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Danny Booko and Nia Sanchez Booko are leaving “The Valley” after three seasons with the Bravo reality show. “We wanted to share a quick update that we will not be returning to ‘The Valley,’” the couple wrote in a joint statement posted to Instagram. “We’re incredibly grateful for this experience, but our priority is protecting […]
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Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind the horror classic “Friday the 13th,” died on Monday in Alameda, Calif. He was 86. Miller’s death was confirmed to Variety by his son, Ian. Released in 1980, “Friday the 13th” is widely considered a seminal installment in the horror canon. It widely popularized the summer camp setting and themes […]
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David Byrne wrote a song about the world’s richest man. The Talking Heads frontman wrote and performed an original song for “Musk,” Alex Gibney’s sprawling documentary reckoning with Elon Musk, Variety can exclusively reveal. Titled “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” the track plays within the 235-minute film and arrives as an Oscar-qualifying entry in […]
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Korean-Japanese romantic comedy series “Merry Berry Love,” starring Ji Chang-wook and Imada Mio, is bowing on Disney+ and Hulu this October. Set on a picturesque Japanese island, the series follows Karin Shirahama, a strawberry farmer who pours everything into her land, and Lee Yubin, a city dweller whose fortunes have taken a sharp turn for […]
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India’s leading streamer JioHotstar has launched internationally in the U.K., Canada and Singapore, bringing its catalog of more than 160,000 hours of entertainment across more than 12 Asian languages alongside interactive features, personalized recommendations and new subscription options. The expansion moves beyond a straightforward catalog rollout, introducing audiences in the three markets to a redesigned […]
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“Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has been suspended from the game show, producer Sony Pictures Television has confirmed. The decision to remove Thornton, who has been with “Wheel of Fortune” since 2010 (and “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” since 2021), was first reported by TMZ. The website reported that the suspension came in light of […]
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Remote workers at DreamWorks Animation have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. The agreement was ratified on Aug. 21, with 97 percent of participants voting in favor of the contract. Of the 108 eligible voters, 90 cast ballots, representing 83.3% of voter turnout. Until recently, remote animation artists and technicians working on the same projects […]
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Tom Cruise is confident David Ellison will deliver on his promise of 30 films a year from a combined Paramount and Warner Bros. “I think it’s awesome,” Cruise told “The Pat McAfee Show.” “You know, here’s the thing. They’re going to deliver 30 movies. It’s a community to me. It’s not an industry. The people […]
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Tubi has unveiled the new short-form horror anthology “Bite Size Terror,” from executive producer Peter Rice and GJMD Studio. The 10-episode series debuts as part of the Terror on Tubi Hub in fall 2026. According to an official description, “Bite Size Terror” covers “every corner” of the horror genre, “from the supernatural and occult to […]
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The director-producer duo Michelle Zhou and Chun Yu collectively incubated “Big Little Things,” a lesbian coming-out story inspired by a real-life family rift during a New Year holiday amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Harbin, a snowy city in northern China. Zhou notes that the film was selected for the Venice Days first but was later […]
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Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera spoke candidly Tuesday about the political pressures surrounding this year’s edition, while making clear that the fest has no intention of shying away from controversy. Speaking to Variety at the press cocktail on the Lido ahead of the 83rd edition, Barbera said it was “almost normal” that Venice […]
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Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the executive digital director of Variety and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at wearl@variety.com if there’s something I should check out for next month’s missive.
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