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“Don’t you worry: I look after my axes,” Charlie Hunnam says proudly with an impish grin. At the moment, he’s not in character but rather marveling at a hobby he picked up before filming “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.” In it, he plays Lizzie’s father,…
How are media and entertainment companies navigating shifting winds in Hollywood, amid an industry in constant flux and AI rapidly advancing on the scene? A panel of senior industry leaders served up insights into the biz’s burning questions, setting the table for the Variety Entertainment…
The inimitable star will be saluted Sept. 22 with the CBS special ‘Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable’ If Judge Judith Sheindlin had never been profiled in a “60 Minutes” segment that caught the eye of a TV producer, and if she’d never made the segue into…
Sony struck synergy gold last month with the introduction of “Live TV on PS5,” an offering of more than 100 free ad-supported video channels available via the PlayStation 5 video game console. Backed by Sony Pictures Television, the venture is a chance to get the…
Barbra Streisand is speaking out against Pres. Donald Trump’s controversial handling of the Kennedy Center . “In 2008, I was deeply honored to be included in the 31st annual class of Kennedy Center Honorees,” Streisand wrote in a statement posted Thursday on her official website.…
The Nielsen Streaming Top 10 just got a major update. After years of reporting streaming viewership with a four-week delay, the audience measurement company has enhanced its analytics capabilities enough to cut that lag-time in half. From now on, Nielsen’s weekly streaming charts will rank…
More changes are coming to Disney‘s top TV ranks as Eric Schrier moves from his role as head of international originals to a production pact amid the larger shakeup of Disney TV leadership. Earlier Thursday, Disney confirmed a big change as Adam Smith will take…
It’s been a whirlwind year for Hudson Williams. Ever since “Heated Rivalry,” Jacob Tierney’s sensuous decade-long romantic saga between closeted hockey stars Shane Hollander (Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), premiered in November 2025 on Crave and HBO Max, Williams has been thrust into the…
The “Far Cry” TV series at FX is continuing to build out an all-star cast. Variety has learned that Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin,” “In Bruges”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight,” FX’s “Fargo”), Hamish Linklater (“Widow’s Bay,” “Midnight Mass”), Sam Spruell (“A Knight…
Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum will executive produce for Gloria Sanchez Productions Liz Feldman has extended her overall deal with Netflix, with the streamer greenlighting the dark comedy “All the Rage” with Feldman onboard as co-creator. “All the Rage” hails from Feldman and Kelly Hutchinson,…