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HBO Max will launch on Prime Video and Hulu Japan in October, giving subscribers access to the streamer’s slate of HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Television, DC Studios and Max originals programming, including a new HBO original “Harry Potter” series debuting at Christmas. The…
“Big Mistakes” Season 2 is now in production, with the Netflix comedy series adding two actors in recurring roles. Both Lorenzo de Moor and Poorna Jagannathan will recur in the show’s second season, joining returning stars Dan Levy, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf, Jack Innanen, Boran…
In the past two years, Jack O’Connell has played a vampire in “Sinners” and a cult leader in the “28 Years Later” films. But to take on the role of tabloid editor Larry Lamb, he got even more comfortable with suave, alluring menace. “His prerogative…
Norman Reedus is set to star alongside James Marsden in the upcoming Apple TV series “Disavowed,” Variety has learned. The show was originally announced back in May with Marsden in the lead role. Exact details on Reedus’ role are being kept under wraps. The show…
A satirical Hollywood horror-romance novel is set to release next year from Hanover Square Press and debut author Clare Ogawa. The book, titled “This Town Will Eat you Alive,” follows an assistant who learns the movie exec she works for is turning into a tentacled…
The audience that gravitates to games on PlayStation has become notoriously difficult for advertisers to reach. Until now. Sony Pictures Television on Monday unveiled “Live TV on PS5,” an offering of more than 100 free ad-supported video channels that can all be accessed via the…
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Hart Island,” the Season 1 finale of “Furious,” now streaming on Hulu. So what’s the deal with Alice’s little smile at the end of “Furious”? Emmy Rossum’s pleased expression, as happy as we’ve seen Alice throughout “Furious,” is…
The Shane Gillis sitcom has been renewed for Season 4 at Netflix, a few weeks after the third season premiered on the streamer. Hailing from co-creators Gillis, John McKeever and Steve Gerben, “Tires” follows the dysfunctional staff of auto repair chain Valley Forge. The workplace…
HBO is developing the dark mystery series “Imposter,” Variety has learned. The project hails from writer and executive producer Kalos Chu, with Lauren LeFranc and Rachel Jacobs executive producing via Acid and Tender, which is currently under an overall deal at HBO. “Imposter” marks the…
The New Yorker Festival, the magazine’s annual “celebration of culture and ideas,” is happening this year Oct. 23-25 in New York City — and it has tipped the celeb-stocked lineup of speakers for the 2026 edition. The event’s confirmed speakers include: Conan O’Brien, Parker Posey,…