Theo Kingma, former Hollywood Foreign Press Association president, died March 21 in his Los Angeles home. He was 58. Kingma’s death was confirmed to Variety by Kingma’s publicist. While a cause of death was not given, the obituary wrote that “he passed away unexpectedly.” Vera
Propounding one specific pro-Israel, American Jewish point-of-view, the independently financed social-issue documentary “October 8” charts and laments the alarming increase in antisemitism — particularly on university campuses and in social media — following the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion into Israel that resulted in over 1,200
“Game Changer” is officially returning on Dropout starting April 7, with the ten-episode Season 7 dropping episodes biweekly on the comedy streaming service. This season’s cast includes Brennan Lee Mulligan, Vic Michaelis, Lisa Gilroy, Lou Wilson and Oscar Montoya as the game show changes its
Playboi Carti’s “Music” has entered the albums chart at No. 1 with the biggest opening numbers for a rap album this year. The 30-song set enters the Billboard 200 with 298,000 album units earned in the United States, according to Luminate, and a total of
LILLE: Lifting the lid on the behind-the-scenes manoeuvring and very human drama at last-chance nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran, “The Deal,” told by Gaumont, won Monday night the first annual Buyers Choice Award, marking the climax of Series Mani’s newest initiative, the Series Mania
“Assassin’s Creed Shadows” has become the the Ubisoft-developed franchise’s second-highest selling title ever at launch. On Saturday, Ubisoft announced that the Feudal Japan-set game had crossed 2 million activations. In internal communications obtained Monday by Variety, the developer told employees that player engagement is at
The “Legally Blonde” prequel at Amazon Prime Video has added Tom Everett Scott as a series regular, Variety has learned. Scott will appear in alongside series lead lead Lexi Minetree as well as June Diane Raphael. As previously announced, the show will follow Elle Woods
Miley Cyrus has announced her upcoming visual album “Something Beautiful,” releasing May 30. Though details surrounding the record are scarce, the singer revealed that her ninth album will feature 13 original tracks and is executive produced by Cyrus and Shawn Everett, who previously worked with