Former “Love Island USA” star Alannah Keyser issued an apology to TikTok on Saturday after being kicked off the Peacock reality show for using the n-word in a resurfaced video. The video shows Keyser rapping along to Roddy Ricch’s 2019 track “The Box” and singing the lyrics
“Supergirl” is struggling to take flight at the box office. The comic book adaptation, a space adventure revolving around Superman’s cousin, debuted to a disappointing $38 million from 3,600 North America theaters and $68 million globally. Heading into the weekend, the Warner
The veteran filmmaker sat for a career-spanning masterclass chat at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival.
Appearing for a masterclass discussion on acting at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival, the veteran star dished on the Bond PR machine and how a psychic predicted she would one day work with Woody Allen.
The film, which brings the 'Dawson's Creek' actors back together, marks Holmes' latest work as a writer-director and draws on her work in the 2024 Broadway production of 'Our Town.'
Ken Loach, long-time KVIFF president Jiří Bartoška and creatives on the Hollywood blacklist also make appearances on a tour back into the 80-year history of the venerable film festival, courtesy of THR.
Prime Video has revealed the cast of its German-language original series “Superior,” which is set in the world’s best hotel management school. Filming is underway in Bavaria and Switzerland. The six-part drama, which combines elite surroundings, stories of young love and a
Anna, Sandra, Vojtěch, Petra, Natalia and Lorenzo work with artistic director Karel Och to bring new discoveries, hidden gems, cinematic surprises and the best of the fest circuit to the spa town.
Taipei Arena erupted on Saturday night as the 37th Golden Melody Awards – the Grammys of the Mandarin pop world – delivered one of its most memorable ceremonies, with pop titan Jolin Tsai walking away with the evening’s ultimate prize. The Golden Melody Awards have long served
Get ready to return to Barry’s Bay: “Every Year After” has been renewed for a second season at Amazon’s Prime Video less than a month after its debut. Based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel “Every Summer After,” the first season of the drama tells the
The Oscar-nominated actor has previously described the film as a “classic comedy,” comparing it to 'Step Brothers,' 'Clueless' and 'Trading Places.'
Elon Musk posted Armie Hammer’s “Citizen Vigilante” to his X account on Friday, sharing the controversial indie-actioner with his 240 million followers. The link was active for about 48 hours and went dark on Saturday. Directed and written by 60-year-old German filmmaker Uwe
The best boxers in the world travel to New York City, where Puerto Rican fighter Xander Zayas (23-0-0) defenses his WBO and WBA super welterweight titles against Philadelphia-born boxer Jaron “Boots” Ennis (35-0-0) in the main event on Saturday, June 27. Zayas vs. Ennis
The biggest winners this past week at Cannes Lions were undoubtedly … the ice cream vendors. During a scorching week in the south of France, an estimated 13,000-plus Cannes Lions attendees hustled up and down the Croisette in Cannes for meetings, panels and pitches. The glacier
For Colombian rising animation talent María Cristina Pérez, whose experimental short “Once in a Body” (“Una vez en un Cuerpo”) competed in the Annecy Animation Festival’s Perspectives sidebar, human connection is the overriding theme in her growing body of work. This is her
Adapted from Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling novel, the STEM-inspired romance follows a fake relationship between a brilliant Ph.D. candidate and the school’s intimidating professor.
The most prominent animation festival in the world, Annecy, has named Colombia as its Country of Honor next year, a significant nod to the South American nation’s burgeoning animation industry. The honor was awarded by the 66-year-old festival and its market, Mifa (Marché
The film is one of Hammer's first indie projects since he was dropped by his agency following allegations of sexual misconduct in 2021. Writer-director Uwe Boll says a sequel is coming next year.
“The Violinist” beat out major competition at Annecy, such as “In Waves,” “Viva Carmen” and “Iron Boy,” all already big hits at Cannes, to win on Saturday the biggest festival prize in animation: Annecy’s feature film Cristal. A tale of two young violinist virtuosos in and
The hand-drawn feature from director Ervin Han and Raúl García took the Cristal for best film at the international animation festival. Louis Clichy's debut 'Iron Boy' won the audience award.
There was no measurable rain in Washington, D.C. Friday night, but even a threat of scattered showers was enough to melt Vanilla Ice’s planned performance on the National Lawn as part of the Freedom 250 events, as the free show was called off hours before it was set to occur
The way art connects (and saves) these two on a daily basis is its own idiosyncratic story, and it speaks to a certain vanishing culture of passionate New York literary brainiacs that used to be thought of as practically the essence of the city.
Christopher Nolan recently told The New York Times that Hollywood studios should take more risks with their blockbusters, because audiences are desperately “looking for something new.” “If you’re really interested in movies and the history of movies, the one thing you see
Milly Alcock stars in the superhero feature for Warner Bros. and DC Studios that arrives on the heels of last summer's 'Superman.'
San Francisco holds a special place in Colman Domingo’s heart. He called it home from 1991 to 2001 and it’s where “I became of age as an artist,” he says. It’s only fitting that Variety, in partnership with the Frameline Film Festival, honors Domingo with our Creative
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details, including about the ending, from DC Studios’ “Supergirl,” now playing in theaters. It took more than five-and-a-half years, and countless hours reading comic books, for screenwriter Ana Nogueira to get to this moment: watching