John Hinckley Jr., the Oklahoma native who tried to assassinate President Ronald Regan in 1981 in an attempt to impress Jodie Foster, shared a new message for “The Silence of the Lambs” star during a recent appearance on the “Mark Joseph Show” (via EW). “I just wish Jodie
The comedian sidestepped any further jail time after accepting responsibility for the misdemeanor charge in Georgia
Zoe Saldaña is growing frustrated with political questions, mainly because she doesn’t find them being asked in equal measure across the industry. The Oscar winner said during a conversation at the Locarno Film Festival that she often participates in Q&As because she is eager
Panache Digital Games announced “1666: Amsterdam” will release in Early Access on Aug. 25. From “Assassin’s Creed” series creator Patrice Désilets, the dark, third-person narrative action-adventure game unravels a mystery across Amsterdam. Players take on the role of Noa, the
Rod Stewart has announced that he will be canceling the next four weeks of performances as part of his “One Last Time” farewell tour and “The Encore Shows” Las Vegas residency after undergoing a routine coronary stent procedure. The news comes just days after the singer
Nicholas Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season of HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series, Variety has learned from sources. The highly-anticipated series is due to debut on Dec. 25 on HBO and HBO Max, with the first season adapting the first book in the novel series,
The Last Week Tonight host will wear a crazy wig and play chief water inspector Devlin St. John on a three-episode arc
When Vera Drew made her ambitious debut film “The People’s Joker,” she didn’t know if anyone else in the world would understand her deeply personal superhero movie parody about transitioning. The first time she met a trans person who connected with the film after a public
The Writers Lab announced writers selected for two Lab Intensives this Fall, in New York City and the inaugural Los Angeles cohort. Supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, The Writers Lab is the only script incubation program dedicated to elevating the work of women and
Movie theater owners have become embroiled in the kind of drama they usually sell on the big screen, thanks to the ongoing saga of Paramount’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Cinema United, the exhibition industry’s main lobbying group, for months has been publicly
Los Angeles media has been all over the death of a local celebrity for the past two days. But this time, the dearly departed wasn’t a movie star from the golden age of Hollywood. Instead, Southern Californians and the rest of the world are mourning the death of Jackie, the bald
“I’m trying to live out whatever might be left of my life in as fun a way as I possibly can,” actress says
Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas return to Disney for 'Camp Rock 3,' along with a whole new cast of campers.
“The Last House,” a new thriller film starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, debuted with 27.5 million views in its first three days of streaming on Netflix. With that total, the movie easily sailed to the top of Netflix’s viewership rankings for the week of Aug. 3-9, not only as
Julie Andrews recently told InStyle magazine that she is not returning for “The Princess Diaries 3” opposite Anne Hathaway. The 90-year-old icon turned down the offer to reprise her role of Queen Clarisse in the movie, which will serve as a long-awaited sequel to 2001’s “The
“The Daily Show” released a slew of never-before-seen audition tapes from past and present correspondents in a 10-minute compilation posted to YouTube. The video, honoring the satirical news program’s 30th anniversary, features audition tapes from all five current rotating
Insight Editions, Universal Pictures and Syncopy are releasing two new books capturing the making and behind-the-scenes of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” James Mottham’s book, “Filming the Odyssey: Inside the Making of Christopher Nolan’s Modern Epic” is out now and
CAMELLIA CONFERRED Ann Hui, one of Hong Kong cinema’s defining figures, will receive the 2026 Camellia Award at the opening ceremony of the 31st Busan International Film Festival on Oct. 6 at Busan Cinema Center. The award, established by BIFF in partnership with Chanel to
Norwood joins Phoebe Snow, Aretha Franklin, and Boyz II Men as vocalists of the iconic theme song
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.
A judge has ruled that the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. must pay a jazz musician $252,000 in legal fees and costs, following the organization’s unsuccessful lawsuit against him for pulling out of a concert in the wake of a rebranding to include Donald J. Trump’s name.
“I'm not completely retired, but it's a different kind of work that I do these days,” the actress tells The Hollywood Reporter.
The 'Dark Knight Returns' creator, already having a banner summer, is seeing the digital release of documentary 'Frank Miller: American Genius' out Tuesday.
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.
Emmy-nominated composer Kris Bowers is set to score Netflix’s upcoming animated comedy “Steps.” The score was recorded in July and August at London’s Abbey Road Studios. Slated for release on Nov. 20, “Steps” marks the first film to be fully animated in-house within Netflix
Lucy Davis, best known for playing receptionist Dawn Tinsley in the original U.K. edition of “The Office,” has revealed that she has terminal cancer. Writing on Instagram, Davis said she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer a year and a half ago after discovering a lump on
The reality TV star also hosts iHeartRadio series ‘It Girl Podcast.'
The new season of the Ryan Murphy-produced anthology series will explore the 1892 murders that captured the nation
A remake of the 1981 supernatural thriller “Possession,” starring Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley, is coming to theaters next summer. Paramount has slated the movie to release on June 11, 2027. It’ll open on the big screen alongside Universal’s live-action “How to Train Your
Diego Calva, Madeline Brewer and Paul Dano also star in Paramount's new take on the 1981 original that Parker Finn is directing.
The script for the next “Fast and Furious” movie, titled “Fast Forever,” made Vin Diesel cry, but director Louis Leterrier still hasn’t read what gave the actor the waterworks. “It is the best script I have read in decades,” Diesel wrote on Instagram about the 11th “Fast and
Goya-nominated actress Zoe Bonafonte (“El 47”) will play Spain’s first female soccer player, Ana “Nita” Carmona Ruiz, in “Veleta,” a Spain-Argentina co-production directed and co-written by Paco Torres (“The Magic of Hope”) and now shooting in Andalusia. Goya winner Dani Rovira
Tammy Fine, a veteran NBC News producer who spent a significant part of her career overseeing key newsmaker interviews in the first hour of “Today,” is getting a new passel of responsibilities. Fine has been named vice president of talent development at NBC News, and will lead
Rob Bonta, the attorney general of California who is leading a 12-state coalition’s lawsuit seeking to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, responded to David Ellison’s threat to pull Paramount out of the state unless Bonta agrees to settlement talks. “In a
Leah Remini has signed with WME for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano. WME will work with Remini to further expand her brand across television, film, digital media, podcasting, original
“The reality changed our plans,” explains Ukrainian writer Anna Melikova of her new screenplay “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming.” She is seated next to her wife Isabelle Stever, the director of their new film, at the Locarno Film Festival. Their second creative collaboration after
The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FCC for records pertaining to the agency’s decision to require Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC stations to renew their broadcast licenses early. “[T]his Request concerns
Netflix has released the trailer for “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,” the fourth chapter in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology drama series. This time around, the subject is Lizzie Borden, a young woman who was accused of hacking her parents to death with an axe in the
“Small Talk,” directed my Mateo Ybarra (“Over Our Hills,” “Summer Camp”), will have its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on Aug. 11. The film stars Hélène Bares (“Evy & Me”) as Charlie, who signs up for a summer course at Switzerland’s only remaining etiquette school
RioFilme, the film-TV agency of Rio de Janeiro City, will launch a call for proposals amounting to R$15 million ($3 million) for up to four international co-production projects involving Rio-based companies. Leonardo Edde, president of RioFilme, told Variety that projects of
The MCU actress on how she shot a scene for Marvel's box office hit that was cut out: "The e-mail was like, 'Yeah, nah.'"
Taylor Swift will be adding another trophy to her shelf, as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that the superstar will be inducted into the hall this fall, becoming, at 36, the youngest writer ever to receive the honor. Swift sent a message to be read by
The song was co-written by Guitarricadelafuente and Raül Refree, the former of whom also stars in the film and could become only the fifth person ever to receive acting and songwriting Oscar noms for the same film.
Deborah Vance finally returned to the stage in the final season of “Hacks” and now she will in real-life too — sorta. In a first for “Hacks” and stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, the stars (and their castmates) will appear on stage in public, playing their characters in
The festival's Spotlight lineup also includes screenings of Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner 'Fjord' and Noah Segan's John Turturro-starring 'The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.'
The first trailer for “Josephine,” winner of the top two prizes at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has been released. Starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, the psychological thriller is a work of autobiographical fiction based on writer-director Beth de Araújo’s lived
Anonymous Content has signed Melbourne-based writer-director Adrian Chiarella for representation, beating out several other companies that had been courting him. The move comes on the heels of Chiarella’s feature directorial debut, “Leviticus,” a queer horror film that
The New York Film Festival has revealed its Spotlight lineup for the 64th edition and the section is stacked with fall’s most buzzy names and titles. At the top of the list is Tom McCarthy, writer and director of best picture winner “Spotlight” (2015), who returns with “A
The 11-episode seventh season, which premieres Sept. 24 in partnership with the Criterion Collection, will feature a never-before-heard 1972 interview with the filmmaker.
The Roku Originals documentary, “Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete,” made its world premiere at the 24th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) on Sunday afternoon. The intimate film is part of Roku’s “Gamechangers” series and follows WNBA stars Sheryl
