Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and unable to speak after being stabbed before a lecture: "Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged" bit.ly/3pgjylL
Kenan Thompson couldn't say no to hosting the Emmys: “It’s a giant career milestone to host an Emmys, an Oscars, a Tonys, whatever. So you get that phone call, you should take it!”
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Apple TV+’s “For All Mankind” encouraged viewers to turn their attention to the possibilities of Mars. But that deceptive invitation meant taking their eyes off the dangers on the homefront — until it was too late.
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#Euphoria department head hairstylist Kim Kimble's biggest challenge? Making Zendaya not look glamorous.
“She’s a beautiful girl and Zendaya has beautiful naturally curly hair.” bit.ly/3bR9g8B
Amazon Prime Video have given fans a first look at their upcoming U.K. original drama series “Jungle” with new images and a teaser trailer.
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#Euphoria department head hairstylist Kim Kimble breaks down how Maddy's "modern '90s" look came together for season 2. | Variety Artisans presented by @HBObit.ly/3bR9g8B
Tiffany Haddish revealed that she used all of her “Girls Trip” money to finish paying off the house she bought after the first season of “The Carmichael Show.”
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Recording Academy co-president Valeisha Butterfield Jones will leave the organization to return to Google, taking a new vice president role on the internet giant’s diversity team.
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"Phineas and Ferb" co-creator Dan Povenmire was absent-mindedly doodling on a scrap of paper during a meeting when he realized he had sketched his way into his next TV show: it was a hamster, in a superhero outfit.
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Producers behind Amazon’s “A League of Their Own” spinoff series admit they’ve already started making plans for a Season 2 – which could be starting sooner than you’d think.
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Anne Heche was a special performer dogged by scandal — through which she never stopped trying to express what it felt like to see the world her way. An appreciation by me… variety.com/2022/tv/column…
#PurpleHearts director Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum: “I do hope that anyone who’s in any way insulted by it understands that our intentions are very pure, and it’s because we feel like people need to grow and need to start to become more moderate.” bit.ly/3SFC0BM
“We’re doing our best to resist [adding new characters] for Season 5,” Ross Duffer said. “We’re trying not to do that so we can focus on the OG characters, I guess.”
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Special Report: VIP+’s “Media Business in a Bear Market” dives deep into how fears of a crumbling economy are rippling through Hollywood’s many sectors bit.ly/3PShYlI
Join Jason Blum and Abhijay Prakash of Blumhouse Productions for an exclusive keynote discussing the evolution of the prolific production company at #VarietyEntertainmentTechnology Summit presented by @CityNational Bank. Get your in-person tickets today. bit.ly/3pcIpa0
16 Most Shocking Emmy Wins of the Last 16 Years, From the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Sweep to Katherine Heigl’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Upset variety.com/lists/emmy-win…
"It just points to, once again, this erasure of Latinos in the Hollywood business. We have less than 5% with Latino actors, still, to this day," @ByClaytonDavis says of James Franco being cast as Fidel Castro. bit.ly/3CjBSCv
Hulu announced #Prey is the streaming service's largest premiere of all time, topping #TheKardashians, which previously held the record for Hulu's highest TV premiere. | Variety The Take presented by @AppleTVbit.ly/3CjBSCv
#GameOfThrones actor Sean Bean ignited controversy when he denounced intimacy coordinators, who are designed to keep sets safe when actors are filming sex scenes that require nudity. What's your take? | Variety The Take presented by @AppleTVbit.ly/3CjBSCv
#PurpleHearts' @SofiaCarson and director Liz Allen on backlash: "I hope that anyone who’s in any way insulted by it understands that our intentions are very pure, and it’s because we feel like people need to grow and need to start to become more moderate." variety.com/2022/film/news…
"They are flawed at the beginning and that was intentional. In order for the red heart and the blue heart to kind of turn purple, you have to have them be kind of extreme."
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