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Meryl Streep says she personally called Lady Gaga to ask if she’d want to cameo in #TheDevilWearsPrada2: “I thought, I might as well try her,” Streep shared in a recent interview with Heart. “I just said, ‘Would you do this? Because it’s going to be really good.’ And she said, ‘Yeah!’ Just like that. She’s on her world tour, which lasted a year, playing to 75,000 people in a stadium and just flew off and did us.” variety.com/2026/film/feat…

#BillMaher grilled Gavin Newsom over suing Fox News and “imitating” how President Trump treats the media: “You are the one who kind of imitates [Trump’s] style with the trolling,” Maher said on “Real Time” Friday night. “You’re suing Fox now, I understand.” “Fox better look to settle right now or apologize for defamation,” Newsom shot back. “OK but that sounds exactly like what he does,” offered Maher. “Suing media?” Trump since 2024 has forced big media companies, including Disney and Paramount, into rich settlements over frivolous lawsuits. Newsom was undeterred: “Well, don’t defame, don’t lie,” he said of his suit against Fox News. “That does sound like him,” Maher reiterated. wp.me/pc8uak-1lHdw5

Netflix's first big commitment to movie theaters (this is technically their second wide theatrical release after last summer's "KPop Demon Hunters Singalong")

EXCLUSIVE: A scripted true crime series based on the Gilgo Beach murders is in development at Peacock: • Jordan Hawley will write and executive produce, with Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson exec producing via G-Unit Film & Television • The project is inspired by Peacock’s docuseries “The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets” wp.me/pc8uak-1lHdnS

Julianna Margulies says she and George Clooney “would distract from what #ThePitt is” if they joined their former #ER co-star Noah Wyle on the show: “But if he asked, he knows we would be there in a second.” variety.com/2026/scene/new…

The FCC is gearing up to launch a formal review of the broadcast licenses granted to Disney’s eight owned ABC stations over complaints about Jimmy Kimmel‘s joke about Melania Trump looking like an "expectant widow." The FCC, headed by Trump appointee Brendan Carr, “is moving toward a review of Disney’s broadcast licenses, according to people familiar with the matter, a maneuver that would up the pressure on the ABC owner as it faces fierce scrutiny from the administration — again — over a late night monologue,” per a report by Semafor. variety.com/2026/tv/news/t…

#GeorgeClooney is defending Jimmy Kimmel after Trump’s latest call for his firing: “Jimmy’s a comedian, and I would argue that Karoline Leavitt didn’t mean shots should be fired,” Clooney told Variety at the 51st Chaplin Award Gala, where he was honored for his contributions to cinema. “She was making a joke. Fair enough. You look at that side and go, ’Well, jokes are jokes.’ But the rhetoric is a little dangerous. And we’ve seen it a lot lately.” variety.com/2026/scene/new…

Covering the 51st Chaplin Award Gala tonight, stay tuned for interviews!

DC's "The Authority" movie is no longer happening at this time because "the script wasn’t quite there," says James Gunn. "More importantly it didn’t work in terms of the larger DCU both in terms of the story and practical concerns. Maybe some day. Not soon." Gunn says “Booster Gold” and “Paradise Lost” remain “in development” and “in extreme development,” respectively. variety.com/2026/film/news…

#TaylorSwift appears to be fighting against AI misuse after filing three trademark applications to protect her voice and likeness: • Two relate to sound trademarks covering her voice: one is “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift,” and the other is “Hey, it’s Taylor.” • The third trademark is a visual trademark covering “a photograph of Taylor Swift holding a pink guitar, with a black strap and wearing a multi-colored iridescent bodysuit with silver boots. She is standing on a pink stage in front of a multi-colored microphone with purple lights in the background.” wp.me/pc8uak-1lHckF

Melania Trump urges ABC to "take a stand" against Jimmy Kimmel after he joked she'd be an "expectant widow" a couple days before the shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner. “Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy – his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America,” Melania Trump posted on X. “People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/m…

#NikkiGlaser says she’d “absolutely” do a Leonardo DiCaprio roast but doesn’t think he should sign up for one: “Oh, I don’t think he should do one of those. He doesn’t need to” Glaser told Variety at the Time100 Gala. ” I mean, it would be amazing and I’d love to do it, but no. He should…but he shouldn’t. If I were anyone in his camp, I’d say, ‘Don’t ever do that.’ Maybe if he was donating [the proceeds] to climate change or something. I could see him doing that. But yeah, that’s one I would absolutely sign up for.” variety.com/2026/scene/new…

The #Michael movie uses CGI to portray Bubbles the chimpanzee, who has lived at the Center for Great Apes since 2005: • Now 43, Bubbles spends much of his time napping and helping raise the younger apes • The Jackson estate still helps fund his care • Lionsgate says it had “continuing constructive dialogue” with PETA and that the film is “not an endorsement” of keeping chimps as pets “So much more is known today about what chimpanzees and monkeys need to thrive, including freedom and the companionship of their peers, making film sets and human homes unacceptable for their wellbeing,” said PETA’s director of animals in film and television Lauren Thomasson. variety.com/2026/film/colu…

Jack Nicholson appears in a rare photo shared by his daughter Lorraine Nicholson to mark his 89th birthday. variety.com/2026/film/news…

#Michael has earned $12.6M in Thursday night previews, beating #ProjectHailMary for the biggest preview haul of the year. The film is expected to earn $65M-$75M in its opening weekend, with some exhibitors predicting it could land closer to $80M. variety.com/2026/film/box-…

#DuttonRanch stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, along with creator Taylor Sheridan and 101 Studios boss David Glasser, were reportedly unsatisfied with showrunner Chad Feehan’s handling of Season 1, leading to his departure. Read more about Feehan’s exit: variety.com/2026/tv/news/d…

I was there when US went from a monthly to US Weekly. Crazy time for tabloid media. The money spent on paparazzi pics was insane, even magazines buying photos not to run them, but to make sure the competition didn't get them. Celebs calling to curse out editors and wish them dead with cancer (yup, that really happened to a co-worker). So many late nights at Moomba, Bungalow 8, Lot 61....So many memories -- good and bad. Sad to see the magazine being slashed to a skeleton of what it once was.

Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny are Spotify’s most-streamed artists of all time. variety.com/2026/music/new…

This year’s Peabody Award TV winners: • “Adolescence” (Netflix) • “Andor” (Disney+) • “Common Side Effects” (Adult Swim) • “Dying for Sex” (FX/Hulu) • “Forever” (Netflix) • “Heated Rivalry” (HBO Max) • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) • “Mussolini: Son of the Century” (MUBI) • “The Pitt” (HBO Max) • “Pluribus” (Apple TV+) • “The Rehearsal” (HBO) variety.com/2026/tv/news/p…

#CharlizeTheron says learning to rock climb for the new Netflix movie #Apex came “very natural” but she found kayaking “really, really complicated”: “I thought of it as very easy, and I now bow down to the kayakers out there in the world.”