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“American Horror Story” has spent 12 seasons roleplaying our worst nightmares.  Haunted houses, aliens, witches, vampires, clowns, the proverbial Other, Donald Trump, creative writers in New England: The “AHS” anthology format lets the series try on new shades of horror each season. Since Oct. 5, 2011, when “American Horror Story: Murder House” premiered, the FX […]

Carolyn Giardina, Variety‘s senior entertainment technology and crafts editor, is among the nominees for this year’s Women in Technology: Hollywood Leadership Awards. The nonprofit organization aims to help women who work in technology-related aspets of media and entertainment advance their careers through professional development programs, networking and community engagement events.

“Joker: Folie à Deux” is off to a shaky performance at the domestic box office after earning $20 million from 4,102 locations across Friday and preview screenings. Rivals project that Warner Bros.’ sequel to the 2019 DC Comic book film “Joker” will open south of $50 million. Heading into the weekend, “Joker 2” was expected […]

Donald Trump’s claim that non-citizens are crossing the Southern border and registering to vote in US elections has become a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, even though every major study shows that non-citizen voting is exceedingly rare. But a lawsuit filed last month shows that those false assertions of voter fraud are leading to real world instances of qualified voters being blocked from casting a ballot. On August 13, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, an election denier who supported Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 results, announced that his office had identified 3,200 alleged noncitizens who had registered to vote in the state and had begun removing them from the voter rolls.

Based on the novel by Matt Haig, “The Radleys” is a vampire horror comedy that can’t quite figure out its tone, so more often than not, it ends up in a lukewarm middle ground. The British production stars Damian Lewis and Kelly Macdonald as Peter and Helen Radley, bloodsucking parents in recovery, whose suburban normalcy […]