Entertainment - Tuesday, August 4, 2026

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Journey Gunderson, executive director of the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., explains why it’s important to have an institution devoted to the study of comedy. Jamestown, which is the hometown of Lucille Ball, will be abuzz with laughs as the center hosts the annual Lucille Ball Comedy […]

Variety • 40 days ago

Author,TV host, food genius Anthony Bourdain was a master in and out of the kitchen, a genuine star, and a man who seemed to have it all until his life took a tragic turn at age 61 and resulted in his suicide. Certainly that is the stuff of a highly dramatic biopic, but not at […]

Deadline • 40 days ago

Let Victoryland, Way Dynamic, Lolitah and other artists help you embrace Peak Summer.

NYT Arts • 40 days ago

Paramount CEO David Ellison says he is “absolutely open” to settling an antitrust lawsuit against the company’s pending merger with Warner Bros Discovery but is also glad to proceed to a trial. Speaking for many during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, one Wall Street analyst asked what will happen if the pending $110 billion deal […]

Deadline • 40 days ago

I was about 15 minutes into Google’s AI short-film screening when I realized I had nearly finished my popcorn. Granted, the bag was small. But the rapid munching was a natural consequence of my piqued intrigue late last month as the tech giant showcased 11 AI-generated short films at Manhattan’s arthouse Metrograph theater. The directors […]

Variety • 40 days ago

When the New York Historical realized that sunlight in its new wing would potentially damage some items on display, it scrambled to reproduce or remove them.

NYT Arts • 40 days ago

Just after he turned 100, David Attenborough achieved the extraordinary. The famed naturalist and author earned not one but two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Narrator this year, one for the Netflix documentary A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough, the other for the National Geographic film Ocean with David Attenborough. In the latter project, Attenborough guides […]

Deadline • 40 days ago

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s investigators today announced the weekend arrest of a man who was allegedly taking photos and videos at President Donald Trump’s Rancho Palos Verdes golf club and “appearing to monitor security-planning activities.” Trump is scheduled to speak at a Republican National Committee fundraiser at the club tonight. During the Saturday arrest, Jeanine […]

Deadline • 40 days ago

The comic actor, who ended a celebrated run on “Saturday Night Live” last year, will begin a 12-week engagement in mid-September.

NYT Arts • 40 days ago

Naomi Watts has taken to Instagram to celebrate her secret role in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Sony and Marvel Studios’ record-breaking superhero movie. The Oscar nominee voices Peter Parker’s artificial intelligence assistant E.V. in the movie. Watts celebrated the film’s success on social media while sharing a photo of herself recording her lines virtually with […]

Variety • 40 days ago

In the era of network television, viewers used to lose a lot of their value once they hit 50 when it came to entertainment programming as advertisers are targeting the adults 18-49 demographic. Add to that the long-time stigma over shows with all-female leads, especially in a non-procedural setting, and that would explain why series […]

Deadline • 40 days ago

Audrey Nuna has signed to Republic Records in advance of her new single “superHuman,” Variety can exclusively reveal. The singer, who recently broke out as the voice of Mira in “KPop Demon Hunters,” worked with Grammy-winning producer Cirkut on “superHuman,” which releases at midnight ET this Friday. It marks her first release as part of […]

Variety • 40 days ago