Trump Media and Technology Group, operator of social-media platform Truth Social, reported a massive net loss for the first three months of 2026 and less than $1 million in total sales. For the first quarter, TMTG generated net sales of $871,200, up 6% year over year. The company reported a $405.9 million net loss and […]

The social satire “Our Hero, Balthazar” has an incredibly dark logline: A young man named Balthazar (Jaeden Martell), who spends time forcing tears for online videos lamenting gun violence, travels to Texas to intervene with a person who he believes to be a potential school shooter (Asa Butterfield). Despite the pitch-black premise, co-writer and director […]

Before “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” there was “Prognosis: Negative,” a film script written by Larry David in the 1980s that was never produced. Thanks to a Reddit user from Rochester, N.Y., a 1983 draft of the screenplay has been uploaded to the internet. (Read a PDF here.) The 24-year-old, named Jeremy Smith, bought the […]

It was mere hours before No Doubt kicked off its residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere when the emotional weight of the moment struck bassist Tony Kanal. “I had a good cry at soundcheck,” he tells Variety of the group’s Wednesday night performance, the first of 18 shows at the state-of-the-art venue through the end of […]

There’s a lot of sound and fury against David Ellison’s pending $111 billion megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery. But what changes to the current terms of the pact will it signify — if any? Mark Ruffalo claimed in a New York Times op-ed this week Hollywood stars are afraid of signing a letter against the […]

Shawn Levy is set to direct the original sci-fi movie “Somewhere Out There” for Netflix. The streamer picked up the spec script written by Max Taxe in a bidding war. Levy will also produce the film under his 21 Laps banner along with the company’s Dan Levine. The story falls in the emotional vein of […]

Oscar winners Renée Zellweger and Sissy Spacek will star with rising talent Mia Threapleton in “A Woman in the Sun.” Black Bear and Artist Equity have partnered with Zellweger’s Big Picture Co. on the drama, which marks the directorial debut of “Nyad” writer Julia Cox. Black Bear will introduce the project to international buyers at […]

The fast-rising bonkers Montreal rock duo Angine de Poitrine, whose popularity soared after a live KEXP session, have inked an exclusive publishing deal with independent music publisher Third Side Music, which will represent their catalog worldwide, working closely with the band and their management, Spectacles Bonzaï. The duo — brothers Khn de Poitrine and Klek de […]

Fox News, the next time you want to criticize Ramy Youssef, how about actually giving the comedian a call? “I’ve been on the network a few times without my consent,” he tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “I’d love to be asked for comment, because I would! Any of the ways they’ve covered me, they never […]

Dave Coulier is responding to fans who have pointed out his changing appearance following a battle with both tongue cancer and lymphoma.  In a video shared to the “Full House” star’s Instagram on Thursday, the 66-year-old actor explained how treatments for the cancer have impacted him.  “Hi everyone, it’s me Dave, and I haven’t posted […]

Earlier this month, a group of entrepreneurs, investors, farmers, policymakers and creatives gathered at Daylesford Farm in the Cotswolds — one of the UK’s most iconic regenerative farming estates that this year hosted Landed, Founders Forum’s second annual forum on nature restoration.   Co-hosting the event was model-turned-climate-activist Arizona Muse, whose experience in the fashion industry informs her advocacy work. “I was totally floored when I realized that clothes were also […]

MLB Players, Inc., OneTeam Partners, manga artist Acky Bright and Viz Media are launching “GalaXic Baseball League,” a science-fiction manga series built around real, active Major League Baseball players. Digital chapters will debut July 2 on the Viz Manga app in the U.S. and Canada, followed by a print volume in October. Billed by the […]