Entertainment - Monday, July 20, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey continues to dominate the box office today, fueling a Monday that’s estimated to be $17.5M. If those figures stick, that will be the best Monday year-to-date, besting Toy Story 5‘s $17.3M Monday on June 22, as well as that of the highest grossing live-action pic so far in 2026, which […]

Deadline • 11 hours ago

Peter Lassally, the dean of late night producers who worked with Johnny Carson on the “Tonight Show,” David Letterman on “Late Show” and Craig Ferguson on “The Late Late Show,” has died. He was 93. Lassally was long dubbed the “host whisperer” for helping steer some of the biggest franchises of all time in late […]

Variety • 12 hours ago

Queen Rhaenrya is beginning to sound a little paranoid. That rarely bodes well with an autocrat.

NYT Arts • 14 hours ago

Sharon Stone is done smoking weed. Her journey to cut ties with cannabis began when she was put on several medications after she suffered a near-fatal stroke in 2001. “I got off one of my medications that I was on for my stroke last September, and they said I couldn’t go off of it,” Stone […]

Variety • 12 hours ago

Peter Lassally, the late-night whisperer who produced The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Show with David Letterman, died July 19. He was 93. Lassally was a pivotal figure in the entertainment business, particularly in late-night, where he also produced The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, retiring when he was 82 and the […]

Deadline • 13 hours ago

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Rebecca Rubin breaks down the spectacular $264 million worldwide opening for Universal Pictures’ “The Odyssey.” It couldn’t have come at a better time for Imax, the large-format exhibitor that delivered more than 50% of the opening weekend receipts. Anticipation for Nolan’s follow-up […]

Variety • 13 hours ago

Susan Polgar, a chess grandmaster, will be playing 50 artists, critics and fans of Marcel Duchamp at the same time, in honor of his birthday, July 28.

NYT Arts • 15 hours ago

Bad move, Emmys. Just about everyone hates it. On Friday, Variety exclusively revealed the Television Academy’s plan to thin out the categories handed out during its primetime telecast on Sept. 14, after the Board of Governors voted to shift a hodgepodge of five races to the first weekend of ceremonies, once known as the Creative […]

Variety • 13 hours ago

Sony’s Skeletons will be coming to theaters on June 4, 2027. The new creature-horror pic from JT Mollner and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions is a modern take on the subgenre, told from a young boy’s POV as he slowly learns his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature. Oscar […]

Deadline • 14 hours ago

Elijahturner011 had a simple question: “Can someone release a ticket to me, please?” “I’ve been trying to get a ticket forever. I’ve been scammed left and right,” they wrote on July 20 in the Reddit post that followed. “I just want one ticket to 70mm … it’s hurting my heart that I can’t just get […]

Variety • 13 hours ago

Kevin Feige has some feelings about the failed Blade reboot, which starred Mahershala Ali, that has yet to materialize. While promoting Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the Marvel Studios president revealed how he feels over the film not being made. “I am feeling like a gigantic loser and failure that we didn’t get off the ground with Mahershala,” […]

Deadline • 14 hours ago

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Lucas (Yellowstone, Ford v Ferrari) is set to star opposite Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning in Discretion, Paramount+’s upcoming legal thriller series from A24. Lucas will play Greg, a lawyer and the husband of Kidman’s powerful and formidable corporate law partner at the same prestigious firm entangled in a dark web of NDAs. […]

Deadline • 14 hours ago