Queen Latifah and Jamie Foxx have teamed up to executive produce a new film about the life of civil rights activist and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, starring Jill Scott. Shakim Compere and Holly Carter will also executive produce “Mahalia!.” R…

Admitting to how much one doesn't know, in an era bent on proving our incompetence, is humbling enough for most of us. But it seems especially difficult for celebrities. Dispatches from Hollywood have often tended towards the smugness of certitude since COVID'…

A group of women who stood up against Harvey Weinstein and other sexual abusers are pushing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to support the Adult Survivors Act, which would give survivors more time to hold their abusers accountable to get justice. Jessica Mann and D…

Some moviegoers feel China's exhibition sector has been unfairly targeted by prolonged closures and excessive COVID-19 prevention measures, Variety found in a WeChat-based survey of cinema patrons. Survey respondents, who participated on the condition of anony…

The first official socially distanced venue to open in the U.K. since the pandemic began held its first concert Tuesday night, with 2,500 fans gathering on 500 separate elevated platforms placed on a racing track field. Sam Fender headlined the first of two so…

CBS Television Studios has signed an exclusive agreement with law enforcement and public safety advisory group 21CP Solutions to consult with the writing staffs of CBS crime procedurals and legal dramas, Variety has learned exclusively. The move comes in the w…

Marc Malkin has been named Variety's senior culture and events editor. Malkin's new duties include helping to steer the editorial content of the weekly magazine, with an emphasis on expanding lifestyle and culture coverage as well as a focus on how the enterta…

Media power couple Rich Bressler, President/COO/CFO of iHeartMedia, and Lisa Gersh, co-founder of the Oxygen network, have listed their designer-done three-bedroom and 3.5-bathroom high-rise condo in New York City’s historic and charming West Village at …