Turns out, Christopher Walken needs less cowbell. Millions of people have cracked up at Saturday Night Live’s iconic “More Cowbell” sketch, which starred Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken. But the one person not laughing? Walken himself, apparently. In the famous 2000 bit, Ferrell played an overzealous member of Blue Öyster Cult, while Walken portrayed famed music producer Bruce Dickinson. In the sketch, Dickinson insisted that the band’s famous track “needs more cowbell,” and Ferrell’s character went wild with the suggestion. The rest, as they say, is history.

Valve are rarely interested in celebrating their own game's anniversaries, so take this rumor with a mouthful of salt. The source is apparently the same leaker responsible for the DOTA Underlords leak, and is quoting from an interview between "Geoff" (Geoff Keighley, in his capacity as the creator of the "Final Hours" documentaries about Valve games), Robin Walker (co-developer of Team Fortress 2 among other games), and an unnamed third person.

Tom Hanks is taking getting into character to a whole new level. He's actually related to one. Hanks just found out Sunday that he's related to Fred Rogers, who played Mister Rogers on the children's TV show. The two are sixth cousins, Ancestry.com discovered. "It all just comes together, you see," Hanks told Access Hollywood when the show informed him of the relation.

Taylor Swift's former label Big Machine Records has denied claims the singer made about not being able to use or perform her older music that the company owns. A representative for Swift then fired back, stating that the label owes her money.

Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen will star as Bill Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story, the third season of FX’s award-winning limited series franchise, which centers on the sex scandal that rocked the Clinton presidency.

Disney+'s flagship show is the best new series launch of the year, but digital demand lags well behind Netflix's 'Stranger Things,' according to figures from Parrot Analytics.

A few months ago we learned that Neil Gaiman was teaming up with David Goyer (Man of Steel, Dark Knight Trilogy) to produce a series adaptation of The Sandman for Netflix. A lot of fans were excited about this, especially after New Line Cinema failed to get a film adaptation into production. Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, The Catch, Grey's Anatomy) is writing the show and will also serve as showrunner. It’s said that this is a massive financial deal with Warner Bros.

Dafoe has had success in the comic book genre with Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" and James Wan's "Aquaman."

The number of comic book movies that land in theaters each year means they all hope to earn some sort of distinction, with Joker now earning the title of being the most profitable comic book film of all time, according to a new report from Forbes. The film is projected to have earned $957 million worldwide through the weekend, which is more than 15 times its estimated budget of $62.5 million. Various other costs related to the film might not be accounted for, such as its marketing campaign, but speaking purely to its gross vs. production costs, Joker takes the top spot.

Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson sat down for a chat for “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” For more, pick up the Actors on Actors issue on Nov. 12, tune into PBS SoCal on Jan. 2 or stay tuned right here at Variety.com.

On Tuesday, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and former NFL linebacker Terry Crews testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to advocate for H.R. 5578, the bill often referred to as the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights. In a stirring, vulnerable account, Crews detailed the profound impact of the sexual assault he first alleged last October in a series of tweets.

“Please pardon the random intrusion,” Paul Giamatti wrote. “I hope this isn’t a breach of etiquette.” Breach of etiquette? No. But finding an email from an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor in one’s inbox is most definitely rare. It turns out Giamatti, executive producer of “Lodge 49” — a blissed-out, anti-corporate adventure set inside an Elks-like order known as the Lynx — cares enough about the series to risk ruffling feathers.

Xfinity cable customers have been taking to Twitter to share complaints about Comcast Xfinity dropping channels. Channels including WE TV, Investigation Discovery, and WGN have been disappearing from lineups in markets around the country. Customers are saying they haven’t been getting any warning or any explanation from the company about why this content is suddenly …

Media giants are battling for viewers’ attention. There will be blood

Gears 5 has been a big seller for Microsoft, which held its XO19 convention this week. The Coalition’s latest entry in the Gears series has outsold Gears of War 4, despite – or perhaps thanks to – its inclusion with Xbox’s Game Pass.

Disney has announced 5 new untitled Marvel movie release dates through 2023, giving a glimpse at the far future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As reported by THR, these new films will be released on October 7, 2022, February 17, 2023, May 5, 2023, July 28, 2023, and November 3, 2023. These unknown projects arrive following Black Panther 2, the last currently known MCU film which hits theaters on May 6, 2022.

When “Silicon Valley” premiered on HBO in 2014, Silicon Valley hadn’t yet ruined the world. Those were the salad days for the titans of tech: Digital billionaires were superheroes feted on magazine covers and in the White House, not super villains hauled before Congress for fixing elections, sowing genocide, undermining truth and monopolizing all the globe’s commerce.

What if you could watch every episode of Breaking Bad and Stranger Things 50 percent faster? That’s a feature that Netflix is quietly testing, and it’s quickly drawn a big backlash from Hollywood creatives.

Behind Hot Ones’ ambitions to be the future of late-night TV

"I'd like to have a glass of wine with him," he tells BBC Radio, adding that for the 'Star Wars' franchise "less is more." He also discussed buying large parts of Fox, the Murdochs, 'Succession' and Georgia's abortion law.