The hits of Stephen Sondheim are finally back on Broadway " kind of, anyway. A week after moving back to live audiences for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Stephen Colbert welcom…
The cast of "Glee" reunited virtually to remember Naya Rivera, who died last July at the age of 33, at the GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday. The tribute was opened by Demi Lovato, who had a br…
I've been lucky enough to play women who have marked history with their brilliance, and at the same time have somehow changed the way we see the world. Like many of the Black women in histor…
My first memory of Cicely Tyson was in "Sounder." I only knew her from the screen back then. I was 9, and there were only a few television stations. I remember watching it at the foot of my …
"Star Wars" actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbecca in the original trilogy, died on Tuesday, his family announced on his Twitter. He was 74. He died at his North Texas home surrounded by h…
Sarah Silverman is headed to the stage. Well, maybe not Silverman herself, but the story of the comedian is, at least. She gave an update on the musical based on her memoir, "The Bedwetter,"…
Netflix is a digital disruptor that's done more than almost any company to upend the media business, and yet so much recent chatter about the streamer revolves around movie theaters. Last we…
After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Bette Midler moved back to New York. But when she got there, she was unsettled by the garbage that she spotted everywhere. "It was unbelievable," says t…
Variety has hired Lesley McKenzie as managing editor to oversee the multi-platform entertainment news organization across print, digital, and video. McKenzie, who has served as deputy editor…
Nestled at the foot of a large hill on the edge of downtown Providence, R.I., Cable Car Cinema was known to local moviegoers as "the one with the couches." That was a charitable description.…
Ariana Grande has fired back at Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich’s claims that she’s not performing at the ceremony because they felt it was “too late for her to pull something…
After seven years coveting fellow billionaire Mark Cuban's Landmark Theatres, distributor, producer and real estate magnate Charles S. Cohen can finally call the chain of U.S. movie houses h…
The unsung stars behind Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, “A Star Is Born,” talk about bringing Ally and Jackson to life. Read Variety‘s Lady Gaga cover story here. Ma…
Lady Gaga can't shake her character from "A Star Is Born." And she doesn't want to. "I feel Ally inside of me," Gaga says of the rising musical icon she plays in the film. "I wonder how long…
If you find yourself in a narrow East Village bar adorned with red lights, a precariously perched piano and a sign reading, "Resist, Persist, Keep Dancing," you've stumbled into Alan Cumming…
If Ariana Grande fans ever wanted to just hang out with the pop star, the “Sweetener Sessions” might have been their best shot. Grande brought the series of intimate shows to Los…
With “Equalizer 2,” Denzel Washington tackles the first sequel of his career. The movie, debuting July 20, follows the first film’s breakout success. Released in 2014, the …
When “Jesus Christ Superstar” debuts next Monday on NBC, it will be only the latest in a long line of live TV musicals that have found varying degrees of success. Credit goes to …
The Oscars have an embarrassing history of snubbing female directors. Barbra Streisand was naturally verklempt but ultimately fine when the Motion Picture Academy failed to nominate her for …
I don't think I'd heard a word about "Angels in America" before I saw it in London. I had seen one play of Kushner's, "A Bright Room Called Day," and panned it. But I certainly knew about De…
Andrew Garfield sits in the break room of a Brooklyn rehearsal complex extolling the virtues of a quilt. "That quilt is maybe my favorite piece of art," he says of the Names Project AIDS Mem…
Getting a $52.4 billion deal inked with Murdoch was the easy part. Now, Bob Iger is hip-deep in the hard work of hammering out a new management structure for the enlarged company…
On Thursday at New York’s Cipriani 25 Broadway, Variety and National Geographic teamed up for their inaugural Salute to Service event, which celebrated the contributions the United Sta…
For Bob Iger, the acquisition of key 21st Century Fox assets is a final mega deal that advances his priorities for his stewardship of the Walt Disney Co. For Rupert Murdoch, the sale of 20th…
As the countdown to the expected Dec. 14 announcement of a $60 billion-plus acquisition by Walt Disney Co. begins, insiders at Fox studio are privately expressing a mixture of shock, frustra…