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Members of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America have moved to form Jewish committees, finding that recent events demonstrate a need for better representation within the guilds. In the DGA, members have gathered more than 300 signatures on a petition calling on the board to create a Jewish Diversity Committee,

Don Cheadle is the latest addition to the stacked cast for the upcoming Peacock limited true crime series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.” Cheadle joins previously announced series lead Kevin Hart in the show, along with fellow cast members Taraji P. Henson, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Howard, and Dexter Darden. The series is based

Apple TV+ has announced its spring and summer slate premiere dates, including when new seasons of series including “Loot,” “The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy,” “The Big Door Prize,” “Acapulco,” “Trying” will return. Announcing the roll out during the first day of the Television Critics Assn.’s Winter 2024 press tour, Apple TV+ also shared its

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” producers and World of Wonder co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato just snatched their sixth Emmy award for outstanding reality competition program and are riding high from Season 16 logging the series’ highest-rated season premiere in six years. Bailey can’t quite believe that the show is still gaining momentum. “The more mature

“Cobra Kai” is welcoming fans back to the dojo, releasing teaser of the cast celebrating that the show’s sixth and final season is officially back in production after Netflix announced plans to renew the show a year ago.  The news comes after show creator and writer Jon Hurwitz took to X to announce that writing

A documentary on Stormy Daniels, the porn star who made national headlines when it was revealed that Trump lawyer Michael Cohen paid her $130,000 to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the former president, is coming to Peacock next month. “Stormy,” directed and produced by Emmy-nominated helmer Sarah Gibson, premieres on the streamer on

Dozens of advertisers will flock to Super Bowl LVIII this Sunday, ready to pay out a small fortune to CBS in a bid to grab some attention. But they won’t crave as much of that valuable recognition as they might have just a few years ago. The Super Bowl has long offered Madison Avenue an arena

Coors Light is drafting LL Cool J to help it fight the Super Bowl beer wars. The popular actor and musician makes a grand entrance in Coors Light’s new Super Bowl commercial as the conductor of the Coors Light Chill Train, an advertising icon that hasn’t really been, um, tapped by the brewer since 2005.

Roy Wood Jr. has found there is indeed life after ‘The Daily Show.’ The former correspondent for the Comedy Central program has sold a memoir, titled “The Man of Many Fathers,” Matt Inman at Crown, by Anthony Mattero at CAA after an auction. Wood Jr.’s memoir will examine the most important lessons to come from

The “Outlander” prequel series at Starz has cast its four lead roles. In addition, Starz has announced that production is now underway in Scotland on the 10-episode series, which is officially titled “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.” Harriet Slater (“Pennyworth,” “Belgravia: The Next Chapter”), Jamie Roy (“Condor’s Nest,” “Flowers and Honey”), Hermione Corfield (“The Road

CNN is turning some of the lights out on its efforts to produce morning news. The network is revamping its entire A.M. schedule as the Warner Bros. Discovery-based cable news outlet continues to grapple with poor ratings. Poppy Harlow and Phil Mattingly, who co-anchor “CNN This Morning,” will leave the line-up, while Kasie Hunt’s early-morning

In Las Vegas, they’re getting ready to fill one of the biggest containers in the area with virtual gallons of Bud Light. On Monday, the popular Anheuser-Busch beer will fill the outdoor walls of Sphere, the new immersive arena that doubles as a massive billboard, with a new video that could make viewers think they

You might say Chris Pratt has been preparing for his next role for months. On Sunday, Pratt debuts as “Mr. P,” the ubiquitous and mustachioed mascot who has long appeared on behalf of Pringles, the potato-chips-in-a-can that are made by Kellanova. The key? A thick mustache the actor says he grew during the recent Hollywood

Japan was a latecomer to the video streaming era, with many viewers still preferring the collectability of physical media. But now the Japanese streaming sector appears to have reached maturity. A new report from data analytics company AMPD, that is part of consultancy and research firm Media Partners Asia, shows that Japan’s premium VOD category

Freely, the new free streaming service backed by Britain’s public service broadcasters that will deliver live TV over broadband, will launch in the second quarter of 2024. The initiative is from Everyone TV, the organization which runs free TV in the U.K. and is jointly owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Announced last year, the

SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers from Part 4 of “True Detective: Night Country,” now streaming on Max. The leading role in a season of “True Detective” has traditionally been reserved for established stars, but for Kali Reis, it’s only her third time in front of a camera. The veteran boxer first turned to acting

Kandi Burruss announced that she will not be returning to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” the Bravo reality series she has appeared on since 2009. She discussed her decision with editor Marc Malkin for Variety’s On the Carpet, presented by DIRECTV, at the Grammys on Sunday. “I’m not really keeping up right now,” she said,

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Larry David has had a busy week promoting the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” attacking Elmo on live TV and intimidating reporters on the premiere’s red carpet. The 76 year-old, who claims this

While hosting “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 3, Ayo Edebiri acknowledged jokes she made in the past about Jennifer Lopez, who served as the episode’s musical guest. In a game show sketch where Kenan Thompson forced contestants to reckon with their rude social media presences, Edebiri nodded at the recently resurfaced comments, saying, “Okay. We

Shane Gillis has been set as the host of the Feb. 24 episode of “Saturday Night Live” — a controversial move, as the comedian was cast and swiftly cut from the late-night sketch show in 2019. He will be joined by musical guest 21 Savage. Hours after Gillis was announced to be joining “SNL” in

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley crashed “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 3 to taunt Donald Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) in a town hall sketch, but ended up getting schooled by host Ayo Edebiri. Popping up at the end of the sketch, Edebiri posed a pointed question: “I was just curious, what would you

Alyssa Milano, who played Phoebe in the hit WB series “Charmed,” took to a panel hosted by Collider to respond to claims that she was responsible for Shannen Doherty‘s exit from the fantasy drama series back in 2001.  While not denying the claims, Milano expressed that it was “sad.”  “I don’t think it’s really that

An interview with the U.S. President in the hours before the Super Bowl has become a tradition in recent decades. Now that custom seems to be in danger of dying out. President Joe Biden will not take part in an exchange during the pre-game festivities leading up to CBS’ broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII on

From books and docuseries to podcasts and big-screen thrillers, true-crime tales are everywhere. Much of it is thinly researched retreads of well-worn cases and subjects that feel exploitative in the end. “Born in Synanon” is none of those things. The four-part documentary, directed by Geeta Gandbhir, that premiered in December on Paramount+, is a richly

What if crisis-whammies Nordic drama producers would now tap into other European stories instead of staying in the Nordic bubble and self-sufficient eco-system of mixed national and regional private and public coin? Would it be payback time for European partners who until now have bought into the Nordic Noir, without some form of reciprocity? The

Finland’s Tekele has announced that a second season of YLE original youth series “The Short Fuse” is in the works.  Directed by Jani Ilomäki, also behind police series “Roba,” it will be written by Pilke Salo, Milla Tuokkola and Janne Vanhanen and shot over June-July 2024, eyeing a 2025 release on YLE Areena. Starring are

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Backstab and Betrayal,” the sixth episode of “The Traitors” Season 2, now streaming on Peacock. Not once in his two-season run on CBS’ “Big Brother” did legendary player Dan Gheesling see his name written down for eviction. More than a decade later, it is still an impressive feat in the

“True Detective: Night Country” is the first season of the HBO anthology series not created by Nic Pizzolatto, who up until now had a writing credit on every episode across the show’s first three seasons. The show’s fourth season, “Night Country,” hails from Issa López, whose 2017 horror movie “Tigers Are Not Afraid” served as

HBO has cut Miloš Biković from the cast of “The White Lotus” Season 3 following a callout from Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs — a move that Biković says “can create a disturbing precedent shadowing the essence of artistic freedom.” “We have decided to part ways with Miloš Biković and the role will be recast,”

Pamela Anderson … mogul? The “Baywatch” icon has taken an ownership stake in a soon-to-launch free ad-supported streaming channel on Pluto TV dedicated to environmental-themed content. EarthDay 365 channel makes its debut on Feb. 5 exclusively on the leading free streaming TV service in the “Animals + Nature” category. The channel marks a partnership between Anderson