The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Tony Dokoupil Honors Scott Pelley After ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘A Journalist Who Valued Truth at All Costs’ [14m]
• ‘Mapogo: The Lion Throne’ Vertical Documentary Series Set at FlareFlow [1h]
• TikTok Teams With Sundance Institute for Four-Week Microseries Writing Workshop [3h]
• Steve Kroft Says ’60 Minutes’ Is ‘Disastrous’ Under Bari Weiss After Scott Pelley and More Fired: ‘This Is Journalistic Interference’ [3h]
• Tom Holland Once Said Playing Spider-Man in His 30s Would Be Bad, but Now Reveals ‘I Could’ve Been Trying to Leverage Sony’ for a Better Deal: ‘A Strategy to Create Fear’ [3h]
• Music Industry Moves: Mexico’s Intocable Partners With Primary Wave; Julia Jacklin Signs With 4AD [3h]
• ‘We Have to Reinvent Ourselves Time and Time Again’: Inside Variety’s Power of Women London With Cynthia Erivo, Emilia Clarke, Suki Waterhouse, Emma Corrin and Hannah Waddingham — Plus a Surprise Appearance From Dame Joan Collins [3h]
• Wim Wenders Withdraws ‘Wrong Move’ From Circulation Over Nastassja Kinski’s Topless Scene Filmed at Age 13 [4h]
• NBA Finals 2026: Here’s Where to Watch the New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs Championship Series Live Online [4h]
• ElevenLabs Partners With Hasbro’s AI Studios to License Transformers, Mr. Potato Head, Clue Characters and More for AI Use [4h]
• ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Finale’s Hallway Scene Took Three Days of Prep and One Day to Shoot [5h]
• Shia LaBeouf Gets Probation After Pleading Guilty to Battery in New Orleans Bar Fight [5h]
• Emilia Clarke on Moving Forward After Suffering Two Brain Hemorrhages: ‘Recovery Is as Important as Survival’ [5h]
• ‘Diddy: The Reckoning’ Director’s Biggest Challenge Was ‘Cutting Through Social Media’ Noise to Get to the Truth [5h]
• What Martin Scorsese’s AI Embrace Means for Filmmaking’s Future: 5 Takeaways [5h]
• Quentin Tarantino Slams Hollywood as a ‘Flavorless Sausage Factory’ Where ‘Miscast’ Actors, ‘Audience Pandering or Stupid S— Torpedos Every New Movie’ [5h]
• How One Media Company Is Fighting Manga’s Major Piracy Problem [5h]
• Hulu to Develop Scott Turow Novel ‘Suspect’ for TV With Bruce Miller & Marissa Jo Cerar, Matt Shakman to Direct [6h]
• CBS News Gutted ’60 Minutes’ On-Air Team. Can This Show Really Go On? [7h]
• Sharon Stone on Helping Marc Maron Channel His Grief Over Lynn Shelton With ‘In Memoriam’ and Why Joe Eszterhas’ ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot Is a Bad Idea [7h]
• Casting Society Adds Video Game Membership Category (EXCLUSIVE) [7h]
• Netflix’s ‘Michael Jackson: The Verdict’ Docuseries Puts the Singer and the Public on Trial: TV Review [7h]
• ‘The Odyssey’ Sets 3-Week 70mm Run at Westwood’s Village Theatre [7h]
• Sara Bareilles Announces First Studio Album in Seven Years, ‘Good Grief,’ to Be Followed by Fall Tour [7h]
• ‘Boomah,’ Gritty New Feature From ‘Daughters of Abdulrahman’ Director Zaid Abu Hamdan, Set For Shanghai Film Festival Bow [8h]
• Sam Reich on ‘Game Changer’ Emmy Chances, Abby Lee Miller’s Surprise Dropout Fandom and Animated ‘Dimension 20’ Plans [8h]
• ‘Bicycle Thief,’ Iroller Media’s Indian Drama, Lands European and U.S. Distribution With Norse Key Productions (EXCLUSIVE) [8h]
• Disney Moves Some Super Bowl Commercials at $8 Million Amid Advertiser Squabbles (EXCLUSIVE) [8h]
• TV Networks Hope Sports Catch Upfront Ad Dollars as Madison Avenue Cuts Budgets (EXCLUSIVE) [8h]
• How Ken Burns and David Schmidt’s ‘The American Revolution’ Documentary Lends a Voice to the Underrepresented and Took 10 Years to Make [9h]
• ‘American Horror Story’ Star Emma Roberts Signs With UTA [9h]
• Netflix Orders Big Box Store Animated Comedy Series ‘Dealies’ (EXCLUSIVE) [9h]
• Snap Taps Anmol Malhotra as New Global Head of Content and Partnerships [9h]
• Sony’s Santa Monica Studio Announces ‘God of War Laufey’ (Gaming News Roundup) [9h]
• ‘Backrooms’ Crosses $100 Million in 6 Days to Become A24’s Biggest Movie at Domestic Box Office [9h]
• ‘Tulsa King’ Eyes Move to New York as Season 5 Writers’ Room Opens [9h]
• Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box,’ Hirose Suzu Lead Japan Cuts 2026 Lineup (EXCLUSIVE) [9h]
• AGBO Expands Leadership Team With New Hires From Apple, Snap and Gaming World (EXCLUSIVE) [9h]
• AI Music Company Suno Raises $400 Million at $5.4 Billion Valuation [10h]
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard to Attend Slano Film Days, Joining Paweł Pawlikowski, Ruben Östlund, Michel Franco, Michael Seresin [11h]
• Thailand Launches Bangkok International Content Market, B2B Platform for Film, Series and Animation [11h]
• CBS News Boss Bari Weiss Defends Firing Scott Pelley From ‘60 Minutes’: ‘Trust’ Was ‘Broken’ After His Blow-Up and ‘That’s the Path He Chose’ [11h]
• Universal’s U.K. Theme Park Reveals Name, Gets $8 Billion-Plus Commitment From Comcast as British Government Pledges Major Infrastructure Support [12h]
• ‘Ice Cream Man’ Trailer: Eli Roth’s Creepy Horror Turns Dessert-Seeking Kids into Killers [12h]
• Box Office: ‘Scary Movie’ Battles ‘Backrooms’ for No. 1 With $45 Million-Plus Debut, ‘Masters of the Universe’ Targets $33 Million Start [12h]
• Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow’s ‘Friends’ Reunion: The Emmy Winners on Funniest Moments, Learning About AI and Making Another Sitcom With Courteney Cox [12h]
• Javier Bardem and Amy Adams’ ‘Cape Fear’ Is a Worthy and Disturbing Psychological Thriller: TV Review [12h]
• YouTube Music Unveils Indie ‘Foundry Class’ of 2026: Julia Wolf, RaiNao, Kelela and More [12h]
• Arsenal Star Bukayo Saka Sets Documentary ‘The Time Is Now’: It’s the ‘Chance to Tell My Story in a Way I Never Have Before’ (EXCLUSIVE) [12h]
• Pink Teases Tony Awards Hosting Plans: ‘There Will Be Stunts, and Not Just for Me’ [13h]
• Jim Sheridan’s ‘Re-Creation’ Closes U.S. With Kino Lorber While Latido Sells Pregnant Trans Man Drama ‘9 Moons’ to Half the World (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• ‘California Avenue’ Producer on New BBC Drama Starring Helena Bonham Carter and Bill Nighy: ‘It’s a Love Letter to Television From the 1970s’ [15h]
• Nearly 70% of Americans Play Video Games for at Least an Hour Each Week, New Report Finds [15h]
• ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Wins Battle Against Censorhip in India After Being Blocked Amid Fears Theatrical Release ‘Would Break Up the India-Israel Relationship’ [18h]
• Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt Lead in Early Returns in Bizarre L.A. Mayor’s Race [20h]
• Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton Lead in Early Returns for California Governor [20h]
• Scott Pelley Fires Back After ’60 Minutes’ Ouster: ‘The Collapse of Values at The Top Has Become Untenable’ [21h]
• ‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Premiere Reveals First Five Couples, Bombshell Entries Leave the Villa Shook [22h]
• ‘South Park’ Creator Trey Parker Says ‘We Have a President Who Thinks His Job Is to Be the Joker’ [23h]