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- ‘Saccharine’ Review: A Grisly Body-Image Body Horror for the Age of Weight Loss MedsFast weight-loss methods have never been easier or more readily available, but they come at a cost — and for the young, dangerously experimenting protagonist of “Saccharine,” that’s higher and more damaging than a monthly Wegovy subscription. The third feature from writer-director Natalie Erika James is a timely one, tapping into a current medical phenomenon […]
- Matt Lauer Accuser Details Alleged 2014 Rape and Why She Didn’t Call the Police: ‘I Was in Freaking Russia. Who Would I Call? Putin? The KGB? There Was Only NBC’Brooke Nevils, the former NBC employee who accused Matt Lauer of sexual assault, is releasing a new book next month titled “Excerpted from Unspeakable Things” in which she goes into greater detail about her relationship to the former “Today” anchor. Nevils first went public with her story in Ronan Farrow’s 2019 book “Catch and Kill,” […]
- Rachel Keller Joins Mike Colter in CBS Legal Drama ‘Cupertino’Rachel Keller has landed a lead role opposite Mike Colter in the upcoming CBS legal drama “Cupertino,” Variety has confirmed. Along with Colter and Keller, the cast of the series also includes Renee Elise Goldsberry and Ella Stiller. The logline states that the show is “a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in the heart […]
- LISTEN: Voices of Sundance With Natalie Portman, Gregg Araki, Daniel Kwan, Judd Apatow, Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna and MoreOn today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Natalie Portman, Rob Lowe, Daniel Kwan, Kiernan Shipka, Judd Apatow, Salman Rushdie, Gregg Araki and more sound off on industry issues in interviews conducted at Variety’s Sundance Film Festival studio, presented by Audible. Music legends Kim Gordon and Kathleen Hanna also talk about the music business then and […]
- Molly Ringwald, Danielle Brooks and More Talk Traveling and Shooting Internationally at Variety and Hyatt Sundance PanelAt the “Variety Culture & Storytelling presented by World of Hyatt” event at the Sundance Film Festival, a panel of creatives in the film industry sat down with Variety senior entertainment and media writer Matt Donnelly to discuss the role of cultural experiences in shaping creative work. The group included Molly Ringwald (“Run Amok”), Danielle […]
- Nicki Minaj Holds Donald Trump’s Hand and Declares Herself ‘the President’s No. 1 Fan’: ‘God Is Protecting Him’Hip-hop superstar Nicki Minaj doubled down on her controversial support for President Donald J. Trump with a short speech at a “Trump Accounts Summit” session on Wednesday, telling the assembled audience that Trump is being “bullied” and “smeared” and declaring herself “probably the president’s No. 1 fan.” “Well, I don’t know what to say,” Minaj […]
- Noomi Rapace Talks ‘Angry’ Public Image, Calls for More Money for Swedish Film and Dedicates Nordic Honorary Dragon Award to Son Lev: ‘My Closest Witness’Noomi Rapace discussed her “angry” public image at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival. “The first time I went to the U.S., well, the Americans can be blunt. They would say: ‘Oh, you are funny. You are not angry and aggressive.’ I went: ‘Why would I be?’ Everyone thought I would be silent and grumpy, ready to […]
- Will Pouter and Odessa Young Cast in Adam Driver Thriller Series ‘Rabbit, Rabbit’ at NetflixWill Pouter and Odessa Young have joined the cast of “Rabbit, Rabbit,” a Netflix hostage thriller series starring and executive produced by Adam Driver. Per the official logline, Driver plays an escaped convict who “is cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop” and “takes hostages in an effort to bargain for his freedom. But […]
- ‘DTF St. Louis’ Trailer: Jason Bateman and David Harbour Are Suburban Dads Plagued by Sex App in Kinky HBO ComedyLove, sex and death loom over the suburbs of Missouri in HBO’s upcoming comedy series “DTF St. Louis,” starring Jason Bateman and David Harbour as middle-aged dads caught in a love triangle. The seven-episode limited series kicks off on March 1 at 9 p.m. on HBO and will also stream on HBO Max. The trailer […]
- Kayvan Novak, Bonita Friedericy, Jon Pointing Join Amy Poehler Peacock Series ‘Dig’ (EXCLUSIVE)Kayvan Novak, Bonita Friedericy, and Jon Pointing have all joined the upcoming Peacock comedy series “Dig” in recurring roles. The series, which is based on the Kate Myers book “Excavations,” was originally announced back in May 2025 at the NBCUniversal streamer. Per the official logline, the show is “centered on four women working at an […]
Fast weight-loss methods have never been easier or more readily available, but they come at a cost — and for the young, dangerously experimenting protagonist of “Saccharine,” that’s higher and more damaging than a monthly Wegovy subscription. The third feature from writer-director Natalie Erika James is a timely one, tapping into a current medical phenomenon […]
Brooke Nevils, the former NBC employee who accused Matt Lauer of sexual assault, is releasing a new book next month titled “Excerpted from Unspeakable Things” in which she goes into greater detail about her relationship to the former “Today” anchor. Nevils first went public with her story in Ronan Farrow’s 2019 book “Catch and Kill,” […]
Rachel Keller has landed a lead role opposite Mike Colter in the upcoming CBS legal drama “Cupertino,” Variety has confirmed. Along with Colter and Keller, the cast of the series also includes Renee Elise Goldsberry and Ella Stiller. The logline states that the show is “a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in the heart […]
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Natalie Portman, Rob Lowe, Daniel Kwan, Kiernan Shipka, Judd Apatow, Salman Rushdie, Gregg Araki and more sound off on industry issues in interviews conducted at Variety’s Sundance Film Festival studio, presented by Audible. Music legends Kim Gordon and Kathleen Hanna also talk about the music business then and […]
At the “Variety Culture & Storytelling presented by World of Hyatt” event at the Sundance Film Festival, a panel of creatives in the film industry sat down with Variety senior entertainment and media writer Matt Donnelly to discuss the role of cultural experiences in shaping creative work. The group included Molly Ringwald (“Run Amok”), Danielle […]
Hip-hop superstar Nicki Minaj doubled down on her controversial support for President Donald J. Trump with a short speech at a “Trump Accounts Summit” session on Wednesday, telling the assembled audience that Trump is being “bullied” and “smeared” and declaring herself “probably the president’s No. 1 fan.” “Well, I don’t know what to say,” Minaj […]
Noomi Rapace discussed her “angry” public image at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival. “The first time I went to the U.S., well, the Americans can be blunt. They would say: ‘Oh, you are funny. You are not angry and aggressive.’ I went: ‘Why would I be?’ Everyone thought I would be silent and grumpy, ready to […]
Will Pouter and Odessa Young have joined the cast of “Rabbit, Rabbit,” a Netflix hostage thriller series starring and executive produced by Adam Driver. Per the official logline, Driver plays an escaped convict who “is cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop” and “takes hostages in an effort to bargain for his freedom. But […]
Love, sex and death loom over the suburbs of Missouri in HBO’s upcoming comedy series “DTF St. Louis,” starring Jason Bateman and David Harbour as middle-aged dads caught in a love triangle. The seven-episode limited series kicks off on March 1 at 9 p.m. on HBO and will also stream on HBO Max. The trailer […]
Kayvan Novak, Bonita Friedericy, and Jon Pointing have all joined the upcoming Peacock comedy series “Dig” in recurring roles. The series, which is based on the Kate Myers book “Excavations,” was originally announced back in May 2025 at the NBCUniversal streamer. Per the official logline, the show is “centered on four women working at an […]
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