Former MP and Reality TV Star Ann Widdecombe Found Killed at Her Home, Man Arrested

Authorities in England have arrested a man in connection with the killing of right-wing British political and television personality Ann Widdecombe, after she was found dead with serious injuries at her home on Thursday.

'The Greatest Reward We Could Have Hoped for' — Ubisoft Shares Day 1 Sales for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

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: Jul 10, 2026 9:17pm UTC

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has passed 2 million copies sold in its first day since launch.

'#CFBPlayDontPay' – EA Sports College Football 27 Stumbles With Mostly Negative Reviews as Fans Fight Back Against Microtransactions

UPDATE 6:03 p.m. PT: EA has confirmed plans to remove "all paid progression options from Road to Glory and Online Dynasty" in EA Sports College Football 27 after players launched the CFBPlayNotPay campaign against offline microtransactions.

The Linda Lindas Embrace Imperfection on ‘Gotta Get Out’ Album Featuring Hayley Williams on ‘Closer’

Growing Up and Out

The punk rockers’ new LP arrives on Aug. 28

The Linda Lindas are so back — and more self-actualized than ever. The California punk rockers have announced their new album Gotta Get Out, set for release on Aug. 28 via Reprise/Warner Records. The 11-track project marks the band’s third album and is the follow-up to 2024’s No Obligation.

‘Moana’ Director Thomas Kail on Dwayne Johnson’s Live-Action Maui Look and Remaking a Beloved Hit: In Theater, ‘We Do Revivals All the Time’

Back in 2015, when “Hamilton” was the toast of Broadway, director Thomas Kail always knew where to find the musical’s creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda when he wasn’t on stage.

Please, Please, Please Stop Making ‘Evil Dead’ Movies

‘Dead,’ Reckoning

If Evil Dead Burn is where the series is now headed, it’s time to give this horror franchise the boomstick

We are fans of the Evil Dead movies. We’ve always loved director Sam Raimi’s go-for-broke brio, his proof-of-concept examples of how Three Stooges-style slapstick could pair nicely with Grand Guignol levels of gore, the way the films took modest budgets and simple ingredients — kids, demons, a cabin in the woods — and somehow used them to create gonzo horror soufflés. Despite the in-house mythology becoming more complicated once things moved to the small screen, the sheer pleasures of the series remained. It was the rare modern-horror franchise to revolve around a hero (shout-out to Ash Williams) rather than an iconic killer. Its resident big bad was a book. A tome bound in the flesh of the damned and inked in blood, but still. Even when the films got a “soft” reboot in 2013, courtesy of Uruguayan writer-director Fede Álvarez, the switch from ha-ha to holy-shit intensity still managed to capture the twisted, tainted spirit of the original trilogy.

‘Star Trek’ Sets 60th Anniversary & ‘Strange New Worlds’ Comic-Con Hall H Panels, Fan Screening, Activations (EXCLUSIVE)

“Star Trek” is back for San Diego Comic-Con with multiple panels, fan activations, and more.

Variety has learned exclusively that Paramount+ and CBS Studios are bringing the cast and creative team of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” to Hall H on July 25 at 12:30pm PT for a panel celebrating the show’s fourth season. Panelists include Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Paul Wesley, alongside executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, and Alex Kurtzman.

Syd on Growing Up, Getting Happy, and Finding Her Voice

Fresh Start

The R&B star and member of the Internet talks about her new solo album, Beard

Syd was still in her teens when she began to change the sound of pop and R&B. That’s when she and friends like Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, and Frank Ocean started releasing music and calling themselves the Odd Future collective, with Syd’s childhood bedroom in L.A. serving as their main hub and creative space. But that was nearly two decades ago, and Syd’s perspective on life as a millennial has changed.

Gina Prince-Bythewood and Thuso Mbedu to Preview ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

“Children of Blood and Bone” filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood and star Thuso Mbedu will preview the fantasy epic on opening night of the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival.

Exclusive footage from the Paramount Pictures film — set in the fictional mystical kingdom of Orisha and starring Mbedu as Zélie, a young woman who embarks on a perilous quest to reclaim the magic violently stolen from her people — will screen as the kickoff to the 24th annual MVAAFF on Aug. 7. Following the special presentation, Prince-Bythewood and Mbedu will participate in a Color of Conversation panel.