Britain and Japan on Sunday sealed a sweeping economic and technological partnership, expected to generate over £18 billion ($24 billion) in investment, during a visit to London by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Takaichi held talks at his Downing Street office, ahead of them attending a G7 summit in … Read more
Boy George and Jon Moss open up about the skepticism and cruelty they faced during the early days of Culture Club in a new clip from Alison Ellwood’s documentary about the legendary English pop band. Formed in London in 1981, Culture Club’s first batch of songs came easily thanks to how well the members gelled, … Read more
“I’m just a girl who wants the last hug at the last Sphere show,” superfan Rodrigo requests of Gwen Stefani as band’s residency wrapped up Saturday No Doubt performed the final show of their 2026 Sphere residency Saturday in Las Vegas, where a surprise guest briefly joined them onstage: Olivia Rodrigo. Throughout the 18-show Sphere … Read more
Get ready for “Bloodaxe.” “We shot the first season last year and it’s spectacular,” writer and executive producer Michael Hirst, best known for “Vikings,” tells Variety at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. The second season of the historical drama – set in the 10th century – is already in the works. While “Vikings” fans will flock to … Read more
Andrey Zvyagintsev claimed the Sydney Film Prize on Sunday night for “Minotaur,” his thriller set against the backdrop of contemporary Russia, as the 73rd Sydney Film Festival wrapped its 12-day run at the State Theatre with what organizers described as the highest-selling festival in the event’s history. The AUD$60,000 ($42,200) prize – awarded for work … Read more
This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET. Colman Domingo and Sarah Pidgeon are true thespians. Both from theater backgrounds, they approach their television work with a certain grandeur … Read more
Maybe you’ve heard the news: YouTube is not going to kill the movies. It’s actually going to save the movies! In the span of two weeks this past May, two very different films arrived to upend the notion of will or won’t play big with multiplex audiences. One concerns a romantic dream come true that … Read more
My wife found this in a store and bought it for me a joke because it says “manly man smell like tree” on the box, which, I mean, you have to buy that. Sometimes a thing that seems like joke turns out not to be. Like this guide. The Last Call Shampoo bar is the … Read more
This doesn’t feel real. All New York Knicks fans have known for the last 53 years is heartbreak and humiliation. We were cursed. Jordan. Starks’ 2-18 in Game 7. Reggie. Ewing going down. Missing out on Steph by one pick. Rebuffing Jeremy Lin. Phil Jackson. Amar’e’s knees. The Unicorn jumping ship. The Zion draft. … Read more
The leaders of three of the world’s most influential film festivals told Shanghai on Sunday that the role of the festival circuit in discovering and developing new voices has never been more critical – and that personal connection, not data, remains the truest compass for identifying talent. Tricia Tuttle, director of the Berlin Film Festival, … Read more