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From "Scream 2" and "Monster" to "Big Mistakes," How Laurie Metcalf Has Mastered the Art of the Complicated Mother
46+ min ago (660+ words) Laurie Metcalf arrived for the first day of filming Netflix's "Big Mistakes" with something she needed to get off her chest. She doesn't recall where she said it, but it was probably in the hair and makeup trailer sitting next…...
Patrick Godfrey, "Ever After: A Cinderella Story" Star, Dies at 93
51+ min ago (336+ words) Patrick Godfrey, an English actor who played Leonardo da Vinci in the 1998 fantasy film "Ever After: A Cinderella Story," died on Thursday. He was 93. Godfrey's death was announced on June 5 via a statement from his talent agency, Markham Froggatt & Irwin....
Best Horror of June 2026: "Scary Movie" Returns, Spielberg Revisits Aliens, Javier Bardem Tackles Another Villain Role and More
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (656+ words) Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month's best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I'm William Earl, the executive digital director of Variety and the publication's resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a…...
Box Office: "Scary Movie" Starts Strong With $24. 7 Million on Friday; "Masters of the Universe" Takes Second With $11. 7 Million
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (654+ words) Scary Movie 6" is on pace to set a franchise record after a stellar opening day. Paramount and Miramax's Scary Movie 6," the first in the parody series helmed by the Wayans brothers since 2001's Scary Movie 2," grossed $24. 7 million domestic on Friday…...
House of the Dragon" Showrunner on Season 3"s Battle of the Gullet: This Sequence Is Unlike Anything That"s Ever Been Done in Television Before"
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (1187+ words) House of the Dragon" showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal told a whooping audience at Shoreditch Town Hall in East London that Season 3 would deliver on the promise of the preceding season, and that the Battle of the Gullet sequence that…...
Office Romance" Star Betty Gilpin on Using a Prosthetic Vagina for Her Birthing Scene: I Was Pretty Freaked Out"
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (261+ words) Betty Gilpin is opening up about her birthing scene in the new Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein romantic comedy "Office Romance." "Honestly, I was pretty freaked out when I first saw the prosthetic vagina," Gilpin told me at the film's…...
Why Mobile Gaming Has Seen Such Explosive Growth in a Decade
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (271+ words) Tim O'Brien, chief revenue officer for Scopely, details the rise of free and casual games as a strong consumer funnel during session at Variety Entertainment & Technology Summit The numbers speak for themselves: 5 billion hours of gameplay in 12 months. That's the…...
Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn on "Scandal" Fans Telling Them to Run for President and Why Fitz and Olivia Are Still Together " and in Couples Therapy
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (478+ words) From 2012 through 2018, Kerry Washington played Washington, D. C. fixer Olivia Pope alongside Tony Goldwyn's President Fitzgerald Grant on "Scandal," the Shonda Rhimes-created sensation. Olivia and Fitz "Olitz" to their superfans couldn't stay away from each other, never mind that he was married…...
Jodie Foster Says Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro "Couldn't Stop Giggling' While Teaching Her How to Unzip a Fly on "Taxi Driver' Set: "They Were Just So Nervous'
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (630+ words) Jodie Foster reminisced about her time playing 12-year-old prostitute Iris in "Taxi Driver" alongside Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Paul Schrader during the film's 50th anniversary reunion at the Tribeca Festival. One memory that remains "seared in [her] memory" is…...
Madonna On Technology Ruining the Concert Experience: "Put Your F'king Phones Down and Connect
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (465+ words) On Friday night, Madonna and a dedicated legion of her fans descended upon the iconic Beacon Theater on Manhattan's Upper West Side for the premiere of "Confessions II " The Film." The screening was followed by a Q&A with the…...