A cross-cultural tale of grief and dance, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!” stems from an intimate place, but ends up emotionally inert thanks to its style. Its key strength is a committed lead performance from Rinko Kikuchi, who fits effortlessly into a role
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “9:00 a.m.,” Episode 3, Season 2 of “The Pitt,” now streaming on HBO Max. When storyline conversations began for Season 2 of “The Pitt,” star and executive producer Noah Wyle and executive producers R. Scott Gemmill and John
Did I believe that Chris Pine, with his waxed and coiffed Beverly Hills look, is a sad-sack divorced physician who wears a stethoscope around his neck as he runs his quaint office as a general practitioner in Cleveland, Ohio? Not quite. But as Noah, Pine gives a performance
Kerry Washington was honored with the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at the Democracy on the Screen – and on the Line event Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival. The star also announced she’ll be joining the upcoming second season of Elevate Studio’s “Nevertheless” as an
With her previous messages to Justin Baldoni's publicist having caused a media stir, Jamil took to Instagram to clarify her stance on gender equity: "You can actually beef with other women."
The bounty includes 16 nominations for Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' – the most ever bestowed to a single film. Otherwise, there was little love for Hollywood's legacy movie studios.
ByteDance has closed a deal to form TikTok U.S., a joint venture that is majority-owned by American investors — finally bringing the popular video app into compliance with a U.S. law that went into effect last year. In the U.S., more than 200 million individuals and 7.5 million
“Comedy is my day job,” says Eddie Izzard. “Shakespeare started with his comedies, then he moved to his dramas and tragedies, and that’s what I’m doing.” Even the Bard might have to step back marvel at the malleability of Izzard on her current global tour, though, as Izzard
Natalie Erika James’ new film “Saccharine” opens with a shot of a jelly donut getting devoured, and then the footage is spun in reverse, with the bloody-looking goo getting sucked back into the donut. It’s an intentionally disorienting start to James’ new horror film, which is
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Chris Pratt appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast on his press tour for “Mercy” and revealed that he has a “fucking great” idea for how to bring Star Lord back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What that idea is remains under wraps. Pratt last played Peter
A few days after announcing the first single from his new album, Harry Styles has released “Aperture,” the first taste of his upcoming fourth album “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” “Aperture,” which Styles previewed for fans at global record stores on Wednesday, is a
After seeing Abby Ellis’ urgent Sundance documentary “The Lake,” on the imminent collapse of Utah’s Great Salt Lake due to water overconsumption and rising temperatures, strolling around Park City, Utah, feels inevitably upsetting. This January might be an anomaly, but the
Documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks was in the middle of editing Disney+’s “The Imagineering Story,” watching archival footage, when she thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we could sit in the footage and not cut away to talking heads?” That idea became the foundation for her
Bob Iger, in his second-to-last year leading Disney as CEO, saw his total compensation increase 11.5%, to a total of $45.8 million in 2025. Disney disclosed Iger’s pay package in its proxy statement filed Thursday with the SEC. Iger’s base salary for 2025 was unchanged at $1
Chris Noth is finally discussing the end of his friendship with Sarah Jessica Parker. The two were co-stars for many years on “Sex and the City” as Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw, roles they reprised in the “Sex and the City” movies and the HBO Max follow-up series “And Just Like
A record showing for non-English-language films comes a decade after #OscarsSoWhite led the LA-based organization to begin making a concerted effort to find new members from outside of the United States.
Sam Raimi's new film, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien, follows a woman stranded on a desert island with her bad boss.
“Very Important People” has returned for its third season on Dropout and Vic Michaelis’ alter ego Host Vic is working overtime to make sure their interview subjects are as interesting as possible. But in typical Vic fashion, the host has zero control over the situation in
Bela Bajaria was already on her second cup of coffee when Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman started reading out the list of this year’s Oscar nominees at 5:30 in the morning. By the time they had finished with all 24 categories, Netflix had racked up 18 nominations, tying with
Other actors up for their first Academy Awards include Rose Byrne, Stellan Skarsgard and Wunmi Mosaku, among others.
Amazon Prime Video’s “Barbershop” TV series has added eight new actors in guest star roles, Variety has learned. The new additions are: Zack Fox (“Abbott Elementary,” “The Vince Staples Show”) as Alderman Warren; Ego Nwodim (“Saturday Night Live,” “Poker Face”) as Shelly-Ann;
Oscar season is never boring. It was a record-breaking morning for Oscar nominations — and in a season where casual awards watchers were ready to call the race back in September after the debut of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” we now find ourselves staring
The comment comes after Hilary Duff suggested that the Miley Cyrus-led series took inspiration from its predecessor
Rachel Accurso, the prominent children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, came under fire after screenshots circulated online that showed her Instagram account liking a comment that read, “Free america from the Jews.” The antisemitic comment appeared under a now-deleted post
The fallen star wasn’t ready for the close-up on his financial woes, but he’s been here before. And his embattled manager says hope — a much-needed payday — is on the horizon.
"The film being recognized is in large part because of him," says the writer and director of the Netflix period drama.
Dozens of text and email conversations from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni PR dumpster fire have become public thanks to the ongoing legal battle between the “It Ends With Us” star and director. This week, global spectators read exhibits from a New York district court
"The Last First" is not a story of unabashed glory like those previous climb-every-mountain documentaries. Here the glory is threaded with human folly. During the 2020-2021 attempt to climb K2, a total of five climbers died. "The Last First" is a revealing look at how they
I can’t believe we are about to embark on our last Sundance in Utah. Before Covid, I attended the festival every year of my life. Sundance — and Robert Redford — were more than inspirations for my pursuit of a life in the arts. They shaped my entire worldview about the value of
“How to Get Away With Murder” star Karla Souza, Daniel Giménez Cacho (“Zama”) and Álvaro Guerrero (“Ingobernable”) have joined Diego Luna in “Mexico 86,” produced by Gaumont USA and directed by Gabriel Ripstein (“600 Miles”). The movie is now finalizing post-production, turning
Lawyers for Justin Baldoni appeared in court on Thursday hoping to persuade a judge to dismiss Blake Lively’s lawsuit against him, in which she alleges sexual harassment and retaliation during and after the making of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.” Baldoni’s team argued that
Aidan Zamiri is a good hang. I just met the 30-year-old photographer, director and creative polymath — but we already have an inside joke. The table at the lobby bar of London’s Soho Hotel where we’re seated is inexplicably made of Hot Wheels, and we spend the first few minutes
British singer-songwriter James Blake has announced that his seventh solo album and his first as a fully independent artist, “Trying Times,” will be released on Friday March 13 via Good Boy Records. The album is Blake’s first since he took the helm of his business affairs,
James Cameron appeared on a recent episode of “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” and spoke bluntly about relocating to New Zealand, where he both lives and spent years working on the “Avatar” movies. “After the pandemic hit… [New Zealand] had eliminated the virus completely,”
Raye has announced her highly anticipated sophomore album “This Music May Contain Hope.,” releasing on March 27 via Human Re Sources. According to a release, the album is set in four “seasons,” with each side of the double-vinyl representing a different season. Pre-orders are
The first thing I noticed was the quiet. The beautiful pillowy snowbound quiet. The day I arrived in Park City for my first Sundance Film Festival in January 1995, there was much to take in: the awesome mountains, the homes wedged like miniature ski lodges into the hills, the
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” rode its way to an impressive start in the ratings. The “Game of Thrones” prequel has pulled in 6.7 million viewers across all platforms in its first three days of availability. Per HBO, that makes it one of the top three series launches in the
Over 30 years after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for his novel “The Satanic Verses,” the author traveled to Chautauqua, N.Y., in 2022, for a speaking engagement. Rushdie was about to give a talk about artistic freedom when Hadi Matar, a
“Wicked: For Good” failed to cast a spell over Oscar voters. When the Academy Awards nominations were unveiled on Thursday, the musical found itself completely shut out of this year’s race. What makes the omission a major surprise is that just a year ago, “Wicked” received a
CBS is renewing 10 current series for the 2026-2027 broadcast season. The renewed shows are: “Tracker” (renewed for Season 4), “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” (renewed for Season 3), “Matlock” (renewed for Season 3), “Elsbeth” (renewed for Season 4), “Fire Country” (renewed
It’s tough to describe John Wilson’s new documentary, “The History of Concrete,” premiering on opening night at Sundance. On one hand, it’s as promised in the title: An examination of the building block of cities and societies that often goes unnoticed, and how its usage and
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos next month will go before a Senate committee to defend the streamer’s $83 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.’s studios and streaming business — and field questions about its antitrust implications. In addition to the Netflix exec, Warner Bros.
Xbox has set release windows for two of its most anticipated titles of 2026: Playground Games’ “Fable” reboot and the Japan-set “Forza Horizon 6.” “Fable,” now confirmed to be an open-world, action-RPG title, will debut in fall of 2026 with a specific launch date still to be
JR Smith built a career on winning at the highest level of professional basketball. Over 16 seasons in the NBA, he earned two championships — one with Cleveland in 2016 and another with Los Angeles in 2020. After stepping away from the NBA following his second title, Smith
“The Beauty,” a new FX thriller created by Ryan Murphy, premiered on Hulu last night at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The first three episodes were available to watch upon premiering, with the remaining eight episodes set to stream weekly on Wednesdays. Adapted to television from Jeremy Haun
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage dissects Thursday morning's announcement.
'Marty Supreme' filmmaker Josh Safdie leads the pack with four noms, while Paul Thomas Anderson, Emma Stone and Guillermo Del Toro also clean up.
He also worked as a transportation coordinator and production manager, with credits ranging from ‘Broadcast News’ and ‘Dances With Wolves’ to ‘Air Force One’ and ‘The LEGO Movie.’
For the most part, Nikki Glaser was plugged into the zeitgeist with her Golden Globe Awards monologue earlier this month. She was funny, sly, cutting, insightful and what your swingin’, groovy grandparents would’ve called “hip” and “au courant.” But she missed the mark when she
