Alex Van Halen called Sammy Hagar “a complete idiot” in a new interview, and Hagar answered him within a day. The Van Halen drummer made the remark to Brazilian journalist Marcelo Vieira in Roadie Crew magazine when asked about Hagar’s memoir Red. Hagar replied in an Instagram comment: “I guess […]
‘Practical Magic 2’s Joey King sits down with Variety’s Tiana DeNicola and reveals if we’ll ever get a Kissing Booth 4 or an Uglies 2 movie, the DM she received from Gypsy-Rose Blanchard after ‘The Act’, and how she became an actor at such a young age. 00:00 Intro 01:00 […]
A viral clip claims Axl Rose’s voice is failing, but it leaves out what he told MetLife Stadium. On August 12, 2026, Axl Rose stopped the Guns N’ Roses show at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to tell the crowd he’d had a jaw procedure two days earlier […]
Why do so many pop songs use the same basic structure, and why does it keep working? I wanted to dive into how the very structure of a pop song has (and hasn’t) changed over the years. HUGE thanks to Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding from @Switched-On-Pop for joining me […]
Summer 2026! Something something Backrooms Git Genug World Cup Wallace with a fade. Pop music continues to be in a weird place, but that doesn’t mean there were no good songs at all. From Ella Langley and Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift to Bruno Mars, Drake to Tame Impala, I’m ranking […]
Sombr talks his most famous songs, blowing up on TikTok, and why he can’t go back to being friends with exes. Join Variety to get access to members-only perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRQHK8Ttr1j9xCEpCAlgbQ/join Subscribe to Variety on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@variety?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to Variety Events on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCNYLx3nct1l7Ng9Z2h4bo4w?sub_confirmation=1 Connect: http://www.facebook.com/variety http://www.instagram.com/variety http://www.twitter.com/variety
The Beach Boys started in the early 60s as America’s surf rock champions, and went on to have one of the wildest, most surreal, and at times darkest histories in popular music. My brain is honestly kinda broken by it all. But today I’m getting into all of it. “Surfin’ […]
They’ve shared everything from the delivery room to the WWE ring, but how well do The Bella Twins really know each other? Nikki and Brie go question for question to see who truly knows their twin best. From WWE career moments to who would make a better Real Housewife, nothing […]
Subscribe for more Pitch Meetings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Kq-yEt1iYsbUzNOoIRK0g Moana is a great movie! So they made it again. Literally! Except the people are people now! The Live-Action Moana movie raises some questions, the main one being – why does it exist? Surely there must be a reason. Maybe the answer lies inside […]
From Elvis and Queen to the upcoming four-film Beatles event, music biopics are taking over the box office. But why is this happening *now*, and why do so many of them feel the same? I’m breaking down the five reasons behind the biopic boom, and how it’s changing the way […]
