E. Jay Krause, the set designer who won two Primetime Emmy Awards and created the influential looks of “The Hollywood Squares” and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died April 12 in Los Angeles. He was 98. Over the course of his decades-spanning career from the ’50s
Deepfake detection and takedown service Loti AI has secured an additional $16.2 million in series A funding led by Khosla Ventures with additional investments from FUSE, Bling Capital, and Ensemble. This brings the startup’s total raised to date to $23 million. Loti AI is working
Atsuko Okatsuka’s next comedy hour has been given a title and a release date. “Father,” the comedian’s second stand-up special, will debut on Hulu on June 13. It’s the eighth original special in Hulu’s comedy initiative, Hularious. “Fans call her ‘Mother,’ but Atsuko is ‘Father’
Laura Linney has joined the cast of the upcoming MGM+ comedy series “American Classic,” Variety has learned. Linney will star in the series alongside previously announced cast members Kevin Kline and Joe Tenney. It is slated to begin production in New Jersey this summer. The
“The universe is large and it contains multitudes, but it also contains me.” Neon has released the first full trailer for Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston. Based on Stephen King’s novella of the same name, “The Life of Chuck” is told
Jury selection began for Harvey Weinstein’s retrial Tuesday morning in New York City after his landmark #MeToo conviction was overturned last year. Weinstein, in a wheelchair and carrying a book with the cover torn off, had a brief smile on his face as he approached
“Home Alone” director Chris Columbus said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that he wishes he could remove Donald Trump’s cameo from the 1992 sequel, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” The filmmaker said Trump’s seven-second appearance in the movie has “become
The Locarno Film Festival has re-upped Italian film critic Giona A. Nazzaro as its artistic director for the next three years. Nazzaro, a former head of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, has been leading the prominent Swiss event dedicated to indie cinema since 2021,