The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Monster’ Directors and More Unpack Storytelling Techniques and Embracing ‘Weird Ideas’ [19d]
• Amazon, Vice Studios Hit With Defamation Suit Over ‘Hollywood Hustler’ Documentary [19d]
• ‘The Daily Show’ Goes to New Orleans as Jordan Klepper Celebrates America 250 With a Drunk Pirate (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘60 Minutes’ Boss Vows to ‘Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor,’ While CBS Waits for Word of Whether Remaining Correspondents Will Stay [19d]
• ‘Power: Legacy’ Starring Joseph Sikora, Michael Rainey Jr. Greenlit at Starz [19d]
• Sara Bareilles and Director Josh Alexander on Turning Loss Into Musical Magic in the Tribeca-Premiering Documentary ‘Good Grief’ [19d]
• Bill Ackman to Sell $290.5 Million in Stock Back to Universal Music After Rejected Takeover Offer [19d]
• Taormina Film Festival Head Tiziana Rocca Says She Wants to Deliver a ‘Human Festival’ Amidst AI Boom, Asks Stars to Be ‘Generous’ to Local Audiences [19d]
• ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s’ Wedding Look Was Inspired by Alexander McQueen and Fish Bones [19d]
• Spike Lee, Amy Schumer, John Krasinski and More Appear in PSA About Why New York Is ‘The Easiest Place to Film in the Country’ [19d]
• Sadie Sink to Star in ‘The Marriage Plot’ Adaptation at FX From A24, Will Arbery and Hiro Murai [19d]
• ‘Death Boom’ Trailer: Documentary From Eli Roth, Jessica Chandler and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Investigates End-of-Life Industry (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Taylor Swift’s Net Worth Is Now $2 Billion, According to Forbes [19d]
• Clio Barnard’s Cannes Prizewinner ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ Sells Widely as Charades Boards International Rights (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Sony Invests in AI Copyright-Protection Firm Midnight Labs [19d]
• Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Earns R Rating [19d]
• Jimmy Kimmel Slams CBS as ‘Trump Suck-Ups’ and ‘Clowns’ for Firing Scott Pelley From ‘60 Minutes’: A ‘Cowardly’ Decision [19d]
• Netflix Pauses Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua’s Hannibal War Movie Over Budget Concerns [19d]
• ‘The Odyssey’ Ticket Madness: Online Wait Times Hit an Hour as Christopher Nolan’s Epic Pushes AMC Site to Limit [19d]
• Paramount Wants Lawsuit Seeking to Block Warner Bros. Deal Tossed: ‘Clumsy Attempt to Politicize Antitrust Litigation’ [19d]
• ‘FIFA World Cup’ Video Game to Launch on Netflix With Daily Updates Based on Real Tournament Results [19d]
• Can ‘Skyscraper Live’ Bring Some Variety to the Emmy Variety Categories? [19d]
• ‘De Gaulle’ Director Antonin Baudry on Pathé’s Next Epic, Roosevelt and Why ‘Europe’s Narrative Has Been Written by the Americans’ [19d]
• Globoplay Original Series ‘The Playoffs’ Premieres at SXSW London, Created by and Starring Brazilian Powerhouse Cauã Reymond [19d]
• 100 Most-Watched TV Series of 2025-26 Across Streaming, Broadcast and Cable: ‘Stranger Things,’ NFL, ‘Tracker,’ ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Top the Charts [19d]
• ‘Euphoria’ Finale Hits 8.7 Million Viewers in Three Days as Season 3 Reaches Average of 25 Million to Date, Up 17% From Season 2 [19d]
• ‘Get Kevin Feige on the Phone’: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on Taking Control of His Marvel Offer and What’s Next for ‘Wonder Man’ [19d]
• Ellen Pompeo to Star in Hulu Pilot ‘Chicks’ From ‘Good American Family’ Writer Katie Robbins [19d]
• Alan Jackson’s Star-Studded Farewell Concert to Be Filmed for ‘The Last Show’ NBC Special [19d]
• Magic: The Gathering Unveils New ‘Marvel Super Heroes’ Card; Wizards of the Coast Designers Reveal Plan for Balancing Tie-In Sets With Internal IP Amid TV, Film Adaptations (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Google Launches ‘Search Profiles’ for Creators and Companies, as AI Summaries Have Caused Steep Traffic Referral Drop-Off [19d]
• Patricia Heaton Sets Legal Drama Pilot ‘Public Interest’ With Patricia Heaton and More (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• MrBeast on That ‘Survivor’ Crossover and Wanting a ‘Beast Games’ Movie: ‘If Amazon’s Down, I’ve Got Some Crazy Ideas’ [19d]
• Rich Eisen’s ’This Was SportsCenter: Stories From the Set’ Gets Behind the Highlights of ESPN’s Flagship Show (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘The Burial’ Writer and Tony Award Winner Doug Wright Signs With Anonymous Content (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• ‘Devil May Cry’ Renewed for Third and Final Season at Netflix [19d]
• Keith David Has Portrayed Some Unforgettable Characters, and He’s Not Even Close to Being Done: ‘I’m 47 Years Into This, and I Still Get to Do It’ [19d]
• ‘Pluribus’ Star Rhea Seehorn Breaks Down Filming the ‘Night of Hell’ Pilot: ‘The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done in My Life’ [19d]
• WGA Slams Scott Pelley’s Firing and CBS News’ ‘Cruel and Needless Layoffs’: ‘A Profound Contempt for the Journalism Profession’ [19d]
• Olivia Rodrigo Was ‘Enraged’ at Trump’s White House for Using Her Song to Promote ICE: ‘What They’re Doing Is Awful, Barbaric and Cruel’ [19d]
• Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe, Scott Eastwood Set for Italy’s Taormina Film Festival That Unveils Lineup Mixing Crowdpleasers, More Esoteric Movies [19d]
• ‘Savage House’ Review: Putridly Funny Black Comedy Revels in Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant’s Decay [19d]
• ‘Scary Movie’ Review: The Sixth ‘Scary Movie’ Has a Few Choice Gags, but Mostly It’s So Meta It’s Meh [19d]
• ‘I’m the Craziest Bitch You Ever Met’: Sharon Stone and Keke Palmer on Why ‘Euphoria’ Should Be Shown in High Schools, Men’s Rights and AI’s Lack of Originality [19d]
• Investing in Mental Health Will Create a More Sustainable and Profitable Music Industry (Guest Column) [19d]
• Barack Obama Joins Malcom Gladwell on Podcast Series About Reconstruction Era’s ‘Unfinished Promise’ [19d]
• Snap Acquires AR Firm Illumix in Bid to Boost Augmented Reality Efforts (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• VFX House DNEG, Spain’s SETT Supercharge Canary Islands’ Anima Kitchent With a Multi-Million Investment [19d]
• Madrid ECAM Forum Chiefs on Lineup, With 2026 Palme d’Or Winner Federico Luis, and Next Indie Gems to Track: ‘Everybody Is Looking at Spain’ [19d]
• Bob Odenkirk Is Sadly Pulling Out of Freedom 250. But David Cross Will Be Taking His Place. [19d]
• Thierry Fremaux Reflects on Cannes 2026, Hollywood ‘Restructuring,’ ‘Club Kid’ Thriving, Netflix’s Possible Comeback and the Bolloré Controversy [19d]
• Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 [19d]
• Neon’s Tom Quinn Hails ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’: ‘I Don’t See This as YouTube or Otherwise, I See This as Cinema’ [19d]
• Jason Zhang Signs With Universal Music Greater China; UMG Also Invests in Thai Distributor Solution One [19d]
• Ted Danson Says ‘I Want to Apologize for the Rest of My Life’ for Blackface Roast of Whoopi Goldberg: ‘So Arrogant and Stupid’ [19d]
• M-Appeal Seals Cannes Deals on ‘Downtown,’ ‘The Garden We Dreamed,’ ‘Truly Naked’ (EXCLUSIVE) [19d]
• Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan Sundance Winner ‘Josephine’ Lands Indian Subcontinent Rights With Fragrant Nature Film Creations (EXCLUSIVE) [20d]
• Tribeca Kicks Off With Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary and Robert De Niro Dissing Trump as ‘Immoral, Cruel and Corrupt’ [20d]
• ‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons Says Using AI ‘Defeats the Purpose’ of Filmmaking: ‘I Get No Enjoyment From Using Those Tools’ [20d]
• What the Backlash to Artists Booking or Backing Out of ‘Freedom 250′ Tells Us About the Fickleness of Fan Bases: Bret Michaels’ Guitarist Speaks Up [20d]
• Doja Cat Slams Elon Musk as a ‘Barrel Chested Ewok’ While Requesting Changes to X: ‘You Look Like You Eat Sand’ [20d]
• ‘Love Island USA’ Contestant Who Was Expelled for Using the N-Word Apologizes: ‘There Is No Excuse’ [20d]
• ‘Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That’s the Weight of the World)’ Review: The Tribeca Festival Kicks Off with Questlove’s Indelible Portrait of the Great but Underrated EWF [20d]
• Boots Riley Guesses Martin Scorsese Got ‘A Gang of Money’ for AI Partnership and ‘Doesn’t Give a F—‘ [20d]
• Tony Dokoupil Honors Scott Pelley After ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘A Journalist Who Valued Truth at All Costs’ [20d]
• ‘Mapogo: The Lion Throne’ Vertical Documentary Series Set at FlareFlow [20d]