The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Versant Hires Paramount’s Erin Calhoun and MLB’s Steve Arocho as Communications Executives [17d]
• Travis Scott’s Future With WWE Is Unclear After Cody Rhodes Beatdown [17d]
• James Cameron: ‘I’ve Justified’ Only Making ‘Avatar’ Movies for the Last 20 Years on the Basis They ‘Can Do Some Good,’ Not Just Make Money [17d]
• Rosie O’Donnell Fears ‘The View’ Will Be Canceled for Not ‘Aligning’ With Trump; White House Calls Her an ‘Irrelevant Loser’: ‘Our Country Is Better Off With Rosie Living Abroad’ [17d]
• ‘Chimp Crazy’ Star Tonia Haddix Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison After Ape Investigation [17d]
• Rachel Bloom and Husband Dan Gregor Set Rom-Com Pilot ‘Do You Want Kids?’ at ABC [17d]
• West Duchovny Signs with Gersh (EXCLUSIVE) [17d]
• GALECA Announces Diane Anderson-Minshall as First Female Executive Director and New Board of Directors [17d]
• Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Sheridan and John Krasinski Among Hitmakers Paramount Skydance Needs to Keep Happy [17d]
• Lionsgate Posts Quarterly Loss After ‘Ballerina’ Disappoints [17d]
• Gina Carano, Disney Settle Legal Dispute Over ‘Mandalorian’ Firing: ‘We Look Forward to Identifying Opportunities to Work Together in the Future’ [17d]
• HYBE Chairman Expresses Regret Over Investigations, Says He’s Returning to South Korea [17d]
• Take-Two Boss on ‘GTA 6’ Pricing: ‘Our Goal Always Is to Deliver More Value Than What We Charge’ [17d]
• Voter Tune-Up: Charting the Emmy Nominees in the Music Races [17d]
• Live Nation Hits $7 Billion in Revenue for Second Quarter [17d]
• ‘Black Mirror: Into Infinity’ Used 669 VFX Shots; Space Battle Sequence Was Inspired by ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Star Wars’ and More [17d]
• ‘Love Island USA’ Achieves Its Biggest Week Ever With 1.9 Billion Minutes Watched, Becoming Nielsen’s No. 1 Most-Streamed Show of the Week for the First Time [17d]
• Timothée Chalamet Motocross Heist Movie Lands at Paramount, Reuniting Him With ‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold [17d]
• Nike Releases LeBron James ‘Monopoly’ Signature Sneakers for the Board Game’s 90th Anniversary [17d]
• NBA Loss Likely Pressured Warner Bros. Discovery Ad Sales Efforts [17d]
• ‘The Pitt’ Makeup Team Used Medical Training Websites to Create Realistic Blood and Prosthetics [17d]
• How to Watch NFL Preseason Games Live Online [17d]
• Brian Tyree Henry ‘Found Tools’ to Face His ‘Demons.’ Then Came ‘Dope Thief’ [17d]
• Warner Music Posts Encouraging Quarterly Results, Boosted by Streaming and Hits From Rosé, Teddy Swims and More [17d]
• Oscars Set Launch Date for First FYC Screeners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ and More (EXCLUSIVE) [17d]
• Gerry Cardinale, Key Paramount Investor, Sees Possibilities Others Don’t: ‘A Need-to-Have Moment in Hollywood’ [17d]
• ‘The Studio’ Guest Stars Anthony Mackie, Zoë Kravitz and Dave Franco on Playing Twisted Versions of Themselves: ‘The Crazier You Get, the Better’ [17d]
• Outstanding Sci-Fi, Western, Procedural or Action Series? Maybe It’s Time to Bring Back the Genre Emmys [17d]
• ‘Goosebumps’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE) [17d]
• Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband and Manager Brandon Blackstock Dies at 48 [17d]
• Tracee Ellis Ross’ ‘Solo Traveling’ Renewed for Season 2, Sets Record as Roku’s Most-Watched Unscripted Series (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• LISTEN: A Deep Look at Paramount Pictures — What’s Next for the House Adolph Zukor Built and David Ellison Just Bought [18d]
• ‘My Neighbour Totoro’ Unveils First Official Puppet Artwork for London Stage Production – Global Bulletin [18d]
• Rachael Yamagata to Return With ‘Starlit Alchemy,’ Her First New Album in Nine Years — Hear the New Single, ‘Birds’ [18d]
• Sam Nivola Breaks Out: ‘The White Lotus’ Favorite on Getting ‘Lost’ in Character, Why Hollywood Must ‘Create New Stars’ and Getting ‘Cut Out’ of ‘Maestro’ [18d]
• ‘The Paper’ Trailer: ‘The Office’ Offshoot Follows a Struggling Newspaper Staff That Includes Oscar Martinez [18d]
• Spencer Pratt Visits D.C. to Support L.A. Fires Investigation, Escalating Battle With Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass: ‘I’m Literally Their Worst Nightmare’ (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• ‘Conclave’ Producer Michael Jackman to Produce Stock Market Thriller ‘Black Tuesday’ (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• Selena Gomez’s ‘Lizzie McGuire’ and ‘Suite Life’ Spinoffs Got Axed at Disney Before ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’: ‘I Was Kind of at My Wits’ End’ [18d]
• ‘9-1-1: Nashville’ Casts Country Music Star Kane Brown for Series Premiere Cameo (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• Olga Tañón, Producer Eric Schilling and More to Receive Latin Recording Academy Special Awards [18d]
• Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Acquisition: ‘Today Marks Day One of a New Paramount,’ David Ellison Says [18d]
• Dick’s Sporting Goods Launches Production Studio, Sets Little League Documentary and More Original Sports Programming (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• AGC Studios’ Stuart Ford at Locarno: ‘The Clouds Are Beginning to Lift Towards a Leaner, More Profitable Independent Sector’ [18d]
• Nexstar Ad Sales Down 9%, CW Owner Beats on Q2 Earnings [18d]
• James Gunn to Direct Next Movie in the ‘Super-Family’ at DC Studios After ‘Superman’ Success [18d]
• ‘The Batman 2’ Is ‘Preparing to Begin Shooting Next Spring,’ Warner Bros. Discovery Announces [18d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery Swings to Q2 Profit, Boosted by HBO Max Expansion, ‘Minecraft’ [18d]
• Visit Films Boards ‘Mortician,’ a One-Man Cinematic Cry From Exile: ‘Just You, Your Phone and the Story. That’s It’ (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• Alief Boards Campbell X Helmed ‘Low Rider’ Ahead of Edinburgh World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• ‘Dongji Rescue’ Star Kevin Lee on Playing a War Hero After a Decade as Chinese Cinema’s Go-To Bad Guy: ‘I’m Ready for More Than Just the Villain Role’ [18d]
• Bavaria Fiction Claims Global First After Headquarters Secures Demanding Sustainability Validation (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• ‘Parasite’ Studio Barunson E&A Unveils First Teaser for Toronto Platform Selection ‘The World of Love’ (EXCLUSIVE) [18d]
• Kamal Aljafari’s Locarno Competition Opener ‘With Hasan in Gaza’ Rediscovers Lost Existence of Land and People [18d]
• Former Superman Dean Cain Says He’s Joining ICE ‘ASAP’: America Was ‘Built on Patriots Stepping Up’ [18d]
• Kelly Clarkson Postpones Las Vegas Residency to Be ‘Fully Present’ During Family Matter: ‘I Am Sincerely Sorry’ [18d]
• Sony Pictures Operating Income Jumps 76% in Q1 as Television Output Bolsters Results [18d]
• Midjourney Says Disney Cannot Prevent AI Training and Wants to ‘Have It Both Ways’ [18d]
• ‘South Park’ Mocks a Puppy-Shooting Kristi Noem and JD Vance Offers to Rub Baby Oil on Satan In Wild New Episode [18d]
• ‘The Pickup’ Review: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson Don’t Give a Truck in a Fitful Action Comedy [18d]
• LISTEN: Inside Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood Issue With Tyla, Sam Nivola and Finn Wolfhard; WGA 2026 Contract Priorities Take Shape [18d]
• ‘Influencers’ Review: Living Too Well Gets the Best Revenge in a Sleek Shudder Sequel [18d]
• ‘Strange Harvest’ Review: A Clever Mock Doc Convincingly Tracks a Fiendish (Fictional) Serial Killer [18d]
• ‘Wednesday’ Cliffhanger: Does [SPOILER] Survive? What the Ending of Part 1 Means for Season 2’s Final Episodes [18d]
• Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Biopic Still Moving Forward At Sony [18d]