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Leo Lewis O’Neil’s documentary “Slauson Rec” chronicles the rise and fall of a free acting school Shia LaBeouf started at the Slauson Recreation Center in Los Angeles in 2018. O’Neil spoke for the first time to Vanity Fair about the project, which was pulled together from 800 hours of footage and reportedly includes scenes of […]

Hulu is developing an original crime drama series from Eliza Clark with Media Res producing, Variety has learned. Titled “Durango,” the official description of the series states: “‘Durango’ is the story of two Gen Z nobodies, Bunny and Mikey, one a down-and-out waitress, the other a washed up ski-bum, whose lives are placed in peril […]

If Sam Mendes’s four-part Beatles movies set to come out in 2028 is not enough to satiate your Beatlemania, worry not: a new book about John Lennon and Paul McCartney releases this April. Aptly titled, “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” the newest Beatles book delves into the music industry’s most iconic songwriting […]

Season three of The White Lotus has brought no shortage of memes and merch, but it’s also inspired online discussions about the characters’ makeup. One things fans want to know: just how did the actors’ looks stay so pristine in the searing Thailand heat? According to the show’s makeup designer, it all starts with a […]

Here we go again! TikTok faces a potential shutdown in the U.S. after Saturday, April 5, if its Chinese parent company doesn’t reach an agreement to sell a controlling interest in the hugely popular video app. Will TikTok go dark? With just days to go before the deadline set by President Trump, it’s not clear […]

Joe Jonas made a surprise cameo in last week’s “Saturday Night Live,” singing the bridge on the digital short song “Big Dumb Line.” But sources tell Variety that part was initially written for musical guest Morgan Wallen, who turned down the part. In the sketch, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman and host Mikey Madison sing a […]

Get ready for a supersized “White Lotus” finale. The eighth and final installment of the vacation dramedy’s third season will span 90 minutes, according to the HBO schedule, marking the longest episode of the series to date. (The Season 2 finale was 12 minutes shorter, at 1 hour and 18 minutes.) The episode has a […]

Paul Giamatti’s lengthy filmography is filled with treasures, including the broad 2000 comedy “Big Momma’s House.” In the film, Martin Lawrence plays an FBI agent who has to go undercover as a larger-than-life grandma — the eponymous Big Momma — to track down an escaped criminal. Giamatti plays Lawrence’s partner, Agent Jonathan Maxwell, mostly serving […]

NBC gets Steve Kornacki — and his khakis — in the divorce. Kornacki, a popular presence on MSNBC during election cycles, when he examines state-level voting data and helps explain how candidates benefit, will take his data-analzying skills to NBC News and NBC Sports as parent company Comcast prepares to spin off the bulk of […]

Latin music revenues in the United States grew by 6% in 2024, exceeding $1 billion for a third consecutive year. This marks the ninth consecutive year that Latin music outpaced the overall growth of the U.S. music market, as the genre’s total share grew to 8.1% from 7.9% in 2023. Although total revenue from Latin […]