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.
Saturday mornings at the Cannes Film Festival are usually reserved for oceanside brunch, shopping the Rue d’Antibes or (for some Hollywood types) finally getting home from Friday night’s parties. CAA broke the pattern at this year’s fest with a pedigreed summit on a dizzying
Charli xcx continues her “rock music” era with the release of the song and video for “SS26,” taking fans behind the scenes and on the runway at a fashion show. The singer preempted the video release of “SS26” with a 30-minute “Pre Show” on YouTube, where she tried on different
The Ivor Novello Awards are all about celebrating human creativity in the form of songwriting, and for 70 years, they have quietly commended the geniuses behind the music that articulates universal emotions and shape popular culture. But now, in its 71st year (and now known
Jaakko Ohtonen replaced Jim Caviezel for the sequel to 'The Passion of the Christ,' which releases its first part in March 2027, followed by a second part in 2028.
David Bickel, a TV writer and producer best known for his work on “The King of Queens” and “Young Sheldon,” recently wrote and directed an independently produced a comedy pilot called “To Life.” Per the official description, “To Life” is a single-camera, half-hour comedy that
Even the manifold mudbaths and bloodbaths of the Western Front can’t do much to dirty up Lukas Dhont’s exactingly exquisite filmmaking in “Coward,” the young Belgian director’s third feature, and his first to extend his recurring interest in challenged LGBTQ identity to a
“Michael,” the smash hit biopic, makes it clear that moviegoers haven’t seen the last of Michael Jackson, with the film ending with the words, “His Story Continues.” And Lionsgate, the studio behind the film, told investors and analysts on a quarterly earnings call on Thursday
Zendaya isn’t one to talk much about her relationship with maybe-husband Tom Holland, but she reveals a glimpse of her love for him in the new issue of Elle magazine. In the last year or so, they shot “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” together as well as Christopher Nolan’s “The
The landmark 50th season of “Survivor” wrapped up with a live finale on Wednesday night that reached 5.8 million viewers. Measured by Nielsen, that total marks the most-watched “Survivor” finale since Season 40, subtitled “Winners at War,” concluded with 7.6 million viewers in
Revenues increased and profits rebounded during Lionsgate’s most recent quarter thanks to the box office success of “The Housemaid.” Overall revenues hit $906.5 million, which compared favorably to the $865.6 billion in revenues that Lionsgate reported in the same year-ago
The world of Korean entertainment has come a long way since “Gangnum Style” set dancers galloping around the world nearly 15 years ago. Korean content industry leaders on both sides of the Pacific gathered earlier this month at the London West Hollywood to take stock of the
This season, makeup artists have transformed actors using everything from sublime touches to complete prosthetics. Underneath it all, no matter how many hours and prosthetic pieces, they have one common goal: to preserve the actor’s performance. For Prime Video’s “Fallout,”
Mel Gibson has unveiled the first look at “The Resurrection of the Christ,” the director’s long-delayed follow-up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ.” Filming on the two-part epic has officially wrapped, with production concluding ahead of schedule after shooting for 134 days
“Day Drinker,” an action thriller starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, will sail to theaters in 2027. Lionsgate, which is releasing the film, has set a release of March 26, 2027. “Day Drinker” is taking the place of the studio’s “The Resurrection of the Christ Part One,”
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s “The Black Ball” (La Bola Negra) a queer epic spanning 85 years of Spanish history and inspired by an unfinished fragment by Federico García Lorca, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday to a 16-minute standing
Rockstar Games’ “Grand Theft Auto 6” is still on track for its Nov. 19 release but does not yet have an announced price. And that reveal isn’t coming along with parent company Take-Two Interactive’s earnings results today. “No,” Take-Two Interactive CEO Zelnick told Variety,
Lupita Nyong’o is addressing the backlash to her casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” Nyong’o plays Helen of Troy, the Greek mythological character who was thought of as the most beautiful woman in the world and is often referred to as “the face that
The 11-time Emmy winner sat down with THR at Meta House during the Cannes Film Festival.
Beloved music icon, Brit Award winner, Grammy nominee and now … award-winning film director. Kate Bush has set out her stalls as a filmmaker by winning a prize for her directorial debut. The “Wuthering Heights” legend won the animation award on Thursday for her anti-war short
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking team known as Radio Silence, will bring “Choose Your Own Adventure,” the popular children’s gamebook series, to the big screen for 20th Century Studios. The duo will work with “Andor” and “The Disaster Artist” screenwriter
The Oscar winner pushes back on Elon Musk and others slamming her Helen of Troy casting.
Jay Silverman’s “Yale,” Adam Hoelzel’s “Tender” and Andrew David Paterson’s “American Flake” are among the titles set to screen during Dances With Films: LA. Los Angeles’ largest indie film-focused festival, Dances With Films runs June 18-28 with screenings and events at the
The Americana Honors & Awards nominees for 2026 have been announced, with Brandi Carlile, Margo Price, I’m With Her, S.G. Goodman, Mon Rovia and Ken Pomeroy all scoring two nominations each across the kudos’ five categories. In the artist of the year category, for solo artists,
Despite Brazil not having this yaer a film at Cannes’ major sections from a Brazilian director, representatives from the Latin American country still arrived confidently at the Marché du Film to build on the extraordinary momentum created by films like last year’s
Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi and Scott Weinberger ended their hit true-crime podcast “Anatomy of Murder” at the end of 2025 — and there was some bad blood. They severed ties with their previous partner Audiochuck (producer of “Crime Junkie” and other shows) and sued the company,
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.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight has served some compensation for a scant presence of U.K. filmmakers in major sections at those year’s festival, awarding the highest profile among them, Clio Barnard, the section’s only official prize: the Directors’ Fortnight People Choice Award –
The YA romance follows best friends Nick and Fiona, who find their relationship tested on a weekend road trip.
Production has wrapped on “See Bot Run,” a horror-comedy mockumentary from Pluto Labs Films starring “Adults” breakout Amita Rao. “See Bot Run” follows “the overworked and underpaid employees of a struggling tech startup on the day of a high-stakes AI product launch that could
The “Life Is Strange” TV series adaptation at Amazon Prime Video is building out its main cast. Variety has learned exclusively that Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, and Owen Teague are all set to star in the show alongside previously announced leads Maisy Stella and
The Tribeca award winning dramedy about a Kurdish-Persian mother and her American daughter vacationing in the Azores after a major loss will hit theaters in June.
Billy Eichner knows he has a reputation for being loud, brash and in-your-face. When you find fame yelling questions at strangers on New York City streets as he did as the host of “Billy on the Street,” it’s bound to happen. And that is why his new memoir, “Billy on Billy,” was
America’s 250 th anniversary this summer may be a bittersweet celebration, but Christina Aguilera, Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff, the Roots, Jill Scott, Seal, State Property, Kathy Sledge, Infinity Song and more special guests will celebrate it and Philadelphia’s legacy as the
First off, kudos to the Television Academy for finally doing something about the paltry talk and scripted variety categories. The return of a combined outstanding variety series category was necessary, given the decline in submissions as networks and streamers scale back on
Marine Atlan's drama follows a group of French high school students on a class trip to the ruins of Pompeii.
View TV Studios, the production and distribution company behind View TV ONE, has closed a deal to acquire U.S. rights to “Gray,” AGC Television’s espionage thriller, starring Patricia Clarkson, Rupert Everett and Lydia West. The eight-part series will premiere on View TV ONE in
Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros. Television have optioned the brand new Steven Rowley novel “Take Me With You” with plans to adapt it as a series, Variety has learned exclusively. The book was just published on May 19 by Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House. No writer is
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, known as Los Javis, are the most influential creative duo currently working in Spain. The two are behind the hit series “Veneno” and “Dressed in Blue,” with their thriller “La Mesías” acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival and prized at
“This land has too many love stories buried in its fields,” says the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca in a brief dramatized appearance at the tail end of “The Black Ball” — a film otherwise content just to channel his spirit as it exhumes the suppressed inner lives of gay men
We have a winner! Lucas Acher’s “Laser-Cat” has come out on top of La Cinef section at Cannes. “It’s a one-night journey about a teenager who’s bored at home. His mother just left for a date, and he’s 14. He doesn’t know what to do, it’s a Friday night, and he keeps trying to
Hailed by critics as “grippingly offbeat,” “as extravagant as it irresistible” and “impactful and very funny,” French director Sarah Arnold’s Too Many Beasts” (“L’Espèce explosive”) has scooped this year’s Europa Cinemas Label for best European film at the 2026 Cannes
“Summer of ’94” documentary filmmakers Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker joined U.S. soccer figures Alexi Lalas, Ed Foster-Simeon and John Harkes at SXSW for a panel moderated by Variety in partnership with Imagine Entertainment, to reflect on the legacy of legendary soccer coach
Forced Perspective and The Boldest are producing the feature, which comes from the anonymous writers who run the popular Los Angeles social media page.
Sarah Arnold's debut feature takes the prize in the Directors' Fortnight section, with the jury praising the film's genre-bending originality.
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is headed to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights as a haunted house experience. Halloween Horror Nights begins Aug. 28 at Universal Studios Orlando Resort and Sept. 3 at Universal Studios Hollywood. In a statement, Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev
“Cliffhanger,” a reimagining of the Sylvester Stallone climbing thriller starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan, is shoring up a new strategy for its summer theatrical release, multiple insiders told Variety. The fate of the film, helmed by action director Jaume Collet-Sera
After a string of dramatic roles, Oscar winner Julianne Moore is walking toward the light as executive producer and star of a new Netflix comedy film. The untitled project hails from Higher Ground, the production venture founded by Barack and Michelle Obama. It’s described as a
Sébastien Laudenbach isn’t afraid to take on Bizet’s iconic “Carmen” in his latest animation, “Viva Carmen,” and make it more child-friendly. “It’s not a film ‘adapted’ for kids, but it’s accessible to them,” he told Variety. Set in Seville in 1845, it follows teenage Salva who
