Best Prime Day Apple Deals 2026: iPad, Apple Watch, Airpods and More

Best Prime Day Apple Deals 2026: iPad, Apple Watch, Airpods and More

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Apple deals are always among the most sought-after discounts during Prime Day — largely because they don’t happen that often. Unlike many tech brands that regularly slash prices on their own sites, Apple rarely … Read more

‘Adventure Time: Bubblegum and Marceline’ Gets HBO Max Order

‘Adventure Time: Bubblegum and Marceline’ Gets HBO Max Order

In some of the biggest news to come out of Annecy this year, “Adventure Time” has a new spinoff: animated series “Adventure Time: Bubblegum and Marceline” which, in another Annecy announcement, has been given a 10-episode straight to series order from HBO Max.  The new “Adventure Time” spinoff is being produced in partnership with Cartoon … Read more

Ludovic Attal Has Been Appointed President of Sipur Studios

Ludovic Attal Has Been Appointed President of Sipur Studios

Shari Redstone’s production outfit Sipur has appointed former Amazon MGM Studios executive Ludovic Attal as president. Attal, who will work alongside Sipur co-founders Emilio Schenker and Gideon Tadmor, is the latest senior hire since the appointment of Legendary Entertainment’s Deborah Kaufmann as chief of global content in February. “Bad Boy” producer Sipur has been embarking … Read more

Australia spy chief warns of Iran terror threat

Australia spy chief warns of Iran terror threat

An Australian citizen living in Iran who was a senior member of its Revolutionary Guards orchestrated a major antisemitic firebomb attack in Sydney, Australia’s spy chief said Wednesday. Giving an annual threat assessment, Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), said he was also concerned that an Iranian group active in Europe … Read more

Netflix Teases ‘The One Piece,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ Delights Annecy Crowds

Netflix Teases ‘The One Piece,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ Delights Annecy Crowds

In what has turned in the last years as the most-watched Wednesday Annecy showcase, Netflix today revealed new details of its upcoming animation slate for 2026 and beyond, fresh off the Annecy Bonlieu theater stage where a wave of guests enchanted animation fans from all over the world. Headlining this presentation, two-time Academy Award winner … Read more

London police to extend use of live facial recognition, drones

London police to extend use of live facial recognition, drones

London’s Metropolitan Police force said Wednesday it will expand the use of drones, artificial intelligence and live facial recognition technology, which has been criticised by rights campaigners. The scale-up plan involves rolling out static facial recognition across central London and having drone coverage in every London borough in a year’s time, the Met said in … Read more

Phoebe Bridgers Announces New Album, ‘Lost Weekend’

Phoebe Bridgers Announces New Album, ‘Lost Weekend’

As expected, Phoebe Bridgers has announced her third full-length solo album, “Lost Weekend,” arriving August 14 on Dead Oceans. The announcement follows a series of concerts where the singer debuted her first new material in three years, culminating in a phone-free show at New York’s Madison Square Garden and the unveiling of a fall tour … Read more