Welcome to “Remote Controlled,” a podcast from Variety featuring the best and brightest in television, both in front of and behind the camera. In this week’s episode, Variety’s executive editor of TV…
Susan Sarandon has come on board to executive produce the refugee camp feature film documentary “Soufra” with Rebelhouse Group and Pilgrim Media Group producing, Taken from the Arabic word for feast…
Even bad moms have moms. Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski and Cheryl Hines have joined the cast of STX Entertainment’s "A Bad Moms Christmas" as the mothers of the bad moms. Production is launching…
Ryan Murphy discusses the detail that went into recreating the 1963 Academy Awards and the feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
Susan Sarandon is sticking with TV. The Oscar-winning actress will follow up her performance on FX’s “Feud: Bette and Joan” with a season-long arc on Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” Variety has learned…
Dressed in a black ensemble topped by a long brown coat, Ryan Murphy darts back and forth between two rooms in the chilly Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. On this January day, a cramped space in this…
As a kid growing up in Indiana in the 1970s, Ryan Murphy only ever penned two fan letters. One was to actor Ron Palillo, better known as Horshack from "Welcome Back, Kotter." He never wrote back. The…
On the surface, “Feud” is about a woman vs. woman rivalry, but creator Ryan Murphy says the idea for the show actually came to him because of his progressive conversations with women in Hollywood. FX…
Fox’s reboot of the 1975 cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” airs tonight. Tim Curry, who played the original Dr. Frank-N-Furter, is the only original cast member appearing in the…
Hillary Clinton flexed her Hollywood show biz muscle Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, with Meryl Streep, Alicia Keys and an all-star music video touting her candidacy for…
PHILADELPHIA — The Convention-eve resignation of Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Sunday evening emphasized that this week’s party conclave in Philadelphia may not be the…
