There’s more than meets the eye at the box office this weekend. Paramount and Hasbro Entertainment’s “Transformers One,” the franchise’s first fully animated film since 1986, has made $3.36 million in Thursday previews at the box office. The family-friendly film, directed by Josh Cooley (“Toy Story 4”), is expected to make between $30 million and […]

New York Magazine political correspondent Olivia Nuzzi has been put on leave by leadership after engaging in a “personal relationship” with “a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign,” the publication announced Thursday night. That subject is allegedly Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to reporter Oliver Darcy’s Status […]

“Pokémon” is leveling up its trading card game with a brand new app, and it’s looking to get in on the mobile craze that has made “Pokémon Go,” “Marvel Snap” and other collect-athon games so popular. Releasing on Oct. 30, “Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket” is bringing card collecting, deck building and trainer battling directly […]

Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to the additional criminal sex act charge he was indicted on last week in New York. The former movie producer appeared in a Manhattan court for the first time after undergoing heart surgery last week. He was wheeled in by courthouse security guards in a wheelchair. Last Thursday, Weinstein […]

“The West Wing” cast members reunited on stage at the Emmys Sunday night in honor of the show’s 25th anniversary next week. Stars Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Janel Moloney and Richard Schiff were all on stage during the ceremony to present the award for best drama series. Although it was a brief segment, […]

For the second time this year, the Emmy Awards are back. After the 2023 ceremony was delayed to January 2024 by last year’s Hollywood strikes, it’s only been eight months since TV’s biggest stars gathered at Los Angeles’ LA Live Peacock Theatre to announce the Emmy winners. Eugene and Dan Levy, the “Schitt’s Creek” stars, […]

Hans Zimmer had a long guest list for his 67th birthday: some 19,500 people at his sold-out Madison Square Garden concert on Thursday night. The legendary composer rocked the stage for nearly three hours, proving that film scores can captivate audiences just as much as set lists from any other popular artist nowadays, be it […]

James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday morning at his home in Dutchess County, N.Y., his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 93. After overcoming a profound stutter as a child, Jones established himself […]

The search for the next Harry, Ron and Hermione has begun. HBO has opened a casting call for the three stars of its upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series. Fans spotted the announcement circulating online Monday, and HBO confirmed its authenticity to Variety. The casting call is looking for children who will be between the ages […]

“Mario Party” has seen its fair share of improvements over the past 26 years. The minigame juggernaut has added countless games, dozens of maps and characters, touchscreen controls, motion controls and so much more, but the upcoming “Super Mario Party Jamboree” is finally going all in on online modes. That means four-person games are no […]

A lot of people must be saying his name three times, because Beetlejuice is taking over the box office. The long awaited sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega, has made $13 million at the box office so far in Thursday previews. The horror comedy is […]

Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper best known for his hits “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” and “Type of Way,” has died at the age 34. News of his death was confirmed to Variety by Fulton County Medical Examiner, and no cause of death was given. Throughout his career, Quan, whose real name is Dequantes Devontay […]

NFL star Travis Kelce must have taken some acting lessons between winning back-to-back Super Bowls, because his acting debut is finally here in Ryan Murphy’s “Grotesquerie.” The Kansas City Chiefs tight end stars alongside Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, Lesley Manville, Micaela Diamond, Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Raven Goodwin in the FX series, which debuts […]