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Discovery U.K.’s VOD service Dplay is being rebranded to Discovery Plus in November, alongside the launch of a subscription tier. The new...

Japanese broadcaster and content investor Nippon TV has created a dedicated animation division for the first time. Launched as part of...

German film and TV company Leonine Group, which was formed through the merger of Tele München Gruppe, Universum Film, i&u TV, Wiedemann &...

Gaumont’s “Aline, The Voice of Love,” a hotly anticipated film freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion, has already lured key...

The wide-ranging cluster of events operating under the Singapore Media Festival banner will this year shift largely online. The move is a...

Dominic West is one of the final key players joining “The Crown.” Sources tell Variety that West is in late-stage discussions for the...

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was his usual outrageous self on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday in his avatar as Kazakh journalist...

Werner Herzog has always thirsted for the uncanny. It’s there in the primal awe he imparted to a grizzly bear in “Grizzly Man,” the...

Netflix is not renewing science fiction drama series “Away” for a second season, Variety has confirmed. The cancellation comes just six...

We’re only days away from the second coming of Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, and Variety has an exclusive clip of one of his many...

“The Mandalorian” — and more importantly, Baby Yoda — is returning to Disney Plus on Oct. 30, but before that, the show released another...

James “Jamie” Redford, a documentary filmmaker, activist and the son of actor Robert Redford, died of cancer on Oct. 16. He was 58. His...

Actor Jeff Bridges announced on Twitter Monday afternoon that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. He started his post off with a...

The clock has tick-tocked in reverse to put a Fleetwood Mac album and single back in the top 10 43 years after their initial appearance....

MONDAY Oct. 19 Longoria Starring in Story of Sci-Fi Surveillance Eva Longoria has joined Ice Cube in an untitled science fiction movie...

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced new rules on Monday intended to allow the candidates to speak uninterrupted at the final...

“Succession’s” Logan Roy and Gerri are reunited and looking to get the vote out. Several cast members of HBO’s hit drama — Brian Cox...

The cast of “Happy Days” is reuniting to raise money for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, the state in which the classic show is set....

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have signed with BMG to make their own music, marking their first recording contract as artists with releases...

Jamie Lynn Spears announced her single, “Follow Me (Zoey 101)” will debut Oct. 22, with a global livestream event entitled “See It First:...

“Euphoria” fans will have to wait well into next year for season 2, but in the meantime, HBO has officially confirmed two special...

More than 900 pieces of iconic film and TV memorabilia worth $5.6 million will be available at the next Prop Store auction on Dec. 1 and...

Dana Baratta, known for her work writing and co-executive producing “Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” “Good Behavior” and “Private Practice,”...

Director Barry Jenkins shared a teaser for “The Underground Railroad,” and Apple TV Plus announced that “Peanuts” specials including...

Sandra Lee is getting into the Christmas spirit. The Emmy-winning lifestyle expert has signed a deal to host broadcast and digital...

Variety‘s 10 Animators to Watch will be honored this year during an hour-long panel presented by Nickelodeon. The discussion will...

Warner Music’s independent distribution division ADA launched on Monday in Japan, the world’s second-largest music market. Ex-Universal...

It’s not easy outrunning an outsized character like Sheldon Cooper, the awkward theoretical physicist played by Jim Parsons for 12...

Industrial Light & Magic’s Dennis Muren will receive the VIEW Conference’s 2020 Visionary Award during this year’s event, which is taking...

After months of nearly constant bad news — theater closures, movie postponements, “Tenet!” — the film industry last week finally received...

Ben Stiller was just a kid when he met a niece of Henry Winkler at school. When she found out he was a fan of The Fonz, Winkler’s iconic...

Not all artists and/or intellectuals are starving. Case in point is the lower Manhattan loft of late literary lion Toni Morrison that’s...

Fox Entertainment streaming service Tubi announced a partnership with China’s Wanda Pictures on Monday, saying it will now stream at...

Emmy winner and “Succession” star Jeremy Strong is in talks to portray the writer John Gruenn in Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” the Leonard...

President Trump kept up the attacks on NBC’s Kristen Welker on Monday, calling her a “dyed-in-the-wool, radical left Democrat.” Welker is...

Variety has announced additional programming for its virtual Power of Women summit, presented by Lifetime, taking place Oct. 28 and...

Since lockdown began in March, songwriters have needed to adapt to a digital-first world. In-person sessions largely became a distant...

Donald Trump continues to invoke references that might be obscure or passé to many of his supporters, and Monday’s tweets included...

The New Yorker has suspended reporter Jeffrey Toobin and launched an investigation after he allegedly exposed himself during a Zoom call,...

APA executive Julia Johnson has joined ICM Partners as general counsel and executive VP overseeing all business and legal affairs. At...