Variety - Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences

Breaking News

Paramount Settles With State AGs

Paramount Near Finish Line

David Ellison settles Warner Bros. fight with states, WGA
Federal Film Incentive

Lawmakers renew push to protect U.S. film & TV production
Emmy Wins

Winners, snubs and red carpet looks

Top Story

Paramount Settles With States

Paramount has reached a deal with 12 state attorneys general, removing a major obstacle to closing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

By Gene Maddaus

Japan Pitch Heads to Busan Film Festival With Co-Production Projects

Taylor Frankie Paul Steps Away From 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives'

The reality star has decided to leave the Hulu show after the latest development in her months-long legal scandal with the fathers of her children.

By Selome Hailu, Kate Aurthur

Film

What's in the Paramount Settlement With States

The details of Paramount’s deal with 12 states settling their antitrust case — paving the way for its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the biggest merger in Hollywood…

By Todd Spangler

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference after opening arguments took place in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026. A coalition of US states is seeking around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. Meta previously had claimed in court documents that the financial penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, close to its entire market value which hovers around $1.5 trillion. (Photo by Godofredo A. VÁSQUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Film

Rob Bonta, Facing Skeptics, Defends ‘Very Strong’ Paramount Deal

Rob Bonta defended the antitrust settlement that allows Paramount to merge with Warner Bros. on Monday, saying in a 45-minute press conference that the deal includes…

By Gene Maddaus

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, Charlie Cox, as Daredevil / Matt Murdock, (Season 2, 2026). photo: Jojo Whilden /©Disney+/Marvel Studios /Courtesy Everett Collection

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Ending With Season 3

Daredevil is hanging up his mask after three seasons on Disney+. Marvel’s “Daredevil: Born Again,” starring Charlie Cox as the blind lawyer-turned-vigilante, is…

By Jordan Moreau

Melissa McCarthy Gets Serious

POWER OF WOMEN | The comic actor on new series "JonBenét Ramsey" and Hollywood's "bulls---" excuse for why comedies don't work anymore.

By Kate Aurthur

Recommended For You

Latest News

More News

‘Widow’s Bay’ Makes Emmy History

The show won the most Emmys ever for a comedy series in one year.
Rhea Seehorn Finally Wins Emmy

The 'Pluribus' star had previously been shut out repeatedly for 'Better Call Saul.'

‘Resident Evil’

Austin Abrams, from 'Weapons,' fends off viral squish zombies in a throwaway horror film that surges into symphonic loopiness. Zach Cregger's reboot is funky monster fun, with no video-game sludge.
‘The Weight’

Ethan Hawke leads a team of Depression-era prisoners in transporting a load of stolen gold. It's an intermittently exciting if sometimes arduous throwback to outdoor classics like 'Deliverance.'
‘Practical Magic 2’

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman don't quite cast a spell in an overlong, predictable sequel that replays the hits — the unwieldly blend of rom-com, domestic abuse, magic and sisterhood.
‘Hope’

Na Hong-jin's overlong creature feature is a guns-blazing riot of bawdy humor, bad CGI, and brilliant action. Despite silly stabs at mythology, it's breathtakingly elegant high-octane moviemaking.

‘Young Sherlock’

Guy Ritchie delivers a perfect origin story for Sherlock Holmes.
‘Marshals’

The 'Yellowstone' spinoff turns the Taylor Sheridan franchise into a workman-like CBS procedural.
‘DTF St. Louis’

The HBO series is a perversely hilarious spin on an erotic thriller.
‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’

The NBC sitcom Tracy Morgan's best star vehicle since '30 Rock.'

‘The Romantic’

Bruno Mars makes a leisure suit of a record, doubling down on Silk Sonic's hermetically sealed '70s revivalism.
‘Icon’

Brent Faiyaz uncorks an instant-vintage serving of sultry R&B.
‘To Whom This May Concern’

Jill Scott pulls from all directions, yet centers the sound on her triumphant album.
‘Don’t Be Dumb’

A$AP Rocky steps back into the arena, all the wiser, on his ambitious album.

‘Amadeus’

Jefferson Mays shines as a funny and frothing Salieri in a gorgeously mounted, essential revival.
‘Bug’

Carrie Coon's gutting performance elevates this horror thriller.
‘Paddington’

A furry, funny, fantastic musical comedy.
‘Paranormal Activity’

Only nominally related to the Blumhouse horror franchise, the haunted-house show ditches hidden cameras for live scares.