The Brutalist Report

Variety

• BET Awards Winners 2025 (Updating Live) [8d]
• ‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ Director on How OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush’s Ego-Driven Hubris Led To Tragedy [8d]
• Questlove Pays Tribute to Sly Stone: ‘You Will Forever Live’ [8d]
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Star Nico Parker Says ‘I Just Don’t Care’ That People Are Upset Over Her Casting: ‘I Can’t Value Your Opinion on My Hair’ [8d]
• ‘Big Bang Theory’ Spinoff ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ Will Have ‘A Lot of CGI,’ Says Chuck Lorre [8d]
• Music Industry Moves: Sony Music Publishing Acquires Hipgnosis Songs Group [8d]
• Chloë Sevigny Joins Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall in ‘Five-Star Weekend’ Peacock Series [8d]
• Vertical Acquires ‘The Twin,’ Sets July Release Date (EXCLUSIVE) – Film News in Brief [8d]
• Mason Gooding Cast in Kevin Hart’s Bachelor Party Comedy ‘72 Hours’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Sly Stone’s 10 Essential Songs: From ‘Dance to the Music’ to ‘Everyday People’ to ‘Family Affair,’ and More [8d]
• Tony Awards 2025 Ratings Up Nearly 40%, Draws Largest Audience Since 2019 [8d]
• ‘Animal Farm’ Review: Andy Serkis’ Sloppy Animated Adaptation Trades Political Insights for Potty Humor [8d]
• Frederick Forsyth, Author of Thrillers Made Into Movies Like ‘The Day of the Jackal,’ Dies at 86 [8d]
• Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82 [8d]
• Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD’s Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More [8d]
• Diddy Is Still Paying Legal Fees for Ex-Girlfriend Testifying Against Him [8d]
• Harris Dickinson Stars in Rhode’s Latest Skincare Campaign [8d]
• Emmy Voters: Don’t Forget About Zahn McClarnon and ‘Dark Winds’: He’s Your Next Leading Man [8d]
• ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ Gets Fragrance Capsule Collection From Scentbird Following Sarah Snook Tony Win [8d]
• Short and Sweet: From ‘Adolescence’ to ‘Sirens,’ This Season’s Best New Shows Are Barely Longer Than a Movie [8d]
• How Alexandre Desplat Crafted the Score for Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ — With a Nod to Stravinsky [8d]
• Did David Zaslav’s Grand Vision Fail? As WBD and Other Media Giants Move Pieces Around, They Can’t Outrun the Cable Math [8d]
• SharkNinja Launches Limited-Edition ‘F1’ Collection Inspired by Film’s Black-and-Gold Race Car Design [8d]
• ‘Wicked: For Good’ Trailer Launches to 113 Million Views in 24 Hours, Surpassing the First Film’s 75 Million (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• After the Latest Warner Bros. Discovery Shakeup, David Zaslav’s Legacy Looks Insecure [8d]
• Cinetic Marketing Promotes Charlie Olsky, Lauren Schwartz, Emilie Spiegel to Senior Vice Presidents (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Dying for Sex’ Creators on Writing Molly’s Sex Scenes: ‘Every Sexual Experience She Has Is Like a Musical Number’ [8d]
• ‘She Dances’ Review: Steve Zahn’s Daughter Audrey Is a Standout in an Uneven Film on Familial Trauma [8d]
• Judge Throws Out Justin Baldoni’s $400 Million Defamation Suit Against Blake Lively [8d]
• All About the Mother: Cristin Milioti Looks Back, From ‘The Sopranos’ to ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘The Penguin’ [8d]
• Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media Announces Feature-Length Music Documentary ‘Infinite Icon’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Harry Potter’ Star Nick Frost Disagrees With J.K. Rowling’s Trans Views, Disabled Instagram Comments Amid Backlash to Working With Her: We ‘Don’t Align in Any Way’ [8d]
• Echoes of Childhood Lost: ‘Allah Is Not Obliged’ Brings Potent Animated Recollection of Liberian Wars [8d]
• ‘Days of Our Lives’ Filmed John Black’s Funeral While Actor Drake Hogestyn Was on His Deathbed: ‘He Understood That This Is a Story Fans Would Want to Be Told’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Amanda Seyfried Reveals Plans for ‘Jennifer’s Body 2’ With Resurrected Megan Fox, Pitches Adam Brody to Play the Devil [8d]
• Amanda Seyfried Grossed Out She Invited ‘Dictator’ Harvey Weinstein to Past Sundance Premiere: ‘It’s Just the Way It Was — We All Needed Him’ [8d]
• Diddy’s Texts With Ex-Girlfriend Read in Court: She Told Him ‘I’m Not a Porn Star, I’m Not an Animal’ and I’m Done ‘Performing Loveless, Cold Sex’ With Other Men [8d]
• ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Finds Molly Weasley, Draco and Lucius Malfoy and More Hogwarts Students [8d]
• Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody on Making ‘Jennifer’s Body,’ Surviving ‘O.C.’ Fame and ‘Mean Girls’: ‘Paramount Still Owes Me Money for the Likeness’ [8d]
• Walk of Fame Honoree Christian Slater on ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ as a ‘Redemption Tour’: ‘I Kind of Lost What the Point of Acting Was’ [8d]
• Former Outfest CEO Launches Big Bear Film Festival for Multimedia Creators [8d]
• Cannes Lions Still Pushing the Boundaries of Marketing Creativity and Innovation After 71 Years [8d]
• Variety Partners With Canva, Google TV, Uber Advertising, Deloitte and Others for Expanded Slate of Cannes Lions Events [8d]
• ‘Invincible’ Video Game Set as Skybound Launches First In-House Game Studio, Quarter Up [8d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery Split: What Will Happen to the Movie Studios, HBO Max, Cable Networks and Other Businesses? [8d]
• ‘Gomorrah – The Origins’ Crime Series Sets January 2026 Launch Date – First Look Images Revealed [8d]
• Clipse — Pusha T and Malice — Announce First Tour Dates in 15 Years [8d]
• ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Casts Bel Powley, Daniel Rigby as Petunia and Vernon Dursley (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Not Just Participating, Designing the Future’: Manga Productions’s CEO Essam Bukhary on the Saudi Studio’s MIFA Debut [8d]
• Sports Surge in TV Upfront Pushes NBC’s 2026 Super Bowl Close to Early Sell-Out (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Code of Silence’ Star Kieron Moore to Lead ‘The Intimacy Coordinator’ From ‘Sister Wives’ Director Louisa Connolly-Burnham (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Madea’s Destination Wedding’ Trailer: Tyler Perry’s Iconic Character Goes Full Bahama Grandmama in Franchise’s 13th Film [8d]
• ‘Materialists’ Review: Celine Song’s Follow-Up to ‘Past Lives’ Is a Rom-Com Played Straight, With Dakota Johnson as a Matchmaker Tangled Up in Love and Money [8d]
• Beauty Brand E.l.f Sets Roast-Style Comedy Special ‘Sunhinged,’ Featuring Meghan Trainor and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Heidi N’ Closet (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• WWE-AAA Crossover Worlds Collide Becomes Company’s Most-Watched Live YouTube Broadcast Ever (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Steph Curry, Gabrielle Union, Caleb McLaughlin Lead A-List Voice Cast for Sony’s Animated Feature ‘GOAT’ [8d]
• Diego Luna, Guillermo Del Toro Enthuse About Mexican Cartoonist Jis In Guadalajara Biodoc ‘Mollusk’ From Mauricio Bidault [8d]
• Netflix, Incentives and Location Perks Spur Growth in Mexico’s Film and TV Industry [8d]
• J Balvin, Doja Cat and Tems to Play First Halftime Show for FIFA Club World Cup Final in July [8d]
• Marvel Animation Premieres First Episode of ‘Eyes of Wakanda’ at France’s Annecy Animation Festival [8d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two Companies [8d]
• Zee Entertainment Partners With Bullet for Indian Micro-Drama App [8d]
• WPP Chief Mark Read Will Exit as Ad Industry Grapples With Massive Changes [8d]
• Don Millar’s ‘Loot: A Story of Crime and Redemption’ Acquired by Jambika Docs (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• BBC Studios Kids & Family Unveils Animated Comedy-Action Series ‘Vanishing Point’ at Annecy Festival [8d]
• ‘Journey to the West’ IP Deal Powers Vidu’s Honor Partnership, AI Video Push [8d]
• Music Leaders Gather in London at Exclusive Dinner Hosted by Luminate, Music Business Worldwide [8d]
• Kim Novak to Be Honored at Venice Film Festival With Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement [8d]
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Soars to Korea Box Office Crown [8d]
• Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Leads Again at China Box Office as ‘Ballerina’ Bows in Third [8d]
• L.A.’s Animation Is Film Unveils October Dates for 2025 Edition, Unveils Fest Poster (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: DreamWorks Swoops Into the Remake Game With Respectful Cover From Co-Director of 2010 Toon [8d]
• Standout Canadian Titles in Annecy’s Official 2025 Lineup [8d]
• 12 Canada-Based Animation Talents Pushing Boundaries at Home and Abroad [8d]
• Nicole Scherzinger’s Tony Win Was a Beautiful Moment — and Absolutely Deserved [8d]
• Preserving the Past and Powering the Future of Canadian Animation: Inside the NFB and Telefilm’s Industry-Leading Support Strategies [8d]
• Tony Awards 2025 Snubs and Surprises: Nicole Scherzinger, Audra McDonald and More [8d]
• ‘New-Gen Nanobot Heroes’ Animated Series in Works at Toonz Media Group (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Original ‘Hamilton’ Cast on Reuniting to Perform at the Tony Awards: ‘It’s a Reminder of the Genius of That Show’ [8d]
• Summer Game Fest, State of Unreal, Xbox Games Showcase Highlights and More (Gaming News Roundup) [8d]
• Why Imagine Dragons Brothers’ Indie Gaming Studio Is Launching With a Capture the Flag Video Game [9d]
• Costume Designer Paul Tazewell on Winning a Tony and Oscar Within Months: ‘This Black, Queer Little Boy in Akron, Ohio Had No Idea He Would Have the Year That He Had’ [9d]