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‘Moana 2’ Still Making a Splash

The Disney animated sequel continues to reign at the domestic box office, while A24's 'Y2K' opened in eighth place.

By Michaela Zee

Best Shows of 2024

From 'Shogun' to 'The Peguin' to 'Industry,' here are the best TV shows of the year.

By Alison Herman, Aramide Tinubu

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Steve Mensch, Tyler Perry Studios President, Dies in Plane Crash

Steve Mensch, president and general manager of studio operations at Tyler Perry Studios, died in a plane crash on Friday night. He was 62. According to ABC affiliate WFTS-TV…

By Jack Dunn

‘Severance’ Season 2 Trailer: Mark Looks for Ms. Casey and the Innies Go on a Nature Retreat

Mark Scout’s two worlds start to collide in the trailer for “Severance” Season 2, which shows the Lumon employee searching for his dead wife — who, of course, is not actually…

By Ethan Shanfeld

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's CONCLAVE, a Focus Features release. Credit: Philippe Antonello/Focus Features ©2024 All Rights Reserved.

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Final Golden Globes Predictions: ‘Conclave,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Wicked’ Expected to Lead Nominations

The 2025 Golden Globe nominations will be revealed Monday, and 'Conclave,' 'Emilia Perez' and 'Wicked' are expected to lead.

By Clayton Davis

Music

5 Best Moments From ‘Nonsense Christmas’

Variety recaps the biggest moments from Sabrina Carpenter's highly-anticipated holiday special.

By Julia MacCary

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‘Queer’

Daniel Craig infuses William S. Burroughs with a winning vulnerability in Luca Guadagnino's bold adaptation of Burroughs' ahead-of-its-time novel: a tale of addiction that's also a love story.
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‘The Order’

Jude Law and Nicholas Holt star in Justin Kurzel's rigorously authentic and suspenseful drama about the white-supremacist cult of the 1980s — a movement that's only grown more darkly relevant.
‘Moana 2’

The songs lack that Lin-Manuel Miranda magic, but this more dutiful than inspired sequel has vibrant monsters and a flow of movement that keeps your eyeballs dancing.
‘Y2K’

Jaeden Martell and Rachel Zegler star in Kyle Mooney's listless satirical sci-fi disaster comedy: a 1999 youth-nostalgia flick that turns into...an attack-of-the-computers zombie movie.

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'Interior Chinatown' Struggles to Turn an Allegorical Novel Into a Show
‘Dune: Prophecy’

HBO Prequel Series 'Dune: Prophecy' Capably Tailors the Epic Franchise to Television
‘Landman’

Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' Gives the West Texas Oil Fields the 'Yellowstone' Treatment
'The Day of the Jackal’

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch's 'The Day of the Jackal' Is an Exhilarating Assassin Thriller

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!