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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Countless stories have been told about the male-dominated culture of drug kingpins such as Pablo Escobar and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, but little has been written about female Columbian drug lord Griselda Blanco. “Every story you’ve ever heard about Griselda is that she’s a demon and monster, but it’s never that simple,” says “Griselda” executive producer and showrunner Eric Newman.

Jack Dunn Netflix has unveiled the premiere date for the animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft,” based on the iconic action-adventure video game franchise. The show hits the streamer Oct. 10 with Hayley Atwell taking on the titular role of the intrepid British archaeologist.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There’s going to be a massive fight in the “Garden State” with UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In building the world of Netflix’s “Ripley,” production designer David Gropman needed to incorporate grand Italian train stations and works of art from the early 1960s. The series, shot in black and white, is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” about a con artist named Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), who befriends a wealthy shipping heir, Dickie Greenleaf, played by Johnny Flynn.

Hunter Ingram The team behind “Girls5eva” has gotten used to being texted song demos out of the blue. Series creator Meredith Scardino regularly sends music supervisor (and fellow executive producer) Jeff Rich- mond and his team voice memos singing her lyrics to the show’s latest absurd songs, such as “Home Alone Doorknob” or “Sweet’N Low Daddy.” By season’s end, Sara Bareilles also gets in on the fun.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “The Regime” showrunner Stephen Frears is a man of few words when it comes to music — at least according to award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat. But that wasn’t a bad thing. The two had previously collaborated, and Desplat liked that approach, as it gave him free reign to come up with compositions that he could bring back to the director.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music For a variety of reasons, one of the biggest stories in entertainment this year has been the precarious state of Jennifer Lopez’s “This Is Me… Now” tour, which was finally put out of its misery yesterday. The tour, announced in February, came as part of “This Is Me… Now,” a massive, self-celebrating, and honestly rather hubristic album/ tour/ two-film project essentially about herself and her romantic reunion with actor Ben Affleck.

Hunter Ingram After “The Morning Show” began its third season last fall, showrunner Charlotte Stoudt received a text message from “a very well-known anchor on a national news network” with some constructive criticism. This unnamed person had seen Episode 3, in which June Diane Raphael makes her debut as the anchor of Eagle News, a fictional conservative news network that is seen reporting on an internal scandal at UBA, the network that employs Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s characters. With a smile on her face, Raphael’s anchor reads incriminating emails sent by the UBA board president (Holland Taylor).

Robert De Niro loves his baby girl!!

Georgie Campbell’s husband is remembering her with lots of love after her tragic death.

website. “Tickets will be refunded at the point of sale.”Last weekend, Minaj was arrested by Dutch authorities after allegedly attempting to fly out of Amsterdam with marijuana joints in her bag.

tattoo.In a hilarious new interview with The Talk, explained the meaning behind her two tiny tattoos after roasting her son Manolo's own ink. Manolo Gonzalez Vergara is the star's only child, whom she shares with her first husband Joe Gonzalez.During their joint appearance, Vergara jokingly threatened to leave the studio after her son revealed that he has 34 tattoos, telling the hosts, “I gave him this beautiful Latin dark skin and now you can't see anything!” When Manolo pointed out that Vergara has a couple tattoos of her own, the 51-year-old actor immediately displayed two tiny initials on her wrists.“Look how little,” Vergara defended herself, explaining that one of the tattoos honors her late brother, while the “J” initial was dedicated to her second .

Hairspray actress Nikki Blonsky is a married woman!

Jennifer Lopez might not be heading out on tour anymore, but she’s still putting in some work at the dance studio.

So many stories on soap operas revolve around relationships, and it turns out that just as many romances take place on the sets of these famed sudsers.

Caroline Manzo shared details about the alleged encounter she had with Brandi Glanville in court documents.

Believe it or not, the Harry Potter film franchise ended 13 years ago with The Deathly Hallows Part 2. All of these years later, Hogwarts’ most talented young witches and wizards are all grown up.

The Real Housewives of Dubai is returning this weekend!

Growing up in a deprived area of north Manchester, Ste McGrath was no stranger to hard work and resilience.

Those who wear makeup on the regular will understand the struggle of wearing a face of glam when the sun is shining. Often we have to sacrifice a full beat in favour of lighter products that won't melt off from the sun.

Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid are set to play their final Champions League match under the current format tonight, as UEFA's controversial "Swiss model" is due to start from the next season.

Friends and family of a student who ‘brought a ray of light into every room’ have shared their heartbreak after he was tragically found dead at his home.

Police have issued an appeal for witnesses to come forward after a crash in Stockport town centre left an elderly pedestrian with ‘serious injuries’.

Eamonn Holmes let fans in on his personal relationships in a conversation on GB news before announcing his split from Ruth Langsford. During a chat with co-host Isabel Webster, they reminisced about past disagreements.

As part of the “World Outlander Day” celebration, Starz has set the premiere for the second half of Outlander Season 7 for Friday, November 22. New episodes will drop weekly on Fridays at midnight ET on the Starz app, Starz streaming and on-demand. On linear, new episodes will debut at 8 PM ET/PT on Starz in the U.S.

Dead & Company honored the late Bill Walton, “the biggest Deadhead in the World,” during their Thursday night performance at the Las Vegas Sphere.

Netflix has slotted October 10 for the premiere of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, its anime series with Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter) voicing the title role. The streamer also released a new teaser trailer for the series from Legendary Television, which you can watch above.

Stephen King has posted a brief tribute to podcaster Scott Wampler, who co-hosted the popular Kingcast, which focused on discussions of King’s works.

SATURDAY AM WRITETHRU: After a poor Memorial Day weekend, we have a poor post-holiday period, with all titles grossing an estimated $68.6M, -66% from a year ago, when Sony proved superhero movies weren’t dead with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse contributing to a marketplace that grossed $205.1M.

For the last three decades, the multi-hyphenate Lisa Ann Walter, who began her career in stand-up comedy, made her mark as a character actor in films such as Bruce Almighty, Eddie and Shall We Dance? However, for most millennials, Walter is best known for playing Chessy, the beloved nanny in Nancy Meyer’s The Parent Trap. These days, nearly a quarter of a century later, Walter has emerged in the spotlight on ABC’s award-winning mockumentary Abbott Elementary, where she plays the Italian-American spitfire Melissa Schemmenti, a second and third-grade teacher at an underfunded Philadelphia public school. Here, she discusses the joys of playing the elementary school teacher and her own educational upbringing.