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‘Chhaava’ Leads India Box Office to 14% Jump in First Half of 2025
2025-07-19
India’s theatrical market is flexing serious muscle in 2025, with the first six months delivering a robust 14% uptick that positions the market for a...
‘Saiyaara’ Breaks Indian Box Office Records With Strong Debut Opening
2025-07-19
Yash Raj Fims (YRF) and Mohit Suri’s Bollywood love story “Saiyaara” has rewritten box office history, posting record-breaking numbers in India that have...
‘Before/After’ Review: A Hair Transplant Bonds Two Vulnerable Men in a...
2025-07-19
To anyone who has lately travelled to Istanbul, it’s a familiar if disconcerting sight. Hordes of men strolling nonchalantly around the city’s tourist spots...
Tyler, the Creator Reveals New Album ‘Don’t Tap the Glass’ Will Release on...
2025-07-19
Tyler, the Creator is set to release his new album “Don’t Tap the Glass” on Monday (July 21). Over the past week, the rapper had been teasing that something...
Taylor Russell Exits Michael B. Jordan’s ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Remake
2025-07-19
Taylor Russell has exited her role in Amazon MGM Studios’ reimagining of “The Thomas Crown Affair,” where she was set to star opposite Michael B. Jordan....
Music Industry Moves: Óscar Maydon’s Indie Label Inks Víctor Mendívil; TikTok...
2025-07-19
California-bred artist Óscar Maydon is expanding his indie label, Rico o Muerto, by signing Victor Mendivil to a 360 deal in partnership with Downtown Artist...
Questlove to Receive SummerStage Icon Award at City Parks Foundation Gala
2025-07-19
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will be honored with the SummerStage Icon award for his artistic contributions to New York City, the City Parks Foundation has...
‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Delays 2027 Theatrical Release By 3 Weeks
2025-07-19
Spider-Man fans will have to wait just a little bit longer to go “Beyond the Spider-Verse.” The third film in Sony’s popular web-slinging animated series has...
Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast Roundtable Dissects the Emmy Nominations —...
2025-07-19
It’s a “Severance” world. The Apple TV+ series dominated this year’s Emmy nominations with 27 nods, and despite the show’s critical and ratings acclaim,...
Donald Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Against WSJ, Rupert Murdoch Over Jeffrey...
2025-07-19
Donald Trump sued Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters on Friday over an explosive report that the president wrote a...
‘Saint Clare’ Review: Bella Thorne Kills Bad Guys in a Flashy but Garbled...
2025-07-19
Mitzi Peirone’s 2018 first feature “Braid” was a series of kinky dress-up games posing as a thriller, one that valued style over substance to such a point...
HBO Doc ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ Candidly Examines Singer’s Struggles...
2025-07-19
In the two-part HBO docuseries “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” directors Susan Lacy (“Spielberg”) and Jessica Levin delve into how the singer’s complex and...
Nicole Kidman Reveals First Day on ‘Practical Magic 2’ Set With Sandra...
2025-07-19
The Owens sisters are back. Nicole Kidman posted a video on her Instagram Friday of herself and Sandra Bullock filming on their first day on the set of...
Micheal Ward on Finally Having His Cannes Moment With ‘Eddington,’ What He...
2025-07-18
Micheal Ward’s big “Cannes moment,” as he describes it, should have come five years ago. “Lovers Rock,” the reggae-infused romance in which he played a...
Trump Celebrates Congress Pulling $1.1 Billion in Funding From ‘Atrocious’...
2025-07-18
President Donald Trump took a victory lap after Congress formally passed his measure to claw back $9 billion in previously approved funding, including $1.1...
Academy Museum Sets K-Culture Night Event Marking CJ ENM’s 30th Anniversary...
2025-07-18
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has pacted with CJ ENM to host a K-Culture Night event to mark CJ’s 30th anniversary and the 13th edition of the KCON...
CJ ENM’s ‘Law and the City’ Scores Strong Global Streaming Performance –...
2025-07-18
LEGAL LEAP CJ ENM‘s “Law and the City” has performed strongly across international streaming platforms in its debut week, with the legal drama starring Lee...
Sergei Loznitsa to Head Jury at 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
2025-07-18
Ukrainian director-writer Sergei Loznitsa will be president of the main jury of the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, it was revealed Friday. He’ll be joined by...
Venice Film Festival Jury: Fernanda Torres, Mohammad Rasoulof, Cristian...
2025-07-18
The full international juries roster for this year’s Venice Film Festival has been unveiled. The director-heavy lineup joining previously announced...
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s Final Concert Film to Release in 2026
2025-07-18
A film of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s final concert, titled “Back to the Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow,” will release in theaters early 2026. The...
Honor Swinton Byrne, Herbert Nordrum, Charlotte Spencer Board ‘Small One’...
2025-07-18
Honor Swinton Byrne is reuniting with writer-director Anne-Sofie Lindgaard for the National Film and Television School (NFTS) short film “Small One,” joined...
India Reports Over $1.1 Billion in Media Deals at WAVES 2025
2025-07-18
India’s creative economy ambitions were on full display at WAVES 2025, the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit, where a new government report...
Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘F— You CBS’ for Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’...
2025-07-18
Jimmy Kimmel gave a salute to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” — and blasted rival network CBS — on Thursday evening, hours after CBS announced that it...
Berlinale Title ‘Shadowbox’ to Open Indian Film Festival of Melbourne...
2025-07-18
Tillotama Shome’s Bengali-language drama “Baksho Bondi – Shadowbox” will open the 16th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) on Aug. 14, marking the...
Tina Fey and ‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker Added to Edinburgh TV...
2025-07-18
Tina Fey is set to bring a sprinkling of Hollywood star power to the Edinburgh TV Festival next month. The award-winning multi-hyphenate has been confirmed...
India’s First Formula One Driver Narain Karthikeyan Gets Biopic Treatment...
2025-07-18
Mahesh Narayanan, the acclaimed Indian director behind “Take Off,” “Malik,” and Locarno title “Ariyippu,” is set to helm “NK 370” (working title), a...
New Audiobook on Idaho Murders Tops Audible Charts As Bryan Kohberger Awaits...
2025-07-17
The case of Bryan Kohberger and the so-called “Idaho Four” murders is back in the spotlight after the accused killer changed his plea to guilty earlier this...
The Era of Emmy Sweepers: How Recent Trends Point to ‘Adolescence,’...
2025-07-17
Are we in store for more “Emmy sweepers?” With more than 25,000 voting members, the Television Academy is made up of 31 peer groups, each representing a...
LISTEN: ESPY Awards Score Despite Host Shane Gillis; Happy 70th Birthday to...
2025-07-17
The ESPY Awards showered kudos on female athletes during Wednesday’s glitzy ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Fortunately, the honorees delivered...
Jamie Bennett, CBS and Walt Disney TV Executive, Dies at 78
2025-07-17
Jamie Bennett, a television executive at CBS and Walt Disney who developed shows including “Live With Regis and Kathie Lee,” died July 6 of cancer. He was...