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Director Chris Stokes has signed an exclusive 20-picture deal with Turnstr+, a new streaming platform. His forthcoming film, “Forever, This Ring,” will debut when the platform launches on October 2. Taye Diggs, Erica Mena, Loretta Devine, Marques Houston, Malik Whitfield and La’Myia Good star in
“Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” is bringing back original series cast member Jennifer Stone, Variety has learned exclusively. Stone is set to guest star in the upcoming third and final season of the Disney series, which serves as the sequel to “Wizards of Waverly Place.” She will once again play Harp
How Mercy for Animals' celebrity liaison gets stars to participate in and promote its cause.
Kathryn Newton is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Doomsday after starring in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The Ready or Not 2: Here I Come star will reprise her role of Cassie Lang in the Marvel film set to be released on December 18, 2026. Newton made the announc
A new Evil Dead Burn trailer has arrived, seemingly revealing that the upcoming franchise horror movie has shifted its release date up.
'All Rhodes' will be produced by Magilla Entertainment, the banner behind 'Moonshiners' and 'Beachfront Bargain Hunt.'
At the exact time Warner Bros. was cleaning up at the Oscars in early March thanks to “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners,” Lee Cronin was a short drive away on the studio’s lot, three-quarters into a 24-hour shift putting the finishing touches to his latest horror feature. “Lee Cronin’s The Mum
'Avengers: Doomsday' drops a nuke. Tom Cruise finally ages. David Ellison tries a charm offensive. Inside the biggest news and boos from 2026's news-stuffed exhibitor conference.
French actress Leïla Bekhti is set to preside over the Un Certain Regard jury at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Bekhti — a Cannes regular who broke out in Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” and won the Cesar award for most promising actress in 2011 for “All that Glitters” — will be joined on the jury by
Netflix’s 2-part crime thriller series proves just how hard it is to follow a perfect first season as new episodes arrive on the streamer.
If there were ever truth in advertising, it can be found in the poster for Raye’s sensory-overload “This Tour May Contain New Music”: “This tour may also contain: dramatic endings, a brass section, live & passion, at least on jazz cover, potential waffling (excessive unnecessary chatting), a big bel
EXCLUSIVE: A series adaptation of Penn Cole’s bestselling romantasy book Spark of the Everflame is in the works for the screen. Hulu has taken in for development Everflame, a drama based on Cole’s first book in the popular romance fantasy series, The Kindred’s Curse Saga, from Death and Other Detail
EXCLUSIVE: New York comic Graham Kay has announced a new special, Pete & Me, that’ll premiere on Nateland Entertainment’s YouTube page today at 4 p.m. CT/ 5 p.m. ET. He also unveiled a trailer, which you can view above. In the special, Kay blends stand-up with heartfelt storytelling about life along
Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon discuss their dream projects, the movie industry at large, AI in Hollywood, and collaborating on The Christophers.
While attending the Live from the NYC LGBT Center Gala as a surprise guest the former First Lady reportedly bid $35,000 for a walk on role in the hit series.
Hugh Bonneville joins a new adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes stories.
After 36 years and 25 seasons, one of televisions most defining crime thrillers is officially in jeopardy at NBC.
A new Ipsos poll conducted for the Jordan Center for Journalism Innovation and Advocacy at the University of Mississippi shows how the media landscape has fractured.
First We Feast has set the premiere of its latest original series, Slice Joint, hosted by Speedy Morman, debuting Monday, April 20 at 2 p.m. ET. The series has Morman interview celebrity guests while sharing conversation and a good slice. Over the course of the interview, Speedy and his guest will w
EXCLUSIVE: Tan France is launching Honorable Gays alongside comedians Rob Anderson and Eric Sedeño to deliberate the wild Reddit threads. The eight-episode digital series premieres on Monday, April 20, with the trio diving into the infamous Reddit dilemmas and “Am I The A-hole” (AITA) threads. “I’ve