Swiss film festival Visions du Réel will pay tribute to the work of U.S. filmmaker Kelly Reichardt at its 57th edition, which runs April 17-26. Reichardt, who will be a “guest of honor” at the festival, will hold a masterclass and present a retrospective of her work. Her latest
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and Oscar-nominated actress returns to the podcast and candidly discusses her rollercoaster life and career.
The Recording Academy and CBS have announced that Emmy Award-winning comedian Trevor Noah will return as host of the Grammy Awards one “final” time on Sunday, Feb. 1. This will be Noah’s sixth time as host of the Grammy Awards and he will also serve as an executive producer of
The ADG Awards will take place on Feb. 28.
Timothée Chalamet may have won big at the 2026 Golden Globes but he stayed loyal to his streetwear roots when it came to his red carpet ensemble. The 30 year-old actor swapped out “Marty Supreme” orange for an all-black fit at the awards ceremony, topping off a three-piece
“We believe he is outside the state of New Mexico,” a spokesperson for the police department tells Rolling Stone
JustWatch, the streaming guide and data-driven entertainment marketing company, has hired MUBI and HBO Max executive Quentin Carbonell for the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Global Content Acquisitions and Strategy. Carbonell will help develop JustWatch’s future
Scott Adams, creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip, who became controversial for his right-wing statements, has died following a battle with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 68. Members of The Scott Adams School (formerly called Coffee With Scott Adams) shared the news of
Don Lemon dug into his past to help boost his future. In a not-too-distant era, Lemon played an interesting part in CNN’s longstanding coverage of New Year’s Eve. When Anderson Cooper and his co-host — Kathy Griffin or Andy Cooper — wrapped their hosting duties for the night,
Academy Award winner Zoe Saldaña is officially the highest-grossing actor of all time, thanks to “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” Saldaña has starred in the three highest-grossing films of all time — 2009’s “Avatar” and its 2022 sequel “The Way of Water,” which hold the No. 1 and 3
BTS has mapped out a global trek spanning 2026 and 2027, with the massively popular K-pop act revealing routing for a world tour that will encompass 79 performances across 34 markets. The seven-member group will launch the tour with three hometown concerts in Goyang, South
TV giants Banjiay and All3Media owner RedBirdIMI are in talks to merge their TV production businesses, Variety has confirmed. According to a source, the two have been discussing merging Banijay’s Entertainment & Life unit with All3Media, which produces “The Traitors.” If it
Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson will make their Broadway debuts in “The Fear of 13,” a searing play about a wrongly convinced death row prisoner. “The Fear of 13” tells the true story of Nick Yarris (Brody), a Pennsylvania native who spends more than two decades on death row
The U.K.’s home entertainment sector reached an all-time high of £5.7 billion ($7.6 billion) in 2025, marking a 10% increase year-over-year, according to new data released Tuesday by the British Association for Screen Entertainment in partnership with the Official Charts
In a social media post last week, the author revealed an unspecified diagnosis that she says was not caused by family genes, HPV, or excessive hormones
The Fantastic Four starred in, naturally, the fourth “Avengers: Doomsday” teaser, which has been released online after it played before “Avatar: Fire and Ash” screenings. The new teaser starts off serious and somber, much like the past trailers for Captain America, Thor and the
Sky has commissioned a series adaptation of the smash hit Stieg Larsson novel “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” Variety has learned. Steve Lightfoot (“Spider-Noir,” “Behind Her Eyes,” “Hannibal”) and Angela LaManna (“The Haunting Of Bly Manor,” “Behind Her Eyes”) will write
Some people think you can’t have a true Super Bowl without ads for candy, movies and beer. But those in the know have realized it isn’t a Big Game without at least one commercial from a web-hosting service. Squarespace, the website building service, will advertise during the
Kane Brown, Shaboozey, and Riley Green have been tapped to perform at the 2026 iHeartCountry Festival, set to take place on May 2 in Austin, TX. Joining the lineup are artists including Parker McCollum, Dylan Scott, Russell Dickerson, Gretchen Wilson, Chase Matthew and Lauren
Barry Manilow, who announced in December that he was undergoing treatment for stage-one lung cancer, has announced new and rescheduled tour dates for March. According to the announcement, Manilow has undergone surgery and “Thanks to the early detection, the operation went well
South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM is doubling down on its Latin American strategy by preparing Spanish-language versions of two upcoming K-dramas, aiming to strengthen audience connection through localized content delivery. The company plans to release dubbed versions of
Lorena Muñoz, who leapt to fame directing Argentinian 2016 box office smash “I’m Gilda,” is attached to direct “Pioneers” (“Pioneras”), a historical fiction limited series inspired by the Argentinian soccer team’s participation in the only half-known 1971 Women’s World Cup, a
Lionsgate U.K.’s “The Housemaid” climbed to the No. 1 position at the U.K. and Ireland box office in its third weekend, grossing £3.5 million ($4.7 million) and lifting its cumulative total to £17.8 million ($24.1 million), according to Comscore. In a standout performance in
"While rooted in fiction, Kelly Reichardt's oeuvre nevertheless flirts with 'cinema of the real' in many respects."
Black Mandala has picked up international sales rights to “The Realm of Eldervin,” a British fantasy feature from filmmaker Oliver Hollingdale. The film centers on Jonas, a troubled practitioner of magic who assembles a group of companions – including rogue Dagon, elf Nimue and
As HBO Max goes live today in eight new European countries — including Germany, Italy and Austria — the streamer has announced a new bundling deal with Prime Video in those territories that extends their existing partnership in France, Spain, Sweden, Belgium and the
The host also shared a compilation video of ICE agents slipping on ice in the Midwestern city
HBO Max launches today in Italy with several Italian originals to follow soon, the standout one being Marco Bellocchio’s limited series “Portobello” that reconstructs one of the country’s most clamorous travesties of justice. The HBO Max streaming service is also launching
The BBC will file a motion to dismiss President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, challenging the case on jurisdictional grounds and disputing claims the broadcaster acted with malice, according to court papers filed Monday and reported by BBC News. The legal
“We are on the Donald Trump Gravitron,” said The Daily Show host in reaction to the Trump administration’s escalating threats of force domestically and internationally
On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart covered the whirlwind of stories from over the weekend, which included Donald Trump’s handling of Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, proposed U.S. millitary action in Cuba, Greenland and Iran, as well as
Philippine theater actor Lhorvie Nuevo-Tadioan has secured the title role in director Sonny Calvento’s “Mother Maybe,” joining previously announced star Anthony Jennings, Southern Lantern Studios revealed. The horror-comedy-drama, a tri-national co-production between Southern
Fans of chef René Redzepi and his groundbreaking Noma restaurant can start getting in line on Monday, Jan. 26 for the Los Angeles residency this spring. Well, not literally in line, since the Noma will pop-up at what is reportedly a historic venue in a Silver Lake residential
You may be a global comedy superstar, but that doesn’t get you out of spousal support duties at the Golden Globe Awards. Kevin Hart exited the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom on Sunday night at the end of a long Golden Globe Awards ceremony holding up the long train of
NBC will no longer air an upcoming episode of “Law & Order: SVU” in which Timothy Busfield appears in a guest star role. Variety has confirmed that the broadcast network has shelved the episode, which was set to air on Jan. 15. Instead, NBC will air the “SVU” episode originally
Elliot Page and Naomi Watts are among the bold-faced names starring in a new American Civil Liberties Union public awareness campaign in support of transgender youth. Launching Monday ahead of oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. BPJ Little v. Hecox —
Welcome to Variety Awards HQ — your weekly command center for the Oscars race. It’s January 12, 2026, and Oscar nomination voting is officially underway. After a quiet holiday break, the first 12 days of the new year have kicked the race into overdrive. Every strategist and
Will Smith is bravely going where few actors have gone before with the premiere of his new National Geographic original docuseries, “Pole to Pole With Will Smith.” The seven-part series follows the actor as he makes his way across all seven continents in 100 days, highlighting
Although it’s been just about 10 years since the season one finale of “The Night Manager” back in Mar. 2016, the hit British spy thriller series based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré is back for season two. Dropping on Sundays until the season finale on Feb. 1,
The 26th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, featuring Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch and their presentation of the Legends and Groundbreakers Award to Scarlett Johansson, airs Monday on PBS SoCal at 7:30 pm. It is also available to stream on their website. The Honors
Ice-T also stars in director Craig Cukrowski's feature that reimagines Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher.'
Here are their best viral moments as they take on Hollywood
Is Elijah Wood returning as Frodo in the new “Lord of the Rings” movie “The Hunt for Gollum”? Don’t ask Elijah Wood, even though his co-star Ian McKellen let it slip last year that Frodo and Gandalf would be back on the big screen when Middle-Earth returns to movie theaters in
This year’s top-rated scores feature a wide range of sounds and styles, but if there is a single element that unites most of them, it’s this: The composers were invited to begin writing before the director even started shooting. It’s a growing trend, and a welcome one among
Nikki Glaser told Variety last week that she’d be up for hosting the Golden Globes for a third time next year, and after earning more high marks for her performance last night, producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss love the idea. “Nikki is such a great talent, and I think
The best movie songs are the ones that illuminate character, summarize the story or otherwise add a new dimension to the film experience. More than in most years, in 2025 there was a bumper crop of songs that did just that. The most obvious examples are the two songs Stephen
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety‘s Rebecca Rubin breaks down the weekend box office and encouraging starts for Paramount’s “Primate” and Neon’s “No Other Choice.” And host Cynthia Littleton offers reporter’s notebook observations after a week that started
In “No Other Choice,” Lee Byung-hun projects everyman desperation (think Pottersville-era Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life”), movie star charisma (his looks are remarked upon in the film quite a bit) and the comic chops to pull off such a complex role. Park Chan-wook’s
The Golden Globes returned Sunday night, bringing together film and television’s biggest names to celebrate the past year. Ahead of the ceremony, stars stopped by the Variety Golden Globes Pre-Show presented by Amazon Fire TV, hosted by Variety’s Marc Malkin and Angelique
Paul Mescal doesn’t do grandstanding. The 29-year-old Irish actor has built a career on restraint, on what’s held back rather than what’s unleashed. In Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” he brings that understated power to his portrayal of William Shakespeare, a father devastated by the
