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Fans love to play dress-up in homage to their favorite characters at Comic-Con, like this cosplayer dressed as Aunt Gladys from the film Weapons © AFP

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment,Variety’s Angelique Jackson details her time spent with multihyphenate superstar Travis Scott, who comes off a record-setting music tour with a high-profile role in the movie of the moment, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

Long before artists became brands, Dalí used film, television, advertising and his larger-than-life public persona to bring Surrealism far beyond the museum.

In Utah, July 24 — celebrated as Pioneer Day — marks the 1847 arrival of European-American settlers to the territory that would become the Beehive State. But don’t call them “Mormon” pioneers. That’s a word The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is trying to corral, even as others stake their claim.

In less than a month, I will turn 20. And somewhere between packing away my teenage years and stepping into this entirely new decade, I had a realisation my entire beauty routine is basically a fan tribute I never officially gave proper credits to. Every cucumber slice, every eye mask, every stubborn wing of eyeliner none…

A new concert project, V-Beyond Concert, will bring Vietnamese pop music to North America in November 2026, while the Ho Chi Minh City Center for the Arts and the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Promotion Center have joined forces to develop cultural tourism products during the 2026–2030 period.

The Kimchi & K-Food Festivalreturns on Aug. 28 and 29, to Town Centre Park, featuring two days of Korean food, live entertainment and engaging cultural activities. Organizers expect more than 120,000 attendees this year, up from the 80,000 folks who came through last year’s debut.

The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide is your roadmap to what the younger people are up to. This week, discussions of what “quiet on the creek” means, why kids are calling each other “Tylenol babies,” and what “corny on the bob, off the bob” means take us into some surprisingly choppy water. Because just like all of…

“I don’t think you know what you’re made of until you fall apart.” That’s how Olivia Wilde described, in a recent interview with The Cut, the breaking point she experienced after the release of Don’t Worry Darling. Her words sound strikingly familiar. Over the past few years, we’ve heard countless actresses, singers, models, and public figures…

While Wednesday’s “preview night” is technically the start of this week’s San Diego International Comic-Con, a few related events will take place around the city Tuesday