Summarize this content to 100 words Joe Biden took the stage as the final speaker at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday night, with more than three minutes of applause and frequent chants of “We love Joe” from the audience. The 49-minute speech ran long during a night that was already behind schedule. During the speech, audience members unfurled a banner reading “Stop arming Israel,” several attendees reported,
Summarize this content to 100 words St. Vincent has done some fairly high-concept tours over the last decade. Going out in support of 2017’s “Masseduction” album, on her synth-pop-glorifying “Fear the Future Tour,” she put pop-art video projections on the big screen, obfuscating masks on her band members, and a lot of latex in the dressing room, to magnify her candy-colored dominatrix look. Conversely, on the tour behind 2021’s “Daddy’s
Summarize this content to 100 words If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “Alien: Romulus,” the latest installment in the “Alien” franchise, is making waves at the box office and winning over moviegoers and critics alike. Now, fans can catch up on all the previous films in the franchise through a free streaming offer and physical
Summarize this content to 100 words SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points in “Alien: Romulus,” now playing in theaters. Expectations are high for horror fans eager to see “Alien: Romulus,” the seventh chapter in the iconic sci-fi franchise. It’s directed by Fede Álvarez, who helmed two blood-splattered modern horror classics: The 2013 “Evil Dead” remake and 2016’s “Don’t Breathe.” It’s set between the first two films in the series —
Summarize this content to 100 words If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 2024-2025 college golf season kicks off in September, with almost 300 D1 schools competing in the NCAA golf tournaments this year. While fans can tune into the action on ESPN and Golf Channel, aspiring and amateur golfers alike can also tee up
Summarize this content to 100 words Gena Rowlands, whose seminal and fearless performance in “A Woman Under the Influence” inspired a generation and who starred in many other John Cassavetes features as well as the romance “The Notebook,” died Wednesday at her home in Indian Wells, Calif. She was 94. Her death was confirmed by the office of her son’s agent. In June, Nick Cassavetes, who directed his mother in
Summarize this content to 100 words Vince Vaughn first met Bill Lawrence more than 25 years ago, so when cop comedy “Bad Monkey” came around, the actor jumped at the opportunity to finally work together. “We just laughed a lot,” Vaughn told Variety at the Apple TV+ show’s premiere on Monday night. About collaborating with the “Spin City” and “Ted Lasso” hitmaker, Vaughn added: “He’s got such good ideas. He
Summarize this content to 100 words By all rights, the residency by Dead & Company at Sphere shouldn’t have seemed that historic. After all, they were the third band into the venue, following U2’s opening 40-show run, followed by Phish’s brief but sweet four-concert stop in Las Vegas, both of which received the appellation of “mind-blowing.” Creative ground had been broken, new bars had been set, and it’d been sufficiently
Summarize this content to 100 words Ángel Salazar -- best known as Al Pacino's trusted sidekick "Chi Chi" in the iconic gangster film "Scarface" -- has died, TMZ has learned. Salazar's rep and closest friend, Ann Wingsong, tells TMZ ... the actor passed away in his sleep at his friend's Brooklyn home over the weekend. On Sunday morning, Wingsong said, the friend went to check on Salazar in a room
Summarize this content to 100 words As “The Simpsons” prepares to launch its Season 36 this fall on Fox, that won’t be the only place to catch new episodes of the long-running animated series. The executive producers behind “The Simpsons” revealed on Saturday at the D23 convention in Anaheim that four new episodes will exclusively air this upcoming season on Disney+. The new episodes include a new Christmas-themed two-parter, “O
