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"Wicked: For Good" has earned $30.8 million in previews, marking the biggest preview haul of the year.

The sequel is on track for a $150M–$180M opening weekend. It would need to top the $162.7M debut of "A Minecraft Movie" to become 2025’s biggest box-office opening.

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November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Blake Lively says she’s suffered $161 million in damages from an alleged smear campaign tied to the release of “It Ends With Us.”

- $56.2M in lost acting, producing, and endorsement income

- $49M from her beauty brand Blake Brown

- $22M from Betty Buzz/Betty Booze

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November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This week’s cover story:

Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery

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November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#JonStewart is staying put on #TheDailyShow and has renewed his deal to continue hosting one episode per week through December 2026.

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November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne are separating after 22 years as both creative and life partners.

The pair announced their split on Instagram, adding that they “look forward to seeing you on tour,” even though the band has no scheduled concert dates.

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October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
MTV has cancelled "Ridiculousness" after 14 years and 46 seasons.

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October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Gayle King, who has been the face of CBS News‘ morning show for more than a decade, is expected to depart as an anchor of the morning program next year.

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October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Suzanne Somers' husband has created an AI clone of her, two years after her death. "Suzanne AI" was trained by “all of Suzanne’s 27 books and hundreds of interviews."

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October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This week's exclusive cover story:

Saying Goodbye to 'Stranger Things': The Duffer Brothers Tell All on Season 5 Secrets, the Tearful Finale and Leaving Netflix For Paramount

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October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CBS News and NBC News refuse to sign the Pentagon's new press policy in a joint statement.

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October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Disney’s sci-fi sequel “Tron: Ares” opened to a disappointing $33.5 million this weekend, falling short of projections of $45 million to $50 million.

For comparison, 2010’s “Tron: Legacy” debuted to $44 million (not adjusted for inflation).

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October 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Amazon Prime Video has canceled "Countdown" and "Butterfly" after one season each.

Both series appeared on Nielsen’s top 10 streaming originals chart.

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October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Before Bari Weiss was tapped as CBS News' new editor-in-chief, her agents pushed to get her on "The View" after Meghan McCain’s exit in 2021.

Sources say Weiss' centrist-right contrarian politics ultimately didn't test well with audiences.

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October 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jane Rosenthal Unscripted: The Tribeca Founder on the Executive Who Disrespected De Niro, ‘Meet the Parents 4’ and Hollywood’s ‘Extremely Disturbing’ Silence Over Trump
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May 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A$AP Rocky, Movie Star: The Rapper on Method Acting With Denzel Washington, Planning a Film With Rihanna and Being ‘Blessed to Work’ After Assault Trial

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May 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
‘Speed’ Reunion: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock to Star in Romance Thriller for Amazon MGM variety.com/2025/film/ne...
May 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Renewed for Season 3 at Disney+ Ahead of Season 2 Premiere

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March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sadie Sink is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The “Stranger Things” star has been cast in “Spider-Man 4,” in which she’ll share the screen with Tom Holland as the web-slinging Avenger. variety.com/2025/more/ne...
March 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This week's Variety cover story:

Tatum O’Neal Is Still Here: The Oscar Winner on Surviving Addiction, a Stroke and Coming to Terms With Being Left Out of Her Father’s Will

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February 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Sabrina Carpenter at the 2025 #GRAMMYs
February 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the 2025 Grammys
February 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Chappell Roan at the 2025 #GRAMMYs 💛
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Jaden Smith and Willow Smith at the 2025 #Grammys
February 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What Hollywood Lost in the Fires

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January 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Carrie Underwood will sing “America the Beautiful” at the inauguration ceremony for president-elect Donald J. Trump. bit.ly/4fVRjRn
January 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM