Month August 2025

If you can’t be in Venice this year, Variety is bringing Venice to you. We’re publishing daily digital editions, running Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, including all the latest news, reviews and star-studded red carpet coverage from the Lido. To… Continue Reading →

Dramatic video out of North Carolina shows the heart stopping moment a small plane slammed into the Atlantic Ocean … flipping on impact before rescuers pulled the pilot out in a race against time. The single engine aircraft had just… Continue Reading →

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, also deflected criticism of a case in which her office was unable to obtain an indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent.

I wish I could say that “The Wizard of the Kremlin” was a movie as gripping as Law’s Putin is himself, or one that exerts the total amoral fascination of Baranov’s postmodern totalitarian scheming. But the movie, directed by Olivier… Continue Reading →

The last time Amanda Seyfried was at the Venice Film Festival to premiere a film was in 2017 for “First Reformed,” playing a parishioner in modern day New York. For her latest trip to the Lido, she’s gone back almost… Continue Reading →

Sean Penn is set to be the guest of honor at this year’s Lumiere Festival, an event dedicated to heritage cinema that’s headed by Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux. Hosted in the city of Lyon, the birthplace of the Lumiere brothers,… Continue Reading →

Meta is changing some of the rules governing its chatbots two weeks after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing ways in which they could, potentially, interact with minors. Now the company has told TechCrunch that its chatbots are being trained not… Continue Reading →

I have a confession to make: Sometimes I choose a restaurant based on the appetizer and not the entree. In fact, my dream meal is going out to eat with a few people, ordering a bunch of apps for the… Continue Reading →

Could Liverpool sign Alexander Isak and Marc Guehi? Who could Newcastle and Crystal Palace move for instead? The possible stories of transfer deadline day.

Justin and Hailey Bieber proved date night never goes out of style … hitting up one of West Hollywood’s hottest spots for a romantic dinner. The couple hit celeb hot spot Ysabel in West Hollywood where they looked relaxed and… Continue Reading →