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England’s upset victory over Mexico to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals delivered nearly 22 million viewers for Fox Sports on Sunday night. Viewership of the global soccer tournament viewership stayed strong over the Independence Day holiday weekend with more than 15.5 million viewers tuning in for Friday’s wild game that almost saw tiny Cabo […]
Team Wave Entertainment has launched production in Waco, Texas on psychological thriller “Grace” with actor, producer and filmmaker Malcolm Goodwin set to direct. Written by Victor Hawks, the film stars Jessica Harmon (“iZombie), David Anders (“Alias”), David Blue (“Stargate Universe”) and Taylor Aronson. The ensemble also includes Lele Pons, Krause Cruz, Isabelle Hahn, Elliot Guess, […]
Apple TV execs can’t help crowing at their Emmy nomination batting average: 87 nominations (the platform’s best showing yet) across 15 programs — out of just 31 titles that were submitted for voter consideration, less than half of what its competitors submitted. “This just reinforces our strategy, the ‘quality over quantity’ approach to programming that […]
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Elsa Keslassy explains the battle that is brewing in France between Netflix and other streamers over the country’s programming quotas and its theatrical movie windowing rules. Keslassy, who is Variety‘s international editor based in Paris, says France has a “love-hate relationship” with Netflix. The streamer has invested […]
The Oregon attorney general’s office has asked a judge to grant a 60-day delay on the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as it continues to investigate whether the deal violates antitrust law. Judge Eric Dahlin, of Multnomah County Superior Court, will hold a hearing on the motion on Monday. Lawyers for Paramount Skydance have […]
Darren Walker has only been on the job as president and CEO of Anonymous Content for five months so the noise that he heard at the company’s New York City office Wednesday morning was something new. “I walked into yelps and screams and cheers,” Walker tells me. “I felt like I was at a college […]
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards arrived Wednesday morning, spreading the wealth across 117 categories and 610 nominations. But beneath the impressive numbers was a clear story: HBO Max reaffirmed its status as television’s dominant awards force, Apple TV completed its ascent into the industry’s top tier, and several presumed contenders discovered just […]
Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality. “Nothing. Zero,” Rushdie tells Variety when asked what part AI should play in creative work. “It’s not useful to creative work because AI has no capacity for […]
After the fifth and final season of “Hacks” broke the record for most-nominated comedy series at the Emmys, it’d be natural to hope for more of the beloved show in the future. But speaking with Variety this morning after nominations were announced, co-creator and star Paul W. Downs explained why a Jimmy and Kayla spinoff […]
DoorDash, an Official Tournament Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, kicked off its eight-week-long Summer DashPass campaign in June and has continued to be a staple through the tournament and summer season. The most exciting perk is the chance to win tickets to the Wold Cup Final, with the last day to enter on […]
As the 2026 Emmy nods rolled in this morning — bright and early at 8:30 a.m. for those on the West Coast — some of the nominated stars were overcome with emotion. Some were busy on set, only learning they’d been recognized after checking their phones in between scenes. Others were fast asleep. “I was […]
It’s been a decade since Casey Bloys took over as head of HBO, and he had more reason to celebrate his successful tenure on Wednesday: an industry-leading 122 nominations for the HBO Max platform, including tremendous showings for “The Pitt” and “Hacks.” At the same time, that straight-A report card comes with uncertainty. With the […]
Madonna’s 1985 ascent is getting a new close-up. Insight Editions is set to release “Madonna: Into the Groove: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen of Pop,” a new photo book built around the work of photographer Ken Regan, with text by Tomás Mier. The book focuses on a pivotal year in Madonna’s career, when “Like […]
Hollywood, meet the King and Queen of Emmy self-submissions. When HBO Max notified “The Pitt” guest cast members Brittany Allen and Jeff Kober that they wouldn’t be part of the network’s official Emmy submissions, the actors and their teams went to bat for themselves, self-submitting their performances in the guest acting categories. Allen, recognized in […]
Justin Bieber has been added as a performer to the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show, joining the lineup as a co-headliner alongside Madonna, Shakira and BTS. FIFA and Global Citizen are staging the first Halftime Show in FIFA World Cup history on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium. The 11-minute spectacle will […]
Amazon MGM Studios’ scripted TV department is getting another shakeup as chief Peter Friedlander has promoted Kara Smith to head of the drama division. In January, Friedlander revealed Amazon MGM Studios’ TV arm would transition from its previous model — split between wholly owned and co-productions — to one separated into drama & comedy, worldbuilding, […]
UPDDATED: “The Cheetah Girls” are returning to the stage with a brand new movie for Disney Channel and Disney+. “The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen” has officially been greenlit, with original stars Raven-Symoné and Adrienne Bailon returning as Galleria and Chanel respectively. In addition, Sabrina Bryan will make a special appearance as Dorinda, while Lynn Whitfield and […]
When Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller announced Apple TV’s “Your Friends & Neighbors” was a nominee for outstanding drama series, my Variety colleagues’ jaws hit the floor (with some on the internet agreeing). However, I, a champion of the Jonathan Tropper series starring Jon Hamm since its debut, felt a level of gloating […]
The free and open internet faces threats from companies propagating walled gardens designed to control your data and the rise of black-box AI systems. To preserve the vitality of the digital commons, individuals must take action to support the principles behind open-source code. That’s the message from “Code for the People,” a short documentary film […]
The producers recognized on Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch list offered a look at the changing film industry during a panel in partnership with the Bentonville Film Festival, where Variety’s Carole Horst led the discussion on the challenges of producing and how independent films are evolving. Producers don’t play just one role in the filmmaking […]
