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This week's cover story: Travis Scott's Hollywood Odyssey: The Rapper on Acting for Christopher Nolan, His New Paramount Deal and Never Winning a Grammy wp.me/pc8uak-1lHyCM

Music Industry Moves: Influence Media Partners to Acquire Anthem Entertainment's Publishing and Film & TV Assets in $600 Million Deal variety.com/2026/music/new…

A film producer has sued Netflix for $105M after the company lost an unencrypted copy of his World War II film “Fortitude,” starring Nicolas Cage and Ben Kingsley: • Simon Afram, a Swiss businessman, wrote the script and spent seven years and $45M bringing it to the screen, according to his lawsuit • The complaint alleges an associate producer dropped off a digital cinema package at Netflix headquarters in June so that the company could consider whether to buy the rights — but after multiple attempts to retrieve the film back, Netflix acknowledged via email that the film had been stolen variety.com/2026/film/news…

Anne Sweeney Resigns From Netflix Board variety.com/2026/tv/news/a…

Amazon Q2 Ad Revenue Up 26% as Tech Giant's Profit Booms to $62.6 Billion on Anthropic Investments variety.com/2026/digital/n…

Netflix Hit With $105 Million Suit After Losing Copy of Nicolas Cage WWII Film variety.com/2026/film/news…

Live Nation Posts Continued Growth in Second Quarter With $7.7 Billion in Revenue variety.com/2026/music/new…

Urbanworld CEO Stacy Spikes Warns of Guilds Policing Filmmakers After WGA Pulls Sponsorship Over AI Initiative (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/biz/news/…

Ruby, a Marvel fan from San Francisco who best channeled the mixed feelings of #ComicCon’s franchise fans, said in her post-Hall H reaction: “That’s pretty good. They did put on a show. They always do nice surprises. But we’ve also been promised movies before that never came. So, it’s really cool to see ‘Ghost Rider,’ but are we gonna get ‘Ghost Rider?’ I’m still waiting for ‘Blade.’” Read the full fan breakdown of San Diego Comic-Con: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHApL

Verve Promotes Three to Agent Across Television, Motion Picture Literary and Digital Departments (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/film/news…

'Vampire: The Masquerade' 6th Edition in the Works; World of Darkness Boss Unveils Franchise's Transmedia Plans variety.com/2026/gaming/ne…

EXCLUSIVE: "The Human Centipede" creator Tom Six announces his final movie: “The End of Tom Six.” The documentary-like feature was filmed over 6 years as Six was living with Multiple Sclerosis while in isolation in Amsterdam. A release date is set fir Aug. 15 on YouTube with a pay-what-you-want model. It will also be available on DVD. First details here: variety.com/2026/film/news…

'Human Centipede' Creator Reveals Last Movie 'The End of Tom Six'; He Filmed for Six Years While Living in Isolation With Multiple Sclerosis (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/film/news…

Tom Holland says "there's whole plan that we have been working on" for the next SPIDER-MAN actor after he exits the role. “It’s laid out. It’s gonna change for sure, but I have a really clear vision to the passing on of the baton, and I think it’s really exciting.” variety.com/2026/film/news…

This is so disappointing. ‘Wonder Man’ Not Returning for Season 2 at Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/tv/news/w… via @variety

Stassi Schroeder on her hot tub moment with “Summer House” star Kyle Cooke: “Producers wanted us to make out so badly, too. We were alone in the hot tub with cameras all around us and it felt very much like, OK, is this what it feels like on 'The Bachelor?'” variety.com/2026/tv/featur…

Exclusive from @JoeOtterson: Marvel's WONDER MAN is canceled at Disney+ despite being renewed months ago for Season 2. A writers’ room for new episodes was never opened Yahya Abdul Mateen II is currently Emmy nominated for the show. variety.com/2026/tv/news/w…

Tom Holland says the plan is already "laid out" for the next #SpiderMan actor to take over after he leaves. “There’s a whole plan that we have been working on for, I would say, since we finished ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home.' It’s laid out. It’s gonna change for sure, but I have a really clear vision to the passing on of the baton, and I think it’s really exciting.” (via Happy Sad Confused) variety.com/2026/film/news…

The Next Spider-Man Actor: Tom Holland Has a 'Clear Vision' For His Successor and a 'Whole Plan' Is Already 'Laid Out' variety.com/2026/film/news…

“Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret” director Alice McShane says the actor hasn’t been held accountable for the sexual misconduct allegations against him because #MeToo outrage “has slightly cooled” and “the rise of the manosphere”: “There’s something about our culture at the moment — I think there’s something that I feel might be happening 10 years on from #MeToo. It just feels like the outrage about stories like this has slightly cooled, and I think that also with the rise of the manosphere, and also people in very significant positions of power having had allegations leveled at them as well about their treatment of women, I think that in a way, these sorts of stories have been normalized in people’s minds, and I just don’t think that they get the traction perhaps that they would have done 10 years ago. So I think that’s part of it. I also think with Leto, he’s cultivated this persona of this kind of weird, enigmatic, mysterious guy, and I think, in a way, that sort of shielded him from accountability. He’s also an incredibly good-looking man, and I think that there is an element of “pretty” privilege here, and that that actually came through in a lot of the interviews with the women.” Read the full interview: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHAtd

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios’ #WonderMan has been canceled at Disney+: • The news comes despite the fact that Disney announced a Season 2 renewal for the show back in March, roughly two months after it debuted • According to sources, a writers’ room for Season 2 was never opened and the show’s writers have been released to pursue other projects wp.me/pc8uak-1lHAun