For Immediate Release Dallas, Texas – 4/29/2026 – There are artists who perform, and there are artists who communicate. Althea Rene has built a career on the latter, crafting music that speaks with clarity, intention, and pure soul. Her latest release continues that legacy. It also refines and expands it into something notably deeper. Her…
Former NBC head honcho Robert Greenblatt is returning to Universal TV with a first-look deal, Variety has confirmed. Under the deal, Greenblatt and his production company, The Green Room, will develop and produce TV projects for UTV across all platforms. Jon Wu continues to serve as head of filmed content for The Green Room. Greenblatt…
Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is May 4, 2026, which means it’s 3 days until the May 7 entry deadline for programs that identify as Primetime programming by virtue of genre and were originally presented June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026. It’s also 38 days until nominations-round voting begins on June 11; 49 days until nominations-round voting ends on June 22 at 10 p.m.; and 67 days until Emmy…
Just as Heidi Klum was ascending the museum stairs, a protester breached the entrance to the Met Gala on Monday night in New York before being tackled by security, briefly rattling the star-studded event but not making it to the carpet. There had been reports ahead of the event that protests were expected, given the…
Dwayne Johnson rocked a familiar tuxedo jacket and a bow tie paired with a pleated skirt as he walked down the 2026 Met Gala red carpet hand-in-hand with his wife, Lauren Hashian. When asked about the look, which was custom-made by designer Thom Browne, Johnson said it was in part inspired by Polynesian culture, in…
“The Pitt” star Isa Briones took to social media on Saturday to call out fans who scream at her during her Broadway show. On “The Pitt,” Briones stars as second-year resident Dr. Trinity Santos, but on the stage, she’s currently playing Connie Francis in the jukebox musical “Just In Time.” “Hey, hey, hey!” Briones wrote…
Noah Kahan has scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his fourth album “The Great Divide,” opening with 389,000 equivalent album units. Kahan’s debut marks the biggest week for a rock album since the charts started measuring by units at the end of 2014. It also becomes the third-biggest week for…
The annual Run for the Roses on Saturday was a historic moment for women in horse racing as Cherie DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. DeVaux’s story plus other firsts that were poised to be achieved by jockeys, trainers and horses at this year’s derby drove the live audience on…
Kenneth Branagh, the director behind the 2011 Marvel film “Thor,” says he’d be open to returning to the world of superheroes. Branagh told Business Insider, “Part of me would love to finish my relationship with that character. I’d always wanted to do more and indeed had a couple of ideas, more in the territory of…
