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July 15, 2026
‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ to Play in Select Movie Theaters for Awards Qualifying Run (EXCLUSIVE)
For one week, “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will screen in select movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York, Variety has learned exclusively. While the film is primarily a streaming release an...
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July 15, 2026
‘Legend of Korra’ Concert Experience to Tour in 2027 for ‘Last Airbender’ Sequel’s 15th Anniversary
Following the ongoing “Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert,” Paramount has set a similar tour pegged to the 15th anniversary of “The Legend of Korra.” Produced in partnership with GEA Live and Se...
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July 10, 2026
Ariana Grande Drops Out of ‘American Horror Story’ Season 13 Amid Concert Tour
Ariana Grande is no longer a part of “American Horror Story” Season 13. The pop star dropped out of the Ryan Murphy production due to scheduling conflicts with her “Eternal Sunshine” tour, Variety ...
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July 9, 2026
‘Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash’ Hits 5.4 Million Viewers on ABC, Most-Watched Fourth of July Program This Year
“Nashville’s Star-Spangled Bash,” a three-hour Fourth of July special hosted by Ryan Seacrest, hit an average of 5.4 million viewers on Saturday, becoming the most-watched primetime program of the ...
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July 7, 2026
‘Enola Holmes 3’ Debuts With 20.7 Million Views in Five Days
Millie Bobby Brown’s Netflix film franchise “Enola Holmes” returned with its third installment on July 1. The new movie debuted with 20.7 million views in five days. With that total, “Enola Holmes ...
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July 7, 2026
Geena Davis to Play Serial Killer Dorothea Puente in True Crime Drama Developing at HBO
HBO is developing a true crime drama series titled “Dorothea” based on the story of ’80s serial killer Dorothea Puente. Geena Davis has been cast in the title role and executive produces alongside ...
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July 1, 2026
‘Godfather of Harlem’ Ending With Two-Hour Finale After Four Seasons at MGM+
“Godfather of Harlem,” the MGM+ crime drama starring Forest Whitaker, will conclude with a two-hour finale. The news comes a year after the series’ fourth season, which premiered on April 13, 2025 ...
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June 30, 2026
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 Debuts With 8.7 Million Views in Four Days, Down 59% From Season 1
Season 2 of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” debuted with 8.7 million views in four days. That total took it to the No. 2 position on the streamer’s weekly English-l...
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June 25, 2026
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Debuts With 21.5 Million Viewers in Three Days, Down Slightly From Season 2
The Season 3 premiere of “House of the Dragon” racked up 21.5 million global viewers in its first three days of availability, according to Warner Bros Discovery. A combination of Nielsen’s measurem...
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June 25, 2026
‘The Wolf King’ Romantic Fantasy Books in the Works as a Starz Series
Starz is developing a TV series based on “The Wolf King,” Lauren Palphreyman’s popular romantic fantasy book series. The project follows a princess named Aurora who is kidnapped by a werewolf. Acco...
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June 24, 2026
Ex-Disney CEO Bob Iger Stands by Jimmy Kimmel Suspension and Denies It Was Politically Motivated: His Charlie Kirk Comments Were in ‘Bad Taste’
Bob Iger, who recently stepped down as CEO of Disney, is defending the company’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel back in September over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Public...
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June 14, 2026
Colman Domingo Tells Sarah Pidgeon He Wishes ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 ‘All Came Out at Once’ as They Unpack Ali and Rue, ‘Love Story’ Fashion and More
This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET...
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June 10, 2026
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’
This interview is part of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors series. Watch the full video interview now at CNN.com/Watch (or on the CNN app) and on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 11:59 pm ET...
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June 9, 2026
‘Cocomelon’ Studio Moonbug Aims to Debunk Concerns About ‘Addicting’ Content, Releasing UCLA-Researched Media Guide: ‘We’re Super Diligent Throughout Our Process’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The producers of “Cocomelon” have heard your concerns. But Moonbug, the studio behind the popular preschool series, doesn’t buy into the common critique that its programming is overstimulating or a...
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June 8, 2026
Bowen Yang Tells Rachel Sennott About Delaying ‘SNL’ Exit After a Surprise Lorne Michaels Phone Call as the Duo Discuss Their Comedy Starts, ‘I Love L.A.’ and More
Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott first met as young, eager, internet-savvy members of Brooklyn’s alternative stand-up scene, who didn’t fit into the boxes prescribed by Manhattan institutions like the...
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June 5, 2026
‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Is Peacock’s Most-Watched TV Debut Ever, With 23% of Viewership on Phones and Tablets
Season 8 of “Love Island USA” has achieved the most-watched debut for an original season of television ever on Peacock. The season, which premiered on June 2 and has released three episodes so far,...
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June 5, 2026
Kit Harington and Peter Dinklage Reunite for the First Time Since ‘Game of Thrones’ Ended to Discuss Nude Scenes, Sobriety and Life After Westeros: ‘Let’s Embarrass the F— Out of Each Other’
Kit Harington and Peter Dinklage haven’t seen each other for seven years — not since the 2019 conclusion of “Game of Thrones,” the megahit HBO fantasy series that launched Harington’s career and ce...
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June 4, 2026
Spike Lee, Amy Schumer, John Krasinski and More Appear in PSA About Why New York Is ‘The Easiest Place to Film in the Country’
A group of famous New Yorkers — Spike Lee, Amy Schumer, John Krasinski, Natasha Lyonne, Darren Aronofsky and Celine Song — appear in a PSA released by mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office of media and ent...
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June 4, 2026
Sadie Sink to Star in ‘The Marriage Plot’ Adaptation at FX From A24, Will Arbery and Hiro Murai
FX has greenlit “The Marriage Plot,” a limited series based on Jeffrey Eugenides’ 2011 novel of the same name. Sadie Sink will star in the project, which is written by Will Arbery and directed by H...
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June 4, 2026
‘Love Island USA’ Contestant Who Was Expelled for Using the N-Word Apologizes: ‘There Is No Excuse’
Vasana Montgomery, the 25-year-old from Beaverton, Ore. who was cast in “Love Island USA” Season 8 and promptly expelled for using the n-word in social media videos, made a public apology on Wednes...
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June 2, 2026
‘The Hunting Party’ Canceled After Two Seasons at NBC
“The Hunting Party” has been canceled after two seasons at NBC. The series, which aired its final episode on May 7, starred Melissa Roxburgh as former FBI profiler Rebecca “Bex” Henderson, who led ...
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June 1, 2026
‘Euphoria’ Officially Ending With Season 3, HBO Confirms
After seven years, three seasons and 26 episodes, “Euphoria” is officially over. Sam Levinson — the HBO show’s creator, writer and director — made the announcement on Popcast, New York Times’ music...
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June 1, 2026
‘Euphoria’ Finale: Colman Domingo Goes Deep on Ali’s Journey With Rue, Revenge and His ‘Christ on the Cross Moment’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “In God We Trust,” the Season 3 finale of “Euphoria,” now streaming on HBO Max. It all ends with Ali. Played by Colman Domingo, Ali has been a consta...
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May 30, 2026
‘Love Island USA’ Dismisses a Cast Member for Using the N-Word — for the Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, “Love Island USA” has kicked an islander out of the villa after social media posts surfaced of them using the n-word. Vasana Montgomery will no longer appear in the re...
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May 29, 2026
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Reunite in Disney+ Docuseries About an Australian Sailing Team They Co-Own
Deadpool and Wolverina are back … kinda. Disney+ has greenlit a new docuseries starring Marvel besties Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman and their work as the co-owners of the Bonds Flying Roos, an Au...
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May 28, 2026
‘Love Island USA’ Sets Season 8 Cast Including the Brother of Season 7 Islander Charlie and a Paralympic Athlete
12 new bombshells are entering the villa. “Love Island USA” has set its Season 8 cast, which notably includes Zach Georgiou, the brother of Season 7 islander Charlie, and Beatriz Hatz, a bronze med...
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May 28, 2026
‘Off Campus’ Season 2 Sets Allie and Dean as Central Couple
“Off Campus,” Amazon Prime Video’s popular new young adult romance series has set the central couple for its second season. Season 2 will focus on Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis, played by Mika ...
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May 26, 2026
‘Off Campus’ Is the Third Most-Watched Amazon Prime Video Series Debut of All Time
“Off Campus,” the new romantic drama series about college hockey players, is the third most-watched debut series in the history of Amazon Prime Video. Amazon says that the series reached 36 million...
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May 22, 2026
‘Survivor’ Boss Jeff Probst Says Kalshi and Polymarket Are ‘Incentivizing People to Lie, Cheat and Steal’; Kalshi Is Now Considering Measures to Prevent Spoilers (EXCLUSIVE)
Jeff Probst is slamming prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket for allowing users to make trades about who won “Survivor” Season 50, saying that the companies are “incentivizing peo...
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May 22, 2026
Kalshi and Polymarket Are Spoiling Reality TV Shows — and Studios Don’t Know What to Do About It
The winner of CBS’ “Survivor 50” was announced live on air on May 20. But traders on prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket — and “Survivor” fans exposed to reports of the fluctuating od...
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