Variety https://variety.com Sat, 08 Feb 2025 06:49:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/variety-favicon.png?w=32 Variety https://variety.com 32 32 179338616 Trump Doubles Down on CBS ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit, Now Wants $20 Billion https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump-doubles-down-cbs-60-minutes-20-billion-lanham-act-1236301341/ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump-doubles-down-cbs-60-minutes-20-billion-lanham-act-1236301341/#comments Sat, 08 Feb 2025 06:49:18 +0000 https://variety.com/?p=1236301341 https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/trump-doubles-down-cbs-60-minutes-20-billion-lanham-act-1236301341/feed/ 1 1236301341 President Trump Hosts Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba At The White House ‘The Stringer’ Review: Who Took the Historic Vietnam War Photo Known as ‘Napalm Girl’? 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