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On today’s episode of the Daily Variety podcast, Variety’s Brent Lang and Elsa Keslassy break down this year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup with an emphasis on European auteur filmmakers. And Hollywood’s top litigator Patricia Glaser has a tough talk about social media and the Southern California economy, as she defends embattled Casey Wasserman in a highlight of Variety’s annual Power of Law breakfast event on April 8th. Listen to the entire podcast As predicted by Keslassy’s report last month, the Cannes lineup is dominated by European filmmakers and indies, with little Hollywood star power. Lang, editor-in-chief of Variety magazine, and…

Wendy Kaufman credits her job at Snapple with helping her get sober after a decade of cocaine use starting in the 1980s. The former beverage publicist who became famous as “Wendy, the Snapple Lady” opened up about her wild drug addiction in an interview with People magazine published Wednesday. Kaufman, 67, told the media that he first “tried cocaine” the night he graduated from Syracuse University in 1980 “with several different degrees.” Wendy Kaufman (pictured in 2019) credits her job at Snapple with helping her get sober after a decade of cocaine addiction. Gregory Pace / Shutterstock The former Snapple…

Variety reported that nine new cast members have been added to season 3 of “Nobody Wants This.” Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “The Book of Mormon”), Kyra Monterosso Mejia (“The Studio,” “Abbott Elementary”) and Sarah Silverman (“Postmortem,” “Maestro”) all have recurring roles on the hit comedy. The series also added six new guest stars: Avan Jogia (The 56 Days, Balthazar), Poorna Jagannathan (The Deli Boys, Never Have I Ever), Sadie Sandler (The Happy Gilmore 2, The Roommates), Stephanie Koenig (The English Teacher, A Lesson in Chemistry), and Stephen Webber. (“Wings,” “Chicago Med”). Additionally, series creator Erin Foster is set to guest star…

MEGHAN Markle has been “inundated” with job offers after her former co-star revealed he was planning to return to acting. A senior casting agent in Los Angeles exclusively told Page Six that studios and production companies have offered the Duchess of Sussex a wide range of roles, including horror and soap opera roles. The avalanche of deals came after former Suits co-star Eric Roberts revealed at a red carpet event last month that Markle, 44, was planning a return to Hollywood. A senior Los Angeles casting agent exclusively told Page Six that Meghan Markle (pictured above at an event in…

Super dad. Jonah Hill has revealed that he has married his longtime partner Olivia Miller, and the couple recently welcomed their second child together. The “Superbad” star made the big announcement while speaking with Martin Scorsese about what kind of work he’s looking for at this stage in his life. Jonah Hill (pictured in Thursday’s interview) has announced that he has married his longtime girlfriend Olivia Miller and is expecting their second child together. Gus Van Sant/Interview Magazine “I have two children now,” the actor (pictured in June 2023) revealed in an interview. @MALIBUUSTARS YOUTUBE / Backgrid “I have two…

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of “Testament,” now available on Hulu. Bruce Miller dives back into the world of Gilead. And he has an old friend with him. Miller, the Emmy Award-winning creator of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” now plays the same role on “The Testaments,” following a very different corner of Margaret Atwood’s theocratic world. But as the first three episodes of the series make clear, even though we’re no longer following the Handmaids, Rebel June, played by Elisabeth Moss, remains central to the case, helping bring down another corner of the regime as…

Anna Wintour had repeatedly turned down requests to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine until Meryl Streep intervened. Annie Leibovitz Even Anna Wintour can’t say no to Meryl Streep. Vogue’s global editorial director will appear alongside Streep on the magazine’s May 2026 cover. This is the first time he has appeared on the cover of his own publication. But as Stuff revealed on Vogue’s podcast The Run Through this week, getting both women to agree wasn’t easy. Chloe Malle, the magazine’s new head of editorial content, said Winter had turned down cover requests before, but Streep, who worked on…

George Clooney hit back at the White House after communications director Stephen Chan released a statement accusing the two-time Oscar winner of committing a “war crime” by threatening to wipe out “an entire civilization” if Iran didn’t agree to a cease-fire deal. In a statement to the Independent about his criticism of Clooney, Chan said: “The only person committing war crimes is George Clooney, with his bad movies and bad acting skills.” In a follow-up obtained by Variety, Clooney responded: “Families are losing loved ones. Children are being incinerated. The world economy is in crisis. Now is the time to…

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer argued that his client should be released immediately because his infamous freak tape showed amateur pornography, not a sex crime. Combs’ lawyers, led by Alexandra Shapiro and Nicole Westmoreland, made the startling argument Thursday in an appeals hearing before three federal judges in New York. Lawyers for the disgraced music mogul also argued that Combs was unfairly treated in a federal trial last year and deserves to be released under the First Amendment. Sean “Diddy” Combs (pictured in court sketch at sentencing in October 2025) begged for release at an appeals hearing this week. Reuters Lawyers…

Spoiler alert: This post contains a story from episode 5 of Imperfect Women, now streaming on Apple TV. There’s a lot to learn about Kate Mara’s Nancy Hennessy in Imperfect Women.The case of the Pasadena socialite whose murder sparked AppleTV’s mystery thriller is difficult to solve. Growing up in a trailer park in Bakersfield, Nancy leads a difficult and complicated life that the audience only glimpses of, eventually marrying the rich and wealthy Robert (Joel Kinnaman). Told through the perspective of her best friend Eleanor (Kerry Washington), the first three episodes of “Imperfect Women” reveal that Nancy has been having…