Hollywood Reporter
In other streaming results, Peacock's 'Love Island' is off to a big start for its eighth season.
Variety
The White House’s “UFC Freedom 250” event averaged 8.2 million viewers across the U.S. and Latin America on Paramount+. According to the streamer, that marks its biggest live exclusive event ever. The bloody extravaganza — part celebration for America’s 250th anniversary, part birthday party for Donald Trump — reached 17 million total viewers, which refers […]
Hollywood Reporter
A union committee announced the first crop of candidates on Thursday for an election that will close on Sept. 15.
Variety
Since directing “Twilight” in 2008, Catherine Hardwicke has directed TV projects like “Under the Bridge” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” and directed indie films with the likes of Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore. She’s shot from London and Rome to Mexico. But for her latest feature, “Street Smart,” Hardwicke tells the stories of people in […]
The Guardian Culture
Historian Gareth Russell has a gift. He’s entertaining and endlessly amusing in this confident TV transfer of his book about James I’s intimate companionsThat James I let his reign be shaped by his male lovers is both old news and not. Nobody was too shy to observe it in his own time, which was partly why he was nicknamed “Queen James” by his detractors. But censorious Victorian historians suppressed discussion of the king’s romances, to the point where his sexuality is still not common currency
Variety
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Owen Gleiberman, Variety’s chief film critic, sings the praises of Pixar’s “Toy Story” movies as the fifth installment arrives in theaters on June 19. Pixar’s pioneering CG animated series, which began in 1995, amounts to “some of the greatest movies ever made about childhood,” Gleiberman enthuses. In Gleiberman’s […]
Variety
Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivison has hired Michael Law, a longtime media-buying executive who was most recently CEO of Dentsu’s Carat North America, as its new executive vice president of brand partnerships. He will report to John Kozack, who was recently named to lead ad sales for the company. “One of our biggest opportunities is increasing advertiser […]
Hollywood Reporter
The lag in reporting time for Nielsen's numbers mean they likely won't help the show.
Variety
Chris Pratt is saddling up for an unlikely buddy comedy: a series of comedy shorts focused on American history, co-starring presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. The series comes from digital and creative media studio ATTN:, with Emmy winner Alex Gregory (“Veep,” “White House Plumbers”) serving as as producer. The shorts will follow Pratt as he […]
Variety
Kareem Rahma, the comedian, musician and host of the viral social media series “Subway Takes,” has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The agency, whose Creators division has grown significantly in the past two decades, will work to secure opportunities for Rahma across digital media, filmed entertainment, brand partnerships and more. The signing […]
Hollywood Reporter
Accepting Producers United’s inaugural Legacy Award on Sherry Lansing’s back lawn, Gordon had guests rolling with laughter with an unfiltered speech that Jerry Bruckheimer called the greatest he’s ever heard.
Hollywood Reporter
Swift shared a brief video on X on Thursday from the day she wrote the song, telling the camera she wrote and produced the track in the hours after seeing 'Toy Story 5' earlier that morning.
Variety
Sean Evans has been hosting his chicken-wing eating interview series “Hot Ones” for 11 years, and he can still remember exactly what the show felt like when he wasn’t entirely sure anyone was watching.  “From the first couple of episodes, we’d have guests stand up on the tables and do laps around the studio,” Evans […]
Variety
“Supergirl” has been unveiled to members of the film press, and it appears James Gunn’s burgeoning DC Universe is staying on track with its second film outing. First reactions for the comic book tentpole are praising leading star Milly Alcock and the movie for shifting Gunn’s DC world into “Mad Max” territory. “It isn’t a […]
Hollywood Reporter
"There's a difference between what I write and who I am," says the HBO show's polarizing creator. "You have to make something for an audience who can handle uncomfortable truths, not fans who want their wishes fulfilled."
Hollywood Reporter
Scott Beck and Bryan Woods have sold a mysterious spec script, which now has Steven Spielberg attached to produce.
Variety
Independent studio Black Bear has set an Oct. 23 limited theatrical release for comedic fable “Wicker,” which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in January. “Wicker” will expand nationwide the following week of Oct. 30. Created by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, the film stars Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage and Elizabeth […]
Hollywood Reporter
The first reactions are in for the DC Studios adventure, with audience members saying that star Milly Alcock "is the perfect Kara."
Variety
Fortunately, it’s not just Taylor Swift’s cats that get the zoomies. On the day that “Toy Story 5” hit theaters, the pop superstar took to X to post a brief video clip of herself speaking to the camera on the day that “I Knew It, I Knew You” was written and recorded. And in her […]
Hollywood Reporter
Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Edie Falco, Jon Stewart, Martha Stewart and more were in lower Manhattan to cheer on the NBA Finals champions.