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Blake Lively honored her mother, Willie Elain McAlpin, at the Time100 Gala Thursday evening with a personal five-minute speech that revealed that McAlpin had survived an attack on her life before Lively was born. “My life was influenced most by my mother, Willie Elain McAlpin, who’s here with me tonight, an eternal optimist who’s always […]

Universal Music Korea, a division of Universal Music Group, has signed hip-hop artists Okasian and Bryan Chase. The signing coincides with a rebranding of the company’s local Artist & Label (A&L) division. Okasian, a veteran with more than a decade in the industry, first gained prominence as part of The Cohort hip-hop crew alongside Keith […]

The Daily Front Row rolled out the red carpet on Thursday night for the Fashion Los Angeles Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The evening, hosted by funnyman Matt Rogers, honored designer Betsey Johnson with the lifetime achievement award. Demi Moore’s stylist Brad Goreski was named style curator of the year while Tyra Banks was […]

Black Bear CEO Teddy Schwarzman and NPR host Ailsa Chang are set to be honored by the Pacific Council on International Policy, Variety can exclusively announce. The gala is set for May 8 at the Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills. As part of the Council’s 30th anniversary and theme revolving around the power of storytelling, Schwarzman […]

Chanel is funding a new Chanel Center for Artists and Technology at the California Institute of the Arts, which is slated to begin work this fall. The Center, at the Santa Clarita, Calif. campus, is aimed at providing CalArts students, faculty, and visiting fellows across the creative disciplines access to leading tech for research, experimentation […]

After a record-breaking Super Bowl LIX with more than 127 million TV viewers back in February, the new 2025-26 NFL regular season begins with the NFL Draft with a new slate of rookies entering the pro football league. The Tennessee Titans are expected to select Miami Hurricanes-star quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick. […]

The former roommate of Miriam Haley, one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, took the stand on Thursday at the former Hollywood producer’s retrial in New York City. Elizabeth Entin, who lived with Haley in the East Village in 2006, recalled that Haley confided in her during the summer of that year about an alleged sexual assault […]

Nicholas Sparks, the prolific and popular novelist behind “The Notebook” and many other titles, outlined his rules for writing compelling romance stories during his appearance Thursday at Variety‘s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte. Sparks divulged some secrets for crafting a satisfying story. The first question he asks himself when he sits down to write […]

Musical duo Sons of Raphael has released the full-length version of “Nights Are for Love,” the main title theme from Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s new ballet series “Étoile.” The atmospheric dance-pop track was produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk fame, and is out now alongside another Sons of Raphael song featured in “Étoile,” […]

The 2025 Tribeca Festival is launching a new immersive exhibit focusing on technology titled “In Search of Us,” featuring 11 projects, which include six world premieres. In partnership with Onassis ONX and Agog: The Immersive Media Institute, “In Search of Us” will highlight futurism, activism, video games, XR and music. The selected projects all utilized AI, XR, multi-media […]