Dan Harris, a former TV journalist who left prominent perches at both ABC News’ “Nightline” and the weekend editions of “Good Morning America,” is getting back into the TV-news business. Sort of. Harris figures prominently in the new subscriber-only “Membership” service launched last week by MS NOW. This time, however, he isn’t delivering headlines. He’s […]
Variety•Brian Steinberg14 Sept
After the CEOs of AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI this weekend issued calls for the industry to slow development over safety concerns, President Donald Trump weighed in the topic — downplaying the need for any protections in AI tech development other than himself. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND […]
Variety•Todd Spangler14 Sept
Oasis has announced the continuation of its reunion tour with a new batch of 2027 dates, kicking off in Scotland next May. The dates appear below in full, although it seems likely that more will be added. Speculation has been rampant that Oasis was slated for another round of live dates after wrapping their 2025 […]
Variety•Steven J. Horowitz14 Sept
TV’s biggest night is here. The 78th annual Emmy Awards take place Monday, Sept. 14, bringing together the casts and creators behind the year’s biggest shows — from “The Pitt” and “Hacks” to “Pluribus,” “Widow’s Bay” and “Beef.” The ceremony airs live coast-to-coast from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 […]
Variety•Atingley414 Sept
Paramount released the trailer for “Mr. Irrelevant: The John Tuggle Story,” a sports biopic about the final pick in the 1983 NFL draft. The sports drama tells “the heartfelt story of the inspiring, enduring impact John Tuggle had on his team and teammates after being drafted by the New York Giants,” the logline says. “Superman” […]
Variety•Mya Copeland14 Sept
Lucien Laviscount, the “Emily in Paris” breakout recently seen in the rom-com “People We Meet on Vacation,” has joined fellow Brit Daisy Ridley in upcoming action-thriller “The Good Samaritan.” From “Taken” director Pierre Morel and based on an original screenplay by “Rambo: Last Blood” screenwriter Matthew Ian Cirulnick, the film also stars Josh Duhamel (“Ransom […]
Variety•Alex Ritman14 Sept
Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop Tour after making headlines for saying “free Palestine” on stage and delivering a political speech during the Sept. 4 concert at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The Grammy winner told the audience at the show that he wanted people in Gaza and the […]
Variety•Zack Sharf14 Sept
“Last Meals,” the upcoming drama from Oscar nominated writer-director Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger,” “99 Homes”) and starring Mads Mikkelson in the lead role, has expanded its cast as the start of principal photography nears. BAFTA and Emmy nominee Tessa Thompson (“Hedda,” “Creed”) and two-time Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (“Revolutionary Road,” “Nocturnal Animas”) have joined […]
Variety•Alex Ritman14 Sept
The life of a K-pop star is anything but easy — and Lisa is living proof. At 13, the Thai performer beat out 4,000 hopefuls to join the vaunted South Korean record label YG Entertainment, becoming their first non-Korean trainee. The following year, she moved to South Korea for K-pop boot camp and managed to […]
Variety•Marlow Stern14 Sept
Ildikó Enyedi’s “Silent Friend” is Hungary’s submission for the 2027 Oscars in the best international feature film category. Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul,” which won Berlin’s Golden Bear, was Oscar nominated in the same category in 2018. “Silent Friend,” which stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm and Léa Seydoux, is a poetic exploration […]
Variety•Leo Barraclough14 Sept
Andrew Scott is set to reprise his starring role in the one-man play “Sea Wall.” The production of the limited run — it will play 19 performances at Studio Seaview in New York from Oct. 16 to Oct. 30 — will be filmed for a feature adaptation. The 30-minute monologue play was written for Scott […]
Variety•Marcmalkin14 Sept
Sydney Sweeney appears to be at the center of another controversy involving a commercial. The “Euphoria” actress recently stripped down for a steamy new ad for sports trading app Novig, going nude and covering parts of her with a variety of sports equipment. But not everybody is overjoyed by sports’ new naked cheerleader. Over the […]
Variety•Alex Ritman14 Sept
“Djinn Wedding” (“Cinlerin Düğünü”), written and directed by Ferit Karahan (“Brother’s Keeper,” “The Fall From Heaven”), will have its world premiere at Toronto as part of the TIFF Platform competition. This is Karahan’s follow-up feature to “Brother’s Keeper,” which won the Berlin Film Festival’s Fipresci Award in the Panorama section. A magic realism story about […]
Variety•Roberto Prieto14 Sept
There is a new, immersive entertainment experience coming to the Las Vegas Sphere — and Oprah Winfrey is at the center of it. Titled “Aha,” the two-hour show is taking place four times across one weekend, from April 2-4, 2027. Winfrey will appear live on-stage and introduce performances from Grammy winner Jacob Collier, poet Ocean […]
Variety•Ethan Shanfeld14 Sept
Michael Bay and Benedict Cumberbatch are set to face the ill-informed interview style of Philomena Cunk, the beloved TV idiot played by Diane Morgan, in the comedy creation’s latest outing. “Cunk on Cinema,” first announced by Variety earlier this year, will see Cunk chart the history of cinema and the world’s love affair with movies […]
Variety•Alex Ritman14 Sept
The 30th edition of Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, which draws around 1,200 industry professionals, has unveiled the projects selected for its New Visions Forum. Twenty-nine projects from 15 countries will be presented during the Forum, taking place Oct. 28–30, offering their teams the opportunity to connect with potential co-production, financing, sales and distribution partners. Eight […]
Variety•Leo Barraclough14 Sept
Richie Mehta did not want to make this film. When producers at Namah Pictures – Shareen Mantri Kedia, Kishor Arora and Kanwal Kohli – approached him with the rights to Phoolan Devi’s dictated autobiography, his first instinct was to turn them down. He calls himself “a non-resident Indian Punjabi boy” with no natural claim to […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran14 Sept
Davika Hoorne and director Banjong Pisanthanakun are opening up about “Inherit,” the psychological horror film that reunites the pair and will have its world premiere in the Centrepiece program at the Toronto Film Festival, with Hoorne starring as a centuries-old, demon-possessed grandmother. The film follows the Manasvanich family, whose wealth and polish mask deep secrets […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran14 Sept
Since winning two Oscars in three years less than a decade ago, Mahershala Ali has bided his time as one of Hollywood’s great untapped commodities. Not counting some disposable franchise support duty, he’s had only a fine performance in the gloopy sci-fi “Swan Song” to remind us what he can do, while his proposed succession […]
Variety•Guy Lodge14 Sept
There’s a severed head on set, a childhood friend swinging fists in an elevator, and a director who wanted every drop of blood shot for real. Australian filmmaker Nick Kozakis’s action-horror film “Kick On” makes its world premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness lineup. The film begins with a night of partying […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran14 Sept