One of my favorite things about the music industry is that it is in constant motion, forever transforming to the beat of technology and innovation. But culture eats technology for breakfast, and when you mix the two, you get magic: music. As the business evolves, it’s important to take a closer look at the impact…

Death, divorce and disease overwhelm the therapists at the center of “Shrinking” — and it’s not just their clients’. Co-creators Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein wrote the role of upbeat Gaby for Jessica Williams, knowing that the “Love Life” star and former “Daily Show” correspondent would inject some much-needed vigor to the show…

Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Shauf is known for creating rich, self-contained worlds within his music, from his 2016 breakthrough “The Party” to 2020’s “The Neon Skyline,” which both feature a cast of recurring characters and unfold over the course of one night. But in a press release describing his latest project, “Norm,” Shauf insists he sought…

The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has selected the inaugural recipients for its newest award for student filmmakers: the AI2 Reproductive Rights Accelerator Award. Announced last September, the Reproductive Rights Accelerator is the third such program from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and was created to help young filmmakers find their way into the industry with both financial…

“The Masked Singer” Season 9 debuts Feb. 15 on Fox, but Variety has an exclusive early look at the Super Bowl Sunday teaser that will give viewers a taste of the wackiness to come — along with photos revealing three new costumes competing in the upcoming episodes. The 30-second spot that is slated to air…

Nia Long is calling out Hollywood for leaving her out of casting conversations. In a new interview with The Cut (via IndieWire), the “You People” actor questioned why she was never in the conversation to star as Neytiri in James Cameron’s “Avatar.” “I’ve felt passed over on things, for sure,” Long said. “There have definitely…

“Fast X” director Louis Leterrier told Variety at the movie’s trailer premiere party that he originally said no to directing the 10th installment of the “Fast and Furious” franchise. “It’s too big,” he said. “It’s too massive.” The filmmaker, whose hits include “The Transporter” and “Now You See Me,” thought he was being butt-dialed when…

Jenna Ortega had a lot to learn in order to portray “Wednesday” in the hit Netflix series of the same name, from fencing to speaking German to canoeing and playing the cello. Speaking at a Netflix-hosted Q&A panel in Hollywood on Thursday, the SAG-nominated actor broke down just how intense the filming schedule was. “It…

Actor Q’orianka Kilcher has been cleared of allegations that she illegally collected $96,838 in workers compensation benefits. Kilcher, who has appeared on “Yellowstone” and starred in the Terrence Malick film “The New World,” was charged last spring with two felony counts of insurance fraud. Kilcher was injured while filming “Dora and the Lost City of…