Alex Cooper is addressing rumors about a feud with Alix Earle head on. Following the seemingly complex departure of Earle’s podcast, “Hot Mess,” from Cooper’s Unwell Network in 2025, Earle has made a series of “passive aggressive reposts and likes,” as the “Call Her Daddy” host describes them. Her latest, a pointed repost from a…
The first teaser trailer for “Ice Cream Man,” the next horror film from director Eli Roth, has been released. The slasher will be released on Aug. 7 in 2,000 North American venues. The film is set in the idyllic summer town of Bayleen Bay, which descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids from…
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Box Office segment, Variety’s Jack Dunn unpacks another big weekend for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” as well as the art of analyzing Friday night box office numbers. And Marc Malkin brings us a Just for Variety interview with John Waters, the iconoclastic director who turns…
Greg Berlanti’s “The Broken Hearts Club” will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a screening and conversation with cast members in West Hollywood on April 25. I can exclusively report that Olympians Adam Rippon, Conor McDermott-Mostowy, Robbie Rogers, Johnny Weir, Randy Gardner, Tai Babilonia, Kent Ferguson, Brittany Bowe, Conor McDermott-Mostowy and Jake Adicoff will be among…
“Batgirl” and “Orange Is the New Black” actor Ruby Rose alleged on Threads that Katy Perry “sexually assaulted” her at a nightclub in Melbourne. Rose was responding to a post published by Complex that covered Perry’s reaction to Justin Bieber’s headlining set at the Coachella music festival. “Katy Perry sexual assaulted me at spice market nightclub…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There was a time when wedding formalwear meant either blowing your budget on a bespoke tux or settling for something forgettable. Increasingly, though, grooms and groomsmen are turning to Men’s Wearhouse for its mix…
Senior figures within the film community in Hungary gave two thumbs up to Péter Magyar’s landslide victory Monday, although the scale of reforms needed within the media and entertainment sector are daunting. Contacted by Variety, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes, who won an Oscar with “Son of Saul,” wrote: “Free at last! Hungary has chosen hope…
Wes Anderson is set to be honored with Italy’s Fellini Award, which celebrates directors who embody the artistic spirit of Federico Fellini. The recognition is bestowed by the municipality of the late maestro’s hometown of Rimini in tandem with the country’s prestigious Cineteca Di Bologna. Anderson — who has long cited Fellini as one of…
“Club Kid,” Jordan Firstman’s buzzy directorial debut starring Cara Delevingne (“American Horror Story”), Diego Calva (“Babylon”) and Firstman himself, has been boarded by UTA Independent Film Group and Charades ahead of the Cannes Film Festival. Slated to world premiere in Un Certain Regard, “Club Kid” is set in New York City and follows a washed-up…
Cameras are rolling on “Legacy of Spies,” the BBC and MGM+’s return to the clandestine world of John le Carre’s beloved Cold War spymaster Michael Smiley, with a bumper crop of names having been added to the cast. Adapted from le Carré’s global bestseller “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,” and drawing on…