Entertainment - Monday, August 10, 2026

Jamie Lee Curtis had just wrapped a movie when, during the 1988 pilot season, ABC offered her a half-hour multi-camera pilot. She did it and loved it, so she was bummed out when the network didn’t pick it up to series that May. She went to do another movie, and, while she was filming, A […]

Deadline • 34 days ago

For three decades, rap legend and cultural icon Tupac Shakur’s killing has remained one of America’s great unsolved mysteries, spawning countless books, documentaries and long-form investigative journalism pieces. Now, the man accused of orchestrating his 1996 shooting is finally headed to trial with his memoir, as well as a Netflix docuseries on Diddy, serving as […]

Variety • 34 days ago

The former president will discuss works by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison and Marilynne Robinson, among others, in a podcast that will premiere in September.

NYT Arts • 34 days ago

Chris Carter is finally getting the director’s cut of The X-Files movie he intended to release almost 20 years ago. The X-Files: I Want to Believe — Vrach Frankenshteyn is set to premiere on August 14 on Disney+ and Hulu, as the streamer is also working on a reboot by Ryan Coogler. Originally released in […]

Deadline • 34 days ago

Veteran unscripted producer Rachel Tung has renewed her development deal with ABC and Hulu, Variety has learned exclusively. Under the renewed deal, Tung will continue developing original unscripted programming for Disney and serve as showrunner on select projects for ABC and Hulu. Tung, who was formerly a vice president of unscripted at Paramount, developed and […]

Variety • 34 days ago

Comedian Nikki Glaser has taken on a new agency, signing with WME in all areas. This follows eight years at UTA, during which Glaser rose to become recognized as one of today’s biggest comedy stars. Glaser currently holds three Emmy nominations for her Hulu special Good Girl and her work as host of the 83rd annual Golden Globe […]

Deadline • 34 days ago

Jon Cypher, who played Chief Daniels in scores of Hill Street Blues episodes, was He-Man’s chief ally in 1987’s Masters of the Universe, starred on Major Dad and appeared in dozens of other TV series and films over nearly a half-century, died August 3 at his home in Central Point, Oregon. He was 94. His […]

Deadline • 34 days ago

A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.

NYT Arts • 34 days ago

Academy Award nominee Jacob Elordi is in talks to star in Ari Aster’s next film, A24’s “Scapegoat,” which already boasts fellow Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson leading the cast. The logline for the film is being kept under wraps, but there’s been plenty of early speculation about the plot. Some say the thriller is about a […]

Variety • 34 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Alexa Swinton (Behemoth!), David Arquette (Scarpetta), Wyatt Oleff (It) and Sawyer Spielberg (Masters of the Air) are underway on the Minnesota shoot for Wreckless, an indie sports drama marking the directorial debut of Kayla Arend, who’s working from a script she wrote with Mickey Falcone. Set within the male-dominated demolition derby community in rural Minnesota, Wreckless is a […]

Deadline • 34 days ago

Hannah Einbinder is optimistic about the future of queer cinema after starring in writer/director Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” “I hope that with the hopeful success of films like this, that [Hollywood] is able to trust queer filmmakers and showrunners more,” Einbinder told Variety at the U.S. premiere of […]

Variety • 34 days ago

Plus, a tribute to the video store.

NYT Arts • 34 days ago