Month: January 2025

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual
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Dana White, CEO of mixed martial arts powerhouse UFC — and a good friend of Donald Trump — is joining Meta’s board. Meta announced White’s election to its board of directors Monday, alongside John Elkann, CEO of European investment firm Ekon, and Charlie Songhurst, former head of global corporate strategy at Microsoft. The three additional
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Nikki Glaser earned widespread acclaim for her hosting duties at the 2025 Golden Globes, where her monologue poked fun at Diddy, Ben Affleck and Timothée Chalamet’s mustache. But what about the jokes that didn’t make it to air? Glaser appeared on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio the morning after the awards ceremony (via US Weekly) to
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Will Smith may be choosing between the red and blue pill, but the Oscar-winning actor isn’t entering the Matrix for a movie. Warner Bros. previously announced a fifth “Matrix” installment with “The Martian” screenwriter Drew Goddard attached to write and direct, but knowledgable sources confirmed to Variety that Smith (at least at this point) isn’t
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It’s been less than 24 hours since the Golden Globes ceremony, but the producers behind the Jan. 5 kudocast are already looking at bringing back host Nikki Glaser for an encore next year. “We absolutely had a great experience with her, and think that she would be great at this in the long term,” executive
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“Grimm” is coming back from the dead — this time, in the form of a movie. Peacock is developing a feature-length reboot of the fantasy cop drama, which aired for six seasons on NBC from 2011 to 2017, Variety has confirmed. Josh Berman, the creator of Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva,” is writing the “Grimm” movie,
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Stars, nominees and presenters including Zoe Saldana, Anna Sawai, Jessica Gunning, Pamela Anderson, Elle Fanning, Kerry Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jodie Foster and more stopped by the official Golden Globes portrait studio on Sunday before heading into the International Ballroom at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills for the show. The night’s winners included Zoe Saldana, who
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A virtual reality game based on Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon” franchise at Netflix is launching from Sandbox VR. Titled “Rebel Moon: The Descent,” the experience will see players “gear up with their fellow rebels for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld’s military,” per the game’s description. “Inspired by the vision of legendary director
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After three decades on terrestrial TV, “Monday Night Raw,” WWE‘s flagship weekly program, will debut on Netflix for subscribers worldwide today. This marks the beginning of a globe-spanning, 10-year, $5 billion partnership between the streamer and the brand that brings with it all kinds of new possibilities for the fans, the brand and its superstars.
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On the surface, Elliott Heffernan and June Squibb might not appear to have much in common. Heffernan, age 11, just made his film debut in Steve McQueen’s epic drama “Blitz,” playing a young boy sent to the country at the height of WWII who attempts to return home to his mother. Squibb, who just turned
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When Andrew Bird steps into the editing booth, he’s used to collaborating with and bouncing ideas off of a director. But in the case of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Germany’s official Oscar submission for Best International Film, he had to learn to trust his own instincts. That’s because the Iranian thriller, which follows
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as the head of the country’s Liberal Party and therefore as PM, though he will remain in the position until a new leader is chosen. “I am a fighter. Every bone in my body has always told me to fight because I care deeply about Canadians,
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Hugh Grant has a bit of a reputation. It’s one he’s mostly responsible for — referring to himself as “grumpy” in interviews, telling directors up front he’s going to be hard to work with. Maybe there’s some truth to it — or perhaps he’s just a very good actor.  Take the press tour for “Wonka,”
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The anticipated sixth season of “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” the Paris-set blockbuster animated superhero series, is set to world premiere in the U.S. on Jan. 25. The new season will bow on Disney Channel and Disney XD with episodes airing in simulcast at 11am ET/PT, while the international rollouts will begin during the first quarter
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If watching “Nosferatu” makes you feel uneasy and uncomfortable, that’s exactly what filmmaker Robert Eggers had in mind. Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke played with the idea of confusion in this gothic horror retelling of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic. This time, Bill Skarsgård plays the fearsome Count Orlok who torments Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen,
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