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This week’s cover story:
Sex, Love and War: How the Racy Gay Epic ‘La Bola Negra’ Could Win Netflix’s First Best Picture Oscar
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Peter Chan Rules Out AI-Generated Content, Says Feature Films Will Survive the Rise of Vertical Dramas variety.com/2026/film/festiv…
‘Ebenezer’ Creates a Real Venmo Profile for Scrooge, Which Looks to Be Accepting Money But Not Dishing It Out variety.com/2026/film/news/e…
Ellen Burstyn is just one Grammy away from EGOT status, and her audiobook, “Poetry Says It Better: Poems to Help You Wake Up,” could be her way to achieving it.
"It is thrilling. I understand only six women have ever gotten an EGOT. That’s quite a special event, so I’m all for it," Burstyn says.
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Michael Gray, star of the 1970s “Shazam!” television series, has died at 75.
In 1974, he joined the cast of “Shazam!” as Billy Batson, starring alongside John Davey and Les Tremayne in the series, which ran for three seasons until 1976.
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“Wildwood” director Travis Knight on the movie taking 16 years to complete:
“Sixteen years is a long time,” Knight said. “As I’ve said before, this film is old enough to have driven me to the premiere tonight. But it’s a funny thing because it’s a big fantasy story. It’s a big sweeping adventure story. It’s a beautiful extravaganza. It’s an epic, but that’s not something that sustains you for 16 years."
He continued, “At the heart of it, it has to be something that means something to you and that’s the thing I’m most proud of is that underneath it all, it is something that is really heartfelt, it’s beautiful, it’s emotional and that’s the thing I hope audiences take away from this.”
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Michael Gray, Star of 'Shazam!' TV Series, Dies at 75 variety.com/2026/tv/people-n…
Sacha Baron Cohen's "Ali G: Who Iz I?" feels like his overblown version of a "Saturday Night Live" movie, reads Variety's review.
"The film is so busy working to justify its existence that it makes the mistake of pretending that Ali G 'matters.'"
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CBS Premiere Week Multiplatform Ratings See Big Year-Over-Year Increases (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/tv/news/cbs…
Ellen Burstyn expresses dismay over Mike Flanagan’s “The Exorcist” reboot coming next year.
“Isn’t there enough already of the ‘Exorcist’ thing?” she exclaims. “It’s enough already.”
Read the full Variety Awards Circuit story: variety.com/2026/film/news/e…
Raye has won the 2026 Mercury prize for her second studio album, “This Music May Contain Hope,” beating out Olivia Dean, Paul McCartney and others for the prize.
The Mercury Prize is intended to recognize the best music from the U.K. and Ireland.
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Raye Wins Mercury Prize for Album of the Year variety.com/2026/music/news/…
“Wildwood” director Travis Knight calls AI an “amazing piece of technology” but says, “I’m not embracing it at all.”
“I see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer is technology. Technology is useful when you put it in the hands of people, when you put it in the hands of artists who can amplify their voice."
“Technology is not useful when it takes the place of the artist, and that’s the concern with generative AI,” he continued. “It’s an amazing piece of technology, but the concern is that when it supplants the artist, then we have an issue because the computer cannot speak about humanity at all. It doesn’t know what it feels like.”
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‘Wildwood’ Director Travis Knight on AI: 'An Amazing Piece of Technology’ But ‘I’m Not Embracing It at All’ variety.com/2026/film/column…
John Mayer Sets Up His Own Label, Sob Rock Records, in Partnership With Mercury to Release First New Solo Music in Five Years variety.com/2026/music/news/…
Laika’s First PG-13 Film, Brad Bird’s Neo-Noir and an Alzheimer’s Memoir: Animation’s Revolution Isn’t for Kids variety.com/2026/film/awards…
Jenna Ortega does not watch her own movies or read her reviews ("that would send me into a psychosis") or check her box office updates ("I don’t want it to become a numbers thing").
Ortega used to rely on social media to gauge how her movies were doing, but she does it “less and less” because “so much of what you see on there nowadays is just garbage AI,” plus “we all look at ourselves too much.” (via Vogue)
She also plans to "be off the TV for a while" after "Wednesday" ends: You know I had many years doing [TV]. I was bouncing from show to show as a kid and I want to leave time for new things.” (via Happy Sad Confused)
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Chaka Khan to Be Honored at Soul Train Awards (TV News Roundup) variety.com/2026/tv/news/tv-…
'Line of Fire' Gets Full 18-Episode Season Order at NBC variety.com/2026/tv/news/lin…
