The fourth annual Academy Museum Gala, which honored Quentin Tarantino, Paul Mescal and Rita Moreno, raised $11 million on Saturday night. The evening’s program included John Travolta presenting the Luminary Award to Tarantino, who went onto to announce that he was donating his first handwritten draft of the script for “Pulp Fiction”to the museum. The […]

Ariana Grande is weighing in on her “Wicked” co-star Cynthia Erivo’s recent slam of fan-edited “Wicked” posters and AI content. A poster released by Universal was tweaked by a fan to mimic the original Broadway poster by lowering Elphaba’s witch hat to cover Erivo’s eyes. Erivo also called out a viral AI-created animation that featured […]

In director and writer Marco Calvani’s “High Tide,” well-known Brazilian actor Marco Pigossi stars as Lourenco, an immigrant living in Provincetown, the iconic gay getaway in Massachusetts. Suddenly single with his visa about to expire, he meets and falls for Maurice (James Bland), a Black doctor from New York City who is on vacation before […]

Ryan Murphy insists that he and his “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” co-creator Ian Brennan never imagined the Netflix series would be a major catalyst for renewed interest in the case and calls for the real Erik and Lyle Menendez to be released from prison. “Ian and I are in absolute amazement and […]

Zach Braff is getting the “Garden State” gang back together – at least the bands featured on the movie’s Grammy-winning soundtrack. A one-night concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Garden State” – which Braff wrote, directed and starred in – will take place March 29, 2025, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. On the […]

Gov. Tim Walz will continue the Harris-Walz campaign media blitz with debut appearances on “The View” and “The Daily Show.” Kamala Harris’ running mate will appear on both shows on Monday, Oct. 21. Walz recently made his debut appearances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Good Morning America,” “60 Minutes” and “SmartLess.” The Minnesota governor also returned […]

Rita Moreno may be turning 93 in December, but the legendary EGOT winner is still thinking about returning to the stage. “I don’t miss it all the time, but sometimes I do,” Moreno says over Zoom from her northern California home. “I play Alexa all the time because I love music, and I love jazz. […]

Singer Omar Apollo makes his acting debut as a hustler who has sex with Daniel Craig in “Queer,” but the James Bond star says he didn’t have to worry about easing the newcomer’s nerves. “Omar is beautiful human being,” Craig told me at the recent Barbara Broccoli-hosted screening of the Luca Guadagnino-directed movie at CAA. […]

It’s been 12 years since Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna appeared on-screen together. In fact, ever since their breakout roles in “Y Tu Mamá También,” the two say they’ve rarely been pitched parts in the same project. “After ‘También,’ we got offered for the same kind of film. You know, two guys going to […]

Lewis Pullman stars in Max’s new film adaptation of Stephen King’s second horror novel, “Salem’s Lot.” He plays Ben Mears, a writer who finds his quaint New England hometown has been invaded by vampires. During an appearance on the “Just for Variety” podcast, the actor recalls his friend and “Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Danny Ramirez […]

October started with Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose in New York City getting into the spooky season by attending a screening and dinner for “House of Spoils.” Madonna was the surprise guest at the New York Film Festival premiere of “Emilia Pérez” while Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse made a rare public appearance at the 2024 Veuve […]

Ali Abbasi, the director of the controversial Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice,” has checked himself into the Trump International Hotel & Tower for the film’s New York City premiere. “I feel like this is Trump International, and I’m International, and I did a Trump movie. So I think this is a marriage made in heaven,” […]

Rosie O’Donnell received a letter from Lyle Menendez about 30 years ago after he saw her on “Larry King Live,” saying that she believed Erik’s claims that they were molested by their father. “I was out to lunch with Barbara Walters and our publicist Cindy Berger, and I said, ‘Barbara, you’re not going to believe […]