Orville Peck is headed to the Kit Kat Club in New York City to make his Broadway debut as Emcee in “Cabaret.” It was announced Wednesday that the county singer will replace Adam Lambert in the role, while two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada will play Sally Bowles, currently being played by “Moana” star Auli’i Cravalho. […]

Following the breakout success of Boygenius in 2023, and its three members laying relatively low in 2024, Lucy Dacus is the first member of the trio to officially announce a solo album, her first since 2021’s acclaimed “Home Video.” Her fourth full-length effort on her own, “Forever Is a Feeling,” will be out on the […]

The how-will-they-get-the-money? plot, punctuated by a countdown clock that periodically stops the action, catapults our heroines from one situation to the next, but the real subject of "One of Them Days" is simply the people they keep meeting.

It’s been said that all monster movies fit into at least one of three categories. Werewolf movies play on the notion that within every man lives a beast waiting to be unleashed. Vampire films tap into our collective fear of the unknown, which can encompass everything from the threat of disease to the perception of […]

Starz has dropped the first teaser for the sequel series “Spartacus: House of Ashur.” The teaser sets up a “new era” of combat in the arena with plenty of blood and sand to go around. The teaser also revealed that the show will launch this fall though a specific premiere date has yet to be […]

Actor-director Daniel Auteuil and key “Emilia Perez” collaborator Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux have set up their next features with Les Films Velvet, the auteur-focused production outfit behind this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris opener “The Musicians” as well as Rebecca Zlotowski’s upcoming, Jodie Foster-led thriller “Vie Privée.” After last year’s Cannes-launched legal thriller “An Ordinary Case,” Auteuil […]

Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of the upcoming HBO limited series “DTF St. Louis,” Variety has learned. Jenkins will appear in the series alongside previously announced leads Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini. The show was picked up for seven episodes at HBO back in November and is now in pre-production. The official […]

Although Drake withdrew his legal petition against his label, Universal Music Group, on Tuesday, he doubled down Wednesday, suing the company for defamation and harassment, spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile via Kendrick Lamar’s brutal diss track, “Not Like Us,” according to the lawsuit, which was viewed by Variety.   […]

Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, who was Oscar-nominated for “I Am Not Your Negro,” will be the Guest of Honor at the 56th edition of documentary festival Visions du Réel, which runs April 4-13. During the festival, Peck will deliver a masterclass and present a retrospective of his work, as well as a screening of his […]

TikTok is preparing to go dark for U.S. users this Sunday if the Supreme Court does not grant its emergency appeal to halt a law that will ban the app unless Chinese parent ByteDance divests its stake, according to reports. TikTok is in danger of being banned in the U.S. under a federal law set […]

Daredevil is back in the MCU once again. Disney has released the trailer for the upcoming Marvel TV series, “Daredevil: Born Again,” coming to Disney+ on March 4, 2025. The gritty, street-level Marvel series will be the official reintroduction of Charlie Cox’s Daredevil and his cast of characters from the original Marvel TV series that […]

One of the most highly anticipated book releases of 2025 is set for next week, less than a month into the new year: “Onyx Storm,” the latest sequel to Rebecca Yarros’ wildly popular 2023 romantasy hit “Fourth Wing.” From Entangled Publishing’s Red Tower Books, the books follow Violet Sorrengail, a student at Basgiath War College […]

Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter were the most-streamed U.S. pop artists last year, according to Luminate’s year-end music report for 2024. Swift topped the U.S. On-Demand Audio (ODA) tally of 2024 with 12.8 billion streams, followed by Eilish with 4.46 billion and Carpenter with 3.71 billion. Behind the trio sit Ariana Grande (3.12 […]

Fox Sports aims to tackle fans of its Sunday-afternoon NFL games and drive them over to its new racing programs. The first season of IndyCar on Fox debuts March 2. In a big to generate interest, Fox Sports aims to put footage of some of the most popular drivers in the sport in front of […]

El Estudio has acquired rights to adapt hit Australian comedy format “Here Come the Habibs” for Mexican audiences, partnering with Los Angeles-based Happy Accidents on the project. The original series, which aired on Australia’s Channel 9, broke ground as the first mainstream commercial TV comedy to feature a Middle Eastern family in leading roles. The […]

Leland Vittert, a former Fox News Channel reporter who has become an evening host on Nexstar Media’s NewsNation, will take over the 9 p.m. hour on that network that is being vacated by current host Dan Abrams. Starting February 10, Vittert’s program, “On Balance,” which airs at 7 p.m. , will move to the 9 […]

Bille August-directed TV series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” featuring an international cast led by Sam Claflin (“Peaky Blinders”) is reaping stellar ratings in Italy, scoring on average a whopping 26% primetime share on the country’s state broadcaster RAI. The first episode of August’s high-end adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic, which the two-time Palme d’Or […]

Global streaming platform Izzy, which specializes in Israeli shows and films, is set to exclusively launch “Kugel,” the highly anticipated prequel to Netflix hit “Shtisel,” on Feb. 28 to its subscribers across more than 60 countries. Variety spoke to Nati Dinnar, Izzy’s co-founder and CEO, about the show and why he was so keen to […]

A Japanese musical adaptation of the hit manga and anime franchise “Sailor Moon” will launch a North American tour this spring, playing nearly 20 cities on a route that begins in Pittsburgh in March and ends in New York City the following month. The tour for “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live” marks the […]