Variety

Matthew McConaughey Turned Down Playing Joel in HBO’s ‘Last of Us’ Even Though It Was ‘Really Good’: ‘It Wasn’t for Me at the Time’

Matthew McConaughey joined the HBO Hall of Fame with his Emmy-nominated lead role on the first season of “True Detective,” and he nearly landed another major part in the network’s video game adaptation of “The Last of Us.” However, he turned down playing the main character Joel, explaining that “it wasn’t for me at the […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

How Filmhub is Investing in the Creator Economy Through New Deal With UnderCurrent (EXCLUSIVE)

As part of the global distribution and sales company’s investment in the creator economy, Filmhub has inked a partnership with talent management company UnderCurrent. Filmhub’s goal with the partnership is to help digital creators expand their distribution reach — whether that’s by licensing their content to VOD platforms or helping them negotiate original film and […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Shooting Blancs: Why Hollywood Is Drunk on “White Wine Thrillers”

Break out the good stemware because there’s a label for series like 'All Her Fault,' 'The Perfect Couple' and 'Big Little Lies' — and every player in town is suddenly thirsty.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘MobLand’ Season 2 Trailer: Tom Hardy Returns After Drama Over His Future on the Series as Pierce Brosnan’s Conrad Goes “Bonkers Berserk”

The Paramount+ series, which also stars Helen Mirren, returns on Sept. 18.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ Review: A Ukrainian Trans Man and His Wife Face Excruciating Choices in a Sensitive, Sensuous Drama

The film from German director Isabelle Stever and her Ukrainian screenwriter wife Anna Melikova will play in the New York Film Festival after its debut in Locarno.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Kelly Ripa Explains Reason for Dental Surgery That Resulted in ‘Live!’ Absence

The ‘Live! With Kelly and Mark’ co-host has been off the popular series since July 27 under doctor’s orders not to speak.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco Launching New SiriusXM Interview Show With Guests Including Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano (EXCLUSIVE)

Sebastian Maniscalco is hosting a new monthly series on SiriusXM, “We Got Company,” in which the veteran stand-up comedian and actor will sit down for extended one-on-one conversations with notable guests. The series premieres on SiriusXM on Aug. 20 with Jerry Seinfeld. Upcoming guests including actor and comedian Ray Romano, celebrity chefs and restaurateurs Mario […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

 John Carpenter, Colman Domingo and Charlize Theron to Be Honored at Academy Museum Gala

John Carpenter, Colman Domingo and Charlize Theron will be honored at the sixth annual Academy Museum fundraising gala, taking place on October 17. Theron will be honored with the Icon Award,Carpenter will receive the Luminary Award, and Domingo will be presented with the Vantage Award. The Icon Award, presented to Theron, celebrates an artist whose […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Emilia Jones to Star in Netflix Series Adaptation of ‘The Retrievals’ Podcast

Emilia Jones has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming Netflix limited series “The Retrievals,” Variety has learned. The series, which is based on the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast of the same name, was originally announced in May. The logline states that the show “follows an unlikely community of IVF […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

If Hollywood Is Dying, Why Are L.A.’s Cinemas Roaring Back?

As the box office surges, the city's movie houses — from the Alex to the Cinerama Dome — are rising from the ashes.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

China’s $300M Sleeper Hit ‘Dear You’ Unveils U.S. Trailer Ahead of September Release

Made for $2 million in a regional Chinese language with a cast of unknowns, Lan Hongchun's heartwarming family drama became the year's third-biggest release in China.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Charlize Theron, Colman Domingo and John Carpenter Set as Academy Museum Gala Honorees

The annual A-list event is scheduled for Oct. 17.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Stephan James, Colton Ryan Board ‘Discretion’ as Paramount+ Series Begins Production

Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning star in the legal thriller.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Paramount Primal Picks Up Action Fantasy ‘Tower Defense’ from ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Scribe (Exclusive)

It's the latest project acquired by the studio's new fast-moving genre label.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Instagram Unveils ‘More Modern’ New Logo, and People Are Already Making Fun of It

Meta’s Instagram proudly launched a new logo Thursday — its first update in a decade — and the trolling has already begun. “The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was time for a refresh,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri wrote in a post on the platform. “Cleaner and […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Shannon Elizabeth’s Long, Bumpy Road to OnlyFans Stardom

Shannon Elizabeth is no stranger to breaking the internet. Following the release of 1999’s “American Pie,” the cumming-of-age film that launched Elizabeth to stardom (and sex symbol status), she decided she needed a website. “I think I was one of the first actors to have one,” she recalls to Variety. “The only people who had […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Yash’s ‘Toxic’ Gets a Sonic Fairy Tale From Composer Vishal Mishra: ‘I Understand the Language of Love’

Vishal Mishra keeps coming back to one word: honest. Ask him about competing with streaming playlists, about his string of Bollywood hits, about writing a love song for a film soaked in violence, and the composer-singer circles back to the same idea: the music has to be true to the moment it was born from, […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Amy Sedaris Joins Ben Stiller, Benicio Del Toro in Apple TV Comedy ‘Protective Custody’

Amy Sedaris is the latest addition to the Apple TV comedy series “Protective Custody,” Variety has learned. Sedaris will star alongside previously announced series lead Ben Stiller as well as fellow cast member Benicio Del Toro. The logline for the show states that it will follow “a disgraced financier (Stiller) accused of massive fraud who […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Variety

Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning Legal Drama Series ‘Discretion’ Casts Stephan James, Colton Ryan

Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning’s upcoming legal thriller series “Discretion” at Paramount+ is officially in production, with the series adding two new cast members. Both Stephan James (“I Play Rocky,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Colton Ryan (“The Girl From Plainville,” Broadway’s “New York, New York”) are joining Kidman and Fanning in the show, […]

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Pop Singer Hayes Warner Never Acted Professionally in Her Life. Ryan Murphy Cast Her in ‘The Shards’ Anyway

At her first screen test, Murphy gave the newbie some notes. She didn’t understand them but was too afraid to ask. Luckily, she got another shot.

entertainment  Aug 13, 2026