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Rise Against have announced a UK and European tour, set to kick off in 2025. Check out all the information below.This year, the Chicago punk band have been on the road in Australia with Blink-182.

Mitzi Gaynor, the actor, singer and dancer who starred in such 1950s Hollywood musicals as South Pacific and There’s No Business Like Show Business before going on to conquer the Las Vegas stage and TV variety specials, has died, her management team announced today. She was 93.

Alex Ritman Brian Cox‘s feature directorial debut “Glenrothan” — billed as his “love letter to Scotland” — has wrapped production, with a first look revealed showing the “Succession” star alongside Alan Cumming in a room full of whisky barrels. Alongside revealing a first look from the feature, Protagonist Pictures has come aboard for worldwide sales and is set to screen exclusive footage for buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. Lionsgate, which co-developed the project with London based studio Nevision, has taken U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Rock star Adam Clayton will explore the unique phenomenon of the Irish showband in doc series Ballroom Blitz. The show, from Dublin based Sideline Productions, has been commissioned by Irish pubcaster RTE. Seasoned international exec Michael Murphy will be at MIPCOM looking to attach a distributor.

Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee for the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election!

This season of NBC’s Chicago P.D. has been a struggle for Hank Voight (Jason Beghe). But after escaping death after being grabbed by a serial killer and then losing one of your closest teammates, no one can fault the big boss for being in his feelings.

Chicago P.D. and One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush is joining Grey’s Anatomy for season 21!

Holly Jones Domestic bliss and a fruitful career collide with latent trauma and erotic expression in the teaser trailer for Argentine helmer Javier Van de Couter’s latest project, “Thesis on a Domestication” (“Tesis sobre una domesticación”), shared exclusively with Variety. Backed by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna’s ambitious Mexican production company La Corriente del Golfo (“State of Silence”), the film will compete for the Q Hugo Award, bowing globally as it screens within the LGBTQ+ focused Outlook program at the Chicago International Film Festival, running Oct.16-27, before heading on to Morelia.

Ethan Shanfeld “One Tree Hill” and “Chicago P.D.” star Sophia Bush is about to put on some scrubs. Bush has landed a recurring role on “Grey’s Anatomy,” joining the ABC medical drama’s 21st season as Dr. Cass Beckman, a trauma surgeon described as “amiable, fun and a little messy around the edges.” She will make her “Grey’s” debut on the sixth episode of the season, which airs Nov.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori have reportedly split. The rapper is said to be headed toward his second divorce after he and Censori have allegedly called it quits. Of course, this won’t be Ye’s biggest divorce, as he was previously married to Kim Kardashian.

A mum has spoken out for the first time as her beautician daughter is facing up to 60 years behind bars in the US for allegedly smuggling cocaine worth £3.5m into the country.

PJ Harvey has announced a run of headline shows in Australia and Japan for 2025 – find all the details below.The singer-songwriter is due to head Down Under next March in support of her 10th and latest album ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’, which was released last summer.She’ll take to the stage in Perth, Adelaide, Meredith, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in the first half of the month before heading to Japan for gigs in Tokyo and Osaka.Australian artist Mick Turner will serve as a special guest support act in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.Tickets for the Australian dates go on general sale at 10am AEDT this Friday (October 18) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. The general sale for Japan begins here on Saturday November 2.Alternatively, fans can gain access to a pre-sale for Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane from 10am AEDT tomorrow (October 17) by signing up to Harvey’s mailing list community.Check out the announcement post and see the full list of shows below.A post shared by PJ Harvey (@pjharveyofficial)MARCH04 – Perth Festival, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth07 – WOMADelaide, Adelaide 09 – Golden Plains, Meredith11 – Plenary, MCEC, Melbourne13 – Sydney Opera House Forecourt, Sydney15 – Great Hall, BCEC, Brisbane18 – Zepp Haneda, Tokyo19 – Gorilla Hall, Osaka Earlier this week, Harvey wrapped up her 2024 North American tour in Los Angeles, California.

Chloe Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos, Lukas Gage, and Manny Jacinto will be starring in a new rom-com!

Ethan Shanfeld Matteo Lane has announced a new stand-up special to stream on Hulu. The comedian will tape the hour on Oct. 24 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Chief Keef, a pioneer in the inception and rise of drill music, is getting his own documentary, Variety can exclusively report. Kenya Barris‘ Khalabo Ink Society is partnering with Lyrical Lemonade and Cole Bennett to chronicle the Chicago native’s trajectory.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Chloe Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos and Manny Jacinto will lead the ensemble of the upcoming romantic comedy “Love Language,” which counts “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost among its producers. Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus,” “Euphoria”), Isabel May (“1883,” “Masters of the Air” ) and Billie Lourd (“Ticket to Paradise,” “Booksmart”) are rounding out the cast. Joey Power, whose credits include “After Everything” and “Banana Split,” is directing the film in addition to writing the screenplay.

There are some fan favorite TV show franchises on the air right now, and we’re wondering which is the absolute best and which is the most deserving of even more franchises!

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca De Mornay, Noah Emmerich, Kunal Nayyar and Sarah Bolger have joined the feature take of Howard Roughan legal thriller novel The Up and Comer.

Jesse Lee Soffer and Tracy Spiridakos played a couple on the NBC series Chicago P.D….but could they reunite on screen in season four of FBI: International!?

Slayer‘s Kerry King has revealed that he would like either Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson or Vin Diesel to portray him in a biopic.Responding to a fan’s question about who he would like to play himself in a biopic created about the band in the latest issue of Metal Hammer, the thrash metal legend responded with the former Fast & Furious stars.“The only one that loosely fits the description [to play me] is Vin Diesel,” King explained. “If you go down that road you might also say The Rock, but I’m not nearly that giant! That would be awesome, though – I’ll say The Rock, because I like a lot of the stuff he’s in.”Elsewhere, the ‘Angel Of Death’ hitmakers confirmed their unlikely return earlier this year, announcing that they would be headlining Riot Fest in Chicago, Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky, and a third and final show at Aftershock Festival.Their show at Riot Fest marked the thrash metal legends’ first live gig in nearly five years since the end of their lengthy farewell world tour.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Richard “Dick” Block, the former president of Kaiser Broadcasting who went on to found Block Communications and teach at USC, died Sept. 30. He was 97.