Variety

Hollywood’s New Leaders: Class of 2026

Leadership can mean leveraging one success to create the next — and navigating hundreds of crucial steps in between. It can also mean being the best team player you can be, finding the right story, signing the right client, packaging the right product or developing the right promotional campaign. Variety’s annual New Leaders list celebrates […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Maude Apatow Directorial Debut ‘Poetic License’ Lands at Sony Classics After Row K Debacle

Apatow’s feature starring Leslie Mann earned rave reviews out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Brittany Snow Joins Sydney Sweeney in ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’

Brittany Snow will star in “The Housemaid’s Secret,” joining the previously announced cast of Sydney Sweeney, Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly. “The Housemaid’s Secret” is the follow-up to 2025’s box office sleeper hit “The Housemaid.” Based on Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel, the sequel picks up as Sweeney’s Millie, who works as a live-in maid […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Martin Scorsese and Susan Sarandon Squash Their Children’s Internet Beef in New Jack Henry Robbins Sketch (EXCLUSIVE)

Susan Sarandon and Martin Scorsese try and fail to squash the beef between their children in the latest social media sketch from Jack Henry Robbins and Francesca Scorsese, Variety can exclusively reveal. The last major development in the “nepo-verse” short series saw Francesca blow up Robbins’ car, an escalation that forced Martin and Sarandon to […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Sterling Point’ Review: Amazon’s Summertime YA Drama Brims with Heart, Humor and Personality

Hailing from Megan Park ('My Old Ass') and executive producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz ('The O.C.'), the series follows a teenager who inherits a Canadian island from her late grandfather.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Maude Apatow Directorial Debut ‘Poetic License’ Lands at Sony Pictures Classics After Row K Debacle (EXCLUSIVE)

The saga over Maude Apatow’s directorial debut has a happy ending. Her TIFF player “Poetic License” will be released by the venerated Sony Pictures Classics, following a distribution debacle with original buyer Row K Entertainment. Variety reported in March that Row K had become inundated with unpaid bills and a creative exodus after less than […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Viola Davis to Star in Paramount+ Thriller Series ‘Ascent’

Viola Davis is set to star in the thriller series “Ascent,” which has been greenlit at Paramount+. The show’s official logline states that it is “set in the dangerous world of global corporate crisis and damage control. Davis will play elite corporate fixer Catriona Vail, who must weaponize the ruthless skills that have made her […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $1 Billion Globally With Second-Fastest Pace Ever

Tom Holland leads Sony's blockbuster that debuted to the biggest domestic opening weekend, surpassing 'Avengers: Endgame.'

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Paramount+ Orders Viola Davis Corporate Fixer Thriller ‘Ascent’

The Oscar winner will play a high-stakes problem solver who must deploy her skills for a more personal challenge: saving her estranged daughter.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

‘This Summer Will Be Different’ Netflix Series Adds 6 to Cast as Production Begins

This summer is certainly proving to look a little bit different, with six new actors joining the cast of “This Summer Will Be Different” as production begins on Prince Edward Island.  Based on Carley Fortune’s novel of the same name, Netflix announced new recurring cast members, including Jordan Rodrigues as Miles Lam, Jude Wilson as […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Streaming Residuals Drop for First Time as Secondary Market Sputters, Per WGA Report

Writers received less in streaming residuals in 2025 than they did the year before, amid a downturn in the once-robust streaming market for old movies and TV shows. Writers took in $330.7 million in streaming residuals last year, down from $346.6 million in 2024, marking the first ever nominal decline, according to a report issued […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Young Hollywood Impact Report 2026: Inde Navarrette, Connor Storrie, Hudson Williams, Lamine Yamal, Olivia Dean and More Rising Showbiz Stars

The emerging talents on Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report represent not just the present, but the future of entertainment. These actors, musicians, athletes and content creators are all between the ages of 18-28 and have had breakout years thanks to a special mixture of skill and luck. “I truly believe in the power […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Heated Rivalry’ to Fans: Please Don’t Crash the Season 2 Set

The show’s official Instagram account posted a plea to give the hit Crave/HBO Max series space if any fans come across filming.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Stranger Things’ and ‘The Pitt’ Were the Most Streamed Original Series in the First Half of 2026

'Bluey' continues to rule the library series chart, and 'Zootopia 2' leads all movies.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Jack Gleeson, James Nesbitt and More Join Edward Bluemel in BritBox’s Young Poirot Series ‘Hercule’

The six-part Agatha Christie adaptation, a BBC-BritBox co-production, has also added James D'Arcy, Calvin Demba, Tamsin Greig and Guy Remmers to its lineup.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Crosses $1 Billion in Six Days, Second-Fastest Movie to Hit Milestone

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” surpassed $1 billion globally in near-record time. Sony and Marvel’s comic book adventure, starring Tom Holland as the web-slinging hero, notched the milestone after six days of release, a mind-boggling pace. Only 2019’s superhero epic “Avengers: Endgame,” which captured a stunning $1.2 billion worldwide in its opening weekend, was faster to […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Bowen Yang to Star in ‘Oh, Mary!’ in Broadway Debut

Bowen Yang is the latest A-list star to suffocate at the (fictional) White House for Cole Escola’s ultra-successful play “Oh Mary!” He’s making his Broadway debut as former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln on Sept. 15 for a 12-week run through Dec. 6. “My friendship with Cole has brought me many places over the years: […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ to World Premiere at the New York Film Festival

The King of the Monsters is about to hit the Big Apple. Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” will have its world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced on Tuesday. The film, the highly anticipated follow-up to 2023’s Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One,” will roar into Alice Tully Hall on […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

NY Film Festival to Host World Premiere of ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’

The sequel to the Oscar-winning sleeper hit 'Godzilla Minus One' will screen as the Spotlight gala selection.

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026

Variety

Donald Trump’s White House Rips Off Nicole Kidman’s AMC Theatres Ad: ‘We Come to This Place for MAGA’

The box office is healing, and AMC Theatres generated its highest revenue in the company’s 106-year history last weekend thanks to “Spider-Man” and “The Odyssey.” So, of course, despite calling Hollywood both “racist” and “terrible,” Donald Trump has inserted himself in this showbiz success story. On Sunday night, the White House posted a parody of […]

entertainment  Aug 4, 2026