PaleyFest 2024 is shaping up to be a celebratory occasion, with panels slated for several momentous anniversaries and farewell runs. The annual event — which features screenings or special previews followed by a moderated discussion/Q&A — will kick off on April 12 with big star power courtesy of The Morning Show’s Jennifer Aniston and Reese […]

Kate Hudson, the star of “Almost Famous,” “Glass Onion” and other screen projects, is making good on her longstanding promise to launch a music career as well, announcing Monday that she has signed with Virgin Music Group to release her recordings. Hudson’s first single, “Talk About Love,” is due out Tuesday. The song was co-written […]

It wasn’t child’s play, but Paramount Global has sold out all commercial inventory tied to a coming simulcast of Super Bowl LVIII set to air on Nickelodeon. The big NFL extravaganza will largely be seen via its February 11 broadcast on CBS, but Paramount is testing whether it can expand the event’s audience by running […]

Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah’s production shingle SpectreVision is partnering with former co-founders of the pop culture collectibles company Mondo to launch Mutant, a new art and collectibles venture. Mutant CEO Jenny Jacobi will lead a team comprised of Spencer Hickman, Eric Garza, Mitch Putnam and Mo Shafeek, who worked until 2023 as creative directors for […]

As the all-AAPI voice cast of Paramount+’s animated film “The Tiger’s Apprentice” assembled on the red carpet at the premiere, it wasn’t lost on them that not all that long ago, Asian actors were frequently auditioning for a single role in any given broadly appealing film that wasn’t specifically targeted as a niche cultural audience. […]

Depending on whom you ask, Don Lemon is planting his feet firmly in media’s next frontier. Or its last one. The former CNN star anchor is the latest in a parade of onetime TV-news personnel to dip their toes into the entrepreneurial waters of digital and social media. He announced in early January that he […]

Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming Paramount+ series “Landman” has added four new series regulars, Variety has learned exclusively. Kayla Wallace (“When Calls The Heart”), frequent Sheridan collaborator James Jordan (“Yellowstone”) Mark Collie (“Nashville”) and Paulina Chávez (“The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia”) have all joined the series alongside previously announced lead Billy Bob Thornton and fellow series […]

Welcome back to Lumon. “Severance” Season 2 has returned to production, which was delayed for months due to the Hollywood strikes. Season 2 of the popular Apple TV+ thriller stopped shooting in May 2023 when the Writers Guild of America first went on strike against the studios represented by the AMPTP. The writers strike ended […]

Britney Spears is all for Justin Timberlake’s musical comeback, despite what her fans may think. In a Sunday night post on her Instagram (which is now private), Spears praised Timberlake’s new song, “Selfish,” while also apologizing for “some of the things” she wrote in her memoir, “The Woman in Me.” “I wanna apologize for some […]

FBI‘s OA is worried about “another attack”… FBI: International‘s Scott wants to know who tried to kill the Fly Team… and FBI: Most Wanted‘s Remy marvels at how “one dude on a computer” can hack into a military satellite, in a new trailer for the return of CBS’ action-packed Tuesday night line-up. #TheFBIs return en […]