The $2 billion-grossing “Conjuring” universe will grow by one more film this Friday with the release of “The Nun II,” which will see Taissa Farmiga reprise her creepy role as Sister Irene. The original “Nun” movie, which followed Sister Irene as she fended off the possessed demon nun Valek in 1952 Romania, debuted in 2018
Kourtney Kardashian revealed on Instagram that she is recovering from urgent fetal surgery, which explains why her husband, Travis Barker, announced last week that Blink-182 was postponing tour shows in Europe due to a family matter. “I will be forever grateful to my incredible doctors for saving our baby’s life,” Kardashian wrote in a post.
Nah Yung Suk, one of South Korea’s most successful TV producers, says the content marketplace in his home country has been divided into two distinct eras: “Before Netflix” and “After Netflix.” On the latest episode of Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Nah Yung Suk offers his observations on the rise of Korean popular culture throughout the
Jim Tom Hedrick, star of Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners,” died Sept. 6 of kidney cancer. He was 82. “Jim Tom Hedrick was a treasured member of the Moonshiners family and we share our condolences with his family and all those who loved him,” a Discovery Channel spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. “Jim Tom dedicated
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of “The Afterparty,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Instead of deciding on who would make the perfect killer, the writers of Season 2 of “The Afterparty” began their journey by selecting a murder weapon. “It started with thinking that it should be poison, and
Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival, now in its 11th year, is set to open this October with Netflix’s Bayard Rustin biopic “Rustin” starring Colman Domingo. Director George C. Wolfe will receive the festival’s Impact Award for his work in bringing the vital civil and LGBTQ rights story to the screen. Also coming to the festival is
Ava DuVernay’s latest film, “Origin,” received a warm welcome at Venice Film Festival on Wednesday night, where it premiered to a five-minute and 46-second standing ovation. The drama, which is an adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste: The Origin of Our Discontent,” left many audience members in tears as it weaved together
Prep is dead; long live prep. Prep is back. Prep never left. Prep is evolving, and by the way, you shouldn’t call it “prep” anymore. Or, anyway, so says the dozens of writers and influencers captivated by the rise of the “old-money aesthetic”; the TikTokers documenting their “dark academia”-inspired wardrobes; the runways once again filled
Get a grip, girl! Latrice Royale is officially joining the Season 4 cast of HBO’s “We’re Here,” Variety can exclusively reveal. Latrice Royale joins fellow drag artists Priyanka, Sasha Velour and Jaida Essence Hall in leading the new season. “We’re Here” Season 4 will notably see a shift from its original format, which previously saw
Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5,” a 1999 dance remix of Dámaso Pérez Prado’s 1949 single, is one of the most love-it-or-hate-it songs of all time — Stephen King’s wife definitely falls in the latter camp. The author recently spoke to Rolling Stone to promote his latest novel, “Holly,” and revealed his wife once threatened to
The CrimeCon Clue Awards will return for a second year with a new streaming partner — Law&Crime’s YouTube, Facebook and TikTok accounts — on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. ET. This year’s event will be hosted by ABC News legal analyst Matt Murphy, while presenters will include Camille Vasquez, Nancy Grace and prosecutor Kelly
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors awards are moving from Nov. 18 to Jan. 9 amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, editor Carol Littleton and the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter are set to be honored at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The Tuesday ceremony
Variety has announced its 10 Actors to Watch for 2023. Honorees include two actors making their movie debuts in films from Oscar winners as well as thesps working with filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes and Lulu Wang. Since 1998, Variety has honored rising stars on its 10 Actors to Watch list, heralding artists who
Michael Imperioli says he took supernatural steps to help him materialize his 1999 movie “Summer of Sam.” The “Sopranos” and “White Lotus” actor was living at the Chelsea Hotel at the time and, in a new documentary about the notoriously haunted locale, recalls meeting with a witch in order to push the crime thriller “through
20th Century Studios has released the trailer for Jeff Nichols’ upcoming motorcycle gang drama “The Bikeriders,” starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, and Tom Hardy. The film opened the Telluride Film Festival on Aug. 31 to critical acclaim. Its theatrical release is scheduled for Dec. 1. Based on Danny Lyon’s 1968 book of black-and white photographs,
Somewhere, at any given moment, there’s a film director adapting a stage play to the big screen. Yet it’s rare, and fascinating, to see a filmmaker steeped to the gills in cinema as cinema who also has a grand obsession with the theater. Robert Altman was like that. His great films of the ’70s were
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Lifetime has unveiled their fall Ripped From the Headlines lineup. The network will feature seven original movies, including their 500th original movie. For the milestone, Lifetime will hold a two-night event for “Murdaugh Murders: The Movie,” led by Bill Pullman playing Alex Murdaugh, the powerful South Carolina lawyer, who turned out to be living a
The trailer for OWN’s forthcoming docuseries, “Rebuilding Black Wall Street,” featuring host Morris Chestnut has been revealed. Premiering on Sept. 29, the series will follow Chestnut and build teams, led by designers Jon Pierre and Mary Tjon-Joe-Pin (Two Steps Home), as they take viewers through Greenwood’s rich history and the personal journeys of those featured
Nathan Louis Jackson, a writer-producer on Netflix’s “Luke Cage” and the playwright behind “Broke-ology,” died on Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Ks. He was 44. Jackson’s wife Megan Mascorro-Jackson told The Hollywood Reporter that her husband had dealt with heart issues and had undergone an aortic dissection in 2019. Jackson was born on
Carolina Markowicz returns to the circuit to release her second feature “Toll” (“Pedágio”), cementing another world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, this time in its Centrepiece strand, billed as championing “compelling stories, global perspectives,” before heading to San Sebastian for closing night honors in its Horizontes Latinos competition later this month. Paris-based Luxbox handles
In “Origin,” Ava DuVernay weaves a centuries- and continents-spanning narrative feature around the ideas of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, who rejects the word “racism.” It’s not that she doesn’t believe that racism exists; rather, she doesn’t think that racism alone can explain the inequity in human society — the way America’s founders could have
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Get ready to throw your graduation caps in the air, because the Boys are going to college. Prime Video dropped the official trailer for “Gen V,” the spinoff series of its popular dark superhero show “The Boys.” Star Chance Perdoma has previously said that the show is going to be “fucked up.” Now, fans can
“Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel” is coming to an end at HBO. The sports talk series has been a part of the premium cabler’s lineup for 29 years. Gumbel first launched the series in 1995 and has aired over 300 episodes to date. “Since day one at ‘Real Sports’ we’ve consistently tried to look beyond
Harley-Davidson Motor Company has signed with CAA for representation, Variety has learned. As part of the deal, CAA will work closely with Harley-Davidson to create entertainment opportunities for its existing IP across film, television, music, and podcasts, adding to the company’s historic brand and deepening its connection with both its devoted fan base, and new
Following its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s “Waitress: The Musical,” which is set for a nationwide release on Dec. 7, the studio announced Wednesday. “Waitress: The Musical” will transform the Tony-nominated production to the big screen for audiences. Bareilles
Kino Lorber has bought all North American distribution rights to Jean-Luc Godard’s final short film “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars.” The 20-minute short played at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will next screen at Toronto and New York film festivals. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical roll out for
Russian tennis pro Daniil Medvedev is as frustrated as Charter Communications’ millions of cable TV customers that he can’t watch ESPN’s U.S. Open coverage because of the operator’s carriage fight with Disney. Medvedev, one of the sport’s top-ranked players, revealed that he had resorted to piracy to watch the U.S. Open — and keep tabs
Check out the official teaser for Pain Hustlers starring Chris Evans and Emily Blunt! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Pain Hustlers: http://www.fandango.com/pain-hustlers-2023-/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy ► Shop Rotten Tomatoes: http://bit.ly/3KvCU1M US Release Date: October 27, 2023 Starring: