The Brutalist Report

Variety

• LISTEN: ‘The U.S. Against the World’ Director-Producer Rand Getlin Documents the Road to the World Cup: ‘It’s a Coming of Age Story’ [6d]
• ‘The White Lotus’ Recreates Dramatic Cannes Closing Night With Laura Dern, Steve Coogan, Ari Graynor and Max Greenfield [6d]
• ‘Deli Boys’ Stars Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh Break Down Season 2: Cocaine, Ping Pong, and Viral Mugshots [6d]
• Cecilia Vega, Fired From  ‘60 Minutes,’ Says She Fears ‘For The Future of the Legendary Broadcast’ [6d]
• The Commodores Become Latest Act to Ditch ‘Freedom 250’ Concerts in D.C. After Backlash Over Trump Ties [6d]
• Nick Bilton, New ‘60 Minutes’ Boss, Wants Newsmagazine to Stick on Digital, Mobile Screens [6d]
• Scooter Braun Opens Up About Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Spencer Pratt and (Briefly) Sydney Sweeney in New 90-Minute ‘Second Thought’ Interview [6d]
• ‘Love Island USA’ Sets Season 8 Cast Including the Brother of Season 7 Islander Charlie and a Paralympic Athlete [6d]
• ABC Submits Broadcast Renewal Applications to FCC ‘Under Protest,’ Says Agency Order Is ‘Unlawful, Arbitrary and Unconstitutional’ [6d]
• ‘Euphoria,’ ‘The End’ to Bookend Balinale’s 19th Edition [6d]
• Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Plotting Attack on Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Vienna Concerts [6d]
• ‘The Testaments’ Stars Chase Infiniti, Mattea Conforti on What That Private Finale Moment Means for Agnes and Becka: ‘That’s Her Person in Life’ [6d]
• ‘Rambo’ Prequel Movie Sets 2027 Release Date [6d]
• CNN Plans New Anderson Cooper-Andy Cohen Event for ‘Independence Eve Live’ [6d]
• M&M Releases ‘Love Island’-Themed Candy, Printed With Lines ‘Bombshell Arrives,’ ‘Got a Text’ and More [6d]
• Netflix Unveils First Look at ‘On Behalf of My Son,’ the New Film by Gabriel Martins (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• The Most Iconic Hilton Properties Featured in Film and TV: From NYC’s Waldorf Astoria to the Beverly Hilton [6d]
• How ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ Cinematographer Michael Bauman Built Tension and Claustrophobia With Darkness [6d]
• CNBC Names Ken Brown Managing Editor of Digital and Editorial Strategy [6d]
• Rue Is a Levi’s Girl in ‘Euphoria’ Season 3 [6d]
• Netflix Feature Animators Vote to Ratify First Union Contract with The Animation Guild [6d]
• Ken Leung Built His ‘Industry’ Character From the Outside Looking In: ‘We’re Trying to Carve Our Place in This World That Is Not for Us’ [6d]
• Tom Hardy ‘Was Not Fired’ From ‘MobLand’ and Discussions Are Underway for His Return: ‘Things Are Being Worked Through Creatively’ (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• L.A. Plays Itself — But Not All of It — In Comedies Like ‘Hacks,’ ‘Nobody Wants This,’ ‘The Studio’ and ‘Shrinking’ [6d]
• UTA Signs Outdoor Lifestyle Influencer Steven Rinella and His Company MeatEater [6d]
• Hallie Jackson Has San Francisco in Sights as NBC News’ Streaming Efforts Expand in Linear TV [6d]
• Tessa Thompson, Katie Aselton, Amy Baer and Raamla Mohamed Hunter Elected to WIF Board of Directors (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• Media Access Awards Relaunches as Easterseals Disability Arts & Culture Awards [6d]
• Zac Efron to Star in ‘Angel Heart’ Drama Series From HBO, A24 [6d]
• Chrissy Metz to Make Broadway Debut in ‘& Juliet’ (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Movie — Can HBO Max’s Late Drop Crash Netflix’s Triple Films Threat? [6d]
• Linda Cardellini on Pulling Off Her ‘Impossible’ Role in ‘DTF St. Louis’: ‘Everybody Longs for Some Kind of Intimacy’ [6d]
• Shake Up at ‘60 Minutes’ as CBS News Ousts Executive Producer Tanya Simon, Correspondents Cecilia Vega, Sharyn Alfonsi [6d]
• Fox Creator Studios Sets Content Production Deal With Comedian Tom Segura’s YMH Studios [6d]
• ‘The Simpsons’ to Premiere Three New Original Episodes on Disney+ This Summer; Laufey, Betty Gilpin Among Guest Stars [6d]
• ‘Shrinking’ Season 4 Casts Karen Gillan (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• ‘The Simpsons’ Sets Release Date for Three New Disney+ Exclusive Episodes [6d]
• Gracie Abrams Announces 64-Date ‘Look at My Life’ International Arena Tour for Winter and Spring 2026-27 [6d]
• ‘Hoppers’ Sets Disney+ Streaming Release Date [6d]
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Bring Their Fiery, Trump-Slamming Set to Washington, D.C.: ‘Let ‘Em Hear You in the F—in’ White House!’: Concert Review [6d]
• ‘Off Campus’ Season 2 Sets Allie and Dean as Central Couple [6d]
• Showbiz Foils: USA Fencing Courts Hollywood on the Road to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles [6d]
• Metropolis Cinema Chief Hania Mroue on Opening a Festival in Beirut Amid Israeli Air Strikes: ‘Not Only Are We Surviving the War,’ but We’re Creating ‘Something That Has Meaning’ [6d]
• Guy Fieri to Host ‘Guy’s Feast Club’ YouTube Talk Show Series From Food Network (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• Inside Variety’s Night in the Writers’ Room [6d]
• Kristen Stewart’s Biarritz Film Festival Jury Brings Together International Talent [6d]
• Suki Waterhouse on How Motherhood, Nostalgia and Robert Pattinson as a Muse Inspired Her Sublime New Album ‘Loveland’ [6d]
• ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’ Sets October Release, Including on Switch 2; First Trailer Reveals ‘Full-Scale Invasion of South Korea’ Storyline [6d]
• Disney, Philips Launch Themed MRI Machines Using ‘Beloved Stories and Characters’ To Comfort Children Undergoing Scans [6d]
• Real-Time AI Video Startup Reactor, Founded by Ex-Apple Engineers, Raises $59 Million From Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo and Others (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• CNN Sues AI Firm Perplexity, Alleging It Engaged in ‘Massive Copyright Infringement’ [6d]
• Olivia Ponton Expands Her Book Podcast to Feature Interviews With Friends, Fans and Celebs as Well as Authors — and She’s Leaning Into the Blonde Stereotype in a ‘Playful’ Way [6d]
• Imax Is the Hottest Brand in Movies. Why Is It for Sale? [6d]
• Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews and More to Perform at ‘Power to the People’ Festival Organized by Tom Morello [6d]
• Toronto Market, Frontières to Launch Genre Showcase in September (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• Ania Magliano Breaks Out: The ‘SNL U.K.’ Star on Hosting ‘Weekend Update,’ Risky Jokes and Wanting to Be Like Tina Fey ‘When I Grow Up’ [6d]
• Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro, Sony Boss Hiroki Totoki Among New Paley Center Board of Trustees Members; Brian Grazer Added to L.A. Board of Governors (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• Variety’s First Women’s Impact Report U.K. Celebrates Talent From on the Set to the Stage to the C-Suite [6d]
• Terry Moran, Former ABC News Anchor, Launches RealPatriotism.com Along With Live Call-In Show [6d]
• Sting Brings Reimagined ‘The Last Ship’ to London’s West End [6d]
• Cannes Palme d’Or Winner ‘Fjord,’ Grand Prix Pick ‘Minotaur’ Head to India With Impact Films (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 to Open Italy’s Taormina Film Festival With Stars Steve Toussaint, Bethany Antonia and More Attending (EXCLUSIVE) [6d]
• Sherlock Nemesis Moriarty Set for Drama Series From Fremantle, Archery Pictures [6d]
• Derek Yee, Keane T.K. Wong’s ‘Afterpiece’ to Open Shanghai Film Festival [6d]
• Young MC Follows Morris Day in Exiting D.C. ‘Freedom 250’ Festival Over Trump Connection, as C+C Music Factory Weighs Options: ‘The Artists Were Never Told About Any Political Involvement’ [6d]
• ‘The Four Seasons’ Season 2 Is Sadder and More Subdued: TV Review [6d]
• News Emmys: ABC, Nat Geo Top 2026 Wins, Thanks to ‘World News Tonight’ and ‘Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller’ [7d]
• Student Scholarship Winner Calls Out CBS at News Emmys: ‘The Recent Direction of the Outlet Stains the Legacy of Mike Wallace’ [7d]
• Steven Spielberg Says Hollywood Should Never ‘Use AI as the Final Word on Anything Creative’: ‘That’s Where I Draw the Line’ [7d]
• Morris Day Denies He’s Playing Controversial ‘Freedom 250’ Festival in D.C., After Fans Balk at His Advertised Participation: ‘It’s a No for Me’ [7d]