As Natalie Portman famously pointed out at the Golden Globes in 2018, “here are the all-male nominees” for the 2023 Directors Guild of America Awards. In the main category for feature film, the group nominated Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert(“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Todd Field (“Tár”), Joseph Kosinski (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Martin McDonagh (“The
Month: January 2023
John Carpenter has nothing left to prove. The writer-director hasn’t made a movie in 13 years, and yet he’s asked about his work incessantly by reporters, fans and fellow filmmakers. And now, here I am, asking again. Sitting in a comfy-looking chair in the living room of his Los Angeles home, he’s got cable news
The 2023 Golden Globes was full of memorable moments (Michelle Yeoh refusing to let her acceptance speech be cut short, for instance), but a topic of discussion that continues to baffle the internet is Austin Butler’s voice. Butler won the Globe for actor in a drama film thanks to his turn as Elvis Presley in
Harry Styles, Lizzo, and Taylor Swift are among the top nominees for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, airing live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday, March 27 on Fox. The nominations for the 2023 ceremony were announced Wednesday, and the chart-topping artists are tied as the night’s most recognized acts, leading the
Sundance has announced the 16 jurors granting awards at this year’s film festival, ranging from playwright Jeremy O. Harris to Oscar winner Marlee Matlin. This year’s Sundance Film Festival will take place from Jan. 19-29 in Utah, marking its first return to Park City since the pandemic. The awards ceremony will take place on Jan.
Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey rewrote a piece of film history on Dec. 30, when they filed a lawsuit alleging they were sexually exploited in the 1968 film version of “Romeo and Juliet.” The actors, now 72 and 71, accuse the late director Franco Zeffirelli of coercing them into performing a bedroom scene in the
Saudi Arabian multi-hyphenate Hisham Fageeh (“Barakah Meets Barakah”) and young producer Sultan Tamer are launching DH’BAB Productions, an innovative indie film and TV production shingle based in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia that aims to become a bridge between both countries. A stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer, Fageeh (pictured above) has been a pioneer
In his annual letter to the company’s staff, Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge has taken aim at the existing model for the music-streaming economy, saying it has become outdated as the format has grown and “needs to evolve.” Amid many other updates in the letter, dated Jan. 11 and obtained by Variety, he
Damar Hamlin has been discharged from Buffalo General Medical Center and will “continue his rehabilitation at home and with the Bills,” his doctor announced. In a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday, the NFL team wrote, “Damar Hamlin has been discharged from Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute, a Kaleida Health facility in Buffalo, N.Y.
The 29th annual SAG Awards unveiled its nominees Wednesday morning with presenters Ashley Park and Haley Lu Richardson and, as always, there were a few surprises in the mix. Of course, the biggest shock of the morning may have been the 11th hour Hail Mary to save the SAG Awards, as the orphaned kudocast suddenly
“Abbott Elementary” got an A+ from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at Tuesday’s Golden Globe Awards, taking home three out of the five Globes awarded to programming airing across Disney-owned platforms ABC, Hulu and FX. Along with “Abbott’s” wins for best TV comedy, and acting victories for creator and lead Quinta Brunson and supporting star
A spinoff of “The Good Doctor” titled “The Good Lawyer” has received a backdoor pilot order at ABC, Variety has learned. The project was first reported as being in development in August 2022. Kennedy McMann and Felicity Huffman are attached to star. The episode setting up “The Good Lawyer” will air during the current sixth
Check out the official Trailer for Shotgun Wedding starring Jennifer Lopez & Josh Duhamel! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Shotgun Wedding: http://www.fandango.com/?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: January 27, 2023 Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Jennifer Lopez, Josh
Robert Downey Jr. is apparently a big fan of “Olympus Has Fallen,” the Antoine Fuqua-directed 2013 action movie starring Gerard Butler as a secret service agent who fights terrorists in the White House and saves the president, played by Aaron Eckhart. The film, also starring Morgan Freeman, grossed $170 million worldwide and launched a franchise
Memento International has closed a raft of major deals on “Bonnard, Pierre And Marthe,” a period film about the epic love of renowned French painters Pierre and Marthe Bonnard. Directed by Martin Provost, a Cesar-winning French filmmaker, “Bonnard, Pierre And Marthe” is being teased by Memento International at the French Rendez-Vous Paris. The company is
Hong Chau learned a valuable lesson working on her first film, “Inherent Vice.” Playing a massage parlor employee in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2014 comedy, Chau showed up to set ready for her big on-camera moment only to find her shoot pushed back day after day as the production juggled the schedules of a cast that included everyone
There was no honeymoon period for Warner Bros. Discovery last year after the two companies tied the knot in April. CEO David Zaslav, his top lieutenants and the teams at HBO, Warner Bros., Turner and Discovery went straight into hard months of restructurings, layoffs and management changes. That was expected after a massive $43 billion
“Gangs of London” star Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù has joined the third season of Apple TV+’s British spy series “Slow Horses” as an ex-security boss, Variety can reveal. Dìrísù is set to play Sean Donovan, the former head of security at the British embassy in Istanbul, in the show, which is based on best-selling author Mick Herron’s
Jeremy Clarkson’s controversial comments about Meghan Markle have been deemed “outrageous” but not “illegal” by U.K. Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan. Donelan is doing a round of media interviews around the U.K.’s much-delayed Online Safety Bill, which looks to keep websites free of illegal and harmful material while defending freedom of expression. The culture secretary, who
In another year of growth, albeit less robust in the U.S. than in recent years, the biggest surprise in Luminate’s year-end report on how the music business fare in 2022 is a story that has been developing before our eyes each week since May. The official coronation of Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” as
Netflix exec Inga Leschek has rejoined German private broadcaster RTL Deutschland, where she will lead content for its channels and streaming operations. Leschek was director of Netflix’s nonfiction shows for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia, a role she started in November 2021. Her shows included “Queer Eye Germany,” the first international
Andrew Tate lost an appeal of Romanian authorities’ seizure of his assets, including luxury cars and property, in connection with their investigation into charges of human trafficking and rape against the polarizing social-media figure. Tate, a former champion kickboxer, internet entrepreneur and self-proclaimed misogynist, was arrested on Dec. 29 in Bucharest along with his brother
Tudum! The SAG Awards are coming to Netflix. Ahead of the SAG nominations announcement, this year’s 29th ceremony will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel. Furthermore, thanks to a new multi-year partnership, the SAG Awards will stream live globally on the platform starting in 2024. “We are thrilled to embark on this exciting new
Grammy-winning artists Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne, and Epic Records chairman/CEO Sylvia Rhone will be honored during the Recording Academy Honors Presented by the Black Music Collective event taking place during Grammy Week at the Hollywood Palladium on Thurs., Feb. 2, 2023. All four honorees will be receiving the Recording Academy Global Impact
Fremantle’s “Got Talent” has moved from pay-TV operator Sky to Disney+ in Italy, marking the first instance in which the hit show will play on a streaming platform in Europe. The show, which is adapted in 72 countries, has been a longtime staple on Sky Italia where it’s been running for 12 seasons clocking more
“The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations on Wednesday. The two films each scored five nods apiece, tying the record for most nominations previously set by “Shakespeare in Love” (1998), “Chicago” (2002) and “Doubt” (2008). Both movies are up for the best ensemble prize,
Revered French actor Isabelle Huppert raved about Hugh Jackman’s performance in “The Son,” Florian Zeller’s Oscar hopeful, during a private event for Academy voters hosted by the movie’s French distribution banner Orange Studio at the Royal Monceau in Paris. Huppert, who previously collaborated with Zeller on his play “The Mother,” which played in New York
The 73rd Berlin Film Festival will open next month with the world premiere of Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to Me.” The cast includes Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, Joanna Kulig, Brian d’Arcy James and Anne Hathaway. In the film, composer Steven Lauddem (Dinklage) is creatively blocked and unable to finish the score for his big comeback
Kabo Family, the production banner owned by the fast-expanding Asacha Media Group, has signed a strategic deal with Christian Duguay, the prominent Canadian filmmaker of “Jappeloup” and “Coco Chanel.” Under the pact, Kabo and Duguay’s CD Films France will collaborate on the development and production of TV series aimed at traditional television groups and platforms.
Perhaps we should refer to them as the Golden Effin’ Globes. NBC’s censors were busy Tuesday night as freewheeling Golden Globes presenters, winners and even host Jerrod Carmichael threw out what felt like a record number of expletives for a live awards show. “I believe we caught them all,” an exec told Variety after the
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