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Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001’s “The Wedding Planner” ended up getting him out of a “major mess-up” at the U.S.-Mexico border. “I pull in one late night crossing the border going way down south,” the

Meta’s Instagram proudly launched a new logo Thursday — its first update in a decade — and the trolling has already begun. “The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote in a post on the platform. “

“MobLand” returns on Sept. 18, and the Paramount+ show starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren has released another trailer. Season 2 of the crime drama sees the North London crime family the Harrigans threatened by a civil war. Harry Da Souza (Hardy), the crew’s loya

CBS is developing a new law enforcement drama that hails from two “One Chicago” mainstays. Variety has learned that CBS has opened a development room for the series, titled “Strike Force.” Matt Olmstead is writing and executive producing the new series, while Jesse Lee Soffer wil

Ryan Murphy knows one thing for certain: 1981 was the year that made him. He was 16, growing up in a Catholic family but getting his first taste of freedom. That included television. It was only a few years earlier that his mother had even let him watch it for the first time, an

There was a time when talky slabs of recent political history like “The Brink of War,” carried by skilled name actors who aren’t quite stars, were largely the preserve of Emmy-chasing TV networks. Today, with a bit of added Christian-right rhetoric, they’re ready for the big scre

The Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has selected three international co-productions for its 2026 Co-Production Support Fund, backing films from directors Fukada Koji, Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Boo Junfeng with a combined KRW140 million ($100,000) in pro

Bollywood star Rani Mukerji has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Australia’s La Trobe University for three decades of work in Indian cinema and her contributions off screen, the university said. She is the second Indian film figure to receive the distinction, after s

COL Group has launched COL AI Studios, a new entertainment vertical designed to help platforms, studios and brands develop, test and scale content beyond traditional licensing deals. The studio builds on a distribution network that now counts over 5,000 live-action titles, up fro

Troye Sivan has kicked off a new era with the release of his new single “She’s the Best” along with a music video co-starring Nicole Kidman. In the clip, directed by Gordon Von Steiner, Sivan holds the spotlight at a club filled with drag queens, including Sasha Colby. Kidman, a

Phoebe Bridgers tends to stand out in a crowd, and not just because of her celebrity or natural star quality, but because of the hair; other women around L.A. may go for the platinum blonde look, but not quite that platinum. So it was fairly easy to pick her out for the entirety

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The