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Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is May 18, 2026, which means it’s 24 days until nominations-round voting begins on June 11; 35 days until nominations-round voting ends on June 22 at 10 p.m.; and 53 days until Emmy nominations are announced on July 10. And looking far ahead, it’s 11
The show will follow Scooby and Shaggy to Japan, where they encounter mythical monsters.
Zoinks! “Scooby-Doo” is going anime. Tubi has acquired the new animated series “Yokoso Scooby-Doo!” — which means “Welcome Scooby-Doo” — which focuses on Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, and stars “Scooby-Doo!” voice regulars Frank Welker (“Scoob!”) and Matthew Lillard (“Scream”) as the two main roles. “Yokos
The first-time feature screenwriter and director makes a major impression with ‘Is God Is.’ She gets into a spoilery chat on the film that has critics raving.
Tom Kane, the prolific voice actor whose credits include Yoda on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Powerpuff Girls, Archer and scores of video games, died today, May 18, in Kansas City after having suffered a stroke more than five years ago. He was 64. His death was announced on social media by Galacti
Zach Galifianakis, Dolly Wells and Spencer House will star in the new take on the classic Mel Brooks movie.
The English-language debut of Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.
UPDATED, with Pentagon statement: The New York Times filed a new lawsuit against the Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth, this time challenging a policy that requires credentialed journalists to have an official escort when inside the Pentagon. In the lawsuit, the Times’ attorneys wrote
EXCLUSIVE: FX has picked up to series its last outstanding pilot, Very Young Frankenstein, a comedy based on Mel Brooks’ 1974 cult classic 20th Century Studios film Young Frankenstein. The series for FX and Hulu comes from the What We Do In the Shadows trio of Stefani Robinson, Taika Waititi and Gar
At the same time, David Abdo will segue from Disney's music group to serve as general manager, comics and franchise.
The group continues to top the chars in Japan and have begun making an international push through U.S. festivals and a recent signing with WME.
Gracie Cochrane played the youngest member of the Weasley family in the show's first season.
First, on Saturday night, Spaniard Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved,” starring Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo, scored some of the best reviews of any competition title to date this year at the Cannes Film Festival. One evening later, on May 17, a long line formed around the corner of Cannes’ Olym
There will be another season of HBO Max’s Harry Potter TV series. The new Harry, Ron and Hermione have received their Hogwarts admission letters, as have the newest additions — four out of Ron’s six siblings. Since those magical owl deliveries, the Ginny Weasley role will be recast for Season 2 due
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Highland Film Group has locked distribution deals in key international territories in all media for the upcoming thriller “Just Play Dead.” It is headlined by Academy Award-nominee and “Pulp Fiction” star Samuel L. Jackson, as well as Eva Green of “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children” and Ma
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the biggest controversy isn’t tied to a polarizing film or a political speech at a press conference. It’s about Canal+ and the increasingly fraught question of whether France’s most powerful movie financier can remain insulated from the conservative political sta
Love superhero movies, science fiction, or dystopian landscapes? The Code 8 series is the perfect binge-watch.
FX’s Adults is one of the sharpest sitcoms in years. Here’s why now is the perfect time to binge it before Season 2.
Baylen Dupree, star of TLC reality series Baylen Out Loud, is excited for fans to see her wedding and has teased some “chaos” in the upcoming season. The third season of Baylen Out Loud launches on Tuesday, May 19 and the Warner Bros. Discovery cable network is also preparing for an Emmy campaign. T