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Dangerous air pollution caused by hundreds of raging wildfires in Canada shut down outdoor activities across Chicago Thursday. Concerts, movies in the parks, sporting events and other activities were canceled due to the hazardous air that threatened public health. The …

In a competitive situation, FX has secured the rights to develop a series based on the New Yorker article “The Call of the Wild” by Paige Williams, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Also published online in January 2026 under …

The Sky know what their biggest problem is. Asked about the gap between the the expectations for the season and their reality, coach Tyler Marsh said it all comes down to consistency. At 8-16, the Sky are stuck in 12th …

The official White House account on X Thursday posted a photo of President Trump walking away from the Marine One helicopter with the caption: “He is Him.” Some viewers, including conservatives, interpreted the caption as a comparison to Jesus Christ, …

The $16.7 billion budget approved by a City Council majority that rejected Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax required the city to make a full $260 million advance pension payment to stave off another costly reduction in Chicago’s bond rating. …

The White Sox will open the 2027 season March 25 in Detroit and play their home opener April 1 against the Brewers, according to MLB, which released every team’s schedule Thursday. Highlights include six games against the Cubs — July …

Not everyone gets a front-row seat to history. This weekend, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” arrives in theaters nationwide. The sprawling adaptation of Homer’s epic is the first-ever movie shot entirely on Imax film cameras. And over the past month, everyone …

In November 2025, writer-director Josh Penn Soskin began production on his debut feature, “The Rooster Prince,” based on his relationship with his late brother, David, a renowned psychiatrist who suffered from bipolar disorder. He cast Shia LaBeouf to play Eli, the …

Roughly 300 Netflix programs across the streamer’s library have used generative AI across their production process this year, the company revealed in its second-quarter earnings report on Thursday. Netflix told shareholders in a letter that the technology’s usage expands across …

Just a day after Fox Sports’ coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinals broke records, they did it again. Wednesday’s nailbiter between Argentina and England averaged 15.063 million viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched FIFA Men’s World Cup …

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Brent Lang details the comprehensive report that he delivered with Rebecca Rubin on the summer box office rebound, and what Hollywood and exhibitors must do to keep …

The lion enclosure was empty. The gorillas, gone. The rhino, which can typically found standing stolidly in the old elephant enclosure, looking like a beast from mythology, was standing somewhere else, out of view. My wife and I were strolling …

President Trump’s son Eric Trump slammed ABC News for its reporting on U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying low across Pensacola Beach, Florida. The network reported: “Dramatic video shows the U.S. Navy Blue Angels making a low-altitude flyover above Pensacola Beach, …

Tras los tiroteos mortales que involucraron a agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en Houston y Maine, los defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes en Chicago afirman que los incidentes subrayan sus demandas de abolir …

All 17-year-old Lucas Bradshaw wants is to get back on the baseball field. But a crash last year left the high school student with severe brain injuries, putting his dreams on hold and beginning a long road to recovery. Lucas …

Wrigley Field will play host to the All-Star Game next summer, but it will also feature an Opening Day bout for the second consecutive season. The Cubs’ 2027 schedule was released Thursday and features the campaign kicking off on the …

The 7-ton glass desk designed by the late architect Frank Gehry for the lobby of the Inland Steel Building sold at auction Wednesday for $243,200. The 16-piece ensemble, made of emerald-colored glass and named Icehenge, had been anticipated to fetch …

El alcalde Brandon Johnson fue respaldado por aliados políticos y organizadores mientras firmaba una orden ejecutiva a principios de este año, en la que se ordena a la Policía de Chicago a investigar a los agentes federales de inmigración y …

Theater Max Martin and David West Read’s musical “& Juliet” flips the script on the love story of Romeo and Juliet and wonders what would happen if Juliet (Fabiola Caraballo Quijada) didn’t end it all over Romeo. Features Martin’s pop …

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Queens,” the Season 1 finale of “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,” now streaming on Apple TV. At the moment we think that Paula Saunders has finally gotten her life together, things get sent reeling once …