Variety

Willie Nelson Urges Americans to Fight the Construction of Data Centers: They ‘Only Destroy the Environment Around Them’

Willie Nelson has spoken out against the construction of data centers across America, releasing a statement encouraging citizens to fight the proliferation of facilities that “only destroy the environment around them.” The country legend published an open letter on social media describing how he grew up in Abbott, Texas, and that the community needs to […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Womenswear Designer Rosie Assoulin Delivers Luxury for Less With Limited-Time Target Collab

Zendaya, Beyoncé and Margot Robbie make up just a fraction of Assoulin's A-list clientele.

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Variety

Byron Allen’s Freestyle Digital Media Picks Up Jeff Ryan’s Golf Crime Comedy ‘Mooch’ – Film News in Brief

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the golf crime comedy “Mooch,” written by, directed by and starring Jeff Ryan. “Mooch” will debut on digital platforms starting Aug. 14. Ryan, who retains theatrical rights through is First-Names Films, will release the film in a national roadshow of one-night screenings developed in partnership with Emo Nite, featuring live […]

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Variety

Hollywood Foreign Press Association Sues Penske Media Corporation Over Golden Globes Purchase

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Penske Media Corporation, the parent of Variety, over the 2023 acquisition of the Golden Globe Awards. The suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses PMC of taking control of the awards show through a “sham process tainted by fraud.” It also alleges […]

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Variety

Boost Mobile Is Making First Phones More Affordable for Back-to-School Season 

Back-to-school shopping usually means backpacks, notebooks and dorm-room basics. But for many families, a phone plan — or a first phone — has become just as essential.  Boost Mobile is leaning into that rite of passage with a slate of back-to-school tech deals aimed at parents looking to get their kids connected without committing to a traditional […]

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Variety

Emmy Rossum on ‘Furious’ Serial Killer Targeting Jeffrey Epstein-Like Predators: ‘You Don’t Want to Root for Her, And Yet Maybe She’s Got a Point’

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details and scene descriptions about the new crime series “Furious.” The first three episode are available to stream on Hulu. Emmy Rossum was shooting “Shameless” several years ago on her birthday when she received a call from her estranged father. “He called me as he sometimes did — I had […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni to Join CBS’ ‘60 Minutes’

The new contributors are part of EP Nick Bilton's overhaul of the CBS newsmagazine.

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Variety

Ryan Murphy to Receive Third Annual Norman Lear Award at Variety Showrunners Breakfast 

Variety‘s annual Showrunners Breakfast will return on August 14, featuring two spotlight conversations with a curated group of this year’s Emmy-nominated showrunners, plus the Norman Lear Creative Conscious Award presentation to Ryan Murphy. Murphy will receive the award in recognition of a body of work that embodies Lear’s enduring legacy of creativity, visionary storytelling and […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Hunting a Myth in the Wisconsin Woods

For years Justin Vernon has loomed over the Badger State town of Eau Claire. At a music festival he curated there this weekend, the mystique went full supernatural.

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Variety

Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, Trevor Phillips to Join CBS’ ’60 Minutes

Ross Douthat, the conservative New York Times columnist will join CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” along with author Sebastian Junger, new CBS News correspondent Trevor Phillips and filmmaker Gianna Toboni, the Paramount Skydance news division announced Tuesday, a move that will remake the look and feel of the venerable newsmagazine at a time when it has […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Richard Linklater Looks Back at ‘Boyhood,’ 12 Years Later: “Time Never Quits Working on Us”

On the season nine finale of THR's 'It Happened in Hollywood' podcast, the director revisits his sprawling experiment — from the $200,000-a-year handshake deal with IFC to Patricia Arquette's Oscar-winning farewell scene.

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Variety

‘Superhero Fatigue Is Real. Spider-Man Fatigue Is Not’: Tom Holland’s ‘Brand New Day’ Could Score One of the Biggest Opening Weekends Ever

Superhero fatigue is no match for Peter Parker. Sure, comic book movies have been on the fritz. But Marvel’s friendly neighborhood web-slinger is about to change the narrative, with Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” swinging to a truly heroic box office debut. Estimates are ranging from $260 million to $280 million from 4,300 North American […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Kandi Burruss’ Absence, Plotting That Wedding and Other Burning ‘The Chi’ Finale Questions, Answered by Lena Waithe

The creator of the Paramount+ series weighs in after the series finale, as Jacob Latimore and Birgundi Baker also chime in about Keisha and Emmett's happy ending.

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Variety

‘I Will Find You’ Becomes Netflix’s No. 10 Most-Popular English-Language TV Series of All Time

Harlan Coben’s “I Will Find You” has become Netflix’s No. 10 most-popular English-language TV series of all time, having reached a cumulative 101.9 million views in the six weeks since its release. Previously, the No. 10 spot belonged to the limited series “His & Hers,” which stars Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal and reached 98.2 […]

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Variety

Gold Medal Figure Skater and Magic: The Gathering Superfan Amber Glenn on Her 100,000-Card Collection and What She’d Want in Her Own ‘Secret Lair’ Set

Figure skater Amber Glenn went viral during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, partly because she won a gold medal and partly because she outed herself as a huge fan of Hasbro’s popular tabletop card game Magic: The Gathering. On multiple occasions throughout the games’ TV coverage, the Team USA member was seen opening […]

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Variety

‘Biological War’ TV Adaptation in the Works at Universal Global Television and Patrick Macmanus’ Littleton Road Productions (EXCLUSIVE)

Following a bidding war, Universal Global Television and Patrick Macmanus’ Littleton Road Productions have acquired the rights to “Biological War: A Scenario,” Annie Jacobsen’s latest novel out today. The television adaptation will be taken out to buyers in the upcoming weeks. “Annie’s spent her career reporting with such ferocious clarity, you can’t stop reading her […]

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Hollywood Reporter

Harlan Coben, Showrunner Robert Hull Break Down ‘I Will Find You’s’ Appeal as Series Hits Netflix’s All-Time Top 10 (Exclusive)

The series has racked up more than 100 million views worldwide since its June 18 premiere, according to the streamer.

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Hollywood Reporter

Penske Media Sued by Hollywood Foreign Press Association Over Golden Globes Buy

The lawsuit accuses Penske Media of orchestrating a scheme to dismantle the 80-year-old organization that founded the awards show.

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Hollywood Reporter

Kaitlan Collins Isn’t Surprised Trump Insulted Her at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The CNN anchor told Jon Stewart on Monday's 'Daily Show' that the president's jabs are just business as usual in the Oval Office.

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Hollywood Reporter

Kent Broadhurst, ‘Silver Bullet’ Actor and ‘Wild Iris’ Screenwriter, Dies at 86

He also penned lots of plays, appeared twice on Broadway and portrayed a real-life postal worker out to assassinate JFK.

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