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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Rami Malek Cries During 8-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation for Ira Sachs’ Gay Drama ‘The Man I Love’ by Zack Sharf

Rami Malek shed a tear as he soaked up the love in the Palais for his deeply emotional turn in Ira Sachs’ “The Man I Love,” which earned an eight-minute standing ovation Wednesday. The…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:37PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Hannah Einbinder Says Hollywood Blacklist Fears Won’t Stop Her From Saying ‘Free Palestine’ as She Champions Melissa Barrera, Javier Bardem and by Zack Sharf

Fresh off the Cannes world premiere of “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Hannah Einbinder joined Variety’s Angelique Jackson at the Kering Women in Motion Talks to discuss Jane S…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:33AM[SHARE]

Paul McCartney Says ‘Republicans and Democrats Are at Each Other’s Throats’ in ‘Trump’s America’ but Not When He Plays ‘Hey Jude’: ‘ by Zack Sharf

Paul McCartney appeared on the latest episode of “The Rest Is Entertainment” podcast (via The Daily Beast) and touched on Trump’s America when discussing the power of music to bring di…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:33AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Orgasms, Outrageous Murders and Blood-Soaked Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder: ‘Camp Miasma’ Confounds Cannes and Earns 6-Minute Ovation by Zack Sharf

Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section got off to an outrageous start with the world premiere of “Camp Miasma,” a queer slasher movie that’s equal parts uproariously funny and confounding…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:59PM[SHARE]

Macaulay Culkin ‘Had Unfinished Business’ With ‘Home Alone’ Mom Catherine O’Hara When She Died: ‘I Owed Her a Favor. I Don’t Like Having by Zack Sharf

Macaulay Culkin recently told Gentleman’s Journal that part of the reason why Catherine O’Hara’s death hit him so hard earlier this year is because “I felt that we had unfinished …

SOURCE: Variety at 05:52AM[SHARE]

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Roasts Stephen Colbert as Selina Meyer From ‘Veep’ Before ‘Late Show’ Ends: ‘Your Cancellation Gave Trump Such Pleasure, by Zack Sharf

Julia Louis-Dreyfus stopped by Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” for one last interview before the CBS late night franchise comes to an end on Thursday, May 21. While she was on to pro…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:33AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Hannah Einbinder Says Hollywood Not Supporting Palestine ‘Pisses Me Off’ and ‘These Issues Need to Affect a White Person for Them’ to Care by Zack Sharf

Hannahc episode of Zeteo’s “Beyond Israelism” podcast was released in full on May 12 and features the “Hacks” Emmy winner calling out Hollywood’s overall silence on the war in Ga…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:08AM[SHARE]
Monday, May 11, 2026

Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Politic by Zack Sharf

Ian McKellen revealed in a recent interview with The Guardian that Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Alec Guinness once advised him not to go public when it came to advocating for gay rights. Guinness al…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:12AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Donald Trump Says Jimmy Kimmel Better Get Fired ‘Soon’ by ABC After Melania Widow Joke: ‘People Are Angry’ by Zack Sharf

Donald Trump is doubling down on his call for ABC and Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel. The feud between the U.S. president and the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host has escalated over the last week …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:56AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Real-Life ‘Emily’ From ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Speaks Out: The Book ‘Felt Like a Betrayal’ but ‘I Probably Was Not Very Nice. I Was High-Str by Zack Sharf

For the first time since Lauren Weisberger’s bestselling novel “The Devil Wears Prada” was published more than two decades ago, the real-life inspiration behind Miranda Priestly’s an…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Billie Eilish Denies Falling Out With Finneas and Defends Speaking Out Against Billionaires and ICE: ‘Why Is it Controversial to Step in When Someon by Zack Sharf

Billie Eilish graces the cover of Elle magazine ahead of the theatrical release of her concert movie “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)” and reveals her fourth album is “more…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:22AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 27, 2026

Jimmy Kimmel Defends ‘Expectant Widow’ Joke After Donald and Melania Trump Demand ABC Fire Him: ‘It Was Not By Any Stretch of the Definition a C by Zack Sharf

Jimmy Kimmel is responding to calls from Donald and Melania Trump for him to be fired by Disney and ABC. The President and the First Lady of the United States posted separate statements on s…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:57PM[SHARE]

Donald Trump Says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Should Be Immediately Fired by Disney and ABC’ After Melania Widow Joke: ‘A Despicable Call to Violence’ by Zack Sharf

Donald Trump is demanding ABC and Disney fire Jimmy Kimmel. Just hours after his wife, Melania, wrote in an X post that ABC must “take a stand” against Kimmel and his “atrocious behavi…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:10PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Elizabeth Banks Got Told ‘You Can’t Direct Men’ Because ‘They Won’t Follow You’ as a Woman Filmmaker by Zack Sharf

Elizabeth Banks recently appeared on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to promote her Peacock comedy series “The Miniature Wife” and was asked about times she was made to feel small as an ac…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PM[SHARE]

Leonardo DiCaprio Sent Baskets of Pasta to Nikki Glaser After She Roasted Him For Dating Women Under 30 and Never Revealing Info About His Life by Zack Sharf

Nikki Glaser revealed on “The Tonight Show” that Leonardo DiCaprio sent her baskets of pasta after the 2026 Golden Globes, which DiCaprio attended as a nominee for “One Battle After No…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Matthew McConaughey Paid Judy Greer’s Parking Bill When She Was ‘So Broke’ at ‘The Wedding Planner’ Table Read: ‘I Was So Mortified’ by Zack Sharf

Judy Greer told Entertainment Tonight in a recent interview that Matthew McConaughey came to her aid after “The Wedding Planner” table read. She was “so broke” at the time and could …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Trump's Attack on the Pope Leaves Colbert, Kimmel in Disbelief: 'Not Even Hitler or Mussolini Attacked the Pope So Directly and Publicly, Accordin by Zack Sharf

Donald Trump's social media post attacking Pope Leo XIV as "weak" left late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel in disbelief during their respective April 13 episodes. Both men regu…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:09AM[SHARE]
Friday, April 10, 2026

Natasha Lyonne Claims 'I Was Detained' by ICE After Being Removed From Flight Following the 'Euphoria' Premiere by Zack Sharf

Natasha Lyonne claimed in a new X post that she was "detained" by ICE after she was kicked off a flight following her April 7 appearance at the "Euphoria" Season 3 premiere in Hollywood. The…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:16PM[SHARE]

Natasha Lyonne Walks Red Carpet Hours After She Called Out Report About Being Kicked Off a Flight by Zack Sharf

Natasha Lyonne walked the red carpet at the April 9 premiere of Focus Features' "Lorne" documentary in New York City, hours after calling out a Page Six report that claimed she was kicked…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:51AM[SHARE]

Jimmy Kimmel Airs Photo of Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein After First Lady Makes Public Address Denying Epstein Ties by Zack Sharf

Jimmy Kimmel is calling B.S. when it comes to Melania Trump denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The First Lady held a surprise public address at the White House on April 9, apparently blindsidi…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:16AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Lisa Kudrow Had to Return to Work 10 Days After Giving Birth and Got No Maternity Leave in the 1990s: 'It's Insane. I Would Never Do It Now' by Zack Sharf

Lisa Kudrow recently appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning" to promote the latest season of her HBO comedy series "The Comeback" and reflected on how much Hollywood has changed since the 1990s. Sh…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Meryl Streep Calls Out Melania Trump Fashion and the 'Destabilizing' of Women in Power: 'They Have to Bare Arms on TV While Men Are Covered in a by Zack Sharf

Meryl Streep graces the cover of Vogue magazine alongside Anna Wintour ahead of the release of "The Devil Wears Prada 2," which finds Streep reprising her Oscar-nominated role of fashion mag…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:24PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 6, 2026

Halle Bailey Says Racist 'Little Mermaid' Backlash 'Taught Me How to Block Out the Noise' by Zack Sharf

Three years after the release of Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid," Halle Bailey is looking back at the experience of playing Ariel and how she ultimately felt freed by the discourse…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:44PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 3, 2026

Sharon Stone Calls Out Sex Scenes for Becoming 'Blatant, Harsh' and Leaving Nothing to the Imagination: 'I Fast Forward. I Don't Want to See I by Zack Sharf

Sharon Stone appeared on "CBS Mornings" (via The Daily Beast) to promote her upcoming role in "Euphoria" Season 3, widely regarded as one of the raciest shows on TV. But the Oscar nominee ha…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:52PM[SHARE]

Brian Cox Drags Tarantino, Says Jeremy Strong Has 'Begged Me to Stop' Discussing His Method Acting and Disses America for Not Liking Women: 'The by Zack Sharf

Brian Cox is never one to mince his words when it comes to fellow actors, and he's gone ahead and targeted his "25th Hour" co-star Edward Norton ("a pain in the arse"), Ian McKellen ("not to…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:02PM[SHARE]

Dumbledore Actor John Lithgow Says 'Much' of J.K. Rowling's Views Have Been 'Twisted and Misrepresented,' but She's 'Doubled Down at Her by Zack Sharf

John Lithgow recently appeared on "The New Yorker Radio Hour" and continued to discuss taking on the role of Dumbledore in HBO's "Harry Potter" series reboot despite the ongoing controversy …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:56PM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Oscar Isaac Starred in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' to Act With Jennifer Lawrence and More, but 'I Never Saw Any of Them Because I Was So Overheated' i by Zack Sharf

Oscar Isaac appeared on the latest episode of "Hot Ones" and was asked about "X-Men: Apocalypse," the 2016 comic book tentpole in which he played the eponymous villain under a 40-pound costu…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:47PM[SHARE]

Donald Trump Calls for MAGA Boycott Against Bruce Springsteen's Tour and Attacks The Boss for Looking 'Like a Dried Up Prune': 'This Guy Is a by Zack Sharf

Donald Trump is firing back at Bruce Springsteen on Truth Social after the The Boss opened his "Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour" with multiple speeches that eviscerated Trump and his a…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:46AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Lili Reinhart Says a 'Male Director Came Up to Me' on Set and Said: 'Just Suck in Your Stomach a Little Bit' by Zack Sharf

"Riverdale" and "Forbidden Fruits" actor Lili Reinhart recently took part in a video interview for Cosmopolitan magazine and revealed that a male director once told her to "suck in her stoma…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:08PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

'Supergirl' Star Milly Alcock Says 'I Really Can't Stop' Backlash and Understands Why Scorsese and Ridley Scott Criticized Superhero Movies: by Zack Sharf

Milly Alcock told Vanity Fair in a new interview that she's aware she'll face backlash over leading Warner Bros. "Supergirl" simply because she's playing a female superhero. The 25-year-old …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:42PM[SHARE]

John Oliver Selling Stickers to Hide Donald Trump's Face on National Park Passes: Don't 'Look at the Guy Who's Actively Trying to Ruin Them' by Zack Sharf

John Oliver announced on the most recent episode of "Last Week Tonight" that he has launched a new website where people can print out stickers to put over Donald Trump's face and block him f…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:31AM[SHARE]

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off