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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce marry in private wedding ceremony
Totally makes sense if it passed you by, but we do know a bit about the intimate gathering at the 20,000 capacity arena where a noted singer-songwriter and professional football player tied the knot
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Only beautiful things to look at director discusses forced sterilisation drama and US remake
Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovský is planning a U.S. remake of “Only Beautiful Things to Look At.” His latest drama, which premieres at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, is set in the 1980s and follows a doctor (Aňa Geislerová) who begins to question the forced sterilization of Romani women in former Czechoslovakia. “This was happening all around…
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Johnny Galecki Sets Acting Return as Tennessee Williams in Chicago Presentation of ‘Kowalski’ (EXCLUSIVE)
After taking a seven-year break from acting, “The Big Bang Theory” star Johnny Galecki is set to portray renowned playwright Tennessee Williams in the Chicago stage presentation of “Kowalski,” Variety has learned exclusively. Colin Hanlon (“Modern Family”) is directing the new play written by Gregg Ostrin for Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, with performances running Sept.…
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Trandemic by Vera Drew wins inaugural Found Footage Fund award
EXCLUSIVE: Vera Drew’s Trandemic is the first recipient of the Transgender Film Center Found Footage Feature Fund award. Drew’s project was selected from an applicant pool following a multi-stage review process. Applications were first evaluated by the Transgender Film Center and partner representatives, with finalists then presented to Duplass Brothers Productions, who selected the winning…
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I’m DADA marks Holy Wave’s return with a new single
Holy Wave’s new record i’m DADA arrives this Friday. So far we’ve heard “s33.u.in/HAL” and “dewey’s dirge,” and today the Austin psych rockers are back with the hypnotic title track. “‘i’m DADA’ is a song about balance,” Kyle Hager says of the song, which features Lorena Quintanilla and Alberto González of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete……
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Taylor Swift wins as Florida judge throws out poet’s plagiarism claim
The wedding presents just keep on coming. Three days after Taylor Swift’s marriage to Travis Kelce, a federal judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit filed 14 months ago by a little-known Florida poet who claimed that the superstar copied phrases from her poems in more than a dozen songs. United States District Judge Aileen Cannon,…
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The Odyssey premiere sees Zendaya and Matt Damon hail Nolan’s epic
“The Odyssey” has begun its grand voyage. Christopher Nolan’s major adaptation of Homer’s nearly 3,000 year-old Greek poem and arguably history’s most famous epic splashed down in London on Monday for its world premiere, the official launch of what many expect to become among the hottest releases of the summer (something that, given the $250…
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The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor.
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Memoria named as the latest album from Carmen Villain
The ambient dub producer borrowed the LP’s title from Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 2021 film
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Minecraft and Monster Hunter among ten games rewarding patience and precision
Games often feature unfocused spectacle, but here are ten titles that demand precision and patience in exchange for satisfying gameplay rewards.