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Karol G Embraces Mariachi Soul for Passionate Latin Grammys Performance and more — today's speaking signal.

The Colombian superstar sang"Ese Hombre Es Malo," which is up for Best Regional Song this year

Jo Koy had a speech ready when he walked onstage in Stockton, Calif. It was his first time in the Central Valley city, and before taping the two sold-out arena shows that became his new Netflix special, he went looking for its Filipino history. He found plenty: “No Filipinos allo

Prime Video and Portuguese public broadcaster RTP have acquired rights in Portugal to “Gisberta – Life and Death of a Trans Woman,” a four-part true-crime docuseries from Leonel Vieira, the director-producer behind box office hit “O Pátio das Cantigas” and HBO Max thriller “O Gri

Album has been remastered from original sources and packaged with new liner notes by Chuck D

Movie Marketing Veteran Gerry Rich on Opening ‘Iron Man,’ Grappling With AI and Maintaining the Human Touch and more — today's speaking signal.

On today’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast, movie marketing veteran Gerry Rich details his new memoir “Chasing Hollywood: A Marketing Chief’s Lessons on Breaking Through.” Rich has worked for most of Hollywood’s major studios, including Paramount, Columbia Pictur

Last month, a string of performances in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Columbia, South Carolina, on the R&B tour were also canceled

France and U.K.-based Alief has boarded as a sales agent “Borges and Me,” a big scene adaptation of U.S. writer Jay Parini novelized memoir of a life-changing encounter with Argentine literary great Jorge Luis Borges. Directed by Marc Turtletaub (“Jules”) and produced by his labe

MGM+ has greenlit the romantic comedy series “The American Heiress” with Julianna Margulies set for a lead role, Variety has learned. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Daisy Goodwin (“Victoria”), which is also published under the title “My Last Duchess.” “’The

The rapper will reprise her role as a divorced mom who strikes up a flirtation with Radcliffe's character on The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

Garth Brooks has announced his Sevens Network, LLC company is set to purchase a Nashville radio spot currently held by Lightning 100, at WRLT-FM/100.1 on the FM dial, to establish a new country station that will offer a mixture of younger and historically established artists. Whe

Mid-October, Estonia’s long-awaited next-gen film studio complex Ida Hub, in the country’s eastern region, finally opened for business, and industry guests at Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival are invited to tour the facilities Nov. 21-22. As stressed by Edith Sepp, head of th

The EP also features two covers of Arthur Russell's "The Boy With a Smile" by Nirosta Steel and Christine and the Queens

The soundtrack to upcoming film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is out today

Six more women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct in a new investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times, the newspapers whose earlier reporting on the comedian features in Netflix’s just-unveiled documentary “Russell Brand: Open Secret.” The accounts were publishe

Misty Jones keeps her Grammy in the fridge, alongside a near-empty Tupperware of chicken broth and, well, not a whole lot else: A former country superstar turned burnt-out rural hermit, she more or less lives off what once was, but her memories don’t exactly nourish her. Peculiar

Tony award winner Lois Smith has joined the cast of Colin West’s upcoming feature “Outside of Cleveland.” Smith’s first on-screen role was in 1955 opposite James Dean in “East of Eden.” She has appeared in such films as “Five Easy Pieces,” “Twister,” “Minority Report,” “Dead Man

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty will host “Pyaar Ka Pressure Cooker,” a reality series that pushes couples in stalled or undefined relationships to decide their future, for streamer JioHotstar and Hindi-language channel Colors. The show is being billed by the two JioStar-owned outle

The posthumous song appears on the band’s 16th album, Carnaval de Luz, out now

Dolly Parton’s last words have arrived. The iconic singer’s last recorded vocals have been released on “Torn,” the final track on U2’s just-released album “Carnaval de Luz.” On the song, Parton and Bono sing about what seems to be a metaphor for our country’s politically divided

The Colombian reggaeton star performed alongside Divino, Lil Supa, Baby Ranks, and DJ Premier

The Spanish singer took home the night's biggest award for her masterful LP Lux

The 2026 Latin Grammys took place on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Going into the evening, Edgar Barrera led the nominees with ten nods, followed by Jorge Drexler, Rosalía, Karol G and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso with seven each. See the full winners list below.