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One of the Simpsons' very first guest voices is back to make Cletus a star.

The latest Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, and Hulu releases are here. We spotlight Raya and the Last Dragon starring Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina, plus Coming 2 America starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, the newest SpongeBob movie, and Hulu's Groundhog Day action riff Boss Level are all available to stream starting today.

Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland" was quietly swept from the Chinese web Friday, days after nationalist backlash erupted online over questions of her citizenship and a sentence she spoke to a U.S. magazine nearly a decade ago. The sudden online clean-up signals that the Frances McDormand-starring drama's theatrical outing is in jeopardy — even though earlier this […]

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey is shaping up to be one of the biggest television events of the year.

Of the many pleasures Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have experienced writing the songs for Disney Plus' "WandaVision," one of their favorites has been the ability to get instant feedback on their work via the gargantuan social media response to the Marvel Studios series. It's not something the married, Oscar-winning songwriters of "Frozen" and "Coco" […]

Tony Hendra, the British satirist and comic whose roles included top editing positions at magazines such as National Lampoon and Spy and a part in musical mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap," died on Thursday in Yonkers, N.Y. He was 79. His wife, Carla Meisner, told the New York Times the cause of death was Lou […]

Daniel Craig and Mads Mikkelsen first met casting the 2006 film "Casino Royale," which was Craig's first turn at James Bond. Mikkelsen recalls their initial conversation at costume fitting and what he thought would be an audition. It was a crazy day, one Craig compared to "herding cats." The two were taking a smoke break […]

Albert Brooks is back as a guest voice on "The Simpsons" this Sunday for the first time in six years, and Variety has a sneak peek at his latest role on animated series. In "Yokel Hero," Cletus (Hank Azaria) becomes a singing sensation, with the help of Homer (Dan Castellaneta). Then Cletus turns on his […]

The Writers Guild of America, East is hosting their annual "And the Nominees Are…" Panels on March 10th, and Variety will host the livestreams. The Comedy/Variety Series Panel will take place at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET, while the Long-Form TV Movie & Limited Series Panel will take place at 4:00pm PT / 7:00pm ET. […]

Riley Keough has signed on to star opposite Chris Pratt in the Amazon thriller series "The Terminal List," Variety has learned. The series follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about […]

It's been a year since the Skywalker saga closed for good. The latest Star Wars trilogy grossed $4.5 billion worldwide, outstripping what Disney paid for the franchise, and led to plenty of s…

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The first decade of Apple under CEO Tim Cook was all about wearables, digital services, and health. Here's what could be next.

Paula Rizzo is a fan of the old-fashioned paper to-do list, swearing by it in her 20 years in television. Here's how else she saves time and stress.

Jermaine Fowler was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2016, and he jokes he wasn't a fan of lists until then. Since that time, Fowler has made a name for himself as the star and producer of the series "Superior Donuts," and now he takes on his biggest role yet — in […]

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced countless movie delays, Universal has decided to delay the next Fast And Furious and Minions movies once again.

The world has changed tremendously since Variety's last International Women's Impact Report a year ago: The COVID-19 pandemic shut down business around the globe and accelerated the shift toward streamed entertainment. The music industry has felt the impact of the pandemic more than many — particularly live entertainment — but it has rose to meet […]

Flabbergasted on a Zoom call, "Nomadland" director Chloe Zhao accepted the Golden Globe for best director on Sunday night. Between gratitude and marveling over the historic moment, as the first person of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the prize, came a somber question. Zhao was asked for her thoughts on increased violence […]

Publisher and developer CI Games announced Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 will launch for the Xbox Series XS, PlayStation [...]

Publisher Nighthawk Interactive and developer Toyful Games announced the couch co-op party game, Very Very Valet, will launch [...]