Get to Know Broadway's 'Parade' Breakout Star Alex Joseph Grayson with These 10 Fun Facts! (Exclusive)

Addie Morfoot Contributor Drafthouse Films has acquired global distribution rights to Alex Winter’s documentary “The YouTube Effect.”The film, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, explores the ascension and potential fall of YouTube, the world’s most popular video-sharing website. In the docu, YouTubers, reporters, and experts weigh in on the platform, its algorithms as well as privacy and ethical issues the site presents.“The YouTube Effect” will open exclusively with Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas on July 7 before expanding to theaters nationwide on July 14. Several films directed by Winter, who starred alongside Keanu Reeves in the original “Bill and Ted” movie and its sequels, have played at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in recent years, including “Zappa,” “Panama Papers” and “Deep Web.”

Marta Balaga The Fantastic Pavilion, a new hub for the genre community set to make its debut at this year’s Cannes’ Marché du Film, has revealed its seven Gala screenings. Over May 16-21, industry professionals will get to “appreciate the diversity of genre offerings coming from all over the world,” tease the organizers. They will also be able to create new alliances and acquire titles from companies like Raven Banner, MPI Media, Screenbound and Mantícora. “The reason for the Pavilion is that we needed space to do better business and help newcomers integrate more easily, and faster, into this constantly growing industry,” says Fantastic Pavilion executive director Pablo Guisa Koestinger. “Genre needs to take the place it deserves and it’s Fantastic Pavilion’s mission to help to achieve this.”

features the return of one of the franchise's most controversial couples — Gino and Jasmine. In this exclusive first look at the brand new season premiering June 4 on TLC, Gino and Jasmine are seen in yet another explosive argument and seven brand new couples are introduced.During their previous season, 34-year-old Jasmine and 52-year-old Gino had no shortage of drama including her catching him on a sugar daddy website, and producers having to intervene at one point when she physically attacked him after finding out he sent topless pictures of her meant only for him to his ex.

Drag Me To Dinner — and it sounds like it’s going to be messy, stunning, and so much fun. The upcoming reality program is scheduled to premiere on the streamer on May 31.The show is described as a “send-up” of traditional reality competition shows, so you know it’s going to be silly.Each episode of Drag Me To Dinner features two teams of two well-known and beloved drag queens competing to host the most extravagant and fabulous dinner parties they can.The first season of the show is set to run for 10 episodes, and it promises to be a wild ride from start to finish.A post shared by Bianca Del Rio (@thebiancadelrio)Each Drag Me To Dinner episode will revolve around a particular theme, which the pairs will have to adhere to as they plan their soirees.They will then be judged on their food and drink choices, their design and decor, and their entertainment options and the overall atmosphere of the party.The judges for the show include Neil Patrick Harris, drag superstar and Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio, as well as Haneefah Wood.

On last night's episode of The Chase, one lucky Scot took home the jackpot after beating The Sinnerman.

The biggest stars currently on Broadway were all at the 2023 Met Gala!

Shalini Dore Features News Editor As the second season of Hulu’s “Taste the Nation” starts streaming May 5, executive producer and host Padma Lakshmi again takes viewers among the immigrant communities in the U.S. via their taste buds. Lakshmi spoke with Variety for AAPI Month ahead of the show’s season premiere. She says she and her team get lots of invitations from around the country asking them to visit and highlight the communities. This season they visit Puerto Rico, the Appalachians, the Afghan community in Washington, D.C., as well as Filipinos in the Bay Area. “We don’t just go into a community, visit them and we’re out and then rinse and repeat in the next town,” she says. “We’re looking at the larger issue of immigration in the country that is so integral to the foundation of our modern republic but also through the ever-evolving thing that is America. Immigration is so uniquely important to this country out of all the countries in the world and it’s what has made it its superpower.”

Dinner will be served at the end of May, and it’s going to be a real drag.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent AC Independent and The Veterans have teamed up on the film adaptation of William Sleator’s cult 1974 science fiction novel “House of Stairs.” The elevated genre movie will star Jacob Tremblay (“Room,” “Good Boys”) and will be directed by Wi Ding Ho, whose 2018 movie “Cities of Last Things” won a prize at Toronto in the competitive Platform section. “House of Stairs”‘s film adaptation is penned by Matthew McInerney-Lacombe (“ICBM”).  Set in a dystopian America in the near future, the high-concept film follows five 16-year-old orphans who wake up to find themselves in a strange building with no walls, no ceiling, and no floor: nothing but endless flights of stairs leading in every direction, seemingly infinite. To find an exit, the five teenagers must learn to deal with the others’ disparate personalities, the lack of privacy and comfort, their clear helplessness, and a machine that only feeds them under increasingly ominous situations.

after tying the knot for a second time. Toni, 30, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the sad news with her fans and posted a statement, where she said she and Alex, 33, had made the "difficult decision" to divorce. In a post shared with her 4.

Model Toni Garrn and Magic Mike star Alex Pettyfer have split, just months after tying the knot for a second time.Toni, 30, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the sad news with her fans and posted a statement, where she said she and Alex, 33, had made the "difficult decision" to divorce. In a post shared with her 4.6 million followers on her Instagram Stories, the mum of one said: "Alex and I have made the difficult decision to divorce.

EXCLUSIVE: Zoë Chao has signed with Entertainment 360 for representation. She most recently appeared in Netflix’s Your Place Or Mine opposite Reese Witherspoon. She will next be seen in Hulu’s Nightbitch opposite Amy Adams and can currently be seen in the Party Down reboot for Starz. In March, SXSW premiered the independent film If You Were The Last, starring Chao and Anthony Mackie.

is ready to share the classic J.M. Barrie tale with a whole new generation — and only ET has a behind-the-scenes look!Disney's latest live-action adaptation soars onto Disney+ on April 28, but until then, fans can take a look at the film's epic set in this exclusive tour of Captain Hook's famous ship, the Jolly Roger.And leading the tour? None other than the titular stars of the film: Alexander Molony, who plays Peter, and Ever Anderson, who stars as Wendy Darling.

Ben Jackson Walker is one of the hot young stars of the new Broadway musical & Juliet and he’s the final feature in our 10 Fun Facts series!

Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton have a chemistry that is unmatched and has fascinated viewers since The Real Housewives of Miami made its debut in 2011. The reality TV personalities have landed a new podcast called Ay Por Favor (“Oh, please”) that is set to drop starting April 18.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and online influencer Alexis Ren has signed with WME in all areas.

Coronation Street star Alexandra Mardell has married Joe Parker two years after first getting engaged. The actress, who portrayed Emma Brooker in the ITV soap, exchanged vows with Joe at The Tithe Barn in Bolton Abbey, in Skipton, North Yorkshire on March 19. A number of the Alexandra’s Corrie colleagues were in attendance, including Sair Khan, who plays Alya Nazir, in addition to Daisy Midgeley star Charlotte Jordan, as was The Traitor’s star Maddy Smedley.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The global impact of traditional tattooing and the need to end its stigma is explored in upcoming feature-documentary “Treasure of the Rice Terraces,” directed by Filipino-Canadian Kent Donguines. The film sees Donguines embark on a journey of self-discovery and record the oral history recounted by 106-year-old Indigenous tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od, who was recently an unlikely cover star of Vogue Philippines. The film explores how the old practises in the Kalinga region, once banned and despised in Philippine society, have now evolved into a chic and in-demand type of body art that has become a source of pride and belonging for many Filipinos. It also delves into the issues of stolen mummified bodies, cultural appropriation, stigmatization, and discrimination faced by tattooed individuals.

Coronation Street star wrote: “Due to recent personal life events, I will be taking a break from all forms of social media. I’m sure you can all understand. I will still be around however, because of certain numbers of comments made on the recent articles, and numerous other personal reasons, I will stepping away for a while to work on myself and personal healing.

Prime Video has rounded out the fifth and final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with a stellar list of guest stars and a key recurring.Hank Azaria (Brockmire), Sutton Foster (The Music Man), Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Danny Strong (Dopesick) and Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) are joining the fifth and final season as guest stars with David Paymer returning to reprise his role as Harry Drake. Additionally, Tony-nominated Alexander Gemignani (Carousel) has been tapped for a heavily recurring role in Season 5. Character details, other than Paymer, are not being revealed.