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Vertical and Bren Foster will launch their new martial arts thriller “Life After Fighting” on June 7 in select theaters and on demand. This marks Foster’s feature debut as writer-director and is his first collaboration with producer Navid Bahadori under their newly formed production and distribution company, Spinning Plates. According to an official logline, “In […]

Taylor Swift showed support for Lady Gaga on TikTok after Gaga publicly shut down speculation that she is pregnant. Rumors that Gaga is expecting her first child with partner Michael Polansky have been circulating on social media for days, but Gaga posted on TikTok that such speculation is false. “Not pregnant, just down bad crying […]

Steve Zahn has joined Glen Powell in the upcoming Hulu comedy series “Chad Powers,” Variety has learned. The series was originally picked up at Hulu in February. Powell will star in the series in addition to co-creating and co-writing the pilot with Michael Waldron, with both serving as executive producers.

UTA has signed Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón for representation. Gascón plays the title role in Jacques Audiard’s film “Emilia Pérez,” for which she made history at the Cannes Film Festival in May as the first transgender woman to win the award for best actress. She shared the honor with co-stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez […]

Tyler Perry will write and direct Netflix’s upcoming movie “Straw,” a tense drama starring Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd and Teyana Taylor. The film follows a single mother who faces a series of unfortunate events that leads her down an unexpected path. According to the logline, “she becomes entangled in a situation she never imagined and […]

ABC series “High Potential” is getting a shift at the top, as showrunner Rob Thomas has departed the project, Variety has learned. The series, which stars Kaitlin Olson, is set to air Tuesdays at 10 p.m. this fall, after “Dancing With the Stars.” Production has temporarily halted on the show, although insiders tell Variety that […]