'Vanderpump Rules' To Take Break, Won't Pick Up Cameras During Normal Summer Filming Schedule

EXCLUSIVE: Willy Wonka, the eccentric founder of the Wonka Chocolate Factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has been played by Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet on the big screen.

Zombieverse, including Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon, singer Kwon Eun-bi and more.Today (May 9), Netflix revealed the first round of cast members for season two of its popular reality TV show, Zombieverse. Among them are several K-pop idols, including Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, former IZ*ONE member Kwon Eun-bi and Yook Sung-jae of boyband BtoB.Joining them on the Netflix series are music producer Code Kunst, rapper Defconn, comedian Je Se-ho, South Korean civil servant Kim Seon-tae and American celebrity chef Andre Rush.

The Office is to begin filming this summer.Peacock announced today (May 8) that the new, and as yet untitled, series will not be a reboot, as per previous rumours, but will be instead set in the same universe as the US version of the hit show. It will feature a new cast and have its own storyline.The US Office – a reboot of the British mockumentary series starring and created by Ricky Gervais – ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013, and followed fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Khloé Kardashian‘s son Tatum Thompson has so many similarities to her younger brother Rob Kardashian that she wanted to make doubly sure — er, triply sure — that the two weren’t anything more than uncle and nephew. Seriously.

Jack Dunn Bravo has set the date for the “Vanderpump Rules” three part-reunion, which premieres May 14 at 8 p.m. ET with extended and uncensored versions available to stream the next day on Peacock. The reunion will feature Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz and Brock Davies with Andy Cohen serving as host.

NewFest, a New York LGBTQ+ film and media organization, revealed the full lineup for their fourth annual NewFest Pride summer film series. NewFest’s five-day festival kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month from May 30 – June 3, 2024, in-person in New York and streaming throughout the United States, and will feature a mix of premieres and conversations, virtual screenings, and social events. The announcement came today from NewFest’s Executive Director David Hatkoff and Director of Programming Nick McCarthy.“It’s no accident that this year’s NewFest Pride starts on May 30; it’s part of our not-so-secret mission to celebrate Pride 365 days a year,” said NewFest Executive Director David Hatkoff. “We can’t wait to provide a space for the community to come together for bold new films and series, thought-provoking conversations, and joyful social gatherings. This moment calls for celebration and resistance, and we intend to offer opportunities for both in equal measure.”

with your significant other, there’s something equally magical about traveling with mom in tow. But mother-daughter getaways when you’re both adults take on a different flavor (and are way different than ).

EXCLUSIVE: New Line‘s horror thriller Weapons has rounded out its cast with the addition of Benedict Wong (3 Body Problem), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives).

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Meryl Streep will receive the honorary Palme d’Or on the opening night of the 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival, Variety has learned. Luring the Oscar winner is yet another feat for this Cannes edition, which will bring together a flurry Hollywood legends. Notably, George Lucas will receive the honorary Palme d’Or during the closing ceremony; Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada” are playing in competition; and George Miller‘s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga” are playing out of competition.

EXCLUSIVE: More theatrical product for 2024 as Amazon MGM Studios‘ Orion Pictures has dated the feature take of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Nickel Boys for October 25. It’s a limited theatrical release on a date that also includes Sony’s Venom: The Last Dance and Cinedigm’s Terrifier 3.

Julie Seabaugh Comedy constantly shifts and changes, and tenets that might have applied years ago are also on the move. Variety spoke to some comics about everything from social media to cancel culture to figure out the new rules of the comedy scene. Live wherever. New York too expensive? Los Angeles too soul-crushing? Austin … too Texas? Touring headliners now regularly hail from more efficient hubs in Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota or anywhere else with Wi-Fi.

Greta Gerwig has her jury. This evening, the Cannes Film Festival revealed the rest of the nine-member jury filled with festival veterans and Academy members.

A wide ranging list of honorees were announced today for the Critics Choice Association‘s inaugural Celebration Of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television which will take place during Pride Month on Friday June 7, 2024 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Following the event it will stream on HereTV, the first and largest LGBTQ+ TV and streaming service in the USA. Actress, writer, and comedian Sherry Cola (Joy Ride, Shortcomings, Good Trouble) will host.

With the AFM heading to Las Vegas, a group of indie filmmakers are aiming to launch a “new film market and entertainment industry convention” in LA this October.

died by suicide in February 2023, the country star performed for the first time since his death on Monday night.The occasion for her triumphant comeback was the “Walkin’ After Midnight” tribute to Patsy Cline at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium.“How we doin’ tonight, y’all? I’d be lying if I didn’t say I’m incredibly nervous right now,” she said in a video shared via TikTok while addressing the crowd. “It’s been the first time I’ve been up on stage in a while.”To make it even more of an emotional moment, the 2006 “American Idol” alum even sang a song that she co-wrote with her late husband: “The Woman I Am.”“My husband and I actually wrote this song together, gosh, over a decade ago,” she said.

Kellie Pickler is back.

Jon Snow may know nothing, as the famous line from Game of Thrones goes. But the actor who played him, Kit Harington, knows he is happy to step outside the hero role and flex another side of his acting chops.

Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon was left questioning if it was her in a selfie sent to her by one of her castmates as she was left mistaken for an American star. As fans of the ITV soap know, the actress is famed for playing Maria Windass - nee Sutherland.

Thania Garcia The Latin Grammys will happen in Miami this year, marking the Spanish-language awards show’s return to the United States just one year after it made a controversial move to Spain. The 25th annual show will air live from the Kaseya Center on Nov. 14.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Talk about nepo babies. “Abigail,” a blood-sucking thriller about the daughter of Dracula, arguably the most famous vampire in history, is poised to lead at the domestic box office. The R-rated movie, from Universal Pictures, is aiming for $12 million to $15 million from 3,300 North American theaters in its first weekend of release.