Ethan Shanfeld

“Saturday Night Live” will welcome former cast member Kristen Wiig and “I’m Just Ken” crooner Ryan Gosling to Studio 8H, where the two will host the venerable sketch show on April 6 and 13, respectively. Wiig will be joined by musical guest Raye, and Gosling will share the stage with Chris Stapleton. As previously announced, […]

Popular on Variety While “The Bear” is currently in production on Season 3, sources confirm to Variety that FX is already cooking up Season 4, which will film back to back with the third season. FX renewed the Chicago-set restaurant dramedy for Season 3 in November and has not announced a Season 4 renewal. A […]

Popular on Variety Abortion organizations hosted at Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Guts” tour will no longer be distributing emergency contraceptives at the singer’s concerts. Organizers tell Variety that after widespread media attention, local abortion funds were told Thursday afternoon that they were no longer allowed to hand out free emergency birth control pills and other reproductive health […]

Popular on Variety “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss pulled out all the stops for their new series “3 Body Problem” — which even included asking Barack Obama to appear in the Netflix fantasy about an alien invasion. “He did sign a very funny note though, when we tried to get him […]

Thirty years after its release, the supernatural superhero thriller “The Crow” is getting the remake treatment from director Rupert Sanders and star Bill Skarsgård. But Alex Proyas, the director of the original 1994 film starring Brandon Lee, doesn’t think that’s a good idea. “I really don’t get any joy from seeing negativity about any fellow […]

Popular on Variety As “The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels looks to create a new series in the world of Dunder Mifflin, he’s tapped “Nathan for You” co-creator Michael Koman to help lead the project, sources tell Variety. Daniels and Koman would serve as co-creators of the prospective series, which has not yet been greenlit to […]

Drake Bell has taken to social media to inform fans that his Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck has reached out to him in private about the abuse allegations Bell made in the documentary series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.” Josh Peck starred in the sitcom “Drake & Josh” alongside Bell, who in […]

Sacha Baron Cohen is denying Rebel Wilson‘s claims after she said on social media that the “Borat” star is attempting to prevent her from publishing her memoir after she said it includes a chapter that exposes his behavior. Wilson and Baron Cohen played husband and wife in the 2016 action-comedy “The Brothers Grimsby,” on the […]

Jeremy Allen White is looking to go from “The Bear” to the Boss, as the actor is in talks to play Bruce Springsteen in an upcoming narrative feature about the making of his 1982 album “Nebraska,” Variety has confirmed. No deals have been finalized, but Scott Cooper is circling to write and direct the movie, […]

Popular on Variety After two years of hosting his own podcast, Bill Maher will help others do the same with Club Random Studios, a podcast network and entertainment hub aiming to champion “authenticity from unfiltered celebrity voices.” Besides Maher’s own “Club Random,” the network’s first show is “The Sage Steele Show,” hosted by Sage Steele, […]

Ninja, the professional video game player and most-followed Twitch streamer in the world, revealed he was diagnosed with skin cancer. “Alright I’m still in a bit of shock but want to keep you all updated. A few weeks ago I went in to a dermatologist for an annual skin/mole check that Jess proactively scheduled for […]

Popular on Variety In his “Saturday Night Live” monologue, Ramy Youssef called for a free Palestine and for the release of the hostages taken in the Israel-Hamas War. At the top of his monologue, Youssef joked, “This is an incredibly spiritual weekend. We’re in the holy month of Ramadan. Tomorrow is Easter. And yesterday, Beyoncé […]

Ramy Youssef cheekily observed the holy month of Ramadan on “Saturday Night Live” with a parody ad offering a simple solution addressing the difficulties of fasting. “You know, fasting for Ramadan used to be easy. But the last few years, with work and a growing family, it’s felt almost impossible. But not anymore. Thanks to […]

Popular on Variety Joe Rogan has some choice words for TV’s most-watched daytime talk show. In a new episode of his “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, the host bonded with author and journalist Coleman Hughes over the latter’s tense appearance on “The View.” “It is the show that people love to hate,” Rogan said. “They get […]

J.B. Smoove enters our Zoom interview dressed to the nines. “You look very stylish right now,” is the first thing I say to him. “You’re definitely showing me up on this Zoom call.” Smoove — black pork pie hat and shades on, plus earrings and a chain draped over a red flannel shirt covering a […]

Popular on Variety New York was shaken by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake Friday morning, according to the Associated Press. The earthquake occurred at 10:23 a.m. ET about eight miles northwest of Bridgewater, N.J., per the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, and rattled skyscrapers and buildings across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points from the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” More than 25 years after he sent the “Seinfeld” gang to jail in the sitcom’s much-hated series finale, Larry David exonerated himself — both literally and figuratively — in the final moments of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The April 7 series […]

Sublime brought the LBC to Indio on Saturday as Bradley Nowell’s son, Jakob Nowell, united with original band members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson for a sun-soaked Coachella set. Jakob Nowell carries on the legacy of Sublime 28 years after Bradley’s death in 1996. Coincidentally, Nowell, 28, is currently the same age as his father […]

Brian Cox has never been one to withhold his true feelings, and at London’s HistFest the “Succession” star unloaded on a variety of topics Sunday night including politics, theater critics and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” “It’s terrible,” Cox said of the Oscar-nominated historical drama, per The Standard. “A truly terrible performance by Joaquin Phoenix. It really is […]

A little over 10 years ago, David Adjmi was on an airplane, listening to Led Zeppelin’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” and picturing Robert Plant recording the vocals. “It’s communicating desire and pain and anguish and torture and lust,” Adjmi says of the song. “I was thinking about all of these conflicting emotions and imagining […]