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Brave New Release Plan
"Wonder Woman 1984" is heading to HBO Max and movie theaters on the same day as part of a pandemic-induced non-traditional release plan.
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Naya Rivera's Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Ventura County
Variety answers burning questions about Universal and Cinemark's early VOD deal.
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AMC Theatres CEO Is ‘Fully Onboard’ With ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Release Plan
Following Warner Bros.’ announcement that “Wonder Woman 1984” will release both on HBO Max and in theaters Christmas Day, AMC Entertainment CEO and President Adam Aron has stated that the movie…
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‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’: Takeaways From the HBO Max Reunion
Almost 25 years after "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" signed off of NBC, the sitcom's stars sat down to film a reunion special for HBO Max.
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David Fincher's 'Mank'
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‘Big Sky’
"Big Sky" works hard to convince its audience that it's not like anything else on broadcast network TV, but it indulges in trope after trope.
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‘A Teacher’
FX on Hulu's drama, starring Nick Robinson and Kate Mara, details the beginning, middle and endless end of a teacher abusing her student.
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‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’
Bravo is expanding the reliably entertaining "Real Housewives" universe with its first new installment in four years.
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‘The Crown’ Season 4
"The Crown" Season 4 introduces Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher in its splashiest and least subtle season yet.
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‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’
Kurt Russell's Santa Claus has to save Christmas — again — in this week's it-is-what-it-is piece of Christmas-movie product.
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‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’
Move over, Black Santa. David E. Talbert has imagined a Christmas toymaker to take his place — and the holiday musical to go with it.
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‘Fatman’
A strenuously quirky yuletide action movie is one more exploitation of the actor's too-renegade-for-respectability brand.
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‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Amy Adams and Glenn Close act with down-home flamboyance in Ron Howard's otherwise overly safe adaptation.
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AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’
AC/DC's "Power Up," the Aussie rock band's first new album in six years, proves that old dogs doing old tricks isn't a bad thing.
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Chris Stapleton’s ‘Starting Over’
On "Starting Over," Chris Stapleton is sticking with the mixture of gentle country-folk and blues-rock that made him an insider and outlier.
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Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
Kylie Minogue's most consistent and cohesive album since her oughts-era heyday, "Disco" is a welcome blast of sugar-rush anthems.
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’
Ariana Grande's "Positions," while less a tour de force than its predecessors, wins by focusing on upbeat, down-tempo romanticism.
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‘Death of England: Delroy’
Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
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‘The Last Five Years’
This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
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‘The Outside Dog’ & ‘The Hand of God’
Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
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‘Beat the Devil’
David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.
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Variety's Legends Issue
Variety's Legends issue features Hollywood icons Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera.
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Scott Disick Finally Flips in Hidden Hills
$5.6 million
Hidden Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Ariel Winter Sells Modern Farmhouse, Buys Another
$2.81 millon Studio City, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Nicole Scherzinger Eyes Sunset Strip Sale
$7.995 million Sunset Strip, Los Angeles, Calif.