Daniel D'Addario

Popular on Variety There was something perhaps apt about Joe Biden’s appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Monday night being pegged to the show’s 10th anniversary; as Vice President, in 2014, Biden had appeared on the show’s first broadcast, and now he marked the passage of a decade. It was a booking that made […]

Popular on Variety Richard Lewis, who died Feb. 27 at 76, had a long career as a comic, but has lately been particularly well-known as a part of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — something close to its heart. On “Curb,” Lewis’ frequent appearances needled star and protagonist Larry David in a manner no one else in […]

Bradley Cooper can’t win. That’s meant literally; there seems, based on how the precursor awards have shaken out, effectively no chance that he will capitalize on his three Oscar nominations this year, for acting in, writing, and producing the Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro.” (He wasn’t nominated for directing the film, as he wasn’t for 2018’s […]

Sydney Sweeney’s had a huge 2024 so far — and her most startling act of the year is still ahead. In the early weeks of the year, her Sony Pictures romantic comedy with Glen Powell, “Anyone But You,” showed remarkable staying power at the box office, eventually building from a tepid early result amid holiday […]

Popular on Variety At various points in “An Enemy of the People,” the Jeremy Strong-led production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic, the greatest entertainment comes from watching the faces opposite you. That’s not a critique of director Sam Gold’s work. It’s hard to think of a show that could put to better use the unique in-the-round […]

The “Netflix and chill” generation has just been confronted with, well, “Sex.” “Sex and the City,” which wrapped up its six-season run on HBO in 2004, has arrived on the streaming platform, and is currently ranked at No. 7 in the Netflix Top 10. (This places it comfortably ahead of “Buying Beverly Hills” but behind […]

Two years ago, in the Season 2 finale of “Hacks,” it appeared that Deborah Vance and her protégé Ava Daniels had reached the end of the road. Deborah (Jean Smart), a jaded Las Vegas comic, and Ava (Hannah Einbinder), the young and eager joke writer she’d hired, had together crafted a TV special that showcased […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points from the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Larry David got the opportunity to revise the controversial ending he’d chosen for his first widely loved TV series, and he stayed pretty close to the formula. But while his previous series ended with its protagonist in prison, his current one is ending with David himself […]

Popular on Variety Tuesday night saw something that, fourteen years ago, might have seemed impossible: Conan O’Brien returned to “The Tonight Show.” And he was greeted with a standing ovation. He was there, ostensibly, to promote a forthcoming Max series in which he travels the world meeting fans. But he’d come a long way just […]

And just like that, 20 years after its 1998 premiere on HBO, “Sex and the City” is winning legions of new fans upon its arrival on Netflix. The beloved series ranked No. 7 on Netflix’s Top 10 upon its release on the streamer, whose firehose of viewers presents an exciting opportunity to see how younger […]