This week’s cover story:
Priyanka Chopra Jonas on ‘Blowing Up’ Her Acting Career, Ignoring Nick Jonas Marriage Backlash and ‘Coming Back to Indian Movies’ for ‘RRR’ Director’s New Film
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Kid Rock Predicts God Will 'Cut Down' Journalists for Reporting (Accurately) That He Is Charging Up to $5,000 for Tour Tickets variety.com/2026/music/news/…
Matthew McConaughey says losing 47 pounds for #DallasBuyersClub “was not hard to do”:
“I just got regimented. Got obsessed. If I show up in the scene not looking like I have HIV, people are gonna go, ‘Bullshit!’ That’s embarrassing. The power that I lost in my body sublimated to my brain. Clinical memory — expanded threefold from what it was prior.”
#TimothéeChalamet on the “souvenir” left for him on his final day filming #Interstellar:
“I went into my trailer and there was a huge turd in my toilet. I felt so disrespected... I went up to Nolan, and he pointed to Matthew, and Matthew had this devilish grin on his face. I said, “Why’d you do that?” You said, “In Texas, it’s a coming of age, baby.”
Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to demand that Netflix “immediately” fire former UN ambassador and board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences":
“Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences. She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK. How much is she being paid, and for what??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT.”
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Donald Trump Demands Netflix 'Immediately' Fire Board Member Susan Rice or 'Pay the Consequences': 'She’s Got No Talent or Skills' variety.com/2026/film/news/d…
How Much Are Bruce Springsteen Tickets? The Promised Range for 'The Promised Land' Is $87-$3,007, With Nearly Row-by-Row Variations In-Between variety.com/2026/music/news/…
“GOAT” scored $3.8 million domestically on Friday. The animated family film, which follows a scrawny anthropomorphic goat with dreams of sports stardom, looks to earn $13 million to $14 million through Sunday for a domestic total of $54 million to $55 million. bit.ly/4b24n8p
“The Sopranos” star Michael Imperioli says the characters in the HBO crime drama would “probably” be Trump supporters if the show were made today:
“The show is about the American dream, especially through the eyes of immigrants. I think that would be one of the big themes if it was made today: the current climate in the US and what they’re doing to immigrants. The fact is that these characters are all immigrants, but I think a lot of them would probably be Trump supporters, oddly enough. So how do they reconcile those things? When Italians came over – and people forget this, or they don’t want to see it – a lot of them were undocumented.”
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Michael Imperioli Says 'A Lot' of 'The Sopranos' Characters Would 'Probably' Be Trump Supporters: 'The Show Is About the American Dream' variety.com/2026/tv/news/mic…
Matthew McConaughey on Christopher Nolan’s practical filmmaking approach: “Chris will not make something simple complicated.”
“There were scenes [in #Interstellar] where I’m floating through space, and I’m on a gimbal he’s holding himself. I asked, ‘Why not use the big cranes?’ He said, ‘It’s a waste of money. What I learned in independent filmmaking is still the best way to get the shot.’ He always keeps it simple when it needs to be simple.”
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‘American Psycho’ Author Bret Easton Ellis Says ‘High Profile Actors’ Have Turned Down Patrick Bateman Role: ‘They Don’t Want To Be in the Shoes of Christian Bale' variety.com/2026/film/news/a…
"American Psycho" author Bret Easton Ellis says several "high profile actors" have turned down the part of Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino's upcoming remake:
“I think maybe because they don’t want to be in the shoes of Christian Bale.”
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Mark Ruffalo fired back at James Cameron on Saturday morning after the “Avatar” director said that Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery would be “disastrous for the theatrical motion picture business":
“So… the next question to Mr Cameron should be this. ’Are you also against the monopolization that a Paramount acquisition would create? Or is it just that of Netflix?’ I think the answer would be very interesting for the film community to hear and one that should be asked immediately. Is Mike Lee against the Paramount sale as well? Is he as concerned about that as he is the Netflix sale? We all want to know. Speaking on behalf of hundreds of thousands of film makers world wide.”
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Mark Ruffalo Fires Back at James Cameron After ‘Avatar’ Director Slammed Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal: ‘Are You Also Against the Monopolization That a Paramount Acquisition Would Create?' variety.com/2026/film/news/m…