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Directors Joe and Anthony Russo discuss the dynamic nature of their script for 'Avengers: Doomsday,' emphasizing improvisation. Meanwhile, Elliot Page reflects on his career trajectory since his role in 'The Odyssey.'
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Variety
Lee Sung Jin, the creator, executive producer and director of “Beef,” and Jason Bateman, who executive produced, directed and starred in “Black Rabbit,” sat down with Variety’s Clayton Davis to discuss their directing techniques and stylistic choices. Variety moderated this conversation in partnersh
2026-06-05 20:00 UTC
Rolling Stone
The progressive Democrat from Maine is critical to the party's chances to take control of Congress — if he can stay in the race
2026-06-05 20:09 UTC
Variety
In another life, Kristen Kish might have been an astronaut. As a young child, she even went to space camp for a day. “I sat in the little simulator, and I touched all the buttons,” she recalls, her face lighting up. “I want to go to adult space camp,” she declares. And maybe, she’ll do […]
2026-08-14 21:10 UTC
Deadline
In case you didn’t already know, Paramount CEO David Ellison really wants to make sure this afternoon that everybody is clear those pesky state Attorney Generals and their antitrust lawsuit are ruining a really good $111 billion thing — and now even Mexico agrees with him. “Paramou
2026-08-14 21:15 UTC
Variety
Anne Hathaway told Complex during her press tour for “The End of Oak Street” that movies should be rated R if they feature dogs being killed. Moviegoers have wondered if “Oak Street” would feature dog violence ever since the film’s trailer revealed Starbuck, the trusted
2026-08-14 21:21 UTC
Deadline
The FIFA World Cup might be behind us now, but that’s not going to be the last time a major sports competition takes over schedules or streaming platforms. For veteran TV writer-producer Carlton Cuse, the increasing value of sports rights is no good thing for the future of scripted TV. Expandi
2026-07-24 15:23 UTC
Rolling Stone
Turns out, the Dinosaur Jr. frontman was there to join John R. Miller for a guitar-shredding performance of "Steering Wheel Drums"
2026-07-24 15:33 UTC
Deadline
Ask E. Jean by Ivy Meeropol is holding over for second week at IFC Center in New York after a full-house opening weekend and adding the NuArt in LA before expanding. Over 40 theaters are booked for the next month as the distributors build a network to support the documentary about the writer and for
2026-05-29 21:35 UTC
Variety
Every artist needs one key tool to do their job. In a special edition of Variety’s For the Love of the Craft presented by Netflix, senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay caught up with the artisans behind some of the streamer’s biggest shows to learn about the one essential they need to do
2026-05-29 21:35 UTC
Deadline
SNL breakout Ashley Padilla has inked a deal to join Universal’s comedy The Catch, starring Emma Stone and Chris Pine, Deadline can confirm. The film’s official logline is being kept under wraps, though it’s previously been reported as being about a baseball fan, played by Stone, w
2026-06-08 19:18 UTC
Deadline
Even television’s most in-demand multi-hyphenates can’t go it alone. In fact, as the creators behind some of Netflix’s flashiest series attest, the secret to success often lies in leaning on the expertise of those around them. That was a major theme during a conversation at Netflix
2026-06-08 19:18 UTC
Deadline
Survivor executive producer Matt Van Waganen, casting director Jesse Tannenbaum, editor Brian Barefoot and returning cast member Tiffany Nicole Ervin dished on the CBS reality series’ “incredible” Season 50 and looked ahead at the upcoming Season 51 during an appearance at Deadline
2026-08-15 20:45 UTC
Variety
For “Sacred Creatures” director Frieda Luk, belief can be comforting, ridiculous, exhilarating and hard to explain. “I’m really fascinated by when people believe in something,” she tells Variety. “One person believes in something, and then a group of people, and then it slowly becomes this massive p
2026-08-15 20:46 UTC
Variety
Serena Williams delivered a bold statement during a Q&A session about her work in venture capital at the Milken Institute conference. “This part of my career is going to be much bigger than anything I’ve ever done before,” the tennis great said confidently from the stage at the Beverly Hil
2026-05-16 18:54 UTC
Deadline
El Ser Querido (The Beloved) starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem got a rousing ovation in at its Cannes premiere. Applause in the Grand Theatre Lumiere for the film went on for seven minutes. Bardem hugged his castmates and director after the screening. See the video below. El Ser Querido was direct
2026-05-16 18:57 UTC
Deadline
When allowing cameras for the Fox Sports documentary You See L.A. into the lives of her players, UCLA women’s basketball head coach Cori Close, who just led the Bruins to a national championship, tried to stick to the wisdom of one of the school’s guiding sports lights. “I had the incredible p
2026-04-18 20:19 UTC
Deadline
SPOILER ALERT: The following will reveal plot points from the Season 2 finale of HBO Max‘s The Pitt. Season 2 of HBO Max’s The Pitt wasn’t an easy road for newcomer Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, which didn’t get much better by the season’s finale, which aired on Thursday night
2026-04-18 20:23 UTC
Deadline
Colman Domingo is everywhere. The new season of Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons, which launched on Thursday, has Domingo’s Danny and his husband Claude (Marco Calvani) questioning the next phase of their life. Meanwhile, he’s also returned to HBO’s Euphoria for another turn
2026-05-30 15:00 UTC
Variety
Most actors dread a bad review, but Hannah Waddingham credits the critics for catapulting her to the next phase of her career. It was 2000, and Waddingham had recently wrapped a musical about artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. The show closed early after a p
2026-05-30 15:00 UTC
Variety
This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. Paul Anthony Kelly plays his first-ever professional acting role in “Love Story,” where h
2026-06-07 13:00 UTC
Rolling Stone
During her first headlining concert performance since 2019, the pop veteran ditched the greatest hits format for a pointed setlist that creates an essential conversation between herself and her fans
2026-06-07 13:03 UTC
Variety
During a recent appearance on “Hot Ones Versus” opposite Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston defended his “Breaking Bad” wife, Skyler White, played by Anna Gunn, who was vilified by fans of the Vince Gilligan drama for getting in the way of Walter White’s criminal antics. Cranston was prompted to justify
2026-04-12 18:37 UTC
Deadline
After more than 30 years of acting onscreen, Scarlett Johansson recently opened up about being pigeon-holed early in her career. While she sees roles improving for women in recent years, the 2x Oscar nominee detailed how Hollywood “pulled apart” women over their looks in the early aughts
2026-04-12 18:42 UTC
Deadline
When Kareem Rahma first learned he was Emmy-nominated, he was underground on the New York subway shooting his hit YouTube show SubwayTakes. “I was interviewing a man named The Rizzler, who is one of my favorite people in the world,” Rahma said at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees S
2026-08-16 19:40 UTC
Rolling Stone
“Without giving too much attention to any kind of one situation, not having the legal ability to play music with other people was definitely difficult,” the drummer says in new interview
2026-08-16 19:45 UTC
Variety
When filming “The Pitt,” a number of things must go exactly right; the medical drama’s 360-degree hospital set and painstakingly produced prosthetics leave little room for error. So for Season 2, creator R. Scott Gemmill upped the ante by introducing the most unpredictable element of all: a baby. Mo
2026-05-14 01:00 UTC
Deadline
SPOILERS: This post contains details about The Comeback series finale ‘Valerie Cherish’ After Valerie Cherish gave her final bow in The Comeback finale, Michael Patrick King doesn’t plan on bringing the fictional diva out of retirement again. The co-creator of the HBO mockumentary
2026-05-14 01:13 UTC
Rolling Stone
Gail Slater on why trial of the live-entertainment giant went from "'merely historic' to 'unprecedented' in the antitrust hall of fame"
2026-04-16 20:44 UTC
Deadline
It didn’t take a lie detector test for Ben Stiller to admit where the Meet the Parents franchise went wrong, as he promotes the upcoming sequel Focker-In-Law. The Emmy-winning actor conceded in a social media post that not all the comedy sequels were hits, specifically throwing the 2010 third
2026-04-16 20:56 UTC
Deadline
Although Elliot Page delivered a powerful performance in The Odyssey, the part hasn’t led to a surge in offers. When asked if he was “getting a zillion calls” after portraying Sinon in the Christopher Nolan-helmed epic, the Oscar nominee revealed work has been slow for him, despite
2026-09-02 21:53 UTC
Variety
“Avengers: Doomsday” going into production without a finished script did not phase directors Joe and Anthony Russo. As the former recently told the Associated Press: “We always view the script as a living organism.” “We’re improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors,”
2026-09-02 22:02 UTC
Rolling Stone
Keffe D's conviction for the death of Shakur has many questioning if Biggie's murder will ever receive closure
2026-09-02 22:05 UTC
Variety
The fourth season of “Bridgerton” could have easily been a filler season if it weren’t for Yerin Ha. The “Cinderella”-themed season focused on Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson), the spare to heir Anthony (Jonathan Bailey). His dissolute, debauched lifestyle was due for a reckoning and could have s
2026-06-10 21:00 UTC
Deadline
When Euphoria premiered in 2019, Zendaya was still a burgeoning Disney Channel star; Sydney Sweeney was still searching for her stepping stone from guest and recurring actor to leading lady; Jacob Elordi was known as the heartthrob from The Kissing Booth; Hunter Schafer had never acted professionall
2026-06-10 21:00 UTC
Deadline
As executive producers of Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh, SNL cast member Sarah Sherman’s debut comedy special, Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein had a firm mandate. “They were like, ‘Cut the f*cking RFK Jr. jokes, bro, Cut the airplane jokes,'” Sherman recal
2026-06-10 21:02 UTC
Variety
Allison Janney was the first guest on CNN’s new interview series “Coming Up,” hosted by former Variety chief correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, and the Emmy winner revealed the dispiriting advice she heard from a Hollywood agent when she was first starting out in the industry.
2026-08-19 14:05 UTC