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Nick Jeffery, who started Tuesday as the chief operating officer of Charter Communications’ Spectrum, touted the “Great Cable Comeback” in a Day 1 post on LinkedIn. The exec was previously CEO of Frontier Communications, which was acquired earlier this year by Verizon. He is now playing a key role a
Common, Patti LaBelle and Public Enemy are the artists who will be honored at the 2026 Black Music Action Coalition Gala, presented by Live Nation, taking place on September 24, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Executives being honored include Interscope’s Nicole Wysko
Kevin Macdonald ('Whitney,' 'The Last King of Scotland') directed this high-concept suspenser about a lawyer forced to run across London in order to save her kidnapped son.
Summer box office got a boost — up 25 percent — thanks in part to films that cost less than $25 million, upending conventional wisdom that only the priciest tentpoles can pack multiplexes.
Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2026 will offer many memorable panels, featuring everything from Twilight reunions to showcases of icons like Ernie Hudson.
As Eva Longoria continues to expand her business portfolio, she’s going from fútbol to football. Longoria and Hyphenate Media Group — the company she founded in 2023 with media exec (and TV Academy chair) Cris Abrego — recently launched the Roku series “NFL Hometown Eats,” its latest foray into the
Netflix has signed another deal with a big YouTuber: Drew Binsky, the globetrotting YouTube star with millions of online fans, is bringing his unique travelogues to Netflix’s worldwide audience. Beginning Sept. 19, Netflix subscribers can watch a curated collection of episodes from Binsky’s content
Jay Pharoah has been tapped to host the awards ceremony on Oct. 29.
EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear is set to distribute and produce Jonah, a feature adaptation of the acclaimed Off-Broadway play by Rachel Bonds, to star Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Greta Lee (Past Lives). After directing the stage production, which earned both an Obie Award and a Lucille Lortel Award for pe
EXCLUSIVE: The indomitable Paul Schrader returns to the Venice Film Festival this year with The Basics Of Philosophy, the latest in his “man in a room” stories that began with his script for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and have included his own features First Reformed, The Card Counter and Master
As the summer begins to wind down in September, Hollywood is just getting started with a new crop of awards season movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Some of the first arrivals for the 83rd annual Italian fest included George Clooney, Laura Dern, Kate Mara, Claire Foy and jury president
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh's excellent new action comedy Mayday uses an '80s Cold War setting to show new sides of both stars.
Taylor Sheridan's hit crime thriller with shades of Bosch and True Detective is streaming on Netflix, but there's a big catch for some subscribers.
Aura has released the official trailer for Joel Kinnaman's new action movie, The Beast, which co-stars Samuel L. Jackson.
David Ellison keeps pledging that Paramount and Warner Bros will release 30 movies a year each if the infamous ParaBros merger goes through. Hopefully they will even be good movies. That would be nice. But with Skydance and David Ellison as producers of the raucously entertaining, big-scale, star-dr
EXCLUSIVE: Protective Custody, Apple TV’s new comedy teaming Ben Stiller and Mike Judge, has brought aboard Samson Kayo (F1) and Sonny Valicenti (Mindhunter) for series regular roles. Character details for the duo are being kept under wraps. They join Stiller, his Escape at Dannemora collaborator Be
Variety has announced additional programming for its Entertainment & Technology Summit presented by EY on Sept. 17 in Los Angeles. This includes actor and host of “In Your Dreams” podcast Owen Thiele; musician, composer and music supervisor Este Haim; actress and comedian Kate Berlant; actor, writer
Kelly Clarkson ended her talk show on a high note. The singer wrapped up “The Kelly Clarkson Show” after seven seasons with the Aug. 31 episode, during which the “American Idol” alum covered the hit song “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters.” The pop hit was the most requested song for the show’s Kelly
Well, Brady Corbet has got his work cut out for him. That was one of the first thoughts that came to mind soon after David Byrne and company took the stage for the first of two shows at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. It stemmed from an announcement having come out just one day earlier […]
The Oscar winner touched down on the Lido Wednesday for a hard-hitting press conference ahead of receiving a Golden Lion career achievement honor during the Venice Film Festival's opening ceremony.