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Movie theater owners have become embroiled in the kind of drama they usually sell on the big screen, thanks to the ongoing saga of Paramount’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Cinema United, the exhibition industry’s main lobbying group, for months has been publicly opposed to any potential sale of Warner Bros. The trade organization’s […]
Los Angeles media has been all over the death of a local celebrity for the past two days. But this time, the dearly departed wasn’t a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood. Instead, Southern Californians and the rest of the world are mourning the death of Jackie, the bald eagle. Jackie, who lived […]
“The Last House,” a new thriller film starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, debuted with 27.5 million views in its first three days of streaming on Netflix. With that total, the movie easily sailed to the top of Netflix’s viewership rankings for the week of Aug. 3-9, not only as the No. 1 English-language film […]
Julie Andrews recently told InStyle magazine that she is not returning for “The Princess Diaries 3” opposite Anne Hathaway. The 90-year-old icon turned down the offer to reprise her role of Queen Clarisse in the movie, which will serve as a long-awaited sequel to 2001’s “The Princess Diaries” and 2004’s “Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.” […]
“The Daily Show” released a slew of never-before-seen audition tapes from past and present correspondents in a 10-minute compilation posted to YouTube. The video, honoring the satirical news program’s 30th anniversary, features audition tapes from all five current rotating hosts, many of whom are seen in the footage bantering with either Jon Stewart or Trevor […]
Insight Editions, Universal Pictures and Syncopy are releasing two new books capturing the making and behind-the-scenes of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” James Mottham’s book, “Filming the Odyssey: Inside the Making of Christopher Nolan’s Modern Epic” is out now and includes 280 pages tracing the creation of Nolan’s epic, from script to screen. Interviews with Nolan […]
CAMELLIA CONFERRED Ann Hui, one of Hong Kong cinema’s defining figures, will receive the 2026 Camellia Award at the opening ceremony of the 31st Busan International Film Festival on Oct. 6 at Busan Cinema Center. The award, established by BIFF in partnership with Chanel to honor filmmakers who have advanced the status of women in the industry, goes to […]
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
A judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. must pay a jazz musician $252,000 in legal fees and costs, following the organization’s unsuccessful lawsuit against him for pulling out of a concert in the wake of a rebranding to include Donald J. Trump’s name. Chuck Redd hosted and performed at the Kennedy […]
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
Emmy-nominated composer Kris Bowers is set to score Netflix’s upcoming animated comedy “Steps.” The score was recorded in July and August at London’s Abbey Road Studios. Slated for release on Nov. 20, “Steps” marks the first film to be fully animated in-house within Netflix Animation Studios. Bowers said, “I was excited about the possibility of […]
Lucy Davis, best known for playing receptionist Dawn Tinsley in the original U.K. edition of “The Office,” has revealed that she has terminal cancer. Writing on Instagram, Davis said she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer a year and a half ago after discovering a lump on her breast. The cancer had “metastasized to […]
A remake of the 1981 supernatural thriller “Possession,” starring Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley, is coming to theaters next summer. Paramount has slated the movie to release on June 11, 2027. It’ll open on the big screen alongside Universal’s live-action “How to Train Your Dragon 2.” “Smile” director Parker Finn is adapting “Possession,” which revolves […]
The script for the next “Fast and Furious” movie, titled “Fast Forever,” made Vin Diesel cry, but director Louis Leterrier still hasn’t read what gave the actor the waterworks. “It is the best script I have read in decades,” Diesel wrote on Instagram about the 11th “Fast and Furious” film, penned by Michael Lesslie. But […]
Goya-nominated actress Zoe Bonafonte (“El 47”) will play Spain’s first female soccer player, Ana “Nita” Carmona Ruiz, in “Veleta,” a Spain-Argentina co-production directed and co-written by Paco Torres (“The Magic of Hope”) and now shooting in Andalusia. Goya winner Dani Rovira and “Vikings” actor Moe Dunford also star. Amaya Muruzábal, creator of “Hernán” and showrunner […]
Tammy Fine, a veteran NBC News producer who spent a significant part of her career overseeing key newsmaker interviews in the first hour of “Today,” is getting a new passel of responsibilities. Fine has been named vice president of talent development at NBC News, and will lead efforts to develop careers and find up and […]
Rob Bonta, the attorney general of California who is leading a 12-state coalition’s lawsuit seeking to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, responded to David Ellison’s threat to pull Paramount out of the state unless Bonta agrees to settlement talks. “In a span of weeks, Paramount agreed to halt the merger until a court […]
Leah Remini has signed with WME for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. WME will work with Remini to further expand her brand across television, film, digital media, podcasting, original content development, and additional platforms. Remini is best known for her work in […]
“The reality changed our plans,” explains Ukrainian writer Anna Melikova of her new screenplay “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming.” She is seated next to her wife Isabelle Stever, the director of their new film, at the Locarno Film Festival. Their second creative collaboration after the Berlinale premiering “Grand Jeté” (2022), “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” […]
The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FCC for records pertaining to the agency’s decision to require Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC stations to renew their broadcast licenses early. “[T]his Request concerns whether the government is using its authority to illegally retaliate against broadcasters for saying something the […]
