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‘Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!’ Review: Rinko Kikuchi Dances Through Grief and Uneven Tones
A cross-cultural tale of grief and dance, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!” stems from an intimate place, but ends up emotionally inert thanks to its style. Its...
‘The Pitt’ Star Noah Wyle and Producers on Honoring Muslim Community After Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Attack: ‘The Most Underreported Aspect of the Story’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “9:00 a.m.,” Episode 3, Season 2 of “The Pitt,” now streaming on HBO Max. When storyline conversations began for Season 2 of...
‘Carousel’ Review: Chris Pine and Jenny Slate in a Painfully Languid Neorealist Drama of Lonely-Hearts Romance
Who says they don’t make ’em like they used to? “Carousel,” starring Chris Pine and Jenny Slate in a painfully languid neorealist drama of lonely-hearts romance (it’s about love,...
Kerry Washington Receives Elevate Foundation Catalyst Award, Boards Pro-Democracy Series ‘Nevertheless’ Season 2 as Executive Producer
Kerry Washington was honored with the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at the Democracy on the Screen – and on the Line event Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival. The...
TikTok U.S. Joint Venture Deal Closes, Former Warner Bros. Exec Adam Presser Named CEO
ByteDance has closed a deal to form TikTok U.S., a joint venture that is majority-owned by American investors — finally bringing the popular video app into compliance with a...
Eddie Izzard on Bringing ‘Hamlet’ to L.A. as a One-Person, 23-Character Show, After 200 Global Performances: ‘I Want to, as a Trans Person, Give Honor to All the Characters’
“Comedy is my day job,” says Eddie Izzard. “Shakespeare started with his comedies, then he moved to his dramas and tragedies, and that’s what I’m doing.” Even the Bard...
Chris Pratt Pitched Marvel a ‘F—ing Great’ Idea for Star Lord’s Return and Sent James Gunn a Photo Wearing a Batman Mask: ‘I Photoshopped It’ and He Laughed
Chris Pratt appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast on his press tour for “Mercy” and revealed that he has a “fucking great” idea for how to bring Star...
‘The Lake’ Review: Climate Change Doc From Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi Raises Alarms About the Fate of the Great Salt Lake
After seeing Abby Ellis’ urgent Sundance documentary “The Lake,” on the imminent collapse of Utah’s Great Salt Lake due to water overconsumption and rising temperatures, strolling around Park City,...
Disney CEO Bob Iger Pay Package Rose 11.5% in 2025 to $45.8 Million
Bob Iger, in his second-to-last year leading Disney as CEO, saw his total compensation increase 11.5%, to a total of $45.8 million in 2025. Disney disclosed Iger’s pay package...
‘Barbershop’ TV Series Adds 8 to Cast, Including Zack Fox, Ego Nwodim, Ziwe, Tituss Burgess
Amazon Prime Video‘s “Barbershop” TV series has added eight new actors in guest star roles, Variety has learned. The new additions are: Zack Fox (“Abbott Elementary,” “The Vince Staples...
Sony Pictures Execs Caught Bashing Blake Lively in Baldoni Court Docs: ‘She Orchestrated All This Drama in a Totally Unsavvy and Amateur Way’
Dozens of text and email conversations from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni PR dumpster fire have become public thanks to ongoing the legal battle between the “It Ends...
