Thursday, December 18, 2025
The Kennedy Center is being renamed the "Trump-Kennedy Center," after President Donald Trump ousted the previous Democratic board members and management team and installed himself as chairma…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:38PM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
Comedy group Smosh is scrubbed in for its next live digital special: "Smosh Hospital," a spoof of TV medical dramas like "The Pitt," "Grey's Anatomy" and "E.R." "Smosh Hospital" is billed as…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Writers Guild of America said Disney's huge licensing deal with OpenAI appears to "sanction" the AI company's "theft of our work." "Disney's announcement with OpenAI appears to sanction …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:37PM[SHARE]Friday, December 5, 2025
The Writers Guild of America has joined other industry guilds in coming out against Netflix's proposed blockbuster deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming business. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:37PM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2025
Actors who many years ago lent their voices to an audiobook about the life of Jesus Christ were caught off guard when they found out this week that it has been picked up by Fox News, convert…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2025
YouTube once developed and acquired exclusive original content. But the massive video platform has since largely exited that business " and now firmly puts its shoulder into promoting top Yo…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30PM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2025
What's it like to face the daunting task of playing the three most famous characters and friends from the "Harry Potter" Wizarding World? Variety recently spoke with young British actors Fra…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Ari Emanuel, through his MARI events and experiences roll-up company, has snapped up two other businesses previously owned by Endeavor, which he formerly headed as CEO. MARI announced the ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57AM[SHARE]Friday, October 24, 2025
After exiting "Saturday Night Live," Ego Nwodim is keeping plenty busy " including with the second season of her award-winning interview podcast "Thanks Dad," set to premiere next week. "Tha…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 21, 2025
The full cast for Audible's adaptation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books is set, with veteran British thespian Bill Nighy among the last group to be announced for the audiobooks' cast o…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, October 20, 2025
MARI, Ari Emanuel's global events and experiences company, has acquired TodayTix Group, which operates an online platform selling tickets to Broadway shows and other live events. Emanuel, th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 9, 2025
Will AI unleash an entirely new wave of entertainment " starring you? That's the premise of CenterStage Technologies, formed by David Boies and Zack Schiller as an offshoot of their film fin…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AM[SHARE]Friday, September 19, 2025
Shari Redstone, ex-chair of Paramount Global who exited her family's ownership of the media conglom this summer in a sale to Skydance Media, defended CBS's cancellation of "The Late Show Wit…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2025
Call Jimmy Kimmel naive. In an interview this summer with Variety for a story examining Donald Trump's attacks on media companies and journalists, Kimmel was asked if he was worried that …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 17, 2025
StubHub had a disappointing stock-market debut: The company, which operates the leading secondary-ticketing marketplace for live events, saw its shares close 6.4% below the IPO price Wednesd…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:03PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 14, 2025
Charlie Kirk was not a fan of Coldplay " once saying he found its music "very hard to listen to" " but the band's frontman, Chris Martin, has urged fans to spread love throughout the world i…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 10, 2025
More big stars are lending their voices to Audible's seven-part audiobook adaptation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books. Audible and Rowling's Pottermore Publishing announced additional …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2025
Kerry Washington is back to (hopefully) save the world in Season 2 of "The Prophecy." The second installment of Bible-inspired Audible original drama "The Prophecy" " set against a backdrop …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2025
More than six months after devastating wildfires swept across the Los Angeles region in January, the recovery efforts continue. In a new pledge, YouTube said it is allocating $3 million to a…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 5, 2025
A chorus of more than 200 voices, ranging from young newcomers to Hollywood stars, will bring new life to all seven of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" book series in a new production for Audib…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2025
Warner Bros. Discovery announced corporate names and senior leadership appointments for when the company separates into two separate entities, expected to be completed in mid-2026. "Streamin…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, is in the middle of a flame war with American late-night TV comedians. Trump on Tuesday reiterated his claim, without evidence, that ABC's J…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The New York Times is revamping its lineup of arts and entertainment critics " replacing four of the paper's TV, music and theater critics, who are being offered "new roles," according to an…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:50PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 3, 2025
A few weeks before the announcement in the wee hours of July 1 that Paramount Global and CBS were settling a widely derided lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against "60 Minutes" for $16 milli…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 25, 2025
At 51, Steve Burns is still searching for clues about the meaning of life. Burns, the actor, musician and writer best known as the original host of Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues," is launching…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, June 20, 2025
President Trump did not issue any direct public comments about or host any events commemorating Juneteenth, the federal holiday that marks the official end of the United States' enslavement …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 15, 2025
CNN will air the second-to-last performance of "Good Night, and Good Luck," the record-breaking play written by and starring George Clooney in which he portrays legendary broadcast journalis…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Operating profit in Disney's streaming business jumped for the first three months of 2025, as Disney+ unexpectedly added 1.4 million subscribers in the quarter. Despite gathering economic st…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:43PM[SHARE]Monday, May 5, 2025
Shares of entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global took a hit Monday as investors assessed Hollywood's potential exposure to President T…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12PM[SHARE]Monday, March 31, 2025
As YouTube marks its 20th anniversary, the Google-owned video giant is the "new king of all media" " larger and more powerful than any other player in Hollywood " according to an influential…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:13PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 30, 2025
Handsome leading man Richard Chamberlain, who came to prominence in the 1960s medical series "Dr. Kildare" and then became king of the miniseries with such ratings blockbusters as "Shogun" a…
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