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🎥 Knicks' Brunson to appear on 'Law & Order: SVU'
Jalen Brunson will guest-star on NBC's 'Law & Order: SVU' in the season's fifth episode, airing Nov. 5, the network announced Thursday — the latest crossover between the Knicks star and the show's lea
Dekanalog Takes North American Rights to 'Amoeba'
Bangkok-based sales agent Diversion has licensed North American rights to Tan Siyou's debut feature "Amoeba" — a festival hit since its TIFF 2025 premiere — to US distributor Dekanalog for a spring 20
Nick Kroll: Filming in L.A. Will 'Bring Life Back' to the City
Nick Kroll used his keynote at the Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit to make an emotional case for productions to stay in Los Angeles, framing his upcoming Netflix comedy "A Hundred Percent" a
Every Resident Evil Game Easter Egg in Cregger's Reboot
Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' reboot is in theaters and packed with video game references, including zombie dogs, the Revenant, stalker enemies, weapon upgrades, and first-person POV shots.
DGA Panel at TIFF: Five Directors Reveal Filming Challenges
Five directors — Curry Barker, Alex Gibney, Siân Heder, Rachel Morrison, and Bassam Tariq — joined Deadline and the DGA's Art of Directing panel at TIFF, sharing bold choices and the steepest obstacle
Six Marketers: Fan-Made Content Beats Studio Replicas
At Variety's Entertainment and Technology Summit, six top marketers from TikTok, Lionsgate, Pinterest, Spotify, AMC Global Media and Archrival agreed that the social media era rewards brands which han
With Lucas Museum About to Open, Mellody Hobson Steps Down From LA28 Olympics Board
Mellody Hobson has resigned from the LA28 Olympics board just days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art — which she co-founded with George Lucas — opens to the public in Los Angeles, citing the mu
Banderas & Birthisle in TIFF's Up Against It IVF Comedy
Trudie Styler's "Up Against It" had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, a comedy-drama starring Antonio Banderas and Eva Birthisle as a feuding divorced couple forced to conceive an IVF "
Best of the Best Netflix Review: Bollywood-Fusion Dance Comedy
Netflix's 'Best of the Best' — a Bollywood-fusion dance comedy from director Lena Khan starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia as UCLA freshmen — earns a glowing review for its theatricality
Peck Drops 'Mule,' Reveals Overdose Hours Before MSG Show
Country star Orville Peck releases his fourth album 'Mule' alongside his Hollywood Bowl headlining debut, opening up about a near-fatal overdose hours before a 2023 Madison Square Garden show and a ly
James Wan: YouTube Filmmakers Don't Need the System Anymore
Filmmaker James Wan told Variety's Entertainment & Technology Summit that YouTube creators no longer need industry access to get films made, crediting his own discovery of 'Lights Out' director David
Courteney Cox's 'Evil Genius' Panned as Shrill at TIFF
Courteney Cox's directorial return, "Evil Genius," reimagines the 2003 pizza bomber case as a broad dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette and David Harbour, with Variety's TIFF review calling it shri
Zahn McClarnon Gets SFIFF Visionary Award
Zahn McClarnon, star and executive producer of AMC's "Dark Winds," will receive the Santa Fe International Film Festival's Visionary Award on October 16 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa F
Eric Schrier Leaves Disney Exec Role For Producing Deal
After 26 years at Disney — most of them helping build FX from a fledgling cable channel into an Emmy powerhouse — Eric Schrier is stepping away from the executive ranks at age 50 to launch a productio
Miley Details Last Dolly Call, Max Martin Album Revamp
Miley Cyrus revealed in a Zane Lowe interview that her final conversation with godmother Dolly Parton was about her upcoming album "Bass Persuades," sharing Parton's advice about performing with emoti
The Voice Season 30 to Simulcast Live Shows on Peacock
'The Voice' Season 30 premieres September 21 with a three-night NBC rollout and simulcasts its live shows on Peacock for the first time, adding Queen Latifah and Riley Green as coaches alongside Kelly
Spotify's Fresh Finds Forward Backs 10,000 Indie Artists Yearly
Spotify launched Fresh Finds Forward, a program giving roughly 10,000 independent artists per year 12 months of resources including free studio time at U.S. venues like Electric Lady Studios and six m
Dana White's Thrill Sports Signs With IAG for Global Push
Dana White's Thrill Sports — parent of Power Slap, Street League Skateboarding and Nitro Circus — has signed with Independent Artist Group for worldwide representation across TV, streaming, brand part
Disney Names Smith Streaming Chairman, Earley to TV
Disney elevated Adam Smith to chairman of its direct-to-consumer business overseeing Disney+ and Hulu, while moving Joe Earley into a newly created role leading television franchise and content strate
Dudamel Kicks Off Philharmonic Era With Manhattan Tour
Gustavo Dudamel has formally begun his tenure as music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic with a multi-stop Manhattan tour culminating in the orchestra's first Geffen Hall concert of t
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