Navigated
Variety
Variety

Variety Magazine Online Subscriptions

or

Subscribe to Select

15 newspaper or magazine issues of your choice each month

US $11.99/Month

Get this issue

Variety, 3 Jun 2026

Description

Variety is published weekly by Penske Media Corporation and is a leading voice in entertainment trade journalism. Launched in New York City in 1905, it delivers authoritative coverage of film, television, music, theatre and emerging media platforms with a global reach. Each issue includes breaking news and in-depth reporting as well as reliable box-office analysis and production charts. The magazine’s expert commentary and insights help industry professionals and enthusiasts understand all the behind-the-scenes aspects of show business. Special editions include its renowned annual Hitmakers list and several others aligned with major festivals and award seasons. Variety’s legacy includes introducing industry-specific terminology like ‘disc jockey’ and ‘cliffhanger’ into the public lexicon. With its international perspective and roots in the US entertainment capital, it connects audiences to the forces shaping culture worldwide. Available on PressReader, Variety magazine offers readers the insider access, expert context and bold storytelling that define the modern entertainment industry.

In This Edition

ArticleAct­ors on Act­ors Ahead of Emmy sea­son, 26 well­paired per­formers — includ­ing Jen­nifer Anis­ton and Lisa Kudrow, Mar­iska Har­gitay and Jamie Lee Curtis, and Noah Wyle and Sally Field — dish, laugh and com­mis­er­ate about their life and work.

Act­ors on Act­ors Ahead of Emmy sea­son, 26 well­paired per­formers — includ­ing Jen­nifer Anis­ton and Lisa Kudrow, Mar­iska Har­gitay and Jamie Lee Curtis, and Noah Wyle and Sally Field — dish, laugh and com­mis­er­ate about their life and work.

ArticleNoth­ing but the Truth

The cre­at­ives behind “Sean Combs: The Reck­on­ing” dis­cuss get­ting to the bot­tom of the story. Plus: A look at Emmy con­tenders in the game show and real­ity com­pet­i­tion cat­egor­ies. Jimmy Don­ald­son is known to mil­lions ➔ as Mrbeast. And...

Noth­ing but the Truth

ArticleExec­ut­ive Perks

Jen­nifer Lopez and Brett Gold­stein premiere “Office Romance” in Hol­ly­wood. Plus: The Crit­ics Choice Asso­ci­ation cel­eb­rates LGBTQ Hol­ly­wood. Jen­nifer Lopez plays an air­line CEO who has an affair with her in-house law­yer, played by Brett...

Exec­ut­ive Perks

ArticleRooms Without a View

In Kane Par­sons’ exper­i­mental “Back­rooms,” Chi­wetel Ejiofor loses him­self in a fun house that’s got a lot of walls but no bot­tom. Dis­trib­utor A24 Dir­ector Kane Par­sons Screen­play Will Soodik Cast Chi­wetel Ejiofor, Ren­ate Reinsve, Mark...

Rooms Without a View

ArticleHonor Roles

The New­port Beach TV Fest­ival fetes Andy Cohen. Plus: Keith David gets a star on the Hol­ly­wood Walk of Fame. Andy Cohen has an uncom­plic­ated ➔ answer to how he gets everything on his to-do list done. “I just hit my dead­lines,” the host,...

Honor Roles

ArticleFriends Forever

The simple premise of “Friends” — six young New York­ers are friends — cre­ated a blank slate on which the act­ors’ chem­istry and cha­risma could shine. On paper, “Friends” has one of the most ➔ gen­eric setups ima­gin­able: Six young people in New...

Friends Forever