“Beef,” “The 1619 Project,” “Heartstopper” and “A Small Light” are among the programs set to be recognized by the Television Academy for its 17th Television Academy Honors. The event aims to celebrate “the extraordinary power of storytelling to propel social change,” representing “some of the
Listen up, Potterheads: J.K. Rowling’s seven original Harry Potter books are getting a massive new audiobook series. Amazon’s Audible and Pottermore Publishing, the global digital publisher of Rowling’s Wizarding World, will co-produce a brand-new audiobook series for the original seven Harry Potter stories. The new
Lucy Liu and Padma Lakshmi are among the stars who will be honored at the third annual Gold House Gala in May. This year marks the third annual Gold Gala where top Asian Pacific and multicultural leaders will convene to celebrate the 2024 A100 List. Gold House
Matt Friend, known for his red-carpet celebrity interactions and spot-on impressions of Donald Trump, Howard Stern and Mitch McConnell, is bringing his bite-sized comedy to a longform podcast. “Friend in High Places” will launch later this spring on Bill Maher’s Club Random Studios network, joining
The average person won’t be able to see the nation’s Supreme Court justices contemplating arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump’s efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election to President Joe Biden can be prosecuted as a crime. But on MSNBC, they will get
Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by the New York Court of Appeals. On Thursday, the court found that the judge in Weinstein’s trial — a landmark moment in the #MeToo movement that the 2017 allegations against him started — had shown prejudice
Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision is the latest TV company trying to turn its viewers into rabid shoppers. The company has struck a partnership with the technology company Shopsense AI that will make the latter’s retail platform part of events such as Thursday’s Latin American Music Awards,
Fred Schepisi is set to direct Israel-based thriller “The Dimona Affair,” Variety has learned exclusively. The project is based on the story of a whistleblower who claimed Israel was building a nuclear weapons program. (The country has always denied it has nuclear weapons). After giving