Anouk Aimée, the French actress known for her elegance and cool sophistication in films including Claude Lelouch’s “A Man and a Woman” (1966), Fellini classics “La Dolce Vita” (1960) and “8½” (1963) and Jacques Demy’s “Lola” (1961), died on Tuesday. She was 92. Aimée’s
The Oscar-nominated actress also was known for her work in Demy's 'Lola' and Lumet's 'The Appointment.'
CANNES DO SPIRIT Coralie Fargeat’s Demi Moore-starring feminist body horror film “The Substance” has been set as the closing night title for the New Zealand International Film Festival. The picture is one of 16 which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last month selected for
French-Swiss actress Irène Jacob, best-known for her star-making turns in Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and Three Colors: Red (1994), will be honored at this year’s Locarno Film Festival with the Leopard Club Award for her contribution to
After Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes, Oscar and BAFTA-winning “The Zone of Interest,” Daniela Volker’s “The Commandant’s Shadow” tackles the same subject – what it was like to live next door to a WWII concentration camp. While Glazer’s film was a work of fiction, based on Martin
French-Swiss film and theatre actor Irène Jacob, who has worked with many of Europe’s top directors, will be honoured by the Locarno Film Festival with its Leopard Club Award. Jacob, who is originally from Switzerland, won the prestigious best actress prize at Cannes in 1991
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the first wave of its honorees for this year, naming Canadian directing legend David Cronenberg as the recipient of the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award and Amy Adams as the winner of this year’s TIFF Tribute
Writer-director Rod Blackhurst has wrapped production in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on horror film “Dolly.” Blackhurst is the Emmy and Critics Choice nominated director and producer of Netflix original documentary “Amanda Knox” and the Tribeca Festival audience award-winning “Here
Chinese distributor CMC Pictures has taken the worldwide rights — excluding China — to local hitmaker Chen Sicheng’s much-anticipated next feature, Decoded. The company says it will release the film theatrically in North America, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and other major
Chen Zhixi is now five months into her role as chairperson and president at Wanda Film. Taking the role was a move that made Chen one of the few women at the top of the traditionally male-dominated Chinese film business — and, at 42, one of its youngest and most powerful
Bernd Buder is tired of talking about politics. “Israel and Gaza, antisemitism, the far-right, that’s all anyone asks about,” says the program director for the Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB). “I’d prefer to talk about the movies.” But for Germany’s largest
Warner Bros. Discovery is set to name Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary to former President Barack Obama, as its new communications chief, Variety has confirmed. The company is expected to make the announcement official on Monday, and is believed to have already
"The balls of these right-wing motherf-ckers talking about how there’s too much gun crime and chaos in our Democratic cities," said The Daily Show host on Monday's monologue
Brad Pitt’s upcoming feature about Formula 1 racing has gotten a release date from Apple Original Films. The untitled movie will race into cinemas on June 27, 2025. Apple is partnering with Warner Bros. Pictures on the theatrical rollout. The tech giant has been releasing more
Brad Pitt’s Formula One movie is racing toward a summer 2025 date, with Apple partnering with Warner Bros. on a wide theatrical release with IMAX screenings. The movie will hit theaters in North America on June 27, 2025, and re-teams the filmmakers behind Top Gun: Maverick,
Celine Dion celebrated her upcoming documentary, I Am Celine Dion, on Monday night in New York City with a special screening. The legendary singer’s project serves as a love letter to her fans while highlighting the music that has guided her throughout life and documenting the
Celine Dion teared up after receiving a standing ovation at the New York special screening of her Amazon MGM documentary, “I Am: Celine Dion.” “Thank you to all of you, from the bottom of my heart, for being part of my journey. This movie is my love letter to each of you,” Dion
The 85-year-old actor was playing John Falstaff in Player Kings when he tumbled
According to Evan Rachel Wood, one of the scenes in the 2007 Beatles themed musical Across the Universe is more based in reality than one might assume. While presenting a special Cinespia screening of the film at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Wood shared a behind-the-scenes story
Griffin Dunne’s family has done so many larger-than-life, unbelievable things that when the actor-director-producer started to write his memoir “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Memoir of Family,” he realized it wasn’t enough to start the story with his complex writer father
Variety will publish its third annual 10 Artisans to Watch list on Oct. 23 and recognize the honorees at this year’s SCAD Savannah Film Festival. As Variety continues to bring the work of the artisans to the forefront of coverage, the 10 selected will be spotlighted in a
Ian McKellen was hospitalized after falling off stage during a performance of “Player Kings” at the Noël Coward Theatre on the West End in London, according to the BBC. McKellen was reportedly in a battle scene when he lost his footing and fell. The audience was evacuated from
The unnamed Jordan Peele-directed movie was originally slated for December 2024 but experienced delays after the dual Writers and Actors Guild strikes last summer
When TCM channel host Dave Karger used to be a writer for Entertainment Weekly in his early days as a print journalist, he would focus a great deal on interviewing the big pop stars of the day, along with his duties on the film beat. But little did very many people suspect then
After Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose closed the 77th ceremony at Lincoln Center by dropping her mic and announcing, “DeBose — out,” this year’s winners, nominees, presenters and Broadways brightest and most powerful made their way to after-parties taking place throughout New
Woody Harrelson revealed on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast that he got into a motorcycle accident while he was driving to the studio to record the interview alongside his “Cheers” co-star and longtime friend Ted Danson. Harrelson collided with a Tesla and was thrown
Steps that Adobe allegedly took to make it hard to cancel online subscriptions weren’t just annoying — they were illegal, according to the U.S. government. The U.S. Justice Department and the FTC filed a lawsuit Monday against Adobe and two of its execs, alleging that they
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is calling “bullshit” when it comes to comedy being hurt by political correctness. Speaking on the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast (via The Daily Beast), the Emmy winner pushed back against the idea that comedy has in any way suffered due to a changing social
Variety has won two best cover awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors. Variety‘s “Michael J. Fox Tells His Story” issue, which ran May 17, 2023, and features an in-depth interview with Michael J. Fox, won for best entertainment and celebrity cover. Haley Kluge
All eyes are on the girls — Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan that is — as the latest albums and songs charts reveal career-best numbers for all three artists. Nearly six albums into her career, Carpenter makes Hot 100 history with her new single “Please Please
The ongoing struggle to elevate animated features to the same level of best-picture recognition as live-action films will undoubtedly resurface by year’s end. This time, the spotlight will be on Pixar’s highly successful sequel, “Inside Out 2,” a film that could bring joy and
The melancholy, fable-like French drama “Eternal Playground” has a glowing warmth from its very first moments. That comes from the open beaming face of its lead actor, Andranic Manet. He plays Gaspard, a young music teacher in Paris who’s grieving the death of his twin sister.
David Oyelowo plays the title character in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the true story of a man who escaped enslavement and went on to become one of the first U.S. Deputy Marshals. While there is no shortage of stories from the 1860s and 1870s, there are only four known images of
For costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone, working on “The Gilded Age” was a “fantastic” history lesson on the beginnings of contemporary fashion. As she researched the styles of late 19th-century New York through paintings and photographs, she deeply appreciated the complex
The streets are empty for Danny and Michael Philippou. The Australian twin filmmaking duo behind last year’s surprise horror hit Talk to Me are no longer working on Street Fighter, Legendary’s feature adaptation of the classic video game from Capcom. Scheduling is partly to
So you think you know everything about attorney Elsbeth Tascioni? Think again. “We will learn more about everybody’s backstory,” says Carrie Preston, teasing Season 2 of “Elsbeth.” “There will be delving not just into her past and personal life, but also Captain C.W. Wagner’s,
Right after the Tony Awards, “The Gilded Age” has added four previous winners and nominees to its Season 3 cast: Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jordan Donica and Victoria Clark. Rashad will recur as Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkland. She is described as “a woman from a prominent
Amazon MGM Studios has given a pilot order to “The Nightbeast,” a horror comedy starring Tatiana Maslany. In “The Nightbeast,” per the official logline, “a young mother unsatisfied with her seemingly perfect suburban life begins an affair with the boogeyman in her son’s closet
Viaplay Group has sold Sweden’s “Little Did I Know” – starring Alexandra Rapaport – to Australia (SBS), Croatia (Pickbox), Basque Spain (EITB), Indonesia (Mola) and Latin America (DMD). The film, which plays in competition this week at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, is
For viewers of a certain age — or, perhaps more likely at this point, most ages — the term “Brat Pack” evokes nostalgia at its fondest. Movies like “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink” remain rites of passage for teenagers coming of age nearly 40 years later, and few would
Jordan Peele has a date to return to movie theaters. Universal has set an Oct. 23, 2026 release date for Peele’s next feature. No other details were available, but the Halloween season date feels appropriate given the director’s penchant for horror. After a career in comedy,
Jordan Peele fans will have to wait to a bit longer for his next movie. The Oscar-winner’s fourth film as a director will now debut on Oct. 23, 2026. That’s a significant jump from the original release date of Dec. 25, 2024, which was announced in March 2023, two months before
Longtime AMC PR head Marnie Black, whose tenure included overseeing consumer media relations, brand messaging, special events, talent relations and awards campaigns on hit series including “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul” and “The Walking Dead” universe, is
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from Season 3 of “Bridgerton,” now streaming on Netflix. Nothing’s wrong with being “Confident,” at least according to one Miss Cressida Cowper. Her stunning red revenge dress in episode 6 of “Bridgerton” season 3 comes with a side of
“Hit Man” was the most-watched streaming original of the week by far according to Luminate’s weekly viewership rankings for June 7-13. The Richard Linklater film, which had a limited run in theaters but was primarily launched as Netflix original, hit 1.5 billion minutes watched
“Yellowstone” is currently in production on its final episodes without previous star Kevin Costner, although the Oscar winner continues to double down on his apparent openness to returning as John Dutton. Appearing on “Today” to promote his upcoming movie “Horizon,” Costner
Armie Hammer is speaking out about the allegations of cannibalism, sexual misconduct and an accusation of rape that upended his career three years ago, saying this weekend that he is “grateful” for the experience. Hammer, 37, was experiencing a career resurgence after he