Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has hit a roadblock after a judge temporarily halted the deal in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who argue the merger would harm competition. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a 14-day pause Monday after hearing arguments from both
Long Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain believes rockers should keep their politics off stage, but in interviews he remains proud to criticize their conservative beliefs. He used a podcast interview to criticize fellow 76-year-old Bruce Springsteen, calling him an “annoying, bitter old man,” saying that anyone who speaks out should just “shut up.” Cain’s issues with
The final 35-day cross-platform ratings for the 2025-2026 TV season are finally available, now that the official end of the TV season is more than a month away. According to Nielsen’s 35-day multiplatform linear and streaming ratings, Netflix’s “Stranger Things” remained the most-watched non-sports series of the TV season, with 32.9 million viewers, followed by
Lewis Pullman will star alongside Julia Garner in the upcoming Apple TV series “Guilty Creatures.” Variety has learned. The show, with Garner serving as lead and executive producer, was announced on July 6. It is an adaptation of Mikita Brottman’s true crime book “Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Tallahassee, Florida.” The show’s tagline
In an era where AI can help make movies about anything, Utopai Studios has farted. Production company AI will produce an animated film adaptation of “The Most Serious Fart,” a 2023 children’s book written by “Not Another Teen Movie” screenwriter Mike Bender and illustrated by Chuck Dillon that was inspired by Bender’s Lyme disease diagnosis
Henry James’ classic novel “The Portrait of a Lady” will be adapted for Masterpiece on PBS and the BBC, starring Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton and Nell Tiger Free. “Game of Thrones” star Free will lead the six-episode limited series as Isabel Archer, James’ New World ingenue, who leaves the United States for Europe in search
