Travis Kelce Officially Set to Host ‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?’ for...
Amazon Prime Video has officially ordered a 20-episode season of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?” from MGM Alternative, the streamer announced Tuesday. As previously reported by Variety, the “Are...
View Article‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Casts Steve Buscemi (EXCLUSIVE)
Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but sources say Buscemi will play...
View ArticleNetflix Top 10: ‘Ripley’ Sees a Low 2.5 Million Views in Its First Full Week,...
After a slow start of 2.3 million views in its opening weekend on Netflix, viewership of Andrew Scott’s “Ripley” barely increased in its first full week of availability. The limited series reached 2.5...
View Article‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Star Riley Keough Shoots Down Any Hope for Season 2
Despite the success of “Daisy Jones & the Six,” star Riley Keough says the band isn’t getting back together anytime soon. Despite fans hoping — and demanding — a second season of the Prime Video...
View Article‘Sesame Street’ Writers Approve WGA Strike Authorization Vote as Contract...
Writers employed by “Sesame Street” producer Sesame Workshop have voted unanimously to support a strike authorization vote from the Writers Guild of America as the April 19 expiration of the current...
View ArticleU.S. Reps Raise Concerns That Disney, Fox, WBD Sports Streaming Venture Will...
The Disney/ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery sports-streaming joint venture has drawn congressional scrutiny. In a letter sent Wednesday (April 16) to the CEOs of the three companies, Rep....
View ArticleActors Sue Commercial Casting Site Over ‘Pay for Play’ Policy
A group of actors filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday against Casting Networks, one of a handful of websites that connects actors to commercial auditions, alleging that the platform functions as an...
View ArticleMargaret Qualley Exits Amanda Knox Limited Series at Hulu
Margaret Qualley is no longer going to star in Hulu’s limited series about Amanda Knox, Variety has confirmed. The untitled series was announced in March with Qualley set to star and executive produce....
View ArticleJames Gandolfini Reprised Tony Soprano in 2010 to Help Recruit LeBron James...
“The Sopranos” fans got thrown a curveball in 2021 when Edie Falco revealed for the first time on an Atlantic podcast that she once reunited with James Gandolfini to reprise Tony and Carmela Soprano...
View ArticleDavid Oyelowo Apple Series ‘Government Cheese’ Rounds Out Cast With Four...
The upcoming Apple TV+ series “Government Cheese” has filled out its main cast with four new additions, Variety has learned exclusively. Jahi Winston (“We Have a Ghost, “Charm City Kings”), Evan...
View ArticleWith France on Highest Alert, Olympics Organizers Plan Opening Ceremony Along...
With France on its highest level of security alert amid geopolitical turmoil in Ukraine and the Middle East, organizers behind the Paris Olympics are still going ahead with ambitious plans to host the...
View Article‘Oldboy’ English-Language TV Series in the Works From Park Chan-wook, Lionsgate
Lionsgate Television is teaming with Park Chan-wook to develop an English-language TV adaptation of Park’s iconic film “Oldboy.” Park directed and co-wrote the original film, which was itself loosely...
View Article‘X-Men ’97’ Composers Created Eight Different Versions of Main Title Theme
When Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart, better known as The Newton Brothers, took on the job of scoring Disney+’s “X-Men ‘97,” they knew they would have a mighty task ahead of them – they’d have to find a...
View ArticleDonald Trump Incorrectly Roasts ‘Stupid Jimmy Kimmel’ for ‘Classic Choke’...
Donald Trump is keeping his Oscars feud with Jimmy Kimmel alive with a new post on Truth Social in which the former president once again slammed Kimmel for being a “horrendous” Academy Awards host....
View ArticleNick DiGiovanni Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)
Chef and content creator Nick DiGiovanni has signed with WME for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. He continues to be represented by Align PR and Yorn Levine Barnes....
View Article‘Vanderpump Rules’ Star Ally Lewber Talks James Kennedy Relationship, and...
When Ally Lewber joined the cast of “Vanderpump Rules” in Season 10 as James Kennedy’s new girlfriend, the chances for drama could not have been any higher. Kennedy had recently ended an engagement...
View ArticleBilly Joel’s Madison Square Garden Special Reaches 5.7 Million Viewers on CBS
“Billy Joel: The 100th — Live at Madison Square Garden” reached 5.7 million viewers on Sunday night. Calculated from Nielsen’s measurement of linear viewers on CBS and live streaming via Paramount+,...
View ArticleLeslie Moonves Fined $15,000 for Obtaining Secret Intel on LAPD Sex Assault...
Leslie Moonves, the former CEO of CBS, was fined $15,000 on Wednesday by the L.A. City Ethics Commission for obtaining secret information in 2017 about an LAPD sex assault investigation of which he was...
View Article‘9-1-1’: ‘Bachelor’ Crossover Episode Nabs Best Seven-Day Rating in Nearly a...
The 100th episode of “9-1-1,” which guest starred Joey Graziadei and Jesse Palmer as a crossover with “The Bachelor,” reached a rating of 0.91 among adults age 18-49 according after one week of delayed...
View Article‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals Identities of Ugly Sweater and Starfish: Here Are...
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 11, Episode 7 of “The Masked Singer,” “Queen Night,” which aired April 10 on Fox. “The Masked Singer” dropped a bomb on us:...
View Article