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Orville Peck on His New Album ‘Mule,’ Battling Addiction and Making Out With a Pro Football Player

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From Le Mans to the Lone Star State, Genesis’ New Racing Team Is In It for the Long Haul
The luxury arm of Hyundai Motor Group launched its foray into motorsports last year

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Nick Kroll Delivers Heartfelt Appeal for Productions to Shoot in L.A.: ‘It Will Bring Life Back’ to the City
Nick Kroll said upcoming Netflix comedy series A Hundred Percent, which he co-created and stars in, is a love letter to Los Angeles — and he expressed hope that a thriving entertainment production community will bring vitality to the city. The comedian, writer, producer, director and actor was a featured keynote speaker at the Variety […]

‘Resident Evil’ Video Game References: All the Zombies, Weapons and Easter Eggs in Zach Cregger’s Reboot
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for Resident Evil, now playing in theaters. Resident Evil is one of the longest-running horror video game series, and for a time it was the highest-grossing film series based on a game (until Universal’s Super Mario movies dethroned them). The games started out as scary, third-person shooters that […]

Top Marketers on How Creators, TikTok, Spotify and Pinterest Help Fuel Fandom
The era of AI and social media platforms has blown open the marketing playbook for bringing audiences to entertainment and experiences. That was the sentiment shared by six top marketers who spoke Thursday at Variety‘s Entertainment and Technology Summit in Los Angeles. The subject of the creator economy and its impact on selling everything from […]

With Lucas Museum About to Open, Mellody Hobson Steps Down From LA28 Olympics Board
Just days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public, co-founder Mellody Hobson has stepped down from the board of directors of Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee LA28, Variety has confirmed. Hobson indicated that the demands of overseeing the Lucas Museum, which opens Tuesday after a Friday gala, were too great to […]