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Critics Choice Awards 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Film, ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Adolescence’ and ‘The Studio’ Dominate TV Prizes

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Guillermo del Toro: Saying ‘Art Is Not Important’ Is ‘Always the Prelude to Fascism’

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Critics Choice Awards 2026 Red Carpet Gallery: Quinta Brunson, Odessa A’zion and More

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Mickey Rourke Starts GoFundMe to Avoid Eviction from Los Angeles Home: ‘Fame Does Not Protect Against Hardship’

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Dwayne Johnson Gives Emotional Speech at Variety Palm Springs Brunch: ‘We’re All Going Through it Right Now’

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‘Landman’ Season 2 Episode 8: Craziest Moments and Burning Questions, From Cami Risking it All to T.L.’s Therapy With an Exotic Dancer

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How to Watch the Critics Choice Awards Live Online

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Simu Liu Pitches Melissa Barrera to Be the Next Wonder Woman: ‘James Gunn or Anybody Else Out There’

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Michael B. Jordan Needed Therapy After Playing ‘Black Panther’ Villain: ‘I Needed to Decompress’

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Josh Charles Charms as a Cantankerous Small Town Doctor in Fox’s Cutesy ‘Best Medicine’: TV Review

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Showbiz Leaders Take AI Deep Dive at Variety Entertainment Summit at CES 2026

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Amazon Will Tout New Focus on Helping Advertisers Reach Live Viewers at CES

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Crosses $1 Billion After 18 Days

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Box Office: ‘Avatar 3’ Leads in First Weekend of 2026 With $40 Million, ‘The Housemaid’ Surpasses $75 Million

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Adam Sandler Brings Down the House at Palm Springs Gala With Hilarious ‘What If’ He Hadn’t Made It Speech

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Palm Springs Awards: Kylie Jenner Cheers on Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio Champions Movies: ‘Not Content, but Cinema’

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Tony Dokoupil Starts ‘CBS Evening News’ Run With Long Pete Hegseth Interview

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Leonardo DiCaprio to Miss Palm Springs Film Fest Gala Due to Venezuela Air Restrictions (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture at National Society of Film Critics Awards

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How to Watch Amanda Serrano vs. Erika Cruz 2 Boxing Live Online

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Leonardo DiCaprio Wonders if ‘People Still Have the Appetite’ for Movie Theaters: Will They Become ‘Like Jazz Bars?’

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Rare TV Ads From 120 Years of Variety: ‘I Love Lucy,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Square Pegs,’ ‘The Golden Girls,’ ‘Freaks and Geeks’ and More

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Eddie Murphy Left 2007 Oscars After Losing Best Supporting Actor Because He Didn’t Want to Be ‘The Sympathy Guy All Night’

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Billy Joel Takes Stage With Tribute Band for Two Songs, Performing Publicly for First Time Since Brain Disorder Diagnosis

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The People Who Say Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Character Isn’t ‘Likable’ Sound Like Corrupt Studio Executives

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Guillermo del Toro on Fulfilling His Dream of Making ‘Frankenstein’: ‘All My Life, I’ve Been Aiming Towards This Movie’

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Dwayne Johnson on Surviving His Dysfunctional Childhood and Shedding ‘The Responsibility of Making the Audience Feel Good’

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Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Run to Start Early Amid Venezuela Chaos

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Trump Shares Photo of Nicolás Maduro in Custody After Venezuela Strikes, Calls Military Operation ‘An Assault Like People Had Not Seen Since World War II’

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Post New Year’s Box Office: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Holds Strong with $14 Million on Friday; ‘Zootopia 2’ Earns $7.1 Million for Second Place

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Teyana Taylor on Being Open to a ‘One Battle After Another’ Sequel or Releasing Extra Scenes: ‘Drop It Like a Mixtape!’

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Critics Choice Winner Predictions: Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley and a Close Race Between ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’

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New CBS Evening News Anchor Tony Dokoupil Claims He’ll Be ‘More Accountable Than Cronkite,’ Denies Bari Weiss Wrote Message Criticizing Legacy Media: ‘Writing Is My First Form’

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Yash’s ‘Toxic’ Unveils First Look of Tara Sutaria as Rebecca (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘The Dutchman’ Review: André Holland Anchors Uneven Update of Civil Rights-Era Thinker, About a Black Man Tempted by a Destructive Stranger

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‘Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest’ Scores Best Ratings in Four Years

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How Awards Season Contenders Dare to Get Real About the Struggles of Motherhood

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CBS Evening News Says ‘We Love America’ Is Now One of Its Guiding Principles

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‘Stranger Things’ and Prince: The Complicated Road to Bringing ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Purple Rain’ to the Show’s Finale

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How ‘Hamnet,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ and More Films Explore Modern Anxieties Around Parenthood and Raising Kids

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Chevy Chase Says His Mom Physically Abused Him: She Woke Him Up ‘Slapping’ Him and Locked Him in a Cellar

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How ‘We Bury the Dead’ Finds a Fresh Take on Zombies With Stomach-Churning Sounds and a Daisy Ridley Role Far Away From ‘Star Wars’

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Gaten Matarazzo Breaks Down His ‘Stranger Things’ Finale Graduation Speech, Eleven’s Fate and Whether He Thought Dustin Might Die: ‘The Point Is the Kids Make It Through’

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19 Best Movies New to Streaming in January: ‘The Smashing Machine,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ ‘Tron: Ares’ and More

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‘RHOSLC’ Star Mary Cosby’s Church Investigated: New TLC Doc Alleges Cult Behavior, Abuse, Unpacks Her Marriage to Step-Grandfather and More

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Kate Winslet on Her Acting Career on Why She Directed ‘Goodbye June’: ‘In My 50th Year, I Damn Well Have to Do It’

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Jasen Kaplan, ‘Finding Prince Charming’ Contestant and Celebrity Makeup Artist, Dies at 46

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James Gunn on Making ‘Superman,’ Not Being Interested in ‘Prestige Projects’ and DC Studios’ Future

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Chevy Chase Says ‘I’m Not Racist’ When Asked About ‘Community’ Exit: The Show ‘Wasn’t a Bad Experience. I Just Didn’t Think It Was That Good’

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Directors on Their Favorite Films of 2025: From Janicza Bravo to Paul Thomas Anderson to Barry Jenkins and More

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