Gold House celebrated its third annual One House Toast to the Emmys, honoring the achievements of Asian Pacific and multicultural creatives in entertainment. The man of the hour was “Beef” showrunner Lee Sung Jin, whose genre-bending Netflix anthology earned 16 nominations for its second season — the most of any limited or anthology series this year. […]
Variety•Jazztangcay11 Sept
Sandra Bullock joined her friend and fellow actor Jennifer Aniston for a chat as part of the “Practical Magic 2” star’s Interview magazine cover and revealed that she made the intentional decision to step away from the romantic comedy genre in the mid-2000s because “I was getting so much shit for them.” Aniston asked Bullock […]
Variety•Zack Sharf11 Sept
A court will hold a two-day settlement conference in the Paramount-Warner Bros. antitrust case in late October. The conference is a standard part of civil procedure and does not indicate whether a deal is in the offing. A magistrate judge, Thomas Hixson, has been tasked with overseeing the settlement discussions and to determine whether it […]
Variety•Gmaddaus11 Sept
The return of Marco Bechis to filmmaking after 10 years is a welcome surprise, and the terrain he covers in “Back to Buenos Aires” is a familiar one for the veteran Chilean-Italian director who himself was caught up in the nightmare of Argentina’s military dictatorship. Set in the present, with frequent flashbacks, the film tells […]
Variety•Guy Lodge11 Sept
SPOILER WARNING: The following story contains plot details from Season 5 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” From its very first moments, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” has been inextricable from the toxic entanglement between #MomTok influencer Taylor Frankie Paul and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Dakota Mortensen. Two years ago, the show began […]
Variety•Alisoncolleherman11 Sept
“Le Faux Soir” sources its high concept — hijacking state media propaganda’s fake news to tell the truth — from Second World War history. In 1943, disgruntled anarchist and poet Marc Aubrion (Arieh Worthalter) is recruited by the Belgian Resistance, which publishes its own underground newspaper. Marc’s brainwave is to reach outside the bubble of […]
Variety•Guy Lodge11 Sept
Death. Taxes. Price hikes on Netflix, HBO Max and more. It’s become an inevitable part of modern life: The major entertainment streaming services have been regularly upping their fees — for some, the increases have come once a year. The average price of ad-free streaming services increased 54% from 2021 to 2025, according to research […]
Variety•Todd Spangler11 Sept
Gael García Bernal is best known for his breakout roles in two of Mexico’s most consequential films, “Amores Perros” (2000) and “Y Tu Mama Tambien” (2001) but he’s also been directing these past years. Proof of his cachet is having his third feature, “Hombre al agua” world premiere at the Venice Biennale and have its […]
Variety•Anna Marie de la Fuente11 Sept
After winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Debut Feature at Sundance this year, “Bedford Park” has its international premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, ahead of a U.S. theatrical release by Sony Pictures Classics. Speaking with Variety, director Stephanie Ahn and lead actors Moon Choi (“Anarchist From Colony”) and Son Sukku (“Sense8,” “My […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran11 Sept
Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s ABC have entered into negotiations about keeping the host in late-night after the new TV season, a process that might ordinarily be the most normal of business practices, but in the current climate is exceedingly fraught. Kimmel and executives at the Disney network are having talks about whether he might continue […]
Variety•Brian Steinberg11 Sept
The “Point Break” followup series has officially been ordered at AMC and AMC+, Variety has learned. The modern update of the beloved 1991 action film was first reported to be in the works at the network back in December 2025. As reported at the time, the show hails from lead studio Alcon Television Group as […]
Variety•Joseph Otterson11 Sept
Noah Reid will guest star in two upcoming episodes of “Sheriff Country,” which will function as a backdoor pilot for a spinoff set in the same universe. Pending a decision from CBS, Reid would potentially be a series regular on a medical drama set in the same universe as “Sheriff Country” and “Fire Country.” If […]
Variety•Selome Hailu11 Sept
The idea of renaming Nashville’s airport for Dolly Parton was not just an easily forgotten pipe dream that popped up in the days following the superstar’s death in August. The proposal moved a big step closer to reality Friday, as the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority voted 6-0 to officially start the process of changing the […]
Variety•Chris Willman11 Sept
Maria Bartiromo shared her first public comments since her sudden exit from Fox News and Fox Business last week. In a post on social media, Bartiromo thanked “all friends & followers” for their support, and shared a photo of a rainbow breaking through clouds. She also teased that there will be “more to come” in […]
Variety•Todd Spangler11 Sept
The feature film adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-winning play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” has been acquired by Quiver Distribution, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris. Lange will reprise her Tony-winning role as Mary Tyrone, starring alongside Harris as her husband, James. Releasing in select theaters Sept. 25, the film will also be screened at […]
Variety•Tanya Fedak11 Sept
Four Robert Pattinsons are better than one, and that makes his upcoming Oscar run a bit more complicated. In “Primetime,” Pattinson sits alone in a dim Florida room, reading a stranger’s chat logs aloud: “I will undress you as you undress me.” He’s playing Chris Hansen, host of the hidden-camera series “To Catch a Predator,” […]
Variety•Clayton Davis11 SeptSifting through Gael García Bernal’s recent roles — from the namesake conquistador of Lav Diaz’s “Magellan,” the grieving wife-guy in Piero Messina’s droopy sci-fi “Another End,” and the fast-aging family man of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Old” — won’t give you much insight on “Hombre al Agua,” which translates as “man overboard.” Except that unlike those international […]
Variety•Guy Lodge11 Sept
Paris-based Italian director Tommaso Usberti’s romance “Before the War,” a reflection on racism and toxic masculinity set in the Northern Italian plains, is the big winner of the Venice Critics’ Week where it scooped the grand prize and the award for best producer. “Before the War” — which is the only Italian entry in the […]
Variety•Nvivarelli11 Sept
Chanel brought springtime bloom to New York Fashion Week. The luxury fashion house celebrated the launch of their new Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu fragrance on Thursday night, where everyone from “Sterling Point” stars Ella Rubin and Keen Ruffalo to “SNL” cast members Sarah Sherman and Marcello Hernandez rocked out to the indie band Balu Brigada […]
Variety•Atingley411 Sept
With so much of the frenzied James Bond interest centered on who might be taking over from Daniel Craig as 007, something many believe is going to be announced imminently, the matter of the all-important script has largely been ignored. Well, according to Steven Knight, that key element is now complete. Speaking to Zoe Ball […]
Variety•Alex Ritman11 Sept