Bridget Everett is processing the end of “Somebody Somewhere,” the HBO series loosely inspired by her life, in a very Bridget Everett way. “I’m just not ready,” she says about potential roles to come. “It’s like you just had the best sex of your life, and now someone wants to hold your hand.” That’s the
Month: December 2024
Mythri Movie Makers’ Indian blockbuster “Pushpa 2: The Rule,” headlined by Allu Arjun, roared to a $92.5 million four-day weekend, according to numbers from Comscore. That made it the third-highest grossing film in the world after “Moana 2” and “Wicked.” “Pushpa 2” is a sequel to Sukumar’s 2021 hit “Pushpa: The Rise,” which grossed some
Brian Cox is once again criticizing his “Succession” co-star Jeremy Strong and his method acting. Cox previously described his onscreen son’s method acting as “fucking annoying,” but in his new interview with The Guardian, he gives a slightly softer take. However, the 78-year-old Scotsman still thinks Strong would be a better actor if he “just
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the Season 5, Episode 13 episode of “Yellowstone,” “Give the World Away” which premiered Sunday, Dec. 8 on Paramount Network. It sure looks like “Yellowstone” is gearing up for one last rodeo, but the show keeps on giving to its audience: Jamie (Wes Bentley) is sniveling to another woman!
Mythri Movie Makers’ “Pushpa 2: The Rule,” headlined by Allu Arjun, has delivered $1.4 million in global Imax box office across 16 markets. In India, the film generated $650,000 from 31 Imax screens, marking the biggest local language Imax opening of 2024 and the fourth-highest Imax opening ever in the market. The strong performance comes
Taylor Swift is back at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with “The Tortured Poets Department” returning to the top of the albums chart for a 16th non-consecutive week. Though the album was released in April, the Grammy-nominated set launched back to the summit from its previous No. 8 position following the first physical release
Jay-Z, aka Shawn Carter, was accused Sunday in a civil lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 with Sean “Diddy” Combs. The lawsuit, which was first filed back in October, had originally listed Combs as the defendant. It has since been refiled to name Carter as well. The accusation comes from an anonymous “Jane
David Tennant is set to make a BAFTA double and return as host of the British Academy’s next film awards. After hosting the 77th BAFTAs earlier this year, the “Doctor Who” and “Good Omens” star — recently seen in the hit Disney+ show “Rivals” — will be back on stage at the 78th awards, to be
Daniel Craig said in a recent interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times that he couldn’t have played his character in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” while working on James Bond movies. In the film “Queer,” based on the 1985 semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, Craig plays William Lee, an American expat who
“Kneecap,” the hit Irish comedy biopic about the Belfast rap group of the same name, has landed the top honor at the British Independent Film Awards and a total of seven BIFA awards overall. Writer/director Rich Peppiatt’s debut feature — which went into Sunday’s ceremony already having won four BIFA craft awards — was named best British
Alisyn Camerota, whose steadying presence on air helped make her a prominent face of CNN during the first Trump administration, is leaving the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet, she disclosed via social media on Sunday. “Big News, Everyone! — today is my last day on CNN. Tune in at 4:50p (et) for my sign off. Keep
Update (1:42 p.m. PT): Sources have confirmed to Variety that David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy,” an adaptation of the classic television series with Ryan Gosling is among the visual effects finalists. As the Oscars shortlist voting period looms, the race for the coveted best visual effects category is heating up. The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch
During the lead-up to the Academy Awards, it’s common for an A-list celebrity to join a feature documentary as an executive producer. The addition of a boldface name to a doc title creates buzz and involves little to no legwork for the celebrity. But ever since the doc marketplace fell into disarray several years ago,
“Moana 2” has notched $600 million in global ticket sales, standing as the sixth-biggest movie of the year after just two weeks of release. Disney’s animated sequel, which was developed as a TV series before pivoting to theaters, has generated $300 million overseas and $300 million domestically for an even global tally of $600 million.
Selena Gomez has responded to Eugenio Derbez after he criticized her “Emilia Pérez” performance. While appearing on the Spanish language entertainment podcast “Hablando de Cine”, the “Coda” star slammed Gomez’s use of Spanish in the film as “indefensible.” Gomez, who is not a native speaker, plays Jessi del Monte in Jacques Audiard’s musical crime drama
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), one of the most respected voices in cinematic recognition, is unveiling its selections for the best in film for 2024. LAFCA’s picks often serve as a strong bellwether for the Oscars. Since 2000, LAFCA’s choice for best picture has closely aligned with the Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees,
Disney’s animated adventure “Moana 2” remained the de facto choice at the movies, collecting a leading $52 million from 4,200 North American theaters in its second weekend of release. Ticket sales for the family friendly sequel declined by 63% from its record-breaking Thanksgiving debut of $139 million over the traditional frame and $225 million during
Syrian President Bashar Assad was ousted from power early on Sunday in a stunning bloodless coup by Islamist rebels who took control of Damascus, the Syrian capital after a 13-year civil war that has caused more than 500,000 deaths and forced millions of Syrians to leave their homeland. The rebels, who are called the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
Why? That one-word question bobs up more than once in “Freediver,” director Michael John Warren’s often fascinating documentary about Alexey Molchanov, a champion in a sport to which audiences may not have given much thought but won’t soon forget. Based on a piece by Daniel Riley published in GQ magazine in 2021, the movie begins
At the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia Sunday, Brendan Fraser, who won an Oscar for his work in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” revealed the real reason why the director chose him for the role. Fraser said Aronofsky was looking for “an actor who hadn’t been seen in a while” to play Charlie, the
U.S. actor Omar Benson Miller who is known for roles in “8 Mile,” HBO’s Ballers, and Apple’s “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” stars in Italian immigration-themed drama “Naples to York” by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores that is having its festival premiere at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. Interestingly, Federico Fellini co-wrote this tale of two
Prominent Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy is branching out into Saudi Arabia by setting up an outpost of his prolific Film Clinic shingle – which has six titles at Saudi’s Red Sea Film Festival – in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. The milestone move comes after Hefzy has been busy forging rapports with Saudi’s film community
As one of a handful of actresses in Hollywood who have successfully crossed over into directing, Olivia Wilde claims one of the reasons for this small number was the messaging given to children when they express an interest in cinema. “I think for many young women, when we love movies as little girls, we’re told,
“Saturday Night Live” poked fun at one of the most anticipated films of the holiday season, the Timothée Chalamet-helmed Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” out Christmas Day, with a sketch portraying the film’s red-carpet premiere. Chloe Fineman, as Timothée Chalamet, admitted to having a Brat Summer (a reference to the CharliXCX-inspired trend). “Oh, man
The 19th edition of Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) was its most successful one yet and the inaugural JAFF Market proved to be an auspicious debut. Variety was present to report on both. To put matters in context, films from Indonesia now routinely get selected and win prizes at major international festivals. The local
Dana Carvey‘s Church Lady character opened “Saturday Night Live” with her talkshow guests including a parade of “sinners” representing the “most Satanic year in history”: Sarah Sherman as Matt Gaetz, David Spade as Hunter Biden and Marcello Hernandez as baseball free agent Juan Soto. “Are you okay, Matt? You look a little surprised to be
“Gladiator II” star Paul Mescal made his hosting debut tonight during the 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” and riffed on everything from his lack of comedic performances to his Irish roots. Clad in all black and sporting a mustache, Mescal took to the stage at Studio 8H, saying, “I’m Paul Mescal and it is
Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy and Algerian director Merzak Allouache will be honored this week by Variety at the Red Sea Film Festival in the port city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Hefzy will receive the Variety International Vanguard Producer Award, while Allouache is being bestowed with the Variety International Vanguard Director Award. Both honors are
Charli xcx delivered a heartfelt salute to “The Velvet Underground & Nico.” Jack Antonoff cheekily told a roomful of music industry insiders that “some of you care more about Pop Crave than Pitchfork.” Lana Del Rey confessed she didn’t submit her music for Grammy nominations early on because she didn’t know how. Olivia Rodrigo outed
UPDATED: After being denied entry into Saudi Arabia to present her film “Sima’s Song,” which is playing in competition at the Red Sea Film Festival, and denouncing this, Afghan filmmaker Roya Sadat has been cleared to visit the kingdom. “On Wednesday, the 4th, I was stopped at Dallas Airport and prevented from boarding my flight