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Disney Licenses Slew of Titles to Netflix, Including All Five ‘Ice Age’ Movies, ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians,’ ‘Felicity,’ ‘Will Trent,’ ‘Elio’ and More (EXCLUSIVE)
Sure, Disney and Netflix compete for streaming subscribers — but the Mouse House also sees the rival’s massive customer base of over 325 mil
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Live Entertainment Technology Company Esk Targets North American Growth With Two New Execs (EXCLUSIVE)
Entertainment technology company Esk is expanding North American presence with two new appointments after a funding round that has secured £
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‘Spring Awakening’ Revival Cast, Whitney Leavitt, Mason Alexander Park Among Variety’s 10 Broadway Stars to Watch for 2026
Variety is proud to announce the 2026 edition of its annual 10 Broadway Stars to Watch. These actors, composers, librettists, and playwright
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‘A Different World’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
Netflix’s “A Different World” reboot has been renewed for a sophomore season. A revival of the 1987-1993 NBC sitcom of the same name, the co
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IDF Slams ‘NAZA,’ Saying It Presents a ‘Distorted, Misleading and Disingenuous Picture’
The Israeli Defense Forces has slammed the documentary “NAZA,” calling it “manipulative,” “misleading” and “based on substantial factual err
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CBS News Taps Steven Baker, Former ‘Nightline’ Producer, to Boost ‘Mornings,’ ‘Evening News’
CBS News is tapping another ABC News veteran to lend a hand with the ambitious task of trying to move its morning- and evening-news programs
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Luca Guadagnino Is ‘Not Afraid’ of Sam Altman Backlash to ‘Artificial’: ‘People That Have a Lot of Power’ Should Be ‘Aware That You Must Be Responsible’
Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” takes on some of the most powerful leaders in artificial intelligence, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — but
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Alan Cumming Sheds His ‘Traitors’ Kilt for ‘Tip Toe’, a Searing Parable of Homophobic Backlash: TV Review
The words “you lot” come up quite often in “Tip Toe,” the five-episode limited series coming to Starz after an initial run on Channel 4 in t
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Can’t Save AMC+’s Stylish but Lackluster Thriller ‘Kill Jackie’: TV Review
Series like Netflix’s “The Gentlemen,” “Black Doves,” and even Paramount+’s “MobLand” show that black comedies are having a moment on the sm
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New Name of Paramount-Warner Bros. Unveiled: Skydance
The soon-to-merge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery officially has a name: It’s simply going to be “Skydance,” according to chairman and CEO
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‘Father Father’ Director on Doc About a Gay Israeli-Palestinian Couple Who Have a Child on Eve of Oct. 7: It’s a ‘Beautiful Lesson Right Now’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Timely documentary “Father Father” — premiering at Festival do Rio — follows a Jewish Israeli named Aviv and Khader, his Palestinian-Israeli
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Versant, Verizon Strike Multi-Year Distribution Deal
Versant and Verizon have come to terms on a renewal of the companies’ distribution agreement, a move that means the media company, in its fi
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Stray Kids Join BTS in Sitting Out Grammy Awards
Popular K-pop group Stray Kids let the submission window for the 69th Grammy Awards close without entering any music, their agency JYP Enter
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Kieran Culkin Will Be Playing the Devil on ‘Family Guy’ for a Long Time (EXCLUSIVE)
Kieran Culkin had a lot of fun playing the Devil on “Family Guy” — so much fun, in fact, that he would like to play the show’s Devil for the
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‘The Celebrity Traitors’ Scores Record-Breaking Season 2 Premiere With Nearly 9 Million Viewers
The second season of the U.K.’s “Celebrity Traitors” is off to a record-breaking start. More than 8.8 million viewers watched Thursday night
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‘A Talent for Murder’ Director Anton Corbijn Praises Helen Mirren’s Performance as Controversial Author Patricia Highsmith: ‘She’s a Great Jerk!’
In “A Talent for Murder,” director Anton Corbijn takes a closer look at writer Patricia Highsmith. Known for creating everyone’s favorite ps
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Charlie Cox to Lead ‘The King’s Ransom’ Play in London
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Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to Depart at Warner Bros. Following Paramount Close
Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy’s term as chiefs of Warner Bros. is coming to an end. Multiple sources told Variety that De Luca and Abdy wi
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‘Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Directs a Rapturous Solo Concert Movie Built Around the Songs — and Haunting Sound — of Cameron Winter
The slow rolling piano echo through the hall like a rhapsody from the deep. The sound is rich, lustrous, bottom-heavy, grand. And that voice
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Ben Affleck’s ‘Animals’ Cast Wants Him to Run for Office: ‘Maybe They Hate Me’
Ben Affleck plays a Brentwood businessman running for Los Angeles mayor in the new thriller “Animals.” The Oscar winner, who directed and co
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Ken Urker, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard’s Partner, Dies at 34
Ken Urker, the partner of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and father of their child, was found dead Thursday in Raceland, Louisiana. He was 34. Captain
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Oscars: Pakistan Selects Documentary ‘Hanging by a Wire’ for International Feature Race (EXCLUSIVE)
Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s documentary thriller “Hanging by a Wire” has been selected as Pakistan’s submission for the Best International Feature
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Donna Langley Says the Key to Stealing Taylor Sheridan Away From Paramount Was a Better Film Deal: ‘I Saw an Opportunity’
NBCUniversal Entertainment chair Donna Langley managed to snag “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan away from Paramount after a decade at t
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Eddie Murphy to Star in Peacock Drama Series ‘The Chairman’ From ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner
Eddie Murphy is attached to star in “The Chairman,” a drama series in development at Peacock created by Matthew Weiner. If greenlit, the pro
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