The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Materialists’ Production Designer and Set Decorator Estimate How Much Rent Each Character Pays for Their NYC Apartment [1h]
• How Charli xcx Helped ‘Overcompensating’ Music Supervisors Secure Britney Spears and Lady Gaga Song [2h]
• Emmy Predictions: Lead Actress (Comedy) — 47 Hilarious Women Eyeing a Nomination, Including Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson and More [2h]
• I Need Pedro Pascal’s Silk Bed Sheets in ‘Materialists’ [2h]
• ‘The Amazing Race’ Has Won 10 Reality Competition Emmys — But It’s Still Not Enough [2h]
• Teyana Taylor, Ben Marshall, Zach Cherry and Kam Patterson Join Netflix Comedy ’72 Hours’ [2h]
• Amanda Seyfried: ‘It’s Not Very Brave to Do Sequels. It’s Just for Money and It’s Frustrating.’ [3h]
• Neil Marshall’s ‘Compulsion’ Set to Premiere at The Mediterrane Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) – Film News in Brief [3h]
• Netflix’s Cannabis Drama ‘Amsterdam Empire’ Gives Famke Janssen the Role She’s Been Waiting For – and She Finally Gets to Speak in Dutch [3h]
• ‘The Challenge’ Producers Define Each Era of the Past 40 Seasons — From When the Structure Changed to When Athletes Were Created [3h]
• Sabrina Carpenter Scores Her First-Ever No. 1 Debut Single With ‘Manchild’ [3h]
• Post Malone Is Now a Stanley Tumbler Guy: Shop the Rapper’s Camo-Printed Stanley Collection Here [3h]
• David Lynch’s Red Director Chair Stops by Variety’s Office Ahead of Live Auction [3h]
• ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Star H. Jon Benjamin Says He’s ‘Become’ Bob as the Show’s Continued: ‘I Didn’t Sound Like This at All 15 Years Ago. Now I Talk Like Bob’ [3h]
• How Done+Dusted Found the Right Tone for Conan O’Brien’s Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, as Both a Celebration and a Wake: ‘It Was So Cathartic’ [3h]
• Tubi Picks Up ‘Zero Star: The Cam Ward Story’ 6-Part Docuseries About This Year’s NFL Draft No. 1 Pick (EXCLUSIVE) [4h]
• Vice Media Taps NBCU Veteran Adam Stosky as CEO; Former Chief Exec Bruce Dixon Exits [4h]
• How to Watch the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Online [4h]
• Colin Jost, Marcello Hernandez, Sarah Sherman and Mike Myers on ‘SNL50’ Surprises, the Pros and Cons of Dress Rehearsal and Going ‘Into a Depression’ Over Cut Sketches [4h]
• ‘Bride Hard’ Review: Rebel Wilson Hijacks the Wedding Party in Middle-Grade Action-Comedy [4h]
• Mariska Hargitay Joined by Cher, Jamie Lee Curtis and ‘Law & Order’ Co-Stars at Tribeca Festival’s ‘My Mom Jayne’ Premiere [4h]
• Sarah Jessica Parker: Male Characters ‘Can Be Murderers and People Love Them,’ but a Woman ‘Behaves Poorly’ and She’s Condemned by Viewers [5h]
• Paramount Head of Program Acquisitions Barbara Zaneri Is Exiting, Succeeded by Virginia Lazalde-McPherson [5h]
• James Gunn Confronts Zack Snyder Fans Trying to Tank ‘Superman’ Because Gunn ‘Killed the SnyderVerse’: ‘We Will Survive’ and ‘It’s All Right to Have an Opposing Force’ [5h]
• Forest Whitaker on Bumpy’s Battle With Morality in ‘Godfather of Harlem’ Season 4, Frank Lucas’ Arrival and the Crime Boss’ Legacy [6h]
• NewportFilm Outdoors Unveils 2025 Lineup, Including Kenny Loggins, Counting Crows and Climber Emily Harrington Documentaries (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
• K-Pop Star G-Dragon Sets North American and European Dates for ‘Übermensch’ World Tour [6h]
• Fran Drescher, Jane Seymour, Luke Wilson Among Latest Hollywood Stars Set for Filming Italy Sardegna Festival [6h]
• Elyanna, Opener on Coldplay’s ‘Music of the Spheres’ Tour, Shares BTS Photos and Diary Entries (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
• Hyphenate Media Takes Equity Stake in iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Podcast Network [6h]
• Hyphenate Media Takes Equity Stake in iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Podcast Network [6h]
• Diddy Juror Removed After ‘Inconsistent’ Answers About Where He Lives; Diddy’s Lawyers Object and Decry Racial Prejudice [7h]
• Glenn Close, Billy Porter Join ‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ [7h]
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Is Available to Preorder on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Online [7h]
• ‘The Naked Gun’ Trailer: Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson Join Forces in Crime Comedy Reboot [7h]
• Reese Witherspoon Is Launching a Weekly Podcast for Her Book Club (but She’s Not Hosting It) [7h]
• Trump Mobile: President’s Company Unveils Wireless Service Delivered via AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, Plans to Launch a U.S.-Made ‘Sleek, Gold’ Android Smartphone [8h]
• Amaya Muruzábal’s M Content, Behind Amazon Hit ‘Red Queen,’ Teams With Ireland’s Vico for Epic Series Project ‘The Patricios’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8h]
• Brazil Wins Big at 40th Guadalajara Film Festival: Anna Muylaert’s ‘The Best Mother in the World,’ Gabriel Mascaro’s ‘The Blue Trail’ Take Major Honors [8h]
• Eric Dane Tears Up Discussing ALS Diagnosis, Says He Only Has ‘One Functioning Arm’: ‘My Right Side Has Completely Stopped Working’ [8h]
• ‘Cardo,’ ‘La Mesias’ Star Ana Rujas to Head Boxing Drama Project ‘Rosa,’ Set Up at Studio TF1’s Kubik Films (EXCLUSIVE) [9h]
• Kyle MacLachlan ‘Borrowed’ Some of David Lynch’s Mannerisms for ‘Twin Peaks’ Character Dale Cooper: He Had ‘Great Enthusiasm for Certain Things’ Like ‘Trees, Coffee and Pie’ [10h]
• ‘NCIS: Origins’ Sails to German Streamer Joyn and Free-to-Air Channel SAT.1 [10h]
• Al Pacino Meets With Pope Leo XIV, Becoming First Movie Star to Get Audience With First American Pope [10h]
• Netflix Spain at 10: Having Changed the Global Perception of Spanish Content, Netflix Ups the Ante on Investment, Ambition and Throws One Hell of a Party [10h]
• Netflix, Yahoo in Pact to Expand Programmatic Ad Sales [10h]
• Robin Wright on Fighting for Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’: They Said, ‘We Can’t Pay You the Same’ as Kevin Spacey ‘Because You Didn’t Win an Academy Award’ [10h]
• Anurag Kashyap Crime Drama ‘Nishaanchi’ Set for Theatrical Release With Amazon MGM Studios (EXCLUSIVE) [11h]
• Fox Invests in Lighthouse Creator Studio in Bid to Find New Influencer Talent [12h]
• ‘Redlight to Limelight,’ About Sex Workers and Their Children Making a Fiction Film, Acquired by Taskovski Films (EXCLUSIVE) [13h]
• Warner Bros. Pictures Inks Five-Film Deal With Bhanushali Studios, JOAT Films for Indian Adaptations (EXCLUSIVE) [14h]
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Holds Top Spot as Korean Box Office Cools [16h]
• Brad Pitt Would Act With Tom Cruise Again But Only on the Ground: ‘I’m Not Gonna Hang My Ass Off Airplanes and S—- Like That’ [16h]
• Amazon, Roku Strike Deal to Pool Connected-TV Audiences for Advertisers [16h]
• Shohei Ohtani Set to Make Dodgers Pitching Debut: Here’s Where to Livestream the Baseball Game Online Free [16h]
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Flies to No. 1 at China Box Office [16h]
• Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or Winner ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Takes Top Prize at Sydney Film Festival [17h]
• Bruce Willis’ Daughter Says Father’s Day ‘Is Hard’ Amid Actor’s Dementia: ‘I Wish I Asked You More Questions While You Could Still Tell Me About It All’ [18h]
• Dakota Johnson Used an Intimacy Coordinator for the First Time on New Movie and ‘She Was Really Great’: Sex Scenes ‘Are Not Sexy. It Doesn’t Feel Good’ [18h]
• Will Smith Turned Down Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ Offer Because ‘I Didn’t Get It’: ‘Movies That Go into Alternate Realities Don’t Pitch Well’ [19h]
• Peter Chan Fulfills Father’s Shanghai Dreams With ‘She’s Got No Name,’ After Decade-Long Journey From Script to Screen: ‘It Got Personal’ [19h]
• ‘Victoria’ Filmmaker Talks Shanghai Selection and Finding Her Voice: ‘I Had Almost Given Up on My Dream’ [20h]
• Shanghai Film Festival Builds Cultural Bridge With 400-Film Global Programming Push [20h]
• ‘Miss Congeniality’ Actress Heather Burns ‘Would Jump’ at Making a Third Film and Working With ‘Lifelong Friends’ Like Sandra Bullock: ‘That Was One of the Best Experiences of My Life’ [21h]
• ‘Kites’ Review: Set in the Streets of Rio de Janeiro, Tribeca Discovery Offers a Sweet Leap Into Fantasy [21h]
• Shakira Says Being an Immigrant in the United States Means ‘Living in Constant Fear’: ‘The Treatment of All People Must Always Be Humane’ [21h]
• ‘Yanuni’ Review: A Thrilling, Romantic Documentary About Brazil’s Fight for Indigenous Land [21h]
• After Singing ‘Star Spangled Banner’ in Spanish at Dodgers Game in Spite of Being Warned Not To, Nezza Tearfully Says: ‘Today, Out of All Days… I Needed to Do It’ [22h]
• Documentary Festival DC/DOX Became A Counterprogramming Option During Trump’s Military Parade [23h]
• How ‘The Chosen’ Brought the Last Supper to Life and Made It a Season 5 Throughline [23h]