How Casting Director Jeffrey Drew, HIV Positive for 34 Years, Is Helping to Discover a Potential Cure (EXCLUSIVE)

When it came to mounting Disney+/Marvel’s WandaVision which thrusts Avengers protags Wanda Maximoff and Vision into various sitcoms from Bewitched to Malcolm in the Middle, director Matt Shakman and production designer Mark Worthington took the advice of comedy legend Dick Van Dyke and ran parts of the production “like a play.”

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAmazon is thinking outside the box for ways to promote its new sci-fi action movie ‘The Tomorrow War.’ Literally.For the first time, Amazon will be branding its shipping boxes to promote an Amazon Studios film. The boxes will be used in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Australia beginning Friday, June 18.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorVice World News is launching a news series about trans issues from around the world.“Transnational” will feature trans correspondents reporting stories from Mexico, the United States and the United Kingdom. The series will premiere on June 24 on Vice’s YouTube channel and social platforms.“When trans people watch this show, we want them to feel seen.

"Jackass 4" director Jeffrey Tremaine has been granted a restraining order against Bam Margera after telling a Los Angeles court he fears for his and his family's safety. Documents obtained by Fox News confirm Tremaine, 54, was granted on Tuesday a permanent restraining order against Margera, 41, for a period of three years.The order also protects Tremaine's wife and two kids aged 11 and nine.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDemi Lovato is celebrating Pride Month by designing a face mask with Richfresh’s Henry to celebrate and support the non-binary community.The mask is included in a limited-edition four-pack of masks, available starting Monday, which also feature butterfly and UFO designs.Lovato revealed in May that they identify as non-binary.“Not only has my life been a journey for myself, I was also living for those on the other side of the cameras,” the

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVCasting director Linda Lamontagne got her start in sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Cybill” in the early 1990s but less than a decade later she made a full-time pivot to voiceover for animated comedies and films.

Spoiler Alert: This podcast contains details about the first episode of Marvel’s Loki, which is available to stream on Disney+ staring today.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDaphne Rubin-Vega’s face may be on an “In the Heights” billboard on 41st Street in Times Square, but her son isn’t so impressed. “He is 16, so I am not the coolest person at all on the planet,” Rubin-Vega tells me.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe Weeknd is set to perform at amfAR’s Cannes Gala on July 16.The gala returns after being canceled last year due to the pandemic. “We’re back,” amfAR CEO Kevin Frost tells Variety’s Marc Malkin.

Naman Ramachandran “The Lunchbox” casting director and producer Seher Aly Latif died in Mumbai on Monday of a renal failure. She was in her early 40s.Latif was one of the most sought-after casting directors for international projects set in India or with a significant India component.

Naman Ramachandran “The Lunchbox” casting director and producer Seher Ali Latif died in Mumbai on Monday of a renal failure. She was in her early 40s.Latif was one of the most sought-after casting directors for international projects set in India or with a significant India component.

'Nancy Drew' Season 2 Reaches a 'Boiling Point,' Says Kennedy McMann 'Nancy Drew' Producers Talk Season 2, Deadly Curses and New Romances 'Nancy Drew' Season 2 Poster Warns Everyone Is a Suspect: First Look

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorEighteen months after revealing publicly that he transitioned about two decades before, Nickelodeon star Michael D. Cohen launched the Trans Youth Acting Challenge in December to help trans and nonbinary youth break into the business.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorOn June 5, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first CDC report related to HIV/AIDS, public officials, activists and celebrities will converge on San Vicente Boulevard next to West Hollywood Park for the groundbreaking for Stories: The AIDS Monument, a 7,000-square-foot art installation honoring those who have died of AIDS or are living with HIV.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorTucked away on a quiet street in Echo Park behind a row of tall bushes is a 3,000-square-foot Craftsman with a black wood door that houses the Tom of Finland Foundation.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDirector Craig Gillespie doesn’t want to reveal too much about “Pam & Tommy,” his upcoming Hulu series about Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s marriage and infamous sex tape, but he certainly offers a good tease or two.“The scripts are pretty amazing,” Gillespie said while promoting his latest film, Disney’s “Cruella.” “It’s going to be a wild, shocking [and] painfully sad ride.”The series, currently shooting, stars Lily James (“Downton

Billy Porter has been full of joy since revealing that he's HIV-positive. The 51-year-old star appeared on Thursday's episode of , just days after he shared that he was diagnosed as HIV-positive 14 years ago.«I've been positive since 2007.

Going public with his HIV diagnosis has been freeing for Billy Porter.

Not all actors are former professional athletes, or for that matter, former soccer players.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNew York’s The Stonewall Inn will kick off LGBTQ Pride Month with a star-studded streaming concert on June 1 to benefit The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Safe Spaces Initiatives. Presenters and performers for the event, produced by Tom D’Angora and Michael D’Angora, include Billy Eichner, Chelsea Clinton, Margaret Cho, Rep.