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Zara Larsson leaves Epic for RCA in Sony internal move
Zara Larsson has left her decade-plus home at Epic Records and signed with RCA Records, Variety can confirm. Two sources tell Variety that the pop star has inked a new deal with RCA. The sources say that Larsson was entertaining offers from multiple labels but that Sony, which houses subsidiaries Epic and RCA, wanted to…
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Havok revealed as Cyclops’ brother, setting up X-Men ’97 clash
With Havok returning in X-Men ’97 Season 2, it’s time for the series to pay off a confrontation that’s been 31 years in the making.
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Project Hail Mary tops Prime Video charts as Bottoms gains double-feature buzz
The Martian, Bottoms, and Till make up our list of the best movies to watch on Prime Video the week of July 6th, 2026.
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Sky agrees £2.1bn takeover of ITV, raising hopes for independent producers
“ITV Studios is not for sale,” Carolyn McCall, boss of U.K. media conglomerate ITV, firmly told Variety three years ago. Despite persistent rumors the global production powerhouse was going to be snapped up – including potentially by Banijay or RedBird IMI – McCall has stayed true to her word. What few could have imagined back…
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Supergirl passes $100 million but heads for a box-office loss
DC’s latest superhero film, Supergirl — the second release in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s rebooted DC Universe — has reached $100 million at the worldwide box office, but the milestone masks a commercial disappointment. Against a reported production budget of $185 million, and with a film of this scale typically needing to earn roughly…
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Lauren Bennett, singer on LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, dies aged unknown
The late singer is known for collaborations with LMFAO and Pitbull, as well as her time with the groups Paradiso Girls and G.R.L.
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Melbourne graffiti artist scales Bolte Bridge pillar prompting police standoff
A graffiti artist has climbed one of the 140-metre-high pillars of Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge, sparking a police standoff and partially shutting the busy inner-city crossing. Emergency services were called around 3am on Tuesday, and one lane was closed as police negotiated with the man, who was refusing to come down. The stunt matters because it…
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Microsoft cuts about 3,200 Xbox jobs and spins off four studios
PC Gamer has published a piece gathering reactions from across the games industry to the latest round of layoffs at Microsoft’s Xbox division, framing the cuts as evidence of a significant shift in the sector. The report matters because it signals that the redundancies are not being treated as an isolated event but as part…
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Satluj pulled from ZEE5 two days after release amid censorship row
Satluj, a film starring the Indian singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh, was abruptly pulled from the streaming platform ZEE5 just two days after its release, triggering a row over apparent censorship. The film is inspired by the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who investigated alleged enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during Punjab’s separatist insurgency…
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Xbox to cut 3,200 jobs and close four studios in major restructure
Microsoft’s Xbox division has announced what its CEO Asha Sharma called “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, cutting 3,200 jobs and closing four studios — Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. In a memo to staff, Sharma said the business was “not healthy”, operating at margins three to ten times…