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Today’s #ActorsOnActors cover: ‘You Mastered the Guttural Sob’: Claire Danes and Richard Gadd on Body Transformations, Acting Nerves and Moving Past ‘Baby Reindeer’ wp.me/pc8uak-1lHkIM

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Ariana Grande performing “Rain on Me” in Los Angeles

Claire Danes says she thinks Aggie and Nile in #TheBeastInMe “were falling in love” despite having “no sexual tension.” Richard Gadd: “It was like a psychological attraction?” Danes: “They were also both pretty bright people who suddenly found another person who could think at their frequency, and they were thrilled by each other.” Watch the full #ActorsOnActors episode on Variety’s YouTube channel: youtu.be/qh9lhDqoVV4

Ariana Grande builds the melodic foundation of “Eternal Sunshine” in real time at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena

Ariana Grande kicks off her “Eternal Sunshine” show at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena with “Yes, And?”

U.S. Soccer Men's National Team Victory Scores Record English-Language World Cup Ratings; Mexico vs. South Africa Biggest in Spanish-Language History variety.com/2026/tv/news/w…

Seth Rogen hasn't spoken to James Franco in a "long time" and has "no plans" to work with him again: "I have not worked with him in years. But the personal side of it is just so nuanced, and it involves people that I don’t know if I should be dragging into this. I don’t know what I would benefit from getting deeply into it. Nothing has changed since the last time I talked about all this, and I haven’t worked with him in a really long time and I have no plans to.” variety.com/2026/film/news…

Seth Rogen Has 'No Plans' to Work With James Franco Again and Says They Haven't Spoken in a 'Long Time' variety.com/2026/film/news…

Bono gave Bruce Springsteen a hard time for refusing to license his song "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" for a commercial for the clothing brand Gap in partnership with Bono's AIDS foundation (RED): "I tried to get you to give ... I said, 'Bruce, this song "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," this is like one of the great pop songs ever ... Would you think about using it for a commercial, for (RED) and the Gap?' And you said, 'No.'" variety.com/2026/music/new…

Bruce Springsteen Apologizes for Refusing to Allow His Song in Bono's Gap Commercial, Tells U2 Frontman: 'I Should Have F---ing Done It!' variety.com/2026/music/new…

Anna Faris says her divorce from Chris Pratt left her feeling “sad” and the intense public scrutiny was difficult: “I was feeling sad. Sad. I do feel like I had enough gumption, enough of a core, and I have tried to be careful about how much Hollywood infiltrates, but now I’ve been on a spectrum of fame for 26 years, so I would be naïve to think that it hasn’t shaped who I am at this point. But, fuck. The scrutiny. I’m lucky that at that time I had my podcast [“Unqualified”]. That goes back to the talk radio. I wanted, like, four people to listen and to build my own secret community. I wanted an avenue outside of Hollywood as a way to connect with people.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lHp1q

“Scary Movie” made $4.8 million domestically as it entered its second weekend. By Sunday, it should collect $14.6 million, pushing the parody film’s domestic haul to $84.69 million. bit.ly/4ozdm6o

Richard Gadd says he had to “change everything” about himself to play Ruben on #HalfMan: “Donny Dunn was like 68.8 kilograms [151 pounds]. Ruben at my heaviest was 110 [242 pounds]. I wanted it to be real, so a lot of it was putting a lot of fat on top of the muscles.” Stream the full episode on the @CNN app: cnn.com/videos/title-2…

Anna Faris reveals she spent six weeks wearing gloves as a child because she feared being framed for murder: "I was an offbeat kid with a deep sense of injustice. I was convinced that I was going to be framed for murder... I really entertained the idea. So, I spent six weeks in the summer wearing these disgusting royal purple knitted gloves because I thought anytime I opened anything they were going to catch my fingerprints, as an eight-year-old." wp.me/pc8uak-1lHp1q

Amy Adams said while hosting “Saturday Night Live” in 2008, she turned down a “graphic” sketch idea to protect the young fans of “Enchanted,” which hit theaters four months earlier: “I was so keenly aware of all the young girls that were watching ‘Enchanted.' And I didn't want to be the princess singing about that particular act, you know?” variety.com/2026/tv/news/a…

Amy Adams Shut Down a 'Graphic' Sketch Idea While Hosting 'SNL' to Protect 'Young Girls That Were Watching "Enchanted"' variety.com/2026/tv/news/a…

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How Alien Conspiracy Theory Got Respectable — and Helped Bring America Back to Magical Thinking variety.com/2026/film/colu…

Anna Faris says she wasn't invited back to "Scary Movie 5" because of "age and money." "I don’t think I ever got a male-comparative paycheck — I know I didn’t, nor did Regina. We didn’t make money that you can hide away." wp.me/pc8uak-1lHp1q

Claire Danes says Richard Gadd’s characters on #BabyReindeer and #HalfMan “feel like they’re in conversation with each other”: “You’re playing flip sides of the same character. This is way too reductive, but you were the victim and then you were the abuser.” Stream the full episode on the @CNN app: cnn.com/videos/title-2…