If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s time to start packing your bags because “The White Lotus” embarks to Thailand in less than two weeks. Ahead of the third season of the hit HBO show, which releases on Feb. 16,
Music’s biggest night drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday night. That’s down 9% from last year’s Grammys, which brought in 16.9 million viewers on CBS, per Nielsen Live + Same Day ratings. (The 2024 Grammys marked a 34% increase from the year before.) Those figures do not include streaming and online viewership from Paramount+,
Just hours after Spotify announced its first-ever annual net profit, the National Music Publishers’ Association has launched an ongoing takedown initiative against the streaming giant for the unlicensed use of music in podcasts on its platform. Beginning today (Feb. 4), notices will be sent to remove thousands of unlicensed uses of NMPA members’ works, according
Adam MacDonald (“Backcountry,” “Pyewacket,” “Out Come the Wolves”) has been set to direct apocalyptic horror-thriller “This is Not a Test,” which Blue Fox Entertainment is introducing at the EFM in Berlin. The film — coming from Anova Pictures — is based on the YA novel by New York Times bestselling author Courtney Summers, and will feature
Guy Pearce recently spoke to The Times as part of his Oscar campaign for “The Brutalist” and remembered getting piled on by members of the industry due to his acting start on the popular Australian soap opera “Neighbours.” Pearce was a cast member from 1986 to 1989. “I have many feelings about that show,” Pearce
Roger Durling can’t conceal his excitement for the 40th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF director sees the need for a celebration of art as Los Angeles, 90 minutes or so to the south of Santa Barbara, begins to recover from devastating wildfires that destroyed large areas of the county. “It
The Ice Cube Collection by Chopard plays with light. Every piece is guaranteed to brighten your day, as each stackable creation is crafted in ethical 18 karat white, rose, or yellow gold—some sparkling with diamonds. Caroline Scheufele, the creative soul of Chopard, brought this new collection to life—drawing on inspiration from the geometrical design and
Fendi’s “Hand in Hand” initiative is heading to Australia and welcoming a new artist into the fold: Natalie Miller. The program, which began in 2020, engages artisans to create their version of the Italian house’s iconic Baguette style. First created by Silvia Venturini Fendi, the brand’s Artistic Director of Accessories and Menswear, the Baguette debuted
Warner Bros. Discovery has chosen a homegrown team to lead the company’s ad-sales staff into an increasingly complex era. Ryan Gould and Robert Voltaggio, two senior sales executives who have worked at the media conglomerate for more than a decade, will join to manage efforts to connect advertisers to everything from the Max streaming service
Three weeks ago, as wildfires raged across Los Angeles, there was some question over whether it would be in good taste to proceed with Grammy Weekend, even if it were safe to do so. Yet with the go-ahead from local officials, the Recording Academy and its broadcast partner CBS quickly decided to proceed with a
Popular Roblox life simulation game “Brookhaven” has been acquired by game developer Voldex in a deal funded by Raine Partners and Shamrock Capital. Created by Roblox user Wolfpaq in 2020, “Brookhaven” is described as a place to “hang out, roleplay, interact, craft unique narratives, live in big houses, drive fun vehicles and explore the city.”
Blake Lively What Legal War??? Smilin’ Big With Ryan Published February 4, 2025 7:02 AM PST Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively aren’t losing sleep over their legal battle with Justin Baldoni — they’re all smiles in a new couple’s selfie! Shared by the “Deadpool” star on IG Monday, Blake looked fab snapping the pic while
Disney’s “A Complete Unknown” continued its reign atop the U.K. and Ireland box office, bringing in £1.2 million ($1.5 million) in its third weekend and pushing its total to £8.3 million ($10.3 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The Bob Dylan biopic, starring Timothée Chalamet, has demonstrated strong staying power, maintaining its grip on the
A new family dynamic between David Beckham and Matt Damon kicks off in Super Bowl LIX. The two play long-lost twins who bond over Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Stella Artois in a commercial that executives behind the brand expect to start a months-long campaign. “The dichotomy of David Beckham and Matt Damon as long-lost twins who bond
Uber Eats is counting on a dizzying array of Matthew McConaugheys to help it make a Super Bowl splash in an ad game that counts two of its many competitors as advertisers. The transportation and delivery company has crafted a rapid-fire ad in which the actor takes on many different roles across multiple eras to
Spotify hit all the right notes in reporting Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings, with the audio streamer turning in its first annual net profit since it was founded in 2006. Shares of Spotify surged more than 10% on the solid earnings report in early trading Tuesday. For 2024, Spotify posted net income of €1.138 billion
Nestle’s Coffee mate aims to lick Super Bowl advertising rivals not with a celebrity cameo but rather with a celebrity tongue. Shaina Twain provides the voice of a multitalented mouth appendage that dances, sings, plays a variety of instruments and even does a mid-air flip in a 30-second spot for the non-dairy creamer’s “Cold Foam”
Fox Corporation saw profit in its fiscal second quarter surge due to its reliance on news and sports programming, with ads tied to the 2024 presidential election and big-audience MLB and NFL telecasts giving a boost to operations at the company. The owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcast network said net income
Fox Corporation expects to launch a new stand-alone subscription-based streaming service by the end of 2025, as the company, which has resisted the call to plunge millions into developing premium content for broadband audiences, sees new allure in the business. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the company believed it could reach a new audience
Marvel has unveiled the first trailer for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” The film stars Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”) as Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby (“Napoleon”) as the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn (“Stranger Things) as the Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear”) as the Thing. The cast also includes Ralph Ineson as Galactus,
Jesse Eisenberg, who received an Oscar nomination for playing Mark Zuckerberg in 2010’s “The Social Network,” is distancing himself from the Facebook and Meta chief. In an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s “Today” on Tuesday, Eisenberg admitted that he hasn’t been following the tech giant’s “life trajectory, partly because I don’t want to think of
Frito-Lay is getting ready to turn traditional notions of potato-chip advertising into mash. The snacking giant, part of PepsiCo., will run a minute-long Super Bowl commercial for its flagship Lay’s that will try to do for potatoes in the Big Game what Budweiser has done for Clydesdale horses and Chrysler did for an American plagued
A24 is bringing “Eddington,” Ari Aster‘s hotly-anticipated original electric thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler, to the European Film Market in Berlin this month, Variety has learned. Also starring Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward and Clifton Collins Jr., the film is now in post-production and is believed to revolve around a
Robert Harris’ novel “Conclave,” a political papal thriller set in the Vatican as cardinals jostle and conspire to elect a new Pope, was released in September 2016, coincidentally just weeks after House Productions, which would produce the film adaptation, had been officially launched by Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell. Some eight years later, and “Conclave”
Jane Tranter has been named advisory chair for the 2025 Edinburgh TV Festival, which also marks the 50th anniversary of its MacTaggart Lecture. The influential TV executive, whose production company Bad Wolf is currently producing “Doctor Who” alongside BBC Studios, will work with creative director Rowan Woods to shape the festival’s editorial direction. Tranter brings
Brian Murphy, an English actor and comedian best known for his roles in the ’70s sitcoms “Man About the House” and “George and Mildred,” died on Sunday. He was 92. Murphy’s agent confirmed the news to the BBC, calling him a “joyful and profoundly good-hearted man.” His wife, “Hi-de-Hi” star Linda Regan, posted a photo
For the first time, 2025 will see streamers outpace commercial broadcaster in global content spend, according to a new report. New figures released by Ampere Analysis predict global content spend will reach $248 billion this year, a 0.4% year-on-year increase (following a 2% increase in 2014 driven by ad spend on the U.S. election, Summer
Whatever summer temperature it is where the average person’s mind begins to warp and melt in the general heat-haze, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is set permanently to that exact degree. You can feel the slow, sweaty adhesion of skin to every surface — or simply to itself — in Argentine director Laura Casabé‘s
COMEDY CONVERGENCE Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris are heading to Queensland, Australia with cameras set to roll this month on destination comedy “Spa Weekend.” The Gold Coast-set film, from “Bad Moms” helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, follows three best friends whose luxury escape goes sideways when their chaotic fourth shows
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart took aim at President Donald Trump‘s trade tariffs and his plans to take over Panama and Greenland. Stewart opened the segment with a compilation of news clips detailing a “new trade war” that could emerge from Trump’s tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico. “The
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