Variety

Jacob Soboroff Aims to ‘Connect’ New MS NOW Weekend Show With Social-Media Energy

Jacob Soboroff says he was doing creator media before creator media became cool. In some views, the 43-year-old MS NOW correspondent has finally made it. After years of doing what can sometimes be intense in-the-field coverage of the treatment of people crossing the southern U.S. border or the wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles region, […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Kathryn Newton Joins Cooper Hoffman in Hulu Pilot ‘Durango’

Kathryn Newton will star opposite Cooper Hoffman in the Hulu drama pilot “Durango.” The project follows Mikey (Hoffman), a ski bum townie chasing a buzz, who meets Bunny (Newton), a homeschooled runaway working as a diner waitress. “Together they’re riding an avalanche of bad decisions and falling in love while running from cops, criminals, and […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Jane Campion Says Harvey Weinstein ‘Did Some Horrific Things’ but Led a ‘Brilliant’ Awards Campaign for ‘The Piano’: That ‘Was His Vision’

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, who is presiding over the jury at this year’s Taormina Film Festival, dedicated a great part of her time in Sicily to revisiting her 1993 seminal drama “The Piano.” Accompanied in the jury by the film’s star, Holly Hunter, the New Zealand director spoke to journalists about her memories of making […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

‘There’s No Toxicity’: Mariska Hargitay and the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Team on How the First Female Showrunner in 26 Years Changed Everything

Michele Fazekas has known Mariska Hargitay and the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” team for 25 years. While she didn’t join the drama as showrunner until this year’s 27th season, she was in the writers’ room for Seasons 3 through 7 and kept a friendship with the show’s leading women. So, at the end […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

How ‘The Madison’ Pulled Off Michelle Pfeiffer’s Freezing Montana Creek Scene

“I don’t know how I asked this of them,” recalls director-cinematographer Christina Alexandra Voros of the meticulous planning behind the pivotal sequence starring Pfeiffer and Rebecca Spence.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Wanda Sykes Turned Down Kevin Hart’s Netflix Roast and Says ‘Thank God’: It’s ‘Lazy Writing’ With ‘Recycled Sexist, Racist, Gay Jokes’

Wanda Sykes abstained from Netflix’s high-profile Kevin Hart roast in May, and the comedian is quite pleased with her decision. Asked by Vulture if she was asked to participate in the live telecast, Sykes said, “I was. Kevin called me before it was announced, and I said, ‘No.’ And he said, ‘Come on, Wanda. Come […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Sofia Coppola Is Rooting for the Knicks and Fighting for Women’s Rights: ‘Everyone Needs to Focus on Being Vocal’

“It’s just so outrageous,” offers Sofia Coppola. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker is seated across from me inside No Matter What, an immersive art installation from Planned Parenthood in Greenwich Village. The pop-up, running Friday and Saturday, is a walk-through multimedia exhibition that provides visitors with the stories of those impacted by the Trump administration’s defunding […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson on Pitching Rue’s Death to Zendaya: ‘It Was a Very Emotional Reaction’ and ‘Tough Discussion’

Pitching Rue’s death in the series finale of “Euphoria” to Zendaya was not an easy conversation, according to the show’s creator Sam Levinson. “When I pitched her this season and the ending, it was a very emotional reaction,” Levinson said in an interview with Variety‘s Daniel D’Addario for the “Half Hour With” series. “We love […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Blake Lively Wins Partial Victory in Final ‘It Ends With Us’ Ruling

Blake Lively won a partial victory on Friday, as a judge ordered Wayfarer Studios to pay her attorneys fees for having to defend against Justin Baldoni’s failed defamation suit. The judge, Lewis Liman, ruled that Lively was entitled to recover her defense costs under a 2023 California law meant to protect sexual abuse accusers from […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Acquired by Watermelon Pictures for North America After Winning Sundance Documentary Award (EXCLUSIVE)

After winning the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the investigative documentary “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” has been acquired by Watermelon Pictures for North American distribution. Directed and produced by Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans, the film tells the true story of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

‘Shrinking,’ ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’ Made Luke Tennie the King of Warner Bros. This Season

You want to feel good about Hollywood, or even the world, at the moment? Go over to Luke Tennie’s Instagram account. It’s OK, I’ll wait. You’re back! So did you see the post where Tennie created a montage of his characters: Sean on “Shrinking,” Cruz on “The Pitt” and Dom on “Abbott Elementary”? “Grateful,” Tennie […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The World Cup’s Secret Weapon

Sky-high ticket prices? Half-empty hotels? Political chaos? FIFA isn’t fretting. North America’s TV-friendly kickoff times are poised to make this the most watched tournament in history.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Industry,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ Lead 2026 TCA Awards Nominations

Crave/HBO Max’s “Heated Rivalry,” HBO’s “Industry” and Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” led the nominations for the Television Critics Association’s 42nd Annual TCA Awards, announced Friday. As part of the reveal, the TCA Awards also expanded to 14 categories — adding outstanding achievement in animation and outstanding achievement in international series to the mix. The animation […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Blake Lively’s Legal Fees to Be Paid for by Justin Baldoni, Court Orders

The court also found that there's no evidence of malice entitling Lively to additional damages.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Disclosure Day’ Beams Up $6.5M in Previews

Steven Spielberg returns to the UFO genre for the first time in decades.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

NBC Hosting Private Comedy Showcase to Put Rising Talent in Front of Casting, Development and Late-Night Execs (EXCLUSIVE)

NBCUniversal is hosting an invite-only comedy showcase at 30 Rock on Friday, putting a select group of up-and-coming talent in front of industry leaders including NBCU casting and development executives, late-night execs, agents and bookers. The showcase, dubbed “The NBC Comedy Hour,” borrows its title from NBC’s original broadcast series that ended its run on […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Chaka Khan Inks Catalog Deal With HarbourView (Exclusive)

"This beautiful group at HarbourView gets what my music means, not just as a business, but as a body of love," Khan said.

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

Variety

Elon Musk Becomes First Trillionaire With SpaceX IPO: Company’s Stock Opens Up 11% in Biggest-Ever Public Offering

Elon Musk is officially the world’s first trillionaire after his SpaceX tech company debuted Friday at $150/share, 11% higher than the company’s IPO pricing. SpaceX — rocket manufacturer, satellite internet service provider, AI firm and owner of X (aka Twitter) all rolled into one — had already officially set a record for the biggest IPO […]

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘We can’t give up on Afghans’: Lyse Doucet on the remarkable ‘people’s history’ that won her the Women’s prize

The BBC’s chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul – which she hopes will bring more attention to the Taliban’s draconian treatment of womenWomen’s prize: Virginia Evans wins for fiction and Lyse Doucet takes award for nonfictionLyse Doucet first checked into Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Christmas Day 1988, as Soviet troops were withdrawing from Afghanistan at the end of a decade-long occupation. She expected to stay briefl

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good

(Geffen)Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craftWith a certain crushing inevitability, the arrival of Olivia Rodrigo’s third album has been accompanied by a lot of frenzied decoding of its lyrics for references to Louis Partridge, the British actor whose relationship with the singer ended late last year. One magazine ran a 1,200 word essay, complete with annotations, panning i

entertainment  Jun 12, 2026