Todd Spangler

A new study found films were more likely to star a man named Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60. variety.com/2026/film/glob…

Memorial Day Weekend Box Office: 'Mandalorian and Grogu' Opens to $100 Million Domestically, $163 Million Globally variety.com/2026/film/box-…

Pope Leo Issues AI Manifesto Warning That ‘Opaque Algorithms’ Controlled by a ‘Few’ Companies Can Bring ‘New Forms of Dehumanization’ variety.com/2026/biz/globa…

CBS Suspends Takedown Notices on Bootleg YouTube Uploads of Stephen Colbert’s ‘Only in Monroe’ Public Access Show After Outcry variety.com/2026/tv/news/c…

Stephen Colbert Follows CBS Finale 24 Hours Later With Hilarious Hour of Michigan Public Access TV, Featuring Jack White, Jeff Daniels, Eminem, Steve Buscemi and Byron Allen variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…

One of the great group shots of "The Late Show" staff posing on stage:

‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Finale Attracts 6.74 Million Viewers, Its Most-Watched Weeknight Episode Of All Time variety.com/2026/tv/news/t…

Kalshi and Polymarket Are Spoiling Reality TV Shows — and Studios Don’t Know What to Do About It variety.com/2026/tv/news/k…

HAHAHAHAH. He's posting. MULTIPLE TIMES. Also I have notes on his joke writing. #TheBoys @TheBoysTV

Tom Hardy Fired From 'Mobland' Season 3 After Season 2 Wraps Production variety.com/2026/tv/news/t…

President Donald Trump celebrated the cancellation of “total jerk” #StephenColbert after his final broadcast of #TheLateShow Thursday night: “Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long!” he wrote on Truth Social at 1:52 a.m. ET. “No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone!” After CBS announced last summer that it was canceling “The Late Show,” Trump gloated that “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.” A few days later on the show, Colbert fired back — telling the president, “Go fuck yourself” (with the f-bomb bleeped out on the CBS telecast). wp.me/pc8uak-1lHiXD

Stephen Colbert Ends ‘Late Show’ With Joyous Paul McCartney ‘Hello Goodbye’ Performance, as Ex-Beatle Turns Lights Out at Ed Sullivan Theater variety.com/2026/music/new…

Stephen Colbert Fans Explain Why They Believe CBS Canceled ‘The Late Show’: ‘It Was Politically Motivated’ variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…

Peter Jackson enters the Ed Sullivan Theater ahead of Stephen Colbert’s final night on “The Late Show.”

‘Anatomy of Murder’ Duo, After Acrimonious Split With Audiochuck, Are Back With New True-Crime Podcast ‘Homicide 360’: ‘It’s Important for Us to Own the Thing We Create’ variety.com/2026/digital/n… via @variety

Spotify is launching a new tool allowing fans to create “responsible” AI-generated covers and remixes of their favorite songs from participating artists and songwriters. The new tool will launch as a paid add-on for Spotify Premium users, creating an additional source of income for artists and songwriters. variety.com/2026/music/new…

Spotify will reserve concert tix for music superfans: It will use streams, shares and other activity to “identify an artist’s most dedicated fans and hold two tour tickets for them" in a partnership with Live Nation variety.com/2026/digital/n… via @variety

Spotify and Universal Music Announce Licensing Agreements for Fan-Made Covers and Remixes, Using ‘Responsible’ Generative AI Technology variety.com/2026/music/new… via @variety

Apple to Broadcast MLS Game Shot Entirely on 15 iPhones, First Major Live Sports Event Captured Using Only Smartphones variety.com/2026/digital/n… via @variety

Democratic senators to FCC chair: “[W]e have serious doubts that paving the way for these anti-democratic governments to own between 49.5% and 100% of an American media empire serves the ‘public interest.’” variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…