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‘The White Lotus’ Breaks Series Record for Second Week in a Row, Reaching 4.8 Million Viewers With Episode 7
After hitting a series high of 4.2 million viewers last week, “The White Lotus” has lifted its ratings ceiling again. Mike White’s HBO series reached 4.8 million viewers on...
Cristin Milioti Joins Elizabeth Olsen in FX Drama Pilot ‘Seven Sisters’
Cristin Milioti has been cast in the FX drama pilot “Seven Sisters,” Variety has learned. Milioti will appear alongside previously announced lead Elizabeth Olsen in the pilot, which was...
Kendrick Lamar’s Movie With ‘South Park’ Creators Pushes Release Date to 2026
Kendrick Lamar’s untitled comedy won’t debut on America’s birthday after all. Paramount, the studio behind the closely guarded movie from Lamar and “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey...
Eli Roth’s The Horror Section Marks First Acquisition With ‘Jimmy and Stiggs’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Eli Roth‘s The Horror Section has acquired “Jimmy and Stiggs,” marking the horror company’s first major deal since launching earlier this month, Variety can exclusively report. Directed and written...
SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland on How Consumers Can Support Video Game Actors Strike as It Nears 250-Day Mark
The SAG-AFTRA strike against major video game companies has nearly reached the 250-day mark and there’s no deal yet. And while nothing seems to have changed from the outside,...
How Korea’s Largest Theater Chain Lost a Fortune in America
It’s been a tough few years for the theater business, and it’s been particularly brutal in San Francisco. Since the pandemic began, the city has lost the Embarcadero Center...
YouTube Now Worth as Much as $550 Billion, Analysts Say: ‘New King of All Media’
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 —...
Zack Snyder to Direct ‘Brawler,’ Teaming With Dana White’s UFC and Saudi Minister Turki Alalshikh
Zack Snyder has signed on to direct “Brawler,” a new feature about a L.A. man who rises in the world of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The filmmaker, who will...
BBC Outlines Transformation Strategy Amid Budget Constraints: ‘We Face an Unprecedented Content Funding Challenge’
The BBC unveiled its annual plan for 2025/26 on Monday, mapping out an ambitious transformation agenda while acknowledging significant financial hurdles as the pubcaster gears up for charter renewal...
John Oliver Calls Signalgate a ‘Motif’ for Trump Administration: ‘Unserious People Doing Deeply Stupid Things With Massively Serious Consequences’
John Oliver has weighed in on the “Signalgate” scandal, in which members of President Donald Trump‘s administration accidentally added The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to their Signal group chat...
Michael Mann Says He ‘Just Finished’ ‘Heat 2’ Screenplay and Handed It to Warner Bros.: ‘Any More Than That, I Can’t Talk About’
Michael Mann has officially finished the screenplay for “Heat 2,” the long-awaited sequel to his 1995 crime drama starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. In response to a...
‘Adolescence’ Writer Jack Thorne Rejects ‘Absurd’ Race-Swap Theory Amplified by Elon Musk: ‘There Is No Part of This That’s Based on a True Story’
Jack Thorne — who co-wrote Netflix phenomenon “Adolescence” with Stephen Graham — has rejected claims that the show was based on a real-life crime committed by a Black child, a theory...