Italian Investor Looks To Rev Up Shanghai Tang Sales

Daniel Craig and his “Queer” co-star Drew Starkey tested their knowledge of one another during a game of “How Well Do They Know Each Other?” with Variety’s Tiana DeNicola, and Craig’s blunt response when asked about the next James Bond actor is going viral. Simply put, Craig does not care.

If you missed Tom Holland’s starring turn in “Romeo & Juliet” on the West End earlier this fall, now is your chance to get a taste of British theater — this time, for free and without leaving your home. Enter London’s iconic Olivier stage with a viewing of Michael Sheen-led Welsh fantasia play “Nye” via […]

Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope” is doing gangbuster business at the Italian box office, where the director’s lavish love letter to his native Naples has surpassed the €5 million ($5.3 million) mark less than two weeks after going on full release. These numbers have made it the country’s top local draw – excluding commercial comedies – of […]

The 2024 CMA Awards telecast will be filled with performers who’ve had crossover success on different charts this year, including Post Malone, Shaboozey and Teddy Swims, as well as stalwarts of the genre like Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton and Luke Bryan, all announced Thursday as part of the first round of talent revealed for the […]

Horror maven David Blue Garcia (“Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Tejano”) is set to direct Mucho Mas Media’s upcoming horror-thriller “Zeus.” Blue Garcia will direct from a script written by Tate Hanyok (“The Pet-Nup”) and Shane McKenzie (Prime Video’s Bingo Hell). Highland Film Group is handling worldwide rights to the horror-thriller and launching sales at the American Film […]

Two leading Wall Street analysts pressed executives at Warner Bros. Discovery about the possibility of breaking up the troubled media conglomerate as executives tried to defend their vision of operating the home of CNN, the Warner Bros. studio and the Max streaming service for the longer term. “Your company is trading like a company that’s […]