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Hollywood actors and artists just made a move against AI slop
A new campaign launches today against AI’s sticky fingers on copyrighted material. The Human Artistry Campaign’s “Stealing Isn’t…
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Fashion
How Valentino Made Hollywood the Enduring Obsession of the Fashion World
At Variety, we talk a lot about the soft power of the red carpet. We live in an age where “image architect” is a vaunted job title, thanks…
Culture
Jennifer Lawrence Says ‘I Turned Down’ Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Offer and Then Lost ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Role After the ‘Internet Went Out of Its Way to Call Me Ugly’
Jennifer Lawrence said during a recent “Happy Sad Confused” podcast interview that she missed out on playing Sharon Tate opposite Leonardo…
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Kiefer Sutherland Arrested After Assaulting Hollywood Ride-Share Driver
“24” star Kiefer Sutherland was arrested early Monday after a physical altercation with a Hollywood ride-share driver, according to the…
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Hollywood Comes for Mamdani
Pluribus is a direct refutation of the hot new ‘collectivism’ trend. Source link
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The Weirdly Refreshing Honesty of the Oscars of TikTok
For the longest time, I kept myself from joining TikTok. Social media, I figured, was already kind of a problem for me. I was heavily…
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‘Anaconda’ Director on Those Original Cast Cameos, Making Fun of Hollywood Reboots and Reusing a Cyclone-Destroyed Set
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses spoilers for “Anaconda,” now playing in theaters When co-writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten first…
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Dacre Montgomery on His All-or-Nothing Career, ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ and Stepping Away From Hollywood After ‘Stranger Things’
There’s a particular way Dacre Montgomery answers questions. He’s not evasive, but circuitous, like someone walking the perimeter of a…
Celebrity
TikTok Awards Debut in Hollywood Despite Technical Glitches
The seams were showing at times at the first TikTok Awards held Thursday night the Hollywood Palladium and live streaming on TikTok and…
Culture
The Warner Bros.-Netflix merger could doom Hollywood film workers
In the months following 2023’s Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists…
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Hollywood stars launch Creators Coalition on AI
A group of entertainment industry workers launched a new coalition that aims to advocate for the rights of creators amid the growing AI…
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As Hollywood Navigates Roblox and Fortnite, What’s Working — and What Isn’t
Here’s a stat that might shock anyone who isn’t the parent of a Gen Alpha kid: As of October 2025, online gaming platform Roblox boasted…
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Trump defends his criticism of killed Hollywood director Rob Reiner
US President Donald Trump has repeated his attack on Rob Reiner - after his earlier remarks about the killed Hollywood director, a…
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Nick Reiner held in deaths of his famous Hollywood parents, Rob and Michele Reiner
Nick Reiner was being held Monday in the Los Angeles County jail in the slayings of his parents, film director and major Democratic donor…
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Emma Mackey on Working With Greta Gerwig and Paying Tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood in ‘Ella McCay’: ‘It Was Very Cathartic and Primal’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Ella McCay,” now in theaters. From the minute she sets foot into her office as the new…
Culture
The Safer Bet: Why David Zaslav and the WBD Board Favored Netflix in a Turbulent Time for Legacy Hollywood
After a few marathon days of telephone and video calls, emails and text message chains, the $82.7 billion agreement for Netflix to buy…
Fashion
How Ted Sarandos became the ultimate Hollywood gate-crasher
Hollywood moguls once dismissed the outsize ambitions of Netflix’s executives. “Is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” former…
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Tiffany Haddish, Mo Amer, Zahn McClarnon and More Celebrated at Faith and Spirituality Honors: ‘That’s Not Hollywood. That’s Holy’
Not a seat was empty at Variety’s second annual Variety Faith & Spirituality in Entertainment Honors presented by Coalition for Faith &…
Culture
How Noah Baumbach Fell (Back) in Love with the Movies
It was somewhere on a deserted highway in Ohio at about 4 A.M., with a rain machine, while I was shooting “White Noise.” I think I felt,…
Culture
‘The Secret Agent’ Director Kleber Mendonça Filho Says Hollywood Must ‘Draw a Line’ With Streaming if ‘They Want to Keep Filmgoing Alive’
Kleber Mendonça Filho, whose latest film “The Secret Agent” represents Brazil in the international feature film race at the Oscars,…
Culture
Qatar Forges Hollywood Ties as Country That Hosted 2022 World Cup Unveils Film Industry Ambitions
After Al Jazeera and the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament put Qatar on the global map, the tiny Arab state rich in oil and gas is now…
Celebrity
Simu Liu Says the ‘Backslide’ of Asian Representation in Hollywood Is ‘F—ing Appalling’: ‘Studios Think We Are Risky’
Simu Liu took to Threads on Sunday to post a fiery message about the “backslide” of Asian representation in Hollywood. In the post, he…
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Drew Goddard, Sarah Esberg and Abe Sylvia to Earn Commitment to California Awards at Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Entertainment Industry Conference
Today, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced the programming for its 2025 Entertainment Industry Conference, presented by Variety,…
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NBC’s ‘Stumble’: Why does Hollywood insist on treating narcolepsy as a punchline?
NBC recently debuted a new show: Stumble, a comedy about a former cheer coach leading a team of misfits. Some earlier reviews of the show,…