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With the long-awaited return of “The White Lotus” this past weekend has come an influx of resort-inspired merch to rival that of even the biggest blockbuster movies. If you thought it couldn’t get bigger than 2023’s Barbie pink, Brat Summer’s slime green or Wicked’s pink-green, buckle up for “White Lotus” Winter, which has so far […]

Impact Network’s upcoming first scripted series has set its cast. Variety has learned that the half-hour workplace comedy “Highly Favored” has cast: Michael Colyar (“Blackish,” “House Party III,” “The Princess & The Frog,” “Martin”), KiKi Shepard (“It’s Showtime at the Apollo,” “Miss Evers Boys,” “Mind Your Business,” “Grey’s Anatomy”), Anthony S. Goolsby (“Will Trent,” “42”), […]

Alia Shawkat, Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, LaKeith Stanfield, Zack Fox and Tony Hale have joined Kristen Stewart in “The Wrong Girls” at Neon. The film, which marks Dylan Meyer’s directorial debut, began shooting last week, becoming one of the first independent films going into production in Los Angeles following January’s devastating wildfires. Neon will release […]

Walt Disney Studios has appointed Daria Cercek as president of the studio’s theatrical live-action division. She will report to David Greenbaum, president of Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios. In her new role, Cercek will be responsible for spearheading all aspects of Disney Live Action’s theatrical slate, driving the development and production of films […]

Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud has completed his trilogy with “Dreams (Sex Love),” presented in Berlinale’s main competition. Its previous parts, “Sex” and “Love,” were shown at Berlinale’s Panorama and in Venice. M-Appeal handles sales. “It’s very, very good that it’s over. It has been a long run. Making these three movies wasn’t that hard […]

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s Los Angeles home was broken into and ransacked on Valentine’s Day, police confirmed to KTLA. The LAPD responded to a break-in at the A-list couple’s home on Feb. 14 at around 8 p.m. local time. As reported by KTLA: “A security guard told investigators that the intruder had smashed a […]

The plethora of solo albums from Blackpink members is not keeping the K-pop quartet from getting back together to play stadiums. This summer the group will play a “limited” run of large-scale shows in 10 cities around the world, including North American stops in L.A.. New York, Chicago and Toronto, it was announced Wednesday. The […]

Ethan Hawke is weighing in on his daughter Maya’s comments about certain producers wanting to cast actors based on the amount of Instagram followers they have. In an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast last week, Maya Hawke revealed that she knows several “smart directors” who have been told by producers that they must […]

More Oscars presenters have been announced, including Joe Alwyn, Sterling K. Brown, Willem Dafoe, Ana de Armas, Lily-Rose Depp, Selena Gomez, Goldie Hawn, Connie Nielsen, Ben Stiller and Oprah Winfrey, while Nick Offerman will serve as the announcer for this year’s ceremony. They join Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Elle Fanning, Whoopi Goldberg, Scarlett Johansson, John […]

Prince fans will soon have another chance to purify themselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka — and those waters will be clearer than ever before. On March 5, Warner Bros. Discovery and Dolby will re-release “Purple Rain” for one night, exclusively in Dolby Cinemas. The film will be presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic […]