We lost the incredible Philip Seymour Hoffman in Feb. 2014, and the hole in the industry still looms large. With a career spanning over three decades, Hoffman worked alongside several masters both in

She just wants the wheel to spin evenly. Vanna White, 66, is merely asking for the same salary as “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak, 76, one source is now alleging, amid recent reports that she was h

A picture of the wrong subtitles has gone viral 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer', the two highly-anticipated movies which released globally on Friday, have inspired a frenzy for the diametrically opposed f

Greta Gerwig has broken the opening weekend record for a female director, solo or otherwise. Her Barbie movie opened to an estimated $155 million at the North American box office over the July 21-23

“Barbenheimer” is more than just a meme. It’s a full-fledged box office phenomenon. Over the weekend, moviegoers turned out in force for Greta Gerwig’s neon-coated fantasy comedy “Barbie,” which smas

Sound of Freedom, the religious, “QAnon adjacent” child-smuggling film that has enthralled conservatives across the US, passed the $100m mark in ticket sales on Thursday. But as the movie continues t

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Few things have caught the public imagination in recent years quite like the concept of Barbenheimer. When Warner Bros scheduled the release of Barbie to run in direct opposition to that of Oppenheime

Although he had been on a minor roll by 2008, starring in Zodiac, A Scanner Darkly and, uh, The Shaggy Dog, Robert Downey Jr. was far from being a box office draw. So it was a major risk for Jon Favre

After we finished some videos, a singer named Leon Timbo picked up his guitar. A big, bearded man with a warm smile, he harmonized with the Houston-raised singer Denitia on a slow version of a classic

The summer box office just went nuclear. Filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s female-fueled Barbie started off with a stupendous $70.5 million on Friday, including $22.3 million in previews. If early modeling is

One week into the shutdown of Hollywood, and neither side is blinking. The Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, striking together for the first time since 1960, have taken to the pic

Jamie Foxx is speaking out for the first time after being hospitalized for a “medical complication” in April. “First of all, I wanna say thank you to everybody that’s prayed, man, and sent me message

Lawrence Sher, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer for “Joker,” revealed on “The Trenches Talk” podcast that he “never even met” Lady Gaga on the set of the sequel, “Joker: Folie à Deux,” because she

A three-day music festival in Malaysia has been cut short after the lead singer of the 1975 criticised the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws on stage. The British band, fronted by Matty Healy, were performi

The Emperor has no clothes. He does, however, have a pressing problem: a masked assassin has interrupted while he’s in flagrante with his robot lover. Talk about a nude awakening. Merrily starkers, he

Rick and Morty held a San Diego Comic-Con panel Friday, where the Adult Swim show’s team gave an update on the casting process following Justin Roiland’s exit in light of felony domestic abuse charges

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds and his company, Maximum Effort, have joined Nacelle’s Biker Mice from Mars animated series, a new iteration of the cult classic series. Nacelle plans to co-produce with Maxim

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy had some choice words for the Malaysian government pertaining to its extreme anti-LGBTQ laws while performing in the country’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur. “I made a mist

The fact is, it’ll be nearly impossible for Barbie to live up to its hype. Just as perfection only exists as an ideal never quite made flesh, Greta Gerwig’s desperately anticipated film based on the b

Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list actors leading a demonstration in Leicester Square on Friday in solidarity with the US strikes disrupting the fil

UPDATE: Former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek pleaded guilty to transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material on Friday. According to a press release distributed by the United Stat

When Lana Del Rey said “I went to see some friends of mine down in Florence, Alabama,” she wasn’t kidding. The singer has inexplicably been living her best Southern Belle life lately, first getting he

Josephine Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill, died on 13 July in Paris, her family said on Friday. The actor, who starred in films including Pier Paolo Pasolini

“Barbenheimer” is finally here. The biggest box office battle in years has begun, with Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” making $22.3 million at the domestic box office in Thursday previews. Universal’s “Oppenh

Getty Images Popular on Variety Tony Bennett, the master pop vocalist who had a professional career spanning eight decades with a No. 1 album at age 85, died on Friday morning in New York City. He w

Mattel has been heavily marketing its new Barbie movie. Some health experts are angry over a project the firm funded in schools, per The BMJ. One criticized the decision to give dolls to UK schools

In the police interview, he said that the fatal shots were fired by his nephew, Orlando Anderson, who had been in a fight with Shakur the same night of his murder and who was later himself killed in a

The sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune” may be riding a sandworm all the way to 2024. Amid two contentious Hollywood labor strikes, Warner Bros. Film Group is strongly considering pushing

Tony Bennett, the master pop vocalist who had a professional career spanning eight decades with a No. 1 album at age 85, died on Friday morning in New York City. He was 96. Bennett was diagnosed with

AMC Theatres is scrapping its plan to charge moviegoers more money for a better view of the screen. The company announced it is no longer moving forward with “Sightline at AMC,” a ticket pricing init

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James Van Der Beek is weighing in on the "monumental" issue behind the current actors' and writers' strike, noting that the use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking could spell the end of acting a

Bron Studios, the Canadian finance and production company that emerged as a media force in 2017 and has backed awards favorites like “Joker,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “Licorice Pizza” and com

will.i.am on working with Britney Spears: “I see the same light, the same joy” will.i.am and Britney Spears are about to release a surprise new single, "Mind Your Business" — more than a decade after

Christopher Nolan’s latest pic Oppenheimer launches into cinemas Friday, and while on the promotion rounds, the director once again was confronted with the age-old question: Would he ever direct a Jam