Variety https://variety.com Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainment industry conferences Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:37:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/variety-favicon.png?w=32 Variety https://variety.com 32 32 179338616 ‘Friends’ Star Lisa Kudrow Says New Sitcoms are ‘Too Afraid’ to Make Jokes That Make People ‘Uncomfortable’: ‘I’m Not Buying It’ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/lisa-kudrow-new-sitcoms-afraid-jokes-friends-1236708803/ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/lisa-kudrow-new-sitcoms-afraid-jokes-friends-1236708803/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:27:05 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708803 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/lisa-kudrow-new-sitcoms-afraid-jokes-friends-1236708803/feed/ 0 1236708803 friends-lisa-kudrow ‘Malcolm In The Middle’ Star Erik Per Sullivan Turned Down ‘Buckets Of Money’ to Return as Dewey in Series Revival, Says Jane Kaczmarek https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-erik-per-sullivan-money-1236708796/ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-erik-per-sullivan-money-1236708796/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:10:03 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708796 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-erik-per-sullivan-money-1236708796/feed/ 0 1236708796 erik-per-sullivan-malcolm ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Powers to $372 Million Globally, ‘Project Hail Mary’ Hits $420 Million https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/super-mario-galaxy-movie-global-box-office-project-hail-mary-1236708790/ https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/super-mario-galaxy-movie-global-box-office-project-hail-mary-1236708790/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:49:29 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708790 https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/super-mario-galaxy-movie-global-box-office-project-hail-mary-1236708790/feed/ 0 1236708790 THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE ‘SNL U.K.’ Ratings Drop by 42% for Riz Ahmed-Hosted Episode 3 https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/snl-uk-ratings-episode-3-42-percent-riz-ahmed-1236708548/ https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/snl-uk-ratings-episode-3-42-percent-riz-ahmed-1236708548/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:58:38 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708548 https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/snl-uk-ratings-episode-3-42-percent-riz-ahmed-1236708548/feed/ 1 1236708548 SNL UK Cold Open Box Office: ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Ignites to Blockbuster $190 Million, ‘The Drama’ Impresses With $14 Million Debut https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/super-mario-galaxy-movie-box-office-the-drama-impresses-1236708742/ https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/super-mario-galaxy-movie-box-office-the-drama-impresses-1236708742/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:38:44 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708742 https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/super-mario-galaxy-movie-box-office-the-drama-impresses-1236708742/feed/ 1 1236708742 THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE Pepsi Cancels Sponsorship of U.K. Festival Where Kanye West Is Set to Headline, Hours After Prime Minister Decries ‘His Previous Celebration of Nazism’ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/kanye-west-wireless-pepsi-cancels-sponsor-prime-minister-1236708665/ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/kanye-west-wireless-pepsi-cancels-sponsor-prime-minister-1236708665/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:06:37 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708665 https://variety.com/2026/music/news/kanye-west-wireless-pepsi-cancels-sponsor-prime-minister-1236708665/feed/ 1 1236708665 MixCollage-05-Apr-2026-01-14-AM-6282 ‘SNL’: Snape Calls Harry Potter ‘Racist’ and ‘The Proud Boy Who Lived’ for Telling People ‘The School’s Only Black Teacher Was Secretly Evil’ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/snl-black-snape-harry-potter-racist-proud-boy-1236708653/ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/snl-black-snape-harry-potter-racist-proud-boy-1236708653/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:58:04 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708653 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/snl-black-snape-harry-potter-racist-proud-boy-1236708653/feed/ 1 1236708653 Snape After Standing Up for Immigrants, Charles Barkley Sounds Off About Iran, Artemis II Moon Mission and Pam Bondi in ‘SNL’ March Madness Opener https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/snl-charles-barkley-iran-war-artemis-ii-mission-pam-bondi-1236708617/ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/snl-charles-barkley-iran-war-artemis-ii-mission-pam-bondi-1236708617/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:09:54 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708617 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/snl-charles-barkley-iran-war-artemis-ii-mission-pam-bondi-1236708617/feed/ 0 1236708617 Charles Barkley Tina Fey Crashes Jack Black’s ‘SNL’ Monologue: ‘You’re the First Black in the Five-Timers Club’ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tina-fey-jack-black-snl-five-timers-monologue-1236708612/ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tina-fey-jack-black-snl-five-timers-monologue-1236708612/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:53:58 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708612 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tina-fey-jack-black-snl-five-timers-monologue-1236708612/feed/ 0 1236708612 Screen Shot 2026-04-04 at 11.46.46 PM Hollywood High Forever: Mitski’s Residency Shines a Fresh Light on the Famed School’s Rich Show-Biz History https://variety.com/2026/music/news/hollywood-high-school-mitski-concerts-entertainment-history-1236708567/ https://variety.com/2026/music/news/hollywood-high-school-mitski-concerts-entertainment-history-1236708567/#respond Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:46:50 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236708567 https://variety.com/2026/music/news/hollywood-high-school-mitski-concerts-entertainment-history-1236708567/feed/ 0 1236708567 IMG_3946 Mitski at Hollywood High School, April 2. 2026 mitski concert auditorium of Hollywood High School Hollywood High School mitski Principal Samuel Dovlatian in auditorium of Hollywood High School Principal Samuel Dovlatian in auditorium of Hollywood High School Principal Samuel Dovlatian in auditorium of Hollywood High School Principal Samuel Dovlatian in auditorium of Hollywood High School mitski concert Hollywood High School Principal Samuel Dovlatian in auditorium of Hollywood High School mitski concert mitski concert auditorium of Hollywood High School mitski hollywood high Mitski at Hollywood High School