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Kieran & Colman

ACTORS ON ACTORS | Kieran Culkin and Colman Domingo on why acting methods are useless and objecting to 'when actors call themselves storytellers.'

By Selome Hailu

Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky in episode 10, season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Credit: Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount+

‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Renewed for Season 4 at Paramount+

Jeremy Renner stars in the series alongside Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Taylor Handley, Derek Webster, Nichole Galicia and more.

By Joe Otterson

Oh My Lord, Sweet Baby Jesus! Variety's 30 Most Powerful Women on Reality TV in 2024

Whether a “Housewives” addict, a Bachelor Nation romantic or a “Dancing With the Stars” voter, there’s enough reality TV to go around. Luckily, Variety watches it all — we like to…

By Emily Longeretta, Kate Aurthur

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 02: Student loan borrowers gathered at the Supreme Court today to tell the court that student loan relief is legal on January 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for We, The 45 Million)

Digital

Supreme Court Will Hear TikTok’s Appeal Challenging Ban

The Supreme Court agreed to hear TikTok’s appeal for an emergency injunction blocking a federal law that would ban the popular video app unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its…

By Todd Spangler

Film

Why It Would Be Really Dumb for the Oscars Not to Nominate ‘Challengers’ for Best Picture

Will “Challengers” nab a best picture nomination at this year’s Academy Awards? The question might seem trivial to anyone who’s not a “Challengers” superfan — and, full…

By Owen Gleiberman

Film

‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Review

Faster and more fun than the other 'Sonic' movies, with Jim Carrey in an epic turn.

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The Year of ‘Brat’

Charli xcx is Variety's Hitmaker of the Year.
Top Songs of 2024

'A Bar Song (Tipsy),' 'I Had Some Help' and more top the list.

‘Maria’

Angelina Jolie is commanding as Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's lavish but overly fatalistic drama. More limited than 'Jackie' or 'Spencer,' it's hemmed in by its heroine's downward spiral.
‘Kraven the Hunter’

It's not quite craven, but Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars in a Marvel action movie where everything is derivative. It feels like the beginning of the endgame for Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohoirrim’

A tiresome deep-cut anime prequel for die-hard 'Hobbit' fans. It's set 183 years earlier and introduces another female hero in the vein of Éowyn.
‘Elton John: Never Too Late’

The original king of pop gets the robustly satisfying and emotional documentary he deserves. The film dives into Elton's '70s heyday, which it captures with astonishing archival detail.

‘Interior Chinatown’

'Interior Chinatown' Struggles to Turn an Allegorical Novel Into a Show
‘Dune: Prophecy’

HBO Prequel Series 'Dune: Prophecy' Capably Tailors the Epic Franchise to Television
‘Landman’

Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' Gives the West Texas Oil Fields the 'Yellowstone' Treatment
'The Day of the Jackal’

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch's 'The Day of the Jackal' Is an Exhilarating Assassin Thriller

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!