The “Law & Order” revival at NBC has cast Jeffrey Donovan in a lead role, Variety has learned.

Details are under wraps as to the nature of Donovan’s character on the show, other than the fact that he will be playing an NYPD detective.

It was announced in September that the hit procedural would be

Snapchatters can now add dozens of famous quotes and theme music from NBCUniversal movies and TV shows on Snapchat’s Sounds to their Snaps, under a new pact between Snap and the media conglomerate.

The lineup of sounds from NBCU now on Snapchat includes this favorite from “The Office,” uttered by S

Carole Baskin is suing Netflix for using footage of her in the upcoming “Tiger King 2” series.

Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, filed suit in Tampa, Fla. on Monday against the streamer and production company Royal Goode Productions. According to the documents, obtained by Variety, Baskin alle

Jason Wald has joined indie film studio Neon as vice president of acquisitions and production.

Wald joins the Oscar-winning shop from Searchlight Pictures. He will report to Jeff Deutchman, executive vice president of acquisitions and production. The company, behind hits like “Parasite” and “I, Ton

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Elton John’s signature sunglasses have been

Four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sam Smith has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with Tim & Danny Music and Warner Chappell Music through a new joint venture, covering all future works. Smith is known for a long list of chart-topping, influential hits such as “Stay With Me

James Bond movies’ title sequences are some of the most iconic in film. Bold visuals hint at the film’s plot while a lush Bond theme song plays over elements like a gun, playing cards, a martini glass and even a bullet.

The creative direction for the “No Time to Die” title sequence included an homa

Stellan Skarsgard (“Dune,” “Chernobyl”), Andrea Riseborough (“Birdman,” “ZeroZeroZero”) and Gustaf Skarsgard (“Vikings,” “Westworld”) have joined the cast of psychological crime drama “What Remains.”

The English-language film, which begins shooting next month in Finland, is the feature directorial

Drake’s “Certifiable Lover Boy” is certifiably the de facto album chart leader of the fall. After moving back out of the No. 1 one spot on the Billboard 200 for a week, it moves back in, earning its fifth non-consecutive week in that slot, as the world awaits the blockbuster releases that are coming

2021 has been a rollercoaster year for Will Poulter. In fewer than 12 months, the actor has morphed from a, in his words, “morally pretty reprehensible” Oxycontin salesman in “Dopesick” to a quintessential 1930s English gent in Agatha Christie thriller “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” to a synthetic ape