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May 25, 2026
Kate Mansi to Exit ‘General Hospital’ After Three Years
Actor Kate Mansi is bowing out of “General Hospital” after three years in the role of Kristina Corinthos Davis. It’s understood that Mansi’s final episodes will air in June. News of Mansi’s departu...
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May 24, 2026
Cannes Jury President Park Chan-wook Teases: ‘I Didn’t Want to Award the Palme d’Or to Any of the Films
Director Park Chan-wook got the biggest laugh out of the festival jury’s press conference on Saturday as the Cannes Film Festival came to a close. Park Chan-wook, who led the jury as president, qui...
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May 22, 2026
LISTEN: When Cultures Collide: What Big Brands Need to Reach Gen Z and Gen Alpha Consumers
On today’s episode of Variety’s “Strictly Business” podcast, Havas Play executives Andrea Isaac and Juliet Tierney discuss insights on reaching Gen Z and Gen Alpha consumers — and the differences t...
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May 21, 2026
Korean Content Leaders Take Stock After a Decade of Growth and Look to Future: ‘Korean Entertainment is Everywhere’
The world of Korean entertainment has come a long way since “Gangnum Style” set dancers galloping around the world nearly 15 years ago. Korean content industry leaders on both sides of the Pacific ...
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May 20, 2026
Heat of the Moment: How Al Gore and ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Changed the Way We Think About Climate Issues
Davis Guggenheim had given notice and was on the way out of his job as a Participant Media creative executive in 2005 when producers Lawrence Bender and Laurie David came to him with an idea. At th...
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May 20, 2026
Storytelling and Sustainability: Hollywood’s Top Creatives Weave Climate Themes into TV and Movies
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May 20, 2026
Storytelling and Sustainability: Timely Tales With Climate Themes Have the Power to Drive Change
In Pixar’s “Hoppers,” the protagonist is Mabel, an animal rights activist who fights a greedy mayor over a development project that threatens to replace a beloved beaver habitat with metal trees. O...
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May 20, 2026
Apple’s Eddy Cue to Receive Entertainment Person of the Year Honor at Cannes Lions Festival
Apple’s Eddy Cue will be honored next month at Cannes Lions with the festival’s Entertainment Person of the Year Award. The nod comes as recognition for Cue’s role in steering the tech giant’s ente...
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May 20, 2026
Shamrock Capital Launches Fourth Content Strategy Fund Since 2015 With $813 Million in Commitments
Shamrock Capital isn’t slowing down when it comes to investing in content libraries and catalogs. The Los Angeles-based investment firm focused on media, entertainment and communications has had no...
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May 19, 2026
Paralympics Star Ali Truwit Documentary ‘Stronger Than You Think’ Distribution Rights Acquired by Sox Entertainment
Distribution rights to the inspirational sports documentary “Stronger Than You Think,” which tells the story of Paralympic star swimmer Ali Truwit, have been acquired by Sox Entertainment. Truwit m...
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May 18, 2026
Anderson Cooper Signs Off ’60 Minutes’ After 20 Years, Hailing the Program’s ‘Independence’ and ‘Trust it Has With Viewers’
Anderson Cooper signed off of “60 Minutes” on Sunday with a salute to the newsmagazine’s editorial independence and longevity. He told viewers “I hope ’60 Minutes’ remains ’60 Minutes’ ” in a segme...
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May 18, 2026
Sony Pictures TV and ‘Heated Rivalry’ Streamer Crave Pact for Freddie Highmore-David Shore Drama Series
“The Good Doctor” team of Freddie Highmore and David Shore and Sony Pictures Television have reteamed for a new drama series, “I’m Not Here to Hurt You,” that has been ordered by Canada’s Crave str...
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May 17, 2026
Mel Brooks to Donate His Expansive Career Archive to National Comedy Center in New York
Mel Brooks has donated his career archive of more than 150,000 documents and 5,000 photographs to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y., the same nonprofit institution that holds the papers...
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May 16, 2026
How Stars Leverage Themselves as Investors: Serena Williams, Eva Longoria and Kevin Yorn on Venture Capital, Vision and Dealmaking
Serena Williams delivered a bold statement during a Q&A session about her work in venture capital at the Milken Institute conference. “This part of my career is going to be much bigger than any...
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May 16, 2026
Fifth Season and HarbourView Equity Partners Set Multi-Picture Financing Pact
Fifth Season and HarbourView Equity Partners have set a multi-picture financing pact that will help the indie film and TV production outfit bring to life a number of projects including Dev Patel’s ...
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May 15, 2026
LISTEN: Did OpenAI Kill What Disney’s ‘Super App’ Needs Most?
With all the bells and whistles rumored to be a part of Disney’s “super app” plans, there’s one feature that can be ruled out at this time: the AI magic the company had been conjuring via its recen...
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May 14, 2026
Before Cable Was Cool: Ted Turner Was a Visionary Maverick and Gift to Journalists
Ted Turner made his mark across media and entertainment as a trailblazing entrepreneur. Nowhere was his impact more profound than in journalism with the launch of CNN. Ted Turner was also nothing s...
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May 14, 2026
LISTEN: Upfronts 2026: What We Learned From TV’s Biggest Platforms; Crafting the Music of ‘Heated Rivalry’
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Michael Schneider breaks down the last lap of upfronts week as Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix and YouTube grabbed the megaphone. And Variet...
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May 13, 2026
Variety and NBCUniversal Partner on Cross-Platform Content Initiative Tied to NBC100 Anniversary Celebration
Variety and NBCUniversal have partnered on a cross-platform content initiative tied to NBC’s yearlong 100th anniversary celebration. Starting next month, Variety will publish a recurring series of ...
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May 12, 2026
Culver City Sweetens its Production Incentives Package to Draw More TV and Film Shoots
Culver City has sweetened the pot. Six months after the the Culver City Council voted for a package of incentives to support film and TV production, the city has waived key fees and parking restric...
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May 12, 2026
Grammy Awards Set Nominations and Telecast Date for 2027 Move to ABC and Hulu
The Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 7, 2027, as the ceremony moves to ABC, Hulu and Disney+ in the U.S. after more than 50 years on CBS. Nominations for the 69th annual Grammy kudos will be reve...
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May 12, 2026
LISTEN: Tech Talk, Streaming, Sports and Reboots Dominate Day 1 of Upfronts; NBCUniversal’s Liz Jenkins on Risk-Taking Amid Disruption
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Brian Steinberg reports on the triple-header kickoff of Upfronts week after attending Monday’s presentations by NBCUniversal, Fox and Amazon...
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May 11, 2026
LISTEN: Upfronts 2026: Disney’s Rita Ferro Details the Mouse House’s Cross-Platform Push, Embracing Live and Connecting Grammys, Super Bowl and Oscars for Big Brands
On today’s special Upfronts-themed episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Rita Ferro, Disney’s president of global advertising, offers a preview of the Mouse House’s May 12 presentation to advertisers...
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May 8, 2026
Cannes Film Festival Marks the Start of a New Era for Anonymous Content: ‘The Very Best Cinema Reminds Us of Our Humanity’
The Cannes Film Festival is a big moment on the calendar for any film company fortunate enough to have a film in contention at the glitzy fest. For Anonymous Content, the arrival of Cannes marks th...
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May 8, 2026
ReelShort CEO Joey Jia Set to Speak at Owl & Co.’s Vertical Media Summit in Hollywood
Joey Jia, founder and CEO of vertical content shop ReelShort, is set to speak next month at the Vertical Media Summit, hosted in Hollywood by media research firm Owl & Co. Jia will take part in...
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May 7, 2026
LISTEN: Kate del Castillo Brings ‘La Reina del Sur’ Back to Telemundo for Season 4: ‘Teresa Mendoza Will be Touching Hell’
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, global star Kate del Castillo details the return of “La Reina del Sur” for a fourth season on Telemundo next year. Her widow-turned-crime boss charact...
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May 7, 2026
Telemundo Loads Up New Seasons of ‘La Reina del Sur’ and ‘El Señor,’ Plans for Blockbuster Summer With World Cup Tournament
Kate del Castillo’s Teresa Mendoza is coming back to Telemundo in the 2026-27 season to deliver a fourth installment of “La Reina del Sur.” Another drama franchise, “El Señor de los Cielos,” is bac...
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May 6, 2026
UFC’s New Pact With Paramount Skydance Lifts TKO’s Q1 Earnings
The UFC’s new licensing deal with Paramount Skydance helped boost TKO’s first quarter earnings as the pact with Paramount+ kicked in at the start of the year. TKO saw revenue for the quarter grow 2...
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May 6, 2026
LISTEN: How Javier Bardem Tackles Cannes — and Hollywood — on His Own Terms
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Daniel D’Addario details his sit-down in Madrid with Javier Bardem, the incredibly busy Spaniard who brings the ...
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May 6, 2026
Disney Plans to Stick With its Linear TV Channels, Operating Them as ‘Brands With Studios’
Comcast sold off its linear cable channels. Warner Bros. Discovery was about to do the same with its cable TV portfolio until David Ellison came into the picture. But Disney has so far bucked the t...
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