The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana Walden [4d]
• Tony Awards Eligibility: Ebon Moss-Bachrach Secures Featured Actor Placement for ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ [4d]
• ‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ Post-Oscars Episode Viewership Grows 13% Over Last Year (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• CBS Orders Vampire Comedy ‘Eternally Yours’ From ‘Ghosts’ Team, ‘The Tillbrooks’ Not Moving Forward [5d]
• Steven Spielberg Worked on ‘Interstellar’ for One Year and Says ‘I Became Fascinated With It’ Before Dropping Out: ‘It Was a Much Better Movie in Nolan’s Hands’ [5d]
• Donald Trump Slams ‘Nut Jobs’ Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones for Opposing Iran War: ‘They’re Stupid People’ [5d]
• Thai Randolph Launches NILE & Co., Creator-Driven Media Company That Has Acquired BuzzFeed’s As/Is and Goodful Brands [5d]
• Tom Cavanagh, Tony Danza, Michael Longfellow Starring in World Premiere of Psychological Thriller ‘Broken Snow’ (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Afrika Bambaataa, Influential Hip Hop Artist and Zulu Nation Founder, Dies at 67 [5d]
• Erika Alexander Eyes Supporting Comedy Emmy for ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• How ‘The Drama’ Could Redefine A24 [5d]
• LISTEN: Cannes Film Festival Slate Showcases Euro Auteurs; Patricia Glaser Defends Casey Wasserman and More From Variety’s Power of Law [5d]
• ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Movie in the Works at Sony From ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Directors [5d]
• Comcast Adds Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max to Xfinity StreamSaver Bundles, Offering Discounts of Up to 45% [5d]
• How Movement Coach Julia Crockett Became Hollywood’s Secret Weapon for Transforming on Screen [5d]
• Weekly Series ‘Women’s Sports Now’ Makes Big Move to ESPN Slot (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Filmhub Acquires Indie Dramedy ‘Burt’ Ahead of World Parkinson’s Day (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• ‘The Pitt’ Star Fiona Dourif Joins ‘A Head Full of Ghosts,’ Horror Movie Produced by Robert Downey Jr. (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Latin Music’s U.S. Revenue Tops $1 Billion, Per RIAA Report [5d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Advised to Vote Against David Zaslav’s $550 Million-Plus Golden Parachute ‘Windfall’ Payout From Paramount Deal [5d]
• Cannes’ Nepalese Thriller ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Kerry Condon to Star Opposite Maya Hawke in ‘The God of the Woods’ at Netflix [5d]
• ‘Star Wars’ Voice Star Ashley Eckstein and World Series MVP Husband David Eckstein Releasing Complementary Novel and Memoir: See the Covers (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Ana Huang’s ‘Gods of the Game’ English Premier League Soccer Romance Book Series Sets Three-Film Adaptation at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship 2026: Here’s Where to Watch the Frozen Four Live Online [5d]
• ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live,’ ‘The Pitt’ Among Peabody Award 2026 Entertainment Nominees [5d]
• Philomena Cunk Returns! Diane Morgan’s Beloved Idiot Heads to the Movies With ‘Cunk on Cinema’ for BBC, Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• ‘Hacks’ Sets ‘Amazing Race’ Crossover in Final Season; Producers Explain How It Could’ve Been the Center of a Scrapped Season 6 [5d]
• ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 5 Casts Nestor Carbonell (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Amazon Orders Texas Crime Thriller ‘Calamities’ to Series From David Weil, Glen Powell to Produce [5d]
• Pink to Host the 2026 Tony Awards [5d]
• ‘Outcome’ Review: Keanu Reeves Is Loved by Everybody and Nobody in Jonah Hill’s Offputting Industry Satire [5d]
• Keith Wood, Former LCD Soundsystem Manager and Co-founder of Caroline Records, Dies at 77 [5d]
• WIF Los Angeles and WIFT Africa Unite to Bring Delegation of Women Creatives to Cannes Film Festival [5d]
• Paramount Skydance Restructures Debt Financing for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal [5d]
• Zendaya and Law Roach Design Debut Collection Together, With Campaign Video Directed by Spike Jonze [5d]
• Emmy Predictions: Lead Actor (Comedy) — Martin Short Eyes Historic Win at 76 for ‘Only Murders in the Building’ [5d]
• ‘Wednesday’ Season 3 Casts Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy, James Lance [5d]
• Emmy Predictions: Lead Actor (Drama) — Gary Oldman Eyes Historic Oscar-Emmy Double With ‘Slow Horses’ [5d]
• Cannes Chief Thierry Frémaux Confirms He’s Still Chasing James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger,’ Starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, for This Year’s Fest: It’s a ‘Wonderful Film’ and ‘Very Indie’ [5d]
• What Is HDR by Barco, and What Does It Mean for the Moviegoing Experience? [5d]
• ACM Awards Nominations Led by Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson [5d]
• Cinema United Chief Michael O’Leary on Netflix’s ‘Narnia’ Gamble and Why Paramount’s Deal to Buy Warner Bros. Must Fail: ‘Theaters Will Close’ [5d]
• Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and Tom Waits Join Brad Bird’s ‘Ray Gunn’ Voice Cast [5d]
• Andy Serkis, BBC Studios, Crunchyroll Chiefs Among Speakers at APOS 2026 Summit [5d]
• ‘Severance’ Star and Four-Time Oscar Nominee Jane Alexander to Lead Comedy-Drama ‘Lillian, Next Door,’ WME Independent Boards Sales [5d]
• Jeff Shell to Receive at Least $5 Million in Severance From Paramount [5d]
• ABC News Names Jon Schlosberg Executive Producer, ‘This Week’ [5d]
• The Masters 2026: Where to Watch the Golf Tournament Live Online [5d]
• Peacock Sci-Fi Comedy ‘The Miniature Wife’ Weighs Down an Amusing Marriage Metaphor With Too Much Padding: TV Review [5d]
• Action Xtreme, Studio Behind Netflix Hit ‘Son of the Soil,’ Launches Music Publishing Arm in Deal With Atlantic Screen Group (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• ZDF Show ‘The Flaws’ Tickles Germany’s Funny Bone: ‘Comedy Can’t Be Predictable’ (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• True-Crime Podcasts ‘Disgraceland’ and ‘Hollywoodland’ Join iHeartMedia Network Alongside ‘My Favorite Murder’ [5d]
• Michael J. Fox Speaks Out After CNN Sparks Death Scare: ‘How Do You React When You Turn on the TV and CNN Is Reporting Your Death?’ [5d]
• James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ Secures French Distribution With SND (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• OpenAP Names Warner Sales President Ryan Gould Chairman [5d]
• Anubhav Mohanty Boards ‘Bindusagar’ as Presenter Ahead of India Release (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• The Cheapest Way to Stream ESPN? Dish’s Sling TV Debuts $20 Monthly Package With ESPN, ESPN2 and Handful of Other TV Channels [5d]
• Simu Liu, Tramell Tillman and More to Perform in Symphony Space and Waterwell’s ‘Stories From the City of Immigrants’ [5d]
• Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Cactus Pears’ Sets U.K. and Ireland Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup (Updating Live) [5d]
• Mediawan’s Ego Productions, Korea’s Flix Oven Sign Co-Production Understanding (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Banijay Entertainment Acquires Global Rights to Indian Fitness Format ‘Battleground’ (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Dan Levy’s Netflix Crime Comedy ‘Big Mistakes’ Wastes a Perfect Cast on a Lacking Plot: TV Review [5d]
• Disney Expected to Lay Off as Many as 1,000 Employees [5d]
• Michigan Merch Selling Out Online As Fans Celebrate Wolverines’ Historic NCAA March Madness Win [5d]
• ‘Beef’ Creator Lee Sung Jin ‘Honored’ to Be Working on ‘X-Men’ Reboot Script: ‘No Matter How Much You Got Going on, You Have to Say Yes’ [5d]
• ‘You, Me & Tuscany’ Review: Plenty of Sun but No Real Heat in a Romcom Outing for Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page [5d]
• Jenna Ortega Says She Almost Quit Acting Before Landing ‘You’ Role: ‘”It Was a Good Run” Sort of Thing’ [5d]
• ‘The Housemaid’ Author Freida McFadden Reveals Her True Identity: ‘I’m Tired of This Being a Secret’ [5d]
• Olivia Munn Says Male Co-Star Refused to Film Scene Being Saved by Woman and Stopped Production for ’45 Minutes’: ‘She Can’t Save Me. We’re Not Doing This’ [5d]
• WGA West Urged by State Senator to Reach Deal With Striking Staffers [5d]
• L.A. Olympics Chief Casey Wasserman ‘Deserves Our Support,’ Says Power Lawyer Patricia L. Glaser at Variety’s Power of Law Event [5d]
• ‘Scrubs’ Star John C. McGinley On Dr. Cox’s Health Crisis, How It Changes His Dynamic With J.D. and Whether He’ll Be Back for Season 2 [5d]
• Ian McKellen ‘Fell in Love With’ Johnny Depp on ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ Set: ‘He’s in Spankingly Good Form’ [5d]
• Sam Asghari Wraps Starring Role in Action Short Inspired by Iranian Refugee Stories (EXCLUSIVE) [5d]
• Can Adam Driver’s Axed ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘The Hunt For Ben Solo’ Be Revived Under New Disney CEO? Soderbergh Says ‘Nope’: ‘If It Was Gonna Happen, It Would’ve’ [5d]