Kit Harington and Peter Dinklage haven’t seen each other for seven years — not since the 2019 conclusion of “Game of Thrones,” the megahit HBO fantasy series that launched Harington’s career and cemented Dinklage’s, earning him three Emmys. But they spent the better part of a decade working together, enduring brutal conditions to tell an … Read more
The proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is approaching completion, but concerns around debt, execution risk, and long-term industry volatility loom large. On the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Naveen Sarma, sector lead for U.S. media and telecom at S&P Global, explained the rationale for the downgrade his agency gave the … Read more
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After a thrilling start of the F1 season in Canada, Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Team Mercedes won yet another race (his fourth of the season) gaining 131 points after 70 laps. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton … Read more
Expectations heading into this week showed projections of about 80,000 new jobs being created in the United States in May. As it turns out, according to the new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the totals far exceeded those expectations. CNBC reported: Job growth unexpectedly surged in May as the U.S. labor market continued … Read more
After more than three years of waging war against its neighbors, Israel appears to be more negatively regarded not only in the United States, where Israel’s image has been sinking since shortly after the outbreak of its war in Gaza in October 2023, but in the rest of the world as well. According to a … Read more
C hild prodigy, co-founder of the boy band Style Boyz, multiplatinum solo artist, pitchman for White Butt Jeans, record-holder for the most catchphrases dropped in a single song — Conner Friel, a.k.a. Conner4Real, is all of these things, and more. In fact, the faux pop star of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is such a … Read more
“Dear You,” the Teochew-dialect drama that has become one of China‘s defining box office stories of 2026, is heading to international markets starting June 18, with Damai Entertainment – the distributor formerly known as Alibaba Pictures – handling the worldwide theatrical release. Directed by Lan Hongchun, the family drama follows Xiaowei, a young grandson who … Read more
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This yen for experimentation can extend into brand partnerships. The meal I was least excited about in this season’s testing was actually the one I was initially most excited about. EveryPlate has been experimenting with a series of partnerships with boutique food brands, including New York Chinese–inspired dumpling brand Mimi Cheng’s. In this case, the … Read more
Brad Pitt is on set of the Amazon MGM Studios motorcycle race movie “Isle of Man,” starring Channing Tatum and Eve Hewson, on which cameras have started to roll just as the iconic race is taking place. Shooting has been underway for roughly a week on the small island nation in the Irish Sea island, where … Read more
OpenAI and Anthropic have battled for workers, customers, and public attention. The rival AI labs have been on opposite sides of policy proposals, and their CEOs were the only ones not to link hands among a dozen industry leaders at a business summit earlier this year. But they do have one big area of overlap: … Read more