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 line at wearl@variety.com if there’s something I should check out for next month’s missive. Marquee
The head of Instagram said the company spent years trying to persuade teens to “take a break.” Adam Mosseri testified Tuesday on the witness stand in Meta’s social media addiction trial in Oakland that relatively few teens initially opted into “Take a Break,” a well-being feature designed to encourage users to step away from the
August 23, 2026 — 4:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Adam Reynolds will need to survive a training session on Monday to be any chance of taking the field for a deserved Suncorp Stadium farewell. Just the second captain in
Netflix has announced the sprawling cast for the third chapter in Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups” saga. The third installment is set to bring back Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello and Salma Hayek Pinault as the leads from the previous chapters, the streamer announced on Aug. 6. They
Of all the great cinematic narrative arcs, there’s something special about the return. Think “Rocky,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Natural.” A much maligned or dubious hero rises and triumphs against all odds. Goosebumps, all the time. The comeback saga rings very true for those in the film industry and those millions of movie buffs who
In a recent interview, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said he can see a time in the future, perhaps just a year or two, when it will be necessary to put limits on Meta employees’ spending of AI tokens. “I think you can imagine, at least in a year or two… that a strong engineer’s burn
