The Chicago comic, actor, and Emmy winner is capping a breakout run with his first global stand-up special, filmed at Atlanta’s Center Stage Theatre. Chicago’s own Dyon “Mojo” Brooks, better known to fans as Mojo Brookzz, is officially getting his Netflix moment. I Know You Lying, his debut comedy special, premieres globally on the streamer […]

The full trailer for Peacock’s “Friday the 13th” prequel series arrived Sunday, teasing Pamela’s unraveling grief ahead of the show’s October 15 premiere. The full trailer for Crystal Lake, Peacock’s Friday the 13th prequel series, dropped Sunday, offering the deepest look yet at Pamela Voorhees’s descent into grief and violence before she became the franchise’s […]

Moonlight, the 2017 Best Picture Oscar winner, is heading back to theaters for a tenth anniversary re-release from A24 on October 2, in a new 4K remastered cut. Tickets for the re-release are on sale now. Director and co-writer Barry Jenkins announced the news at a special Telluride Film Festival screening of the film. Moonlight […]

The Miami-set crime drama from “Ozark” co-creator Bill Dubuque will not return for a second season despite generating early buzz. Peacock has canceled the crime drama “M.I.A.” after just one season, the streamer confirmed. The series, created, written, and executive produced by Bill Dubuque, premiered May 7 with all nine hour-long episodes released at once. […]

The talk show host argues generative AI can help get Black and Brown stories to screen after years of being shut out by traditional studios. Sunny Hostin is standing by her decision to license her name and likeness to AI startup Fountain 0, a partnership first reported by Variety in late August, arguing the technology […]

The new preview teases high-stakes drama and unresolved cliffhangers across “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Chicago P.D.” NBC has released the official trailer for the return of its “One Chicago” franchise, giving fans their first extended look at what’s ahead for “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Chicago P.D.” as all three shows prepare to premiere […]

The annual festival returns to Brooklyn’s Duggal Greenhouse October 3 and 4 with a “Museum of Us” theme and an expanded lineup of speakers and programming. CultureCon is coming back to New York next month, and organizers say it will be bigger than ever. The festival returns to the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy […]

The film marks Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi’s sophomore feature behind the camera, following the addiction drama Doe. Kid Cudi is back in the director’s chair. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi has revealed his second directorial effort, Wrong Number, a horror thriller currently shooting in Los Angeles in which he also stars opposite Barbie Ferreira. The film […]

Giancarlo Esposito, Debra Wilson, and Jinkx Monsoon have wrapped major roles opposite Brandon Rogers in Weird Party, a horror comedy marking the filmmaker and comedian’s feature directorial debut. Plot details are being kept under wraps. The cast also includes Jude B. Lanston, Gary Nohealii, Chad Damiani, Monica Franco, Lyle Rath, Johnnie Guilbert, Brandon Keith Rogers, Monique […]

Lifetime has set the premiere of its new original documentary Kimora Lee: On Her Own for Saturday, September 20 at 8/7c, continuing the network’s run of documentaries centered on women reclaiming their narratives. The film traces Kimora Lee’s path from one of Karl Lagerfeld’s youngest Chanel models to the visionary behind Baby Phat, built through […]