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Oscar Predictions: Best Sound — Action Epics, Musical World-Building and Franchise Giants Define the Aural Race

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Oscar Predictions: Best Production Design — The Ships of ‘Frankenstein,’ the 1930s of ‘Sinners’ and the Futuristic Past of ‘Fantastic Four’ Battle for Voters

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Netflix Chief Ted Sarandos Scored White House Meeting With Trump Ahead of Warner Bros. Deal

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Kristen Stewart Says Acting Is ‘Unmasculine’ and Asks: ‘Have You Ever Heard of a Female Actor That Was Method?’

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Francesca Scorsese on the One Thing She Wouldn’t Do While Directing ‘Saints’ Episode, Her Father’s Bible Bedtime Stories and Drifting Away From the Church

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Variety Hitmakers Gallery: Sabrina Carpenter, the ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers, Addison Rae, Tate McRae, Alex Warren, Tyler, the Creator and Other Stars Hit the Red Carpet

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‘Anaconda’ Director Debuts Unseen Footage for “Off-the-Rails” Comedy, Teases Future of Franchise

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Sean Baker Says “Filmmakers Need to Put Our Foot Down” in Response to Netflix–Warners Deal

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‘Landman’ Season 2 Episode 4: Craziest Moments and Burning Questions, From a Graveyard Meltdown to a Surprising Drunk Hookup

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LAFCA Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture

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‘Zootopia 2’: Meet the Voices Behind Each Animated Performer

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Riot Games’ Maria Egan Accepts Variety Hitmakers’ Interactive Music in Media Award

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Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the $150 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’

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Red Sea Film Festival: ‘Desert Warrior’ Stars on Pioneering Hollywood-Style Production and Bringing Saudi Epic to Its Home Crowd

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Los Angeles Film Critics Winners (Updating Live)

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Isabelle Huppert Joins Live-Action Short ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ as Executive Producer (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki on How Cinema Can Help Arab Filmmakers ‘Express Pent-Up Anger,’ ‘Not Being Faced With Agenda’ From Western Funders

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Box Office: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Debuts to Frightfully Good $63 Million, ‘Zootopia 2’ Crosses $900 Million Globally

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‘How Do You Top Sexiest Man Alive?’: Jonathan Bailey and David Corenswet on Their Huge Years as Heartthrobs in ‘Wicked’ and ‘Superman’

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‘Always,’ ‘Riverstone’ Win Top Prizes at Singapore Film Festival

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Nadine Labaki Teases Next Feature as Director, Talks Having ‘Hardest Year of My Life’ After Record-Breaking Smash Hit ‘Capernaum’

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Guillermo del Toro Says “There’s No Substitute” for Watching Films on the Big Screen While Introducing ‘Frankenstein’ With Jacob Elordi

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Moroccan Talents to Watch: Leyna Tahiri, Driss Ramdi, Youssef Michraf, Meriame Essadak

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Stanley Tong on Rewriting ‘Supercop,’ Earning Jackie Chan’s Trust and Making Action Travel: ‘You Want to Make Dreams Come True’

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A Drunk Raccoon Tries to Hook Up With Colin Jost and Eat Poop in Unhinged ‘Weekend Update’

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Trashes Trump’s Made-up Peace Prize, M.R.I. Delay

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Shahad Ameen on Her Ambitious Road Movie ‘Hijra’: ‘I Wanted to Present Saudi Arabia in a Very Different Way’

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‘SNL’ Cold Open: Trump Caught Snoring Away Questions About Affordability, War Crimes

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Sleepy Trump Dreams of Zohran Mamdani While Pete Hegseth Rants About Booze in Wacky ‘SNL’ Cold Open

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Dakota Johnson on Her “Love-Hate Relationship” With Acting and Producing and Dealing With “Shady Financiers”

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Juliette Binoche Tells ‘All That’s Left of You’ and ‘Hijra’ Directors Cherien Dabis and Shahad Ameen: ‘In the Western World, We Need to Hear Stories Like Yours’

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Hallmark Teams Up With Disney World, Sets Lacey Chabert Christmas Movie to Film at the Park (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Minari’ Oscar Winner Youn Yuh-jung Reflects on Six-Decade Career at Singapore Film Festival: ‘I’m Not the Pope, I Don’t Have Any Message’

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‘Thank You for Letting Us Be Emotional Wrecks’: Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae, BigXthaPlug, Rosé and More Celebrate at Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch

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Matthew Lillard on Quentin Tarantino Looping Him Into Paul Dano Acting Criticism: “It F***ing Sucks”

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China Audiences Drive 2025 Box Office With Animation and War Epics as Comedies Collapse

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‘Akashi’ Sweeps Awards at Whistler Film Festival

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‘The Boys’ Sets Fifth and Final Season Release Date, Trailer Revealed: First Look at Jared Padalecki-Jensen Ackles Reunion

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