Oscar winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Juliette Binoche and Italy’s Anna Ferzetti — who stars in Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film “La Grazia” — are among the top honorees of the 11th edition of Filming Italy — Los Angeles. The event, which bridges Italy and Hollywood, will run Feb.
Some of the most hotly-tipped Oscar contenders will be among the star-studded lineup at the Berlin Film Festival this month, as they make a pit-stop at Berlinale on their way to L.A. Among those confirmed to attend are “Hamnet” director Chloé Zhao, who is set to present an
Director Hamish Hamilton is set to return to the Oscars. The ceremony’s broadcast executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan today announced members of their production team for the 98th Academy Awards. Also returning are executive producer
Authorities have also uncovered possible DNA evidence at the crime scene, but it could take days for the results to come back
Podcast company Audioboom and media network Crooked Media, the leading global podcast company, have entered into a commercial and hosting partnership. Audioboom will provide hosting, global distribution and network advertising sales across Crooked Media’s full podcast
As a new CEO takes the reins of Disney, TV chief Dana Walden will step up to add oversight of Disney’s film studio operations to her purview. Starting March 18, Walden in her role as president and chief creative officer will oversee film and TV production and distribution
Netflix India has unveiled an expansive 2026 programming slate headlined by Sunny Deol, Madhuri Dixit and Saif Ali Khan as the streamer marks its 10th anniversary in the territory. The announcement, presented by Monika Shergill, VP of content for Netflix India, emphasizes what
Everything tastes better on a Ritz, so one famous marketing slogan goes, but how about the Super Bowl? Executives behind the nearly century-old Mondelez International snack cracker believe the answer is “Yes.” On Sunday, February 8, a new Ritz Super Bowl commercial will run in
Cinefrance has unveiled a first still of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s French movie “All of a Sudden,” his follow up to Oscar-winning “Drive My Car.” “All of a Sudden” stars Virginie Efira (“Benedatta”) as Marie-Lou Fontaine, a director of a nursing home in the Paris suburbs, who defies
Sabrina Carpenter had a recent courtship that lasted weeks — but her fans will only get to see 30 seconds’ worth. To woo the effervescent pop star to take part in its latest Super Bowl commercial, Mars’ Pringles offered her a director who had worked with her previously on one
Syrian writer-director Rand Abou Fakher's debut feature explores the shared history of two lifelong friends who are living in exile. She has also been working on 'On the Way to Forgive, I Forgot Myself.'
Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (“Wife of a Spy”) very first period film and most ambitious feature to date, “Kokurojo: The Samurai and The Prisoner,” has been boarded by Charades in the run up to the Berlinale’s European Film Market. Set in 16th century Japan, “Kokurojo” is
A new trailer for “The Drama” finds Zendaya and Robert Pattinson playing a couple whose wedding plans implode in the days before they say “I do” because of a deep, dark secret Zendaya’s character has been hiding for years. A24 will release writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s
Ari Aster serves as a producer for writer-director Kristoffer Borgli's feature that hits theaters this spring.
TV networks and sports leagues rely heavily on Nielsen to to tell them how many people at home watch football games, tennis matches and auto races. Counting viewers in bars, hotels and offices? That has sometimes created a bone of contention. The measurement giant says it will
Jason Statham action-thriller “Shelter” has conquered the top box office slot in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, scoring a $2.2 million opening frame via indie distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and its partner the Kuwait National Cinema Company. The
Disney has revealed the pay packages for its newly appointed top executives: CEO Josh D’Amaro and president and chief creative officer Dana Walden. As Bob Iger’s successor, D’Amaro will have an annual base salary of $2.5 million. He will be eligible for an annual,
The Walt Disney Co., after a more than two-year saga, has landed on its next CEO: Josh D’Amaro, head of the company’s theme parks and consumer products division. D’Amaro will take over the top job at Disney from current CEO Bob Iger, who cumulatively has served in the post for
Lola Young will headline this year’s Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 15 in West Hollywood. News comes just two days after Young took home the Grammy for best solo performance for her breakout single “Messy.” Hosted by Elton John and David
Wait, can there be such a thing as “prestige” AI content? John Gaeta, the VFX veteran who won a visual-effects Oscar for “The Matrix,” believes there’s a potentially huge audience for curated, high-quality films and series created with the help of generative AI technologies.
Nintendo revealed its Nintendo Switch 2 console has sold more than 17 million units since release last June, and is on track to hit 19 million by the end of March. During that same period, the original Nintendo Switch has sold 3.25 million units, down 66% compared to the
Universal’s “Hamnet” reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office, grossing £1.41 million ($1.92 million) and lifting its cumulative total to £14.84 million ($20.18 million), according to Comscore. Close behind was was Lionsgate U.K.’s “The Housemaid” on $1.91
Documentary sales, distribution and production company Dogwoof has boarded international sales rights to “The Cycle of Love,” directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, who was Oscar nominated for “Virunga” and won an Oscar with “The White Helmets.” The film is executive produced by
A man returns to his ex-wife after 20 years because he has forgotten everything that happened between them in Welf Reinhart’s debut feature, which premiered in the Dutch festival’s Tiger Competition.
Series Mania Forum has designated the Republic of Korea as its inaugural Country of Honor, bringing a high-profile delegation of Korean entertainment companies to the industry event running March 24-26, in Lille, France. The country has had a robust presence at the event in
Indox, the non-fiction festival agency led by Luke Brawley, has taken on worldwide festival rights to “Bucks Harbor,” the debut feature documentary from filmmaker Pete Muller. The film will receive its world premiere at the 76th Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama section.
The BAFTAs will embrace the biggest animation phenomenon of the year after all. EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami — better known as the singing voices for Rumi, Mira and Zoey from the band HUNTR/X in Netflix’s megahit “Kpop Demon Hunters” — are set to perform the film’s
The Paris offices of Elon Musk’s X were raided Tuesday morning as part of the investigation launched last year by the cybercrime division of the Paris public prosecutor’s office. Musk and Linda Yaccarino have been summoned by French authorities for a court appearance on April
Indian media giant JioStar has brought on board Emmy Award-winning creative technologist Stephan Bugaj as senior VP of GenAI content and technology. The hire signals JioStar’s push into artificial intelligence-driven content development as the company builds out interactive
Jon Stewart opened “The Daily Show” on Monday night with a shocking revelation: his name appears in the Epstein files. “Of course, to get ahead of the story, I am also in the files,” Stewart said with a nervous laugh. “We all searched our names, right?” But, it’s not as bad as
Eliza Capai’s new feature documentary ‘A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo’ will open the Generation Kplus lineup of the Berlin Film Festival.
“Melania” director Brett Ratner has denied having a “personal relationship” with Jeffrey Epstein after the latest cache of documents revealed a photo of the two men together alongside two anonymous blonde women. “About 20 years ago, I had a girlfriend, I was in love with her,
The Daily Show host noted that despite the influx of new information, nobody “is going to be held accountable for any of this”
The prolific filmmaker, the focus of a retrospective at IFFR 2026, discussed his career and craft during a Rotterdam event.
The reporter was detained by federal agents after covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota in January
Philippines media giant ABS-CBN’s premium streaming platform iWant is betting on supernatural workplace comedy with “Nurse the Dead,” a bilingual half-hour series currently in production in Los Angeles. First looks have been unveiled. The dark comedy follows Noa Reyes, a driven
The fourth collaboration of the star and director Cynthia Beatt, 40 years in the making, world premiered in the Harbour program of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Guillaume Nicloux's new feature, also starring Benoît Magimel, world premiered in IFFR's Limelight program and is set to a pulsing techno score.
Variety is unveiling the first trailer for “Shanghai Daughter,” the debut feature from Chinese filmmaker Agnis Shen Zhongmin that will world premiere in the Panorama section of the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. The drama follows Ming, a Shanghai woman who travels
During his Monday night appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Don Lemon recalled the moments leading up to his arrest. Lemon said he was out in Los Angeles on Thursday night attending pre-Grammys parties before arriving back at his hotel, where he was arrested by federal agents.
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie released a statement to her Instagram on Monday night after her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing in a suspected kidnapping. “We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness.
Chuck Negron, one of the three founding members of the rock group Three Dog Night and lead singer on some of their biggest hits, died Monday at age 83. A statement from his publicist said Negron died peacefully at his home in Studio City, Calif., surrounded by family. Negron’s
Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited has acquired a 50.1% stake in Sikhya Entertainment, the Indian production house behind Academy Award-winning documentaries “Period. End of Sentence.” and “The Elephant Whisperers.” The deal unites Jio Studios, India’s largest film
The host said her decision to step away after seven seasons “feels necessary and right for this next chapter of our lives”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reaffirmed his support for Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny, telling reporters at a press conference on Monday that the Puerto Rican superstar proved he is “one of the great artists in the world” after his commanding presence at Sunday
The author said he was “astonished” by “how the actual evidence was dismissed or ignored”
Comedian Sherri Shepherd’s talk show “Sherri” is ending its run after four seasons, Variety has learned. News comes just as another daytime yakker, “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” also announced that it would wrap up at the end of 2026 after seven seasons. Lionsgate’s
Dr. Peter Attia, who was recently named as a contributor to CBS News, put out a lengthy statement on X Monday morning saying he is “ashamed” of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Attia and Epstein’s apparent friendship was revealed through emails
BTS is mounting a big comeback with the announcement of both a livestreamed performance and a feature-length documentary, both airing on Netflix in partnership with Hybe. The live performance, titled “BTS the Comeback Live | Arirang,” will stream on Netflix on March 21 at 4
Fox has given a straight to series order to the drama “The Interrogator” with Stephen Fry attached in a lead role. The logline for the show states it is “centered on Conrad Henry (Fry), former MI6 agent, and his elite team. When conventional methods have failed, Henry’s quirky
