“Emilia Perez” and “Wicked” won the live action feature categories at the 75th ACE Eddie Awards, were handed out Friday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The event was originally slated to be held on Jan, 18 but was postponed due to the L.A. fires. In response to the fires, the event
'The Wild Robot' wins best animated feature, while 'Will & Harper' scores best documentary feature.
In an post-screening Q&A ahead of the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, filmmaker Neo Sora discussed his nominated feature “Happyend,” a contemplative exploration of fractured friendship against the backdrop of political unrest in near-future Japan. In the film, in near-future
The live-action version of the 1937 animated classic has been the focus of controversy, as the film's Saturday premiere will not include journalists on the red carpet.
If high school is a popularity contest — the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning assimilation satire “Slanted” — then Chinese American senior Joan Huang (Shirley Chen) could be justified in ditching her heritage for a shot at being
Dan Berk and Robert Olsen grew up obsessed with the golden era of ’80s action movies, worshipping box office hits like “Midnight Run,” “Lethal Weapon” and “Die Hard.” When they came across the script for a high-concept film named “Novocaine” — in which a mild-mannered man named
"I don’t think that people really want to know how the sausage is made," he told Gayle King
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 9 of “Severance,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Does the penultimate episode of “Severance” Season 2 put a bow on the story of Irving and Burt? The star-crossed lovers, played by John Turturro and Christopher
The slasher romcom shows that even a journey through the dark needs room for empathy.
“Black Bag,” an elegant, quick-witted new thriller that finds Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender playing married spies, isn’t the pair’s first time together on screen. That honor goes to 2017’s “Song to Song,” one of Terrence Malick’s most intangible and head-scratching
In an effort to raise money for families of color displaced by the recent Los Angeles wildfires, actor and comedian Milana Vayntrub is going much farther than a GoFundMe. Rising to fame a decade ago as “the AT&T girl” featured prominently in commercials for the telecom giant,
Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner, the showrunners and executive producers of “The Bachelor,” are leaving the series. They are still at work on Grant Ellis’ current season of “The Bachelor,” which is nearing its end, but are negotiating their exits from the franchise.
“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” has been renewed for Season 3 at Disney+ nearly a year before the show’s second season premiere. Disney Branded Television and 20th Television have announced that a third season, based on the Rick Riordan novel “The Titan’s Curse,” is already
Jason Isaacs is sick of being asked whether or not he wore a prosthetic penis in “The White Lotus” following the third season’s fourth episode, where his haracter, Timothy Ratliff, had his penis hanging out of his bathrobe while in front of his children. Cast members Sam Nivola
A Los Angeles news station got a dose of star power when Gene Simmons crashed a local weather report. On Thursday, the legendary Kiss vocalist and bassist made an unexpected appearance on Fox 11 Los Angeles, joining meteorologist Adam Kruger to help deliver the week’s forecast.
The 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival, which concludes on Saturday, featured a time-traveling RV, a disemboweling unicorn, a transracial surgery and credible testimony that extra-terrestrials exist. Here’s what rose to the top, and what failed to take flight. Homicidal Unicorns and
Neill Blomkamp is doing his part. The “District 9” and “Chappie” filmmaker is attached to write and direct a new film adaptation of “Starship Troopers,” the 1959 sci-fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein that was last memorably brought to theaters in 1997 by director Paul Verhoeven.
Dolby has been associated with surround sound equipment since the introduction of its Pro Logic technology in 1982, which at the time was only available on premium VHS tapes. Its latest audio innovation is called Dolby Atmos, and it offers a significantly more immersive audio
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 9 of “Severance,” now streaming on Apple TV+. It all started off with an urgent phone call to Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette), who had been noticeably absent throughout most of “Severance” Season 2. In a season
Randall Miller, the director of “Midnight Rider,” completed his probation this week, 10 years after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of crew member Sarah Jones. Jones, a camera assistant, was struck by a freight train in February 2014 while the crew was
Sony is behind the new adaptation, which is not a remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film, but rather will go back to the 1959 novel as source material.
The self-styled sommelier of horror wants to create new franchises and new characters, push boundaries, and give fans a slice of the bloody pie: "What matters in horror is the intellectual property."
Bill Burr’s press tour for his new Hulu comedy special continued to be an Elon Musk takedown during an interview on “The Breakfast Club” radio show (via The Daily Beast), where the comedian said its baffling how Musk “still has a job” after giving the Nazi salute in public.
Comedian Alex Hooper has set a new stand-up special debuting March 18. Distributed by Comedy Dynamics, it will be available to watch on YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and all other major platforms. In the hour, titled “Brace Yourself,” Hooper gets “brutally honest” about
Coachella is almost here, and it isn’t too late to snag tickets to the famed festival. Lady Gaga, Travis Scott, Green Day and Post Malone headline for both weekends of the three-day music festival, which returns to its home at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif. on the
What’s going to be this year’s “Anora”? As the Cannes Film Festival rapidly approaches, that’s the question for artistic director Thierry Fremaux and movie buffs around the world. A month before Cannes Film Festival’s press conference, the official selection is still very much
Mark Duplass admits that when he got approached about starring in Hulu’s Natalia Grace drama “Good American Family,” he was “very skeptical.” “Look, there’s a documentary, there’s a movie called ‘Orphan’ that has similar themes, it’s been in the press. Why do we need another
Samara Weaving is a certified Scream Queen. Although she’s had impactful roles in dramas (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the series “Nine Perfect Strangers”), comedies (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), period pieces (“Chevalier”) and even starred in the Aussie soap
Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in Manhattan court today for a pretrial hearing in his federal case, pleading not guilty to a superseding indictment. Earlier this month, prosecutors filed a second superseding indictment against Combs, highlighting new allegations of abusive
Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman’s dark romantic comedy “Oh, Hi!” has landed at Sony Pictures Classics. The sophomore feature from “The Boy Downstairs” writer-director Sophie Brooks debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January. In “Oh, Hi!,” Iris (Gordon) and Isaac’s (Lerman)
When your film’s supporting cast features the iconic snack mascot Mr. Peanut as a fearless robotic war hero, you’ve got to have a little fun in the marketing. And that’s exactly what Netflix did for their latest sci-fi adventure from the Russo brothers, “The Electric State,”
Miranda Lambert keeps referring to the version of her that was captured on her 2005 debut album, “Kerosene,” as “baby me.” Fortunately, as an artistic toddler, Lambert was a pyromaniac. The flame that began with that fully developed first record for Sony Nashville album turned
Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen, Paris Jackson and Skeet Ulrich are among the latest to join the ensemble cast of Catherine Hardwicke’s “Street Smart.” Skylar Astin, Sally Struthers and Tyson Ritter have also signed on to the
An anonymous post on a popular crew social-media hub alleged that director Sean Baker threw a “hissy fit” after the crew unionized — those with direct knowledge tell THR what they witnessed.
The upcoming DC Studios series “Lanterns” has cast Jason Ritter in a recurring role. Ritter joins a cast that also includes Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, and Ulrich Thomsen. Per the official logline, the show follows “new
In a world where mobile service providers seem to get more expensive every year, Mint Mobile has positioned itself as a leading option for affordable wireless. Since its launch in 2016, Mint has been on a mission to provide affordable, premium wireless service without all the
Actor and wife Betsy Arakawa's wills also revealed
The sequel to the 2003 film Freaky Friday hits theaters Friday, Aug. 8
The Log Lady was a beloved part of “Twin Peaks.” But Catherine Coulson was much more than that. She was a fan favorite who made time to speak with series enthusiasts and helped perpetuate its lore, as well as a longtime actor with Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a
Eric Schultz knows his way around the White House. He served as deputy White House press secretary during the Obama administration from 2014 to 2017. It’s one of the reasons that he now frequently consults on Hollywood projects about Washington. His latest gig was helping the
Elegance Bratton, whose documentary “Move Ya Body: The Birth of House” had its international premiere this week at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, speaks to Variety about the relevance of house music’s history in Trump’s America, and his feelings as he prepares to shoot
Actor, writer and playwright Hamish Linklater has signed with Gersh for representation. Linklater most recently co-starred in the Best Picture Oscar-nominated film “Nickel Boys,” based on the novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Linklater also co-starred in the
Responding to a lingering question in the industry, participants in Advanced HDR by Technicolor — the brand behind a collection of HDR technologies aimed at allowing broadcasters and content providers to deliver quality imagery across a variety of display devices and network
Jeremy Glazer and Miles Gaston Villanueva have been cast in recurring roles in the third and final season of Prime Video’s “Bosch: Legacy.” Glazer will play Patrick Currey, a West Hollywood city councilman who uses his power to keep a tight lid on his sexual proclivities. When
The sequel to 2003's 'Freaky Friday' hits theaters in August with a multigenerational twist.
Mexican rock band Maná has made some of the most influential and globally recognized Spanish-language music of the last 30 years. As true as that may be, the Guadalajara-bred group is experiencing one of its most rewarding chapters yet: Maná — comprised of Fher Olvera, Alex
The trailer for Nisha Ganatra’s “Freakier Friday,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, has been unveiled. The film is a sequel to the 2003 comedy “Freaky Friday,” starring Curtis and Lohan as mother-daughter duo Tess and Anna Coleman. According to a press release from
Dead bingers are at the center of David Cronenberg’s new thriller “The Shrouds,” now prepping to launch in North America after debuting at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. Janus Films has released the first full trailer for the film, which stars Vincent Cassel, Diane
Indie Rights has acquired worldwide distribution rights to “Plight,” an indie-thriller written, directed and produced by MJ Alhabeeb Jr. in his feature film debut. The film will be released theatrically and on digital platforms this June. Set in the gritty heart of Braddock,
The former talk show host and media personality called into the show to campaign for her freedom and prove that she isn't cognitively impaired and incapacitated