Carl Carlton, the funk, soul, and R&B singer known for hit songs “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and “Everlasting Love,” has died. He was 72. Carlton’s son, Carlton Hudgens II, ...

“Mamma, I’m a Big Girl Now” is part concert, part conversation — a reunion that finds Broadway stars Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy and Marissa Jaret Winokur reflecting on who they were when ...

Lesley Walker, the BAFTA-nominated British film editor who worked on films including “Mona Lisa” and “Mamma Mia!,” died on Dec. 2. She was 80. Walker began her career as an assistant film editor in ...

Nearly two decades after he became a Wall Street legend for predicting the 2008 housing crash, investor Michael Burry once again came out of the shadows with his bold bets against AI darlings Nvidia ...

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Todd Spangler weighs in on the collision of AI and Big Tech jobs as layoff notices fly. And Jennifer Maas discusses the growth of indie ...

Pierce Brosnan fans have just been dealt a devastating and unexpected blow. Brosnan has starred in plenty of blockbusters over the years, mostly thanks to his time playing 007 in the '90s James Bond ...

With millions in brand deals and daily ego boosts from legions of followers, not every creator wants to endure the industry’s humiliations. By McKinley Franklin Quinta Brunson got her start a decade ...

The first single from Big L’s posthumous Harlem’s Finest: Return of the King album is here. Today, Mass Appeal released “u aint gotta chance,” pairing Big L’s bars from a 1997 freestyle with a fiery ...

The Palestinian militant group is giving up much of the leverage it has with Israel, with no guarantee some of its main demands will be met. By Adam Rasgon Reporting from Tel Aviv Hamas took a ...

Mamma Mia! Here we go again?! In an interview with Deadlineat the Toronto International Film Festival, Amanda Seyfried was asked by a producer off-camera if Mamma Mia 3 was still in the works. At ...

As the industry embraces Nielsen’s big data + panel, the NFL is on board with the new measurement tool. Still, chief data and analytics officer Paul Ballew says there’s “more work” to be done in terms ...