daniel Pemberton for writing the opening music to “Slow Horses,” the Apple TV+ show which stars Gary Oldman, while Harvey was nominated in the same

The creators of “Stranger Things” are dropping more hints about what to expect from the upcoming fifth and final season. During an FYC panel on Sunday Night, creators Matt and Ross Duffer, director Shawn Levy and stars Millie Bobby Brown (who attended virtually), Caleb McLaughlin, Priah Ferguson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Quinn and Eduardo Franco,

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The Thing Lay Still,” the season finale of “Interview With the Vampire,” now streaming on AMC+. In another story, the vampire family that slays together may have stayed together. But in the Nov. 13 finale of AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire,” betrayal flowed as thick as blood as

SPOILER ALERT: This contains spoilers from the Season 5 premiere of “Yellowstone,” which premiered Sunday, Nov. 13 on Paramount Network. “Yellowstone” has returned, and John Dutton (Kevin Costner) won the race for governor. But don’t worry: He totally hates it! The position is completely in service of keeping his family’s land, despite the efforts of Market

On the third episode of “The White Lotus” Season 2, a group of American tourists visits a location from “The Godfather,” which leads to a multi-generational debate about the patriarchy. (“Men love ‘The Godfather’ because they feel emasculated by modern society,” recent college grad Albie tells his dad and grandfather.) But Francis Ford Coppola’s Oscar-winning

Paramount+ has shared a first look at “1923,” the upcoming “Yellowstone” limited series spinoff starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as Dutton family leaders Jacob and Cara. “Violence has always haunted this family,” a narrator says in the trailer. “It followed us here. And when it doesn’t follow, we hunt it down. We seek it.”

Spoiler alert: This article previews plot details from the first episode of Season 5 of “Yellowstone.” “Yellowstone” Season 5 has almost arrived and the Dutton family has decided to let bygones be bygones and work together to save their ranch. Just kidding! The non-stop drama and scheming is back with a political bent, now that

Dave Chappelle has drawn new criticism, this time for his monologue on this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” as Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt argues that the comedian’s performance did “not just normalize but popularize antisemitism.” In his stint as this week’s “Saturday Night Live” host, Chappelle took the stage for a lengthy 15-minute

Budd Friedman, the Broadway producer who founded The Improv comedy club franchise and kickstarted the careers of some of Hollywood’s biggest comic voices, died of heart failure Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 90 years old. “The comedy world lost a giant today,” the Hollywood Improv wrote in a statement Saturday evening. “In 1963 he

Tyrone Biggums, Rick James and Silky Johnson are now “Game of Thrones” canon. The original “Chappelle’s Show” characters were resurrected for a very special “House of the Dragon” sketch on “Saturday Night Live.” Returning host Dave Chappelle brought back three characters from his sketch series, which ran from 2003 to 2006 on Comedy Central. Similar

Taking the stage at NBC’s Studio 8H on Saturday night, comedian Dave Chappelle used his 15-minute monologue as host of this week’s “Saturday Night Live” to speak on current events, but declined to discuss anything related to anti-trans jokes he told which drew controversy. Chappelle generated anger last year after the October release of “The

The TV industry’s most popular yardstick remains broken — at least for now. Nielsen’s long-utilized national TV ratings have yet to regain industry backing, and are not likely to get it for period of time. The measurement giant asked to cancel a meeting slated to take place Monday where it was supposed to demonstrate its

“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan is defending the hit series after critics claimed the show, which premieres its fifth season on Sunday on Paramount Network, aligns with conservative values. “They refer to it as ‘the conservative show’ or ‘the Republican show’ or ‘the red-state ‘Game of Thrones,’ ” Sheridan told The Atlantic. “And I just sit back

Three-time Grammy award-winning singer Lizzo will receive “The People’s Champion” award at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, NBC and E! announced on Friday. Lizzo has been nominated five times previously for her record-breaking compositions and continuous activism related to topics like body positivity and racial inclusion. “She leads with kindness, advocates for inclusivity and champions

The soundtrack to Freevee series “High School,” based on the memoir by Canadian twin sister pop duo Tegan and Sara Quin better known as Tegan and Sara, is a coming-of-age drama filled with wall-to-wall ’90s needle drops. Says showrunner, writer and director Clea DuVall: “A lot of the needle drops were in the writing of

Emayatzy Corinealdi, who plays Jax Stewart in Hulu’s “Reasonable Doubt,” is confronting her past with eyes wide open in a new clip from the season finale, shared exclusively with Variety. Following the penultimate episode, the high power criminal attorney is left reckoning with the history of sexual assault she faced in her home as a

Among the many controversies that gripped the British Royal Family during the 1990s was one that would only come to light almost two decades later, when Prince Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell (who was convicted of sex trafficking last December) was eventually exposed in the press. The

Richard Eustis, an Emmy-award winning screenwriter and co-creator of 1986 ABC sitcom “Head of the Class,” died Oct. 30 at the age of 86 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Eustis served as one-half of the writing team Eustis and Elias, along with writer and director Michael Elias, who together created the high school sitcom, which ran

Warning: Spoilers follow for the Season 3 premiere of Apple TV+’s “Mythic Quest.” With F. Murray Abraham traipsing off to Sicily — he’s in the latest season of “The White Lotus” — he won’t be seen walking the halls of “Mythic Quest” as the critically acclaimed comedy returns for a third season this Friday on

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish sees “real opportunity” in a radical alignment of his domestic and international operations, and promises that macroeconomic headwinds won’t impact his content investment in global originals. Speaking to Variety in London on his way to this weekend’s MTV European Music Awards in Düsseldorf, Germany — a frequent trip for the