Anthony Michael Hall has joined Netflix’s “Wednesday” for Season 2 in an undisclosed role, Variety has learned. The casting marks a reunion between Hall and “Wednesday” executive producer and director Tim Burton, who Hall previously worked with on the 1990 classic “Edward Scissorhands.” “Wednesday” follows
Snap, parent company of Snapchat, kept adding app users in the first three months of the year — reaching a new milestone in Q1 by surpassing 900 million monthly active users globally. The social media and messaging company also beat Wall Street estimates for Q1.
Priscilla Pointer, who played the mother of her real-life daughter Amy Irving in “Carrie” and also appeared on “Dallas,” died Monday in Ridgefield, Conn. She was 100. Pointer’s death was confirmed to Variety by her son, USC professor David K. Irving. Pointer played Irving’s mom
“You” returned to the Netflix Top 10 with its fifth season, hitting 10.1 million views in its first four days of streaming. That made the final series of the serial killer drama the most-watched Netflix series of the week of April 21-28. The release of
Sam Elliott is set to appear as a series regular in Season 2 of “Landman” at Paramount+. Season 2 of the Taylor Sheridan series is currently in production in Texas. The exact details of Elliott’s role are being kept under wraps. He will appear alongside
Angelina Jolie and singer Ellie Golding want the audience to “Bee: Wild.” The new environmental doc series, currently in post-production, will world premiere at SXSW London. It’s directed by Rebecca and Josh Tickell. “Ellie Goulding is an amazing humanitarian. She has done so much to
CANNES — In a striking triple whammy for Norway at this year’s Canneseries, “A Better Man,” from Thomas Seeberg Torjussen swept best series and best performance for star Anders Baasmo while Henriette Steenstrup’s “Nepobaby” scored screenplay and a special interpretation award for its ensemble cast.
“The Two Popes,” the 2019 film starring Jonathan Pryce as the cardinal who would go on to become Pope Francis, saw its viewing on Netflix increase more than 30 times in the week following the pontiff’s death, the company said. Inspired by true events, the