Beau Starr, the American actor best known for playing Sheriff Ben Meeker in “Halloween 4” and “Halloween 5,” has died, according to TMZ. He was 81 years old. TMZ confirmed the death via Beau’s younger brother, Mike, who said the actor died of natural causes at his Vancouver home. Mike described his brother as “very unique and special.”

Meryl Streep paid tribute to Stanley Tucci as he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, using the moment to reflect on both his career and their decades-long friendship. Tucci was honored alongside Emily Blunt in a rare joint ceremony in Los Angeles, drawing a crowd that included John Krasinski, Matt Damon and Dwayne Johnson. Streep, who has starred with Tucci in “

Kid Rock kicked off the first show of his Freedom 250 Tour in Dallas with a pre-show hype video featuring himself and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth riding in twin Apache helicopters. The video opens with Rock touching down at an airport on a private jet. As he steps onto the tarmac, he’s greeted by Hegseth. After a familiar bro hug, Rock asks Hegseth, “Mr.

Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell and Wagner Moura are set to play three friends in upcoming comedy “Art,” based on French playwright Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning pay satirising modern art, friendship and intellectual pretension. The film — launching in the Cannes market with Patrick Wachsberger’s Legendary-backed 193 — is being directed by Fernando Meirelles, the Oscar-nominated Brazilian director best known for “City of God,” “The Constant Gardener” and “The Two Popes,” from a script by two-time Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (“Dangerous Liasons,” “The Father”).

Barry Manilow took to X on Friday afternoon to share an update about the cancerous spot on his lung. He said he is making “great progress” in his recovery, but his doctor told him he’s “not quite ready” to perform and must postpone some upcoming Las Vegas dates. “Good news! I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I’m making great progress and look great,” …

“Don’t be ridiculous, Andrea. Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.” That’s most likely the attitude at 20th Century Studios this weekend, because “The Devil Wears Prada 2” easily topped the box office charts on Friday with $32.5 million from 4,150 North American theaters. The fashion-forward sequel is targeting $75 million to $80 million by Sunday, but some box office projectionists have earnings climbing even higher to around $90 million over its debut weekend.

SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses plot details for “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” in theaters now. After reading the script for “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” costume designer Molly Rogers had one thought, “I have to put the cerulean blue sweater in 2.” It was the first call she put into 20th Century Studios, and director David Frankel agreed.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The first race of the 2026 Triple Crown is here with Kentucky Derby. The 152nd annual running of the horse-racing event features 20 thoroughbreds and jockeys on Saturday, May 2. Want to watch Kentucky Derby? Here’s what you need to know.

While The Devil Wears Prada 2 opening this weekend will no doubt be fashion’s top drama at the box office, Monday night’s Met Ball will have plenty of its own. Sure, its theme “Fashion Is Art” is true — but lest we forget, it’s also commerce. This Monday’s Met Gala — “fashion’s biggest night of the year,” as the cliché goes — will deliver beaucoup theatrical looks, with Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and of course Vogue’s…

Donald Trump on Friday acknowledged that Melania Trump “hates” when he performs his signature stiff-armed, fist-pumping dance to the Village People‘s “YMCA” at his rallies and other events. He then proceeded to bust a few moves to the 1978 disco hit. Trump, speaking to a crowd at Florida’s The Villages retirement community Friday evening, said his wife “hates when I dance to what’s sometimes referred to as ‘the gay national anthem,’ you know that,” adding about “YMCA”: “We love that song.”

Marjolein Busstra’s House of Hope, a film about a Palestinian couple teaching young students non-violent resistance in an elementary school in the occupied West Bank, picked up the best international feature documentary prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Friday night. The top jury prize win at the festival means Busstra’s film, a Palestine-Netherlands co-production that world premiered at…

The Cannes Critics’ Week, the sidebar that runs alongside the main Cannes Film Festival, has unveiled the four short films created for its Next Step Studio initiative from four young directors from Indonesia. The first edition of Next Step Studio has given them a voice by enabling them to co-write and co-direct shorts. which will be screened during the 65th edition…

PETA has debuted a new “The Devil Wears Prada”-inspired ad calling for a ban on all animal skins in fashion. The spot, which will run for two weeks before showings of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” in 100 theaters throughout the U.S., features a playful nod to the first “Prada.” As a Stanley Tucci look-a-like delivers the iconic line, “Gird your loins,” his co-workers scramble to hide their animal skin clothing and accessories.

The summer movie season kicks off in theaters this month with major Hollywood studio fare such as “The Devil Wears Prada 2” and “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” but it’s also kicking off on streaming as some of the buzziest movies of 2026 start arriving on SVOD platforms. Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights,” which brought Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s smoldering chemistry to the big screen, arrives on HBO Max after dividing audiences with its eroticism.

Writer and director Joseph Sperber’s political murder mystery film “Behind Closed Doors” has announced its cast as it begins production in Los Angeles. Elijah Reed (“Doom Patrol”), Nick Samson (“Poser”), Melissa Alce (“Matlock”), Christian Haines (“Law & Order”) and Charrell Mack (“The Pitt”) are set to star. This is Sperber’s feature debut, following his live-action short film “Let Us Play” which starred Doug Jones and was an official selection at the LA Shorts International Film Festival.

Post Malone‘s “Big Ass Stadium Tour Part 2” just got smaller. The artist took to social media Friday night to announce that he was canceling the first few weeks of his outing in stadiums with Jelly Roll, saying that he wants to get his forthcoming album finished before hitting the road in earnest. The cancellation affects the first six regularly scheduled dates on the Live Nation-produced joint tour, the first of which was to have been May 13 at El Paso’s Sun Bowl Stadium, on through a nixed show scheduled for June 5 in Oxford, Miss.

During California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher” in 2025, the titular host took pains to grill his governor on what he felt were the many needless layers of bureaucracy in the Golden State — namely, that he was forced to pay for two roof inspections on his home following the wildfires that ravaged the Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. In a title bout for the undisputed super bantamweight (junior featherweight) championship, Japanese fighter Naoya Inoue takes on fellow Japanese boxer Junto Nakatani in a 12-round match. What’s on the line? Inoue’s IBF, WBC and WBO World Super Bantam title belts.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is the latest politician to back an unlimited state tax incentive for film and TV production, following a similar move by her rival, Councilwoman Nithya Raman, last week. Bass is facing a tough fight for reelection on June 2, and the dramatic downturn in production jobs has become a key issue in the race. As Assembly speaker, Bass helped pass the state’s original production credit lottery of $100 million.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is the latest politician to back an unlimited state tax incentive for film and TV production, following a similar move by her rival, Councilwoman Nithya Raman, last week. Bass is facing a tough fight for reelection on June 2, and the dramatic downturn in production jobs has become a key issue in the race. As Assembly speaker, Bass helped pass the state’s original production credit lottery of $100 million.

NBC has canceled the medical drama “Brilliant Minds” after two seasons and the mockumentary comedy “Stumble” after one season, Variety has learned. “Brilliant Minds” is based on the books “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and “An Anthropologist on Mars” by Oliver Sacks. The series stars Zachary Quinto as neurology physician Oliver Wolf, following “Dr.

Meryl Streep is weighing in on the state of modern filmmaking, arguing that the dominance of superhero storytelling has led to less nuanced character work across the industry. As Miranda Priestly puts it in the “Devil Wears Prada” sequel, there’s a shortage of “visionaries” in lieu of “vendors.” Speaking in a recent interview on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show alongside Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt during “

Having wrapped up his run on “Andor,” Diego Luna is moving from one part of the Disney empire to another. The “Star Wars” actor will appear in the the studio’s live action adaptation of “Tangled” alongside Teagan Croft (“Titans”), Milo Manheim (“Zombies”) and Kathryn Hahn (“The Studio”). For those unfamiliar with the 2010 animated feature of the same name, it’s a retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairytale story of Rapunzel, she of the “let down your hair” fame.

Greta Gerwig‘s “Narnia” movie will be getting a full Imax theatrical release in early 2027. Previously slated for a Thanksgiving 2026 release, the film is now set to open in theaters on Feb. 12, 2027, and on Netflix on April 2, 2027. Sneak previews of “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” will begin on Imax screens on Feb. 10.

Sony’s PlayStation debuted “Saros,” its latest splashy AAA title for the PS5, this week to overwhelmingly positive reviews. But while critics have had advance time with single-player action game, players just diving in this weekend after the title’s Thursday release have an uphill battle ahead of them as they take on the bullet-hell environment that developer Housemarque counts as its speciality.