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Jafar Panahi’s One-Year Prison Sentence Upheld by Iranian Court

Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has upheld a one-year prison sentence against Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi who in December had been sentenced in absentia on charges of engaging in propaganda activities against the Iranian state. Panahi’s lawyer Mostafa Nili announced the decision by the court to reject the director’s appeal during a press briefing in Tehran on […]

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Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Scores Franchise-Best $55 Million Opening, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Stumbles With $29.3 Million

It’s a horror trifecta. Paramount’s “Scary Movie” ruled at box office with $55 million in its opening weekend, extending an unexpected streak for, well, scary movies in the height of summer movie season. The R-rated parody was joined at the top of North American charts by “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” two horror films that captured lightning […]

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Tribeca 2026 After Hours: A Guide to the Fest’s Best After Parties and Events

As New York City braces for a stretch of 80-degree days this week, Tribeca’s 25th anniversary edition is also bringing some serious heat to New York’s after-hours circuit. Running June 3-14, this year’s festival opened with Questlove’s new Earth, Wind & Fire documentary and a live performance from Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots at […]

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Paul Anthony Kelly and Patrick Ball on Surviving ‘The Pitt’ Panic Attacks, Going Left-Handed to Become JFK Jr. and Playing Emotional TV Heartthrobs

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. Paul Anthony Kelly plays his first-ever professional acting role in “Love Story,” where he takes on the role of John F. Kennedy Jr. in […]

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Tribeca Festival Condemns Palestinian ‘Dog Rape’ Joke Made on ‘The Wedding Entertainer’ Red Carpet: ‘Human Suffering Should Never Be Mocked’

The Tribeca Festival has condemned the jokes made on the red carpet of “The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)” by comedian Elon Gold and influencer Lizzy Savetsky about the rape of Palestinians, calling them “offensive and unacceptable.” In a clip that was widely shared on social media, drawing outrage, Gold noted that the […]

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Scott Pelley Presses Paramount to Remove CBS News Chief Bari Weiss: ‘CBS News is On Fire’

Former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley suggested in an interview with The New York Times that CBS News parent Paramount Skydance remove Bari Weiss as the leader of the news division, alleging in an emotional exchange that “television’s not her thing” and her inexperience with the medium and her belief that mainstream media is biased […]

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Scott Pelley Thanks Fans for Support After ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘You Are the Wind in My Sails’

Unemployment looks good on former “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, who took to Instagram on Saturday to thank his fans for their support after the program’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, fired him after an explosive confrontation. “To all of you who have been so kind, you are the wind in my sails. So deeply […]

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John C. Reilly Tried to Convince Leonardo DiCaprio to Pass on ‘Titanic’: ‘No One’s Going to Give a S— About Who’s on the Boat’

John C. Reilly recently told Ted Danson on the “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast that he tried to convince Leonardo DiCaprio to turn down “Titanic” and instead star in “Boogie Nights,” written and directed by his good friend Paul Thomas Anderson. Reilly said he and Anderson were “thick as thieves” after collaborating on Anderson’s […]

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From ‘Scream 2’ and ‘Monster’ to ‘Big Mistakes,’ How Laurie Metcalf Has Mastered the Art of the Complicated Mother

Laurie Metcalf arrived for the first day of filming Netflix’s “Big Mistakes” with something she needed to get off her chest. She doesn’t recall where she said it, but it was probably in the hair and makeup trailer sitting next to series co-creator and her co-star Dan Levy. “We had just barely met at that […]

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Patrick Godfrey, ‘Ever After: A Cinderella Story’ Star, Dies at 93

Patrick Godfrey, an English actor who played Leonardo da Vinci in the 1998 fantasy film “Ever After: A Cinderella Story,” died on Thursday. He was 93. Godfrey’s death was announced on June 5 via a statement from his talent agency, Markham Froggatt & Irwin. The statement read, “It is with great sadness that we can […]

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Best Horror of June 2026: ‘Scary Movie’ Returns, Spielberg Revisits Aliens, Javier Bardem Tackles Another Villain Role and More

Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the executive digital director of Variety and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at wearl@variety.com if there’s something I should check out for next month’s missive.

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How ‘Masters of the Universe’ Composer Daniel Pemberton Created the ‘Unashamedly Fun’ Theme — With the Help of Brian May’s Red Special Guitar

The only way Daniel Pemberton, who elects not to work on many franchise films or sequels, was going to get on board with scoring the new “Masters of the Universe” film was if he could create Queen and ABBA-inspired music. Thankfully, not only was that the exact sound director Travis Knight wanted, but while recording […]

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How AMC Is Relaunching ‘Interview With the Vampire’ as ‘The Vampire Lestat’ — Complete With Rock Concert, Major Marketing Tie-Ins and 20 Original Songs

Sam Reid isn’t a rock star, but he plays one on TV. Although, anyone who attended the June 2 premiere party for “The Vampire Lestat” at New York’s Beacon Theatre could have sworn Reid was the real deal. In full character as the show’s vampire-turned-rocker Lestat de Lioncourt, Reid performed six original songs from the […]

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Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Starts Strong With $24.7 Million on Friday; ‘Masters of the Universe’ Takes Second With $11.7 Million

“Scary Movie 6” is on pace to set a franchise record after a stellar opening day. Paramount and Miramax’s “Scary Movie 6,” the first in the parody series helmed by the Wayans brothers since 2001’s “Scary Movie 2,” grossed $24.7 million domestic on Friday from 3,490 cinemas. By Sunday, the irreverent horror-comedy is expected to […]

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‘House of the Dragon’ Showrunner on Season 3’s Battle of the Gullet: ‘This Sequence Is Unlike Anything That’s Ever Been Done in Television Before’

“House of the Dragon” showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal told a whooping audience at Shoreditch Town Hall in East London that Season 3 would deliver on the promise of the preceding season, and that the Battle of the Gullet sequence that kicks off the new season “is unlike anything that’s ever been done in television […]

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‘Office Romance’ Star Betty Gilpin on Using a Prosthetic Vagina for Her Birthing Scene: ‘I Was Pretty Freaked Out’

Betty Gilpin is opening up about her birthing scene in the new Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein romantic comedy “Office Romance.” “Honestly, I was pretty freaked out when I first saw the prosthetic vagina,” Gilpin told me at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. “I had a nervous breakdown and then I was like, ‘Oh, but […]

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Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn on ‘Scandal’ Fans Telling Them to Run for President and Why Fitz and Olivia Are Still Together — and in Couples Therapy

From 2012 through 2018, Kerry Washington played Washington, D.C.—fixer Olivia Pope alongside Tony Goldwyn’s President Fitzgerald Grant on “Scandal,” the Shonda Rhimes-created sensation. Olivia and Fitz — “Olitz” to their superfans — couldn’t stay away from each other, never mind that he was married and the president of the United States and that they met when […]

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Jodie Foster Says Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro ‘Couldn’t Stop Giggling’ While Teaching Her How to Unzip a Fly on ‘Taxi Driver’ Set: ‘They Were Just So Nervous’

Jodie Foster reminisced about her time playing 12-year-old prostitute Iris in “Taxi Driver” alongside Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Paul Schrader during the film’s 50th anniversary reunion at the Tribeca Festival. One memory that remains “seared in [her] memory” is arriving on set and finding Scorsese and De Niro unable to stop giggling as […]

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Madonna On Technology Ruining the Concert Experience: ‘Put Your F–king Phones Down and Connect’

On Friday night, Madonna and a dedicated legion of her fans descended upon the iconic Beacon Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the premiere of “Confessions II – The Film.” The screening was followed by a Q&A with the queen of pop herself, alongside directing duo TORSO, otherwise known as David Toro and Solomon […]

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Shivani Pandya Malhotra Steps Down as Managing Director of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

Shivani Pandya Malhotra has stepped down as general manager of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival after playing an instrumental role in building the event from scratch and, over the course of five editions, turning it into one of the Arab world’s most prominent festivals and the top movie market in the MENA [Middle East and North […]

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Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali, Soo Joo Park and More Celeb Pics From the Zegna Fashion Show (PHOTOS)

Italian fashion house Zegna took over the Malibu Pier Friday night to stage a summer fashion show. Guests were greeted by male models along the driveway dressed in white and carrying matching umbrellas. Inside, a crop of chiseled waiters offered colorful cocktails. The star-studded crowd included Rami Malek, Paul Dano, Mahershala Ali, Stellan Skarsgård, Roman […]

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‘Dutton Ranch’ Episode 5: Rip Agrees to Run Beulah’s Ranch, [SPOILER] Gets Shot to Death by the Cops and Rob-Will Returns to Cause Mayhem

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the fifth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Peaceful Find Peace,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. After last week’s dreary, cattle-slaughterin’ episode, it’s nice to have a soft reboot of the show, as Rip (Cole Hauser) offers to get the 10 Petal Ranch into shape for Beulah (Annette Bening). It’s […]

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‘Among Us’ Surprise: Animated TV Show Drops on Paramount+

Emergency meeting! The animated “Among Us” TV show has suddenly dropped on Paramount+, with all 10 episodes now available to stream in full. Series stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson made the surprise announcement Friday afternoon at the Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles. The announcement comes as a, well, surprise because there had […]

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Don’t Ask Sean Penn for a Selfie — Even If You’re a Holocaust Survivor

Sean Penn hates selfies and will not, under any circumstances, go to a public gathering with more than eight people — which is why he was noticeably absent from the recent 98th Academy Awards, where he won Best Supporting Actor (his third Oscar). The revelations came during a conversation between Penn and CNN anchor Kaitlin […]

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‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Is Peacock’s Most-Watched TV Debut Ever, With 23% of Viewership on Phones and Tablets

Season 8 of “Love Island USA” has achieved the most-watched debut for an original season of television ever on Peacock. The season, which premiered on June 2 and has released three episodes so far, has reached a total of 824 million minutes watched, according to first-party data from NBCUniversal. That’s a 74% increase compared to […]

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‘The Pitt’ Makeup Head Unpacks the Show’s Goriest Moments, From a Bloody Head Flap to Tongue Lacerations

“The Pitt’s” department head makeup artist Myriam Arougheti knew that after the success of the show’s first season, she would have to step things up a notch for season 2. The first season featured heart attacks, third-degree burns and an emergency thoracotomy. For Season 2, the challenge was to push boundaries and elevate the drama […]

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15 Best New Movies to Streaming in June 2026: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Forbidden Fruits’ and More

James Cameron and Pixar are set to deliver a blockbuster streaming month for Disney+ as “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “Hoppers” arrive on the platform after successful box office runs in movie theaters. Cameron’s “Fire and Ash” expands the universe of Pandora after two of the biggest movies in film history, “Avatar” and “Avatar: The […]

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Reed Hastings Officially Leaves Netflix Board, Jay Hoag Named Chairman

It’s a changing for the guard for Netflix’s board. Executive chairman Reed Hastings, the company’s co-founder who served as CEO for 25 years and drove it to become the world’s leading premium streamer, has officially departed the Netflix board following the June 4 annual shareholders meeting. The company has a search underway for a new […]

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Jon Hamm and ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Creator Unpack Season 2 Finale: That Explosive Death, Mel’s Revelation and Why No Character Is ‘Off Limits’ in Season 3

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The Night of the Hunter,” the Season 2 finale of “Your Friends & Neighbors,” now streaming on Apple TV. “Your Friends & Neighbors” now has one fewer neighbor. Leading up to the Season 2 finale, James Marsden’s shady billionaire Owen Ashe had tripped and fallen in his own […]

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Rhea Seehorn and ‘Pluribus’ Cast Debate the Hive Mind, Ask Burning Questions and Give Season 2 Update

To give into the hive mind or not? In “Pluribus,” book author Carol (Rhea Seehorn) and 11 other strangers are the only individuals left on Earth after everybody else mysteriously merges into what is called the hive mind – a collective joining of consciousness. Six months since the acclaimed first season finished airing on Apple […]

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Jafar Panahi’s One-Year Prison Sentence Upheld by Iranian Court

Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Scores Franchise-Best $55 Million Opening, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Stumbles With $29.3 Million

Tribeca 2026 After Hours: A Guide to the Fest’s Best After Parties and Events

Paul Anthony Kelly and Patrick Ball on Surviving ‘The Pitt’ Panic Attacks, Going Left-Handed to Become JFK Jr. and Playing Emotional TV Heartthrobs

Tribeca Festival Condemns Palestinian ‘Dog Rape’ Joke Made on ‘The Wedding Entertainer’ Red Carpet: ‘Human Suffering Should Never Be Mocked’

Scott Pelley Presses Paramount to Remove CBS News Chief Bari Weiss: ‘CBS News is On Fire’

Scott Pelley Thanks Fans for Support After ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘You Are the Wind in My Sails’

John C. Reilly Tried to Convince Leonardo DiCaprio to Pass on ‘Titanic’: ‘No One’s Going to Give a S— About Who’s on the Boat’

From ‘Scream 2’ and ‘Monster’ to ‘Big Mistakes,’ How Laurie Metcalf Has Mastered the Art of the Complicated Mother

Patrick Godfrey, ‘Ever After: A Cinderella Story’ Star, Dies at 93

Best Horror of June 2026: ‘Scary Movie’ Returns, Spielberg Revisits Aliens, Javier Bardem Tackles Another Villain Role and More

How ‘Masters of the Universe’ Composer Daniel Pemberton Created the ‘Unashamedly Fun’ Theme — With the Help of Brian May’s Red Special Guitar

How AMC Is Relaunching ‘Interview With the Vampire’ as ‘The Vampire Lestat’ — Complete With Rock Concert, Major Marketing Tie-Ins and 20 Original Songs

Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Starts Strong With $24.7 Million on Friday; ‘Masters of the Universe’ Takes Second With $11.7 Million

‘House of the Dragon’ Showrunner on Season 3’s Battle of the Gullet: ‘This Sequence Is Unlike Anything That’s Ever Been Done in Television Before’

‘Office Romance’ Star Betty Gilpin on Using a Prosthetic Vagina for Her Birthing Scene: ‘I Was Pretty Freaked Out’

Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn on ‘Scandal’ Fans Telling Them to Run for President and Why Fitz and Olivia Are Still Together — and in Couples Therapy

Jodie Foster Says Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro ‘Couldn’t Stop Giggling’ While Teaching Her How to Unzip a Fly on ‘Taxi Driver’ Set: ‘They Were Just So Nervous’

Madonna On Technology Ruining the Concert Experience: ‘Put Your F–king Phones Down and Connect’

Shivani Pandya Malhotra Steps Down as Managing Director of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

Rami Malek, Mahershala Ali, Soo Joo Park and More Celeb Pics From the Zegna Fashion Show (PHOTOS)

‘Dutton Ranch’ Episode 5: Rip Agrees to Run Beulah’s Ranch, [SPOILER] Gets Shot to Death by the Cops and Rob-Will Returns to Cause Mayhem

‘Among Us’ Surprise: Animated TV Show Drops on Paramount+

Don’t Ask Sean Penn for a Selfie — Even If You’re a Holocaust Survivor

‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Is Peacock’s Most-Watched TV Debut Ever, With 23% of Viewership on Phones and Tablets

‘The Pitt’ Makeup Head Unpacks the Show’s Goriest Moments, From a Bloody Head Flap to Tongue Lacerations

15 Best New Movies to Streaming in June 2026: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Hoppers,’ ‘Forbidden Fruits’ and More

Reed Hastings Officially Leaves Netflix Board, Jay Hoag Named Chairman

Jon Hamm and ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Creator Unpack Season 2 Finale: That Explosive Death, Mel’s Revelation and Why No Character Is ‘Off Limits’ in Season 3

Rhea Seehorn and ‘Pluribus’ Cast Debate the Hive Mind, Ask Burning Questions and Give Season 2 Update

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