Taylor Swift bought back the master recordings of her first six albums from Shamrock Capital in May 2025 for what Variety reported was an undisclosed nine-figure sum. The deal is the decade's clearest demonstration of how celebrity income actually works: not as a salary, but as a portfolio of…
The Recording Academy announced the 2026 Grammy nominations on November 7, 2025, and Kendrick Lamar led the field with nine nominations, including album, record, and song of the year, per Variety's complete list. Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and producer Cirkut followed with seven each. For artists…
Wicked: For Good arrives in North American theaters this weekend after a rollout Universal ran like a world tour: five premiere cities in fourteen days, ending with New York on Monday, November 17, 2025, as documented by Deadline. Screenwriter Dana Fox was already fielding sequel questions from…
Liza Soberano is making her pop music debut. The Filipina-American actress announced that her new single "Red Ferrari" arrives November 14, 2025, on streaming platforms, sharing the news through her own Instagram and TikTok accounts — "Usually I like to take things slow… buckle up because Red…
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz may be going back to the desert. On November 4, 2025, Deadline reported that the two stars are in talks to return for a new Mummy movie at Universal Pictures, with Variety publishing its own report the same day. Radio Silence, the filmmaking duo behind Scream and…
The LACMA Art+Film Gala doubled as Los Angeles' most carefully branded style night on November 1, 2025: LACMA confirmed that Gucci has served as the event's presenting sponsor since its 2011 inception. Variety's November 2 gallery credited the evening's standout arrivals, including Elle Fanning,…