The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Stop! That! Train!’ Review: RuPaul Presides Over an Irreverent, Appealing Disaster-Movie Parody [13d]
• Steven Spielberg Says James Bond Movies ‘Constantly Turned Me Down’ and ‘If They Asked Me Now’ to Direct the Answer Would Be: ‘You Can’t Afford Me’ [13d]
• ‘Happy Hours’ Review: Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson Are Reunited in a Romcom Made for Nineties Nostalgists [13d]
• Radiohead’s ‘Hamlet Hail to the Thief’ Heads to London’s Barbican With ‘Alien: Earth’ Star Samuel Blenkin [13d]
• Taormina Film Festival Opens With ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Screening in a Greek Theater Dating Back to the 3rd Century B.C. [13d]
• Cush Jumbo Talks ‘Criminal Record’ Season 2, June and Hegarty’s Odd Bond and [SPOILER’S] Shocking Death [13d]
• Paris Barclay’s ‘Billy Preston’ Doc Is First Film in Academy Screening Room for Oscar Season (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Liz Garbus’ ESPN Doc ‘Give Me The Ball!’ About Billie Jean King Will Open Croatia International Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• ’24 Jump Street’ in the Works With Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube in Talks to Return (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Layoffs Coming at Xbox? New CEO Outlines Upcoming ‘Reset’ in Memo to Staff: ‘Surprising and Even Frustrating’ Realities Facing Business [13d]
• ‘007 First Light’ Studio Chief on Future Bond Games With Amazon, Adding New Free Missions and Isola’s Backstory [13d]
• Feel-Good Digital Publisher Upworthy Gets New CEO: Amanda Farrand, Alum of Imagine Entertainment and Hello Sunshine [13d]
• How ‘Bridgerton’ Star Yerin Ha Raised the Show’s Acting Bar in Season 4 [13d]
• ‘I Negotiate With Hugging’: Nick Offerman Sounds Off on Toxic Masculinity, Turning Down Ron Swanson Roles and ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ [13d]
• Tim Allen Says ‘Home Improvement’ Reboot Is ‘Stuck’ Because of On-Screen Sons’ ‘Personality Problems’ in Real Life: ‘They’ve Got Their Own Issues’ [13d]
• Jon Stewart Compares Trump Leaving the White House to Iron Man Exiting the MCU: Will MAGA ‘Buy Someone Else Running That Universe?’ [13d]
• AMC Theatres Postpones Bebe Rexha, Paris Hilton, Kim Petras and Maren Morris Live Concert Simulcasts, Citing Summer Box Office Rebound [13d]
• LISTEN: How NBC Created the Broadcast Network Paradigm and Other Firsts; Andy Cohen Reflects on 20 Years of ‘Real Housewives’ [13d]
• Sydney Sweeney on Being Sexualized in ‘Euphoria,’ Crying Over Rue’s Death and Why She’ll Never Be ‘Satisfied With Where Cassie Ended Up’ [13d]
• ‘Task’ Season 2 Casts Edgar Ramirez [13d]
• Comedian Adam Friedland to Relaunch Show on Spotify, Plus New World Cup-Focused Series With Ringer [13d]
• ‘Every Year After’ Author Carley Fortune on TV Adaptation’s Title Change, Sequel Books and Why She’s Not Worried About ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Comparisons [13d]
• ‘The Morning Show’ Director Mimi Leder on Tackling Everything From Deepfakes to AI Doubling as Therapists: ‘This Show Is About The Moment We’re Living in’ [13d]
• CAA, TPG Form $250 Million Holding Company to Acquire Businesses Led by YouTubers and Other Creators [13d]
• Oscars: Glenn Close, Ridley Scott, Disney’s First Black Animator and Killer Films Founders Set for Honorary Prizes [13d]
• Working From Home Has Never Been Easier Than With T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet [13d]
• Variety Virtuoso Honoree Katherine LaNasa on Her Skyrocketing Fame and How She Found the Key to ‘The Pitt’s’ Dana: ‘I Just Understood Her’ [13d]
• Reality Exec Jeff Gaspin Departs Netflix VP Role, Will Return to Producing [13d]
• Color TV, Morning News and Late-Night: NBC Has a History of Firsts in Broadcasting [13d]
• Kristen Kish Shares Her ‘Top Chef’ Hosting Highlights, and Why the Family Reunion Episodes Always Bring Her to Tears [13d]
• Bentonville Film Festival Embraces Fresh Voices and Regional Talent Drawing From Thriving Cinematic Community [13d]
• Havas Acquires Culture and Sports Marketing Agency Archrival [13d]
• ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sets Streaming Release Date [13d]
• Bravo Bucks Tough Ad Trends, Keeping Some Upfront Dollars Moving Away From Traditional Cable (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• How ‘The Pitt’ Is Making Us So Nostalgic for the Way TV Used to Get Made [13d]
• Tracy Morgan to Receive Inaugural Flip Wilson Award at AAFCA TV Honors Ceremony (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Google Asserts That YouTube’s Terms of Service Allow It to Train AI Models [13d]
• ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Making a Scene: Behind That ‘F—ing Awesome’ Episode 4 Speech [13d]
• Michael Douglas, Willem Dafoe, Ellen Barkin and Homer Gere Join Oliver Stone’s ‘White Lies’ [13d]
• Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch: Class of 2026 [13d]
• As Impasse With DirecTV Continues, Scripps Directs Viewers to These 3 ‘Other Streaming and Cable Services’ [13d]
• Marc Maron on the Last-Minute Joke That Elevated His Latest HBO Special, Why He Doesn’t Miss His Podcast and How His Cats Are Doing [13d]
• ‘I Want Your Sex’ Trailer: Olivia Wilde Is a Kinky Dominatrix in Sex-Filled Thriller [13d]
• Mel Robbins, Ludacris, Paris Hilton, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and More Than 70 Creators Set for UTA’s Cannes Lions Slate [13d]
• Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Shards’ Sets August Premiere Date on FX and Hulu [13d]
• Donna Summer’s Music Catalog, Other Rights Acquired by Primary Wave (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• MK2 Opens Capital to the Public for First Time in $5.8 Million Fundraising Campaign [13d]
• If Hollywood Is so Liberal, Why Did Movies and Shows Like ‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘Party of Five’ and ‘Sex and the City’ Portray Abortion as Dangerous and Shameful? [13d]
• Amelia Dimoldenberg Expands Her Dimz Inc. Academy for Young Creatives in Its Second Year [13d]
• Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty on Shifting Exclusivity Strategy, Working With Asha Sharma and Why ‘Blade’ and ‘Elder Scrolls 6’ Didn’t Make It Into Showcase [13d]
• Greece Selected as the Country of Honor for the Next Edition of the Cannes Film Market [13d]
• David Harbour Is Ready to Talk About His Mental Health, Lily Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ and the End of ‘Stranger Things’ [13d]
• Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri on How a Passion for Art Fuels the Studio, and Why the Animators Are the True Reason Behind Its Success [13d]
• Underscore Talent Management Company Adds 20 New Hires (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Alamo Drafthouse Dedicates San Francisco Theater to Christopher Nolan (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• Radial Entertainment Hires Former Paramount Global Exec Brendon Thomas as Chief Revenue Officer [13d]
• Studiocanal’s Sixth Dimension Boards Horror Thriller ‘Home Safety Hotline’ From Spooky Pictures, Image Nation and Longevity Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) [13d]
• EU Kicks Off Probe of Paramount’s $24 Billion in Middle Eastern Funding for Warner Bros. Deal [14d]
• ‘The Social Reckoning’ Trailer: Jeremy Strong Is Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Network’ Sequel [14d]
• Tracy Morgan and Marcello Hernández Have a Bonkers Conversation About ‘SNL,’ Eddie Murphy, Colonoscopies and Making Babies: ‘All I Do Is Touch My Wife and Count Money’ [14d]
• Zurich Film Festival Appoints German Producer Martin Moszkowicz as President (EXCLUSIVE) [14d]
• Miriam Margolyes to Receive Raindance Icon Award, Reveals Feature Plans for Oscar-Nominated Short ‘A Friend of Dorothy’: ‘There Is Room to Expand’ (EXCLUSIVE) [14d]
• Andy Cohen Reveals Jennifer Lawrence ‘Provided Crucial Information’ to Track Down ‘Summer House’ Reunion Leaker: ‘Her Online Sleuthing Helped Solve This Mystery’ [14d]
• ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Not Going Forward This Year at BBC as Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf Exit Series [14d]
• Jimmy Kimmel Rents Spencer Pratt a U-Haul After He Loses L.A. Mayoral Race: ‘We Are So, So Sorry to See You Go’ [14d]
• Bharathiraja, Pioneer of Tamil Rural Cinema, Dies at 84 [14d]
• ‘Desi Bling’ Producer on Why the Netflix Reality Show, About Ultra-Wealthy Indian Expats in Dubai, Is Such a Hit: People ‘Like to See Their Dreams on Screen’ [14d]
• ‘Compartment No. 6’ Director Juho Kuosmanen Adds Magnus Millang, Paprika Steen to Cast of Bittersweet Comedy ‘Dream Come True’ (EXCLUSIVE) [14d]
• Bill Cody, Grand Ole Opry Announcer and Revered WSM Country Radio Personality, Dies at 67 [14d]
• Rajinikanth’s ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ AI Remaster, ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ Sequel Lead Eros Innovation’s 15-Production, $355 Million U.K. Slate (EXCLUSIVE) [14d]
• ‘Toy Story 5’ First Reactions Praise Pixar’s Sequel as a ‘Deeply Profound’ and ‘Moving’ Film That ‘Ranks Right Alongside’ the Original [14d]
• Tom Hanks Says Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ Song Was Kept ‘Top Secret’ From the Cast Until Release Day [14d]
• Directors Guild of America Reaches Four-Year Deal With Major Studios [14d]
• Taylor Swift Attends ‘Toy Story 5’ Premiere [14d]
• Art Directors Guild Slams Martin Scorsese for AI Partnership: ‘Turning His Back on the Human Artists’ [14d]
• Carl Radke Sounds Off on the ‘Summer House’ Reunion and West Wilson: ‘He Got High on His Own Supply’ [14d]
• ‘Summer House’ Reunion: West Admits to Being on Beta Blockers and Hiding His Girlfriend While Kyle Is a Mess [14d]
• Nick Reiner Seeks Release of Trust Funds to Pay for Legal Defense in Parents’ Murders [14d]