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Variety on Comics
Sony, Marvel Make Up: Companies Will Produce Third 'Spider-Man' Film
Sony Pictures and Marvel have found a way to get back in the Spider-Man business together. Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Studios jointly announced that Marvel Studios and its Pres…
Variety on Crypto
Donald Trump Wants to Sell Bizarre NFT ‘Trading Cards’ of Himself for $99
Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former U.S. president, is hoping to rake in some cash by shilling digital NFT trading cards depicting him in various scenes and weird fantasy scenarios, including …
Variety on Gaming
Mario Is Moving Away From Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto (EXCLUSIVE)
As Nintendo takes its shot at the box office with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” the first animated film featuring the iconic mustachioed plumber, the gaming company has been coy about …
Variety on Music
Pink‘s New Flight Path: Pop's Bionic Woman on Her Death-Defying Stadium Tour and ‘Trustfall’ Album
In a world of hyphenates, Pink all but dares us to come up with one to describe her place in the pop landscape, besides anything so earthbound as “singer-songwriter.” Maybe “gymnast-therapist”…
Variety on TV
Julia Roberts: We Didn't Fully 'Appreciate' the Romantic-Comedy Boom in the 1990s
Julia Roberts is returning to the romantic-comedy genre for the first time in over 20 years with the upcoming “Ticket for Paradise,” and she hopes audiences will finally appreciate the …
The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
The movies are now more than 100 years old. That still makes them a young medium, at least in art-form years (how old is the novel? the theater? the painting?). But they’re just old enough to…
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William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With 'Overwhelming Sadness' (EXCLUSIVE)
In this exclusive excerpt from William Shatner’s new book, “Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder,” the “Star Trek” actor reflects on his voyage into spac…
«I discovered that the beauty isn’t out there, it’s down here, with all of us.»
How (and Why) Neil Gaiman Finally Adapted 'The Sandman' for TV 'After Three Decades of Stopping Bad'…
Neil Gaiman didn’t have to do it. He could have left well enough alone. After 30 years of successfully shutting down every “bad” attempt to adapt his best-selling Vertigo graphic novel …
Hollywood's Secret New Weight Loss Drug, Revealed: The Hype and Hazards of Ozempic
Last week’s Emmy awards saw big winners gush with gratitude over their agents, managers, and audiences, but there was one notable benefactor to many stars that went unthanked: the injectable drug s…
Tom Brady’s Game Plan: The Legend on Why He Won't Set a Retirement Date, Making Movies and…
In a move that no one saw coming, Tom Brady will be returning to play for his beloved New England Patriots. But before you call your extended family in Boston to celebrate, know that this homecomin…
Inside the Dirty Business of Hit Songwriting
Sixty-four years ago, as Elvis Presley’s career reached its supernova stage, the 21-year-old singer’s team hit on a strategy that enabled him to profit from songwriting without actually writing son…
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