There’s always a flurry of activity when a celebrity arrives at a premiere — camera bulbs flashing, fans screaming their name. But when Simone Biles stepped onto the blue carpet on Wednesday night to debut the second part of her revealing Netflix documentary “Simone Biles Rising,” those screams were a few octaves higher-pitched. That’s because […]

The highly-anticipated crossover between ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” just got bigger. While it was already revealed that the “Sunny” characters will show up on “Abbott” this season, Variety has confirmed that, as part of a two-episode event, the “Abbott” teachers will also show up on “Sunny” to hang with […]

Zoe Saldaña delivered an emotional speech at Variety‘s Power of Women ceremony, presented by Lifetime. “I’m really honored to be here today among so many amazing women. Carol Burnett, Amy Adams, Bela Bajaria, what a privilege it is to be standing here alongside you all this evening. I’m constantly in awe of each of you,” […]

Everyone knows the first (and second) rule of “Fight Club”: You do not talk about fight club. But do you remember the seventh rule? That is: “Fights will go on as long as they have to.” And for director David Fincher, that means continuing to tinker with the cult classic film at its 25th anniversary. […]

NFL Hall of Famer Andre Reed and Buffalo-born actor Chad Michael Murray have signed on to executive produce the forthcoming docuseries, “Just One Before I Die,” about the Buffalo Bills fanbase. “Just One Before I Die” tells the definitive story of the Bills Mafia and will chronicle the fans’ unwavering spirit as the Buffalo Bills […]

Ebony magazine has unveiled its annual Power 100 list, saluting Black talent across entertainment, sports, business and culture. This year’s honorees range from industry veterans like Snoop Dogg, Maya Rudolph, Keke Palmer and Kevin Hart, to newcomers like basketball phenom Angel Reese. The Power 100 awards gala, which also marks the magazine’s 79th anniversary, will […]

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s press tour for the A24 weepie “We Live in Time” rolls on with the Oscar-nominated actors appearing as “substitute teachers” in a new digital series, hosted by “Recess Therapy’s” Julian Shapiro-Barnum. Pugh and Garfield are set to be the first guests on “Celebrity Substitute,” a digital-first series featuring celebrities who […]

Yorgos Lanthimos has added Alicia Silverstone to the star-studded cast of “Bugonia,” his upcoming sci-fi conspiracy movie led by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. Best known for her iconic role as Cher in “Clueless” (which she reprised last year during the Super Bowl), Silverstone memorably appeared in Lanthimos’ 2017 psychological thriller “The Killing of a […]

Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ Purple Pebble Pictures has added veteran producer Anne Carey as president of film and TV. In 2020, Variety exclusively announced that Purple Pebble Pictures, which has been behind projects including the Academy Award-nominated films “The White Tiger” and “To Kill a Tiger,” inked a first look TV deal with Amazon MGM Studios. […]

M88 has signed actor, producer and photographer Lance Gross (“House of Payne,” “Our Kind of People”) for representation. Gross starred in the Fox TV series “Our Kind of People,” produced by Lee Daniels, opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and Joe Morton. He also won four NAACP Image Awards for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy […]

Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion will tell the story of her rise and evolution in a feature-length documentary for Amazon MGM Studios. The documentary, titled “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words,” captures an inside look at the three-time Grammy-winning artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur with “unprecedented access to the multi-faceted woman behind the persona.” A synopsis […]

When Lamorne Morris was cast as Garrett Morris (no relation) in “Saturday Night” — the movie about the 90 minutes leading up to the first 1975 broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” — he ignored explicit instructions from director Jason Reitman by reaching out to the man he was to portray. Garrett Morris’ place in “SNL” […]