David E. Kelley Adapting Michael Connelly’s ‘Nightshade’ As Police Drama ‘Welcome To Catalina’ In Works At HBO Max Under ‘The Pitt’ Model

The time will soon come to say au revoir to Netflix’s Emily in Paris. The upcoming sixth season of the French soap series is in the works, with a new European location added to the list of Emily’s various travel destinations. Season 5 of the hit show arrived in December 2025, and Season 4 was […]

Private equity firm Advaya Capital completed its purchase of Comscore’s box office analytics division Comscore Movies for about $70 million in cash and is renaming it Rentrak. Comscore Movies — which collects transaction level data from approximately 34,000 theaters and more than 200,000 screens across 70+ countries — operated for years as Rentrak until Comscore […]

John McClain, the veteran music executive who served as a co-executor for the Michael Jackson estate, has died. He was 71. The former A&M and Interscope Records exec reportedly died of complications from a fall on Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to People, as his co-executor John Branca paid tribute. “I am profoundly grieved at […]

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale” sequel series, “The Testaments,” now streaming on Hulu. The first season of “The Testaments” came to an end Wednesday with its Season 1 finale. And blessed be the fruit, because Variety‘s got the answer to what is sure to be your […]