India’s KVN Productions and Thespian Films have partnered for an untitled Malayalam-language feature, bringing together “Manjummel Boys” director Chidambaram and “Aavesham” writer Jithu Madhavan. The Malayalam-language “Manjummel Boys” and “Aavesham” were among the biggest Indian hits of 2024. A title and genre for the new project have not been revealed yet. The project assembles key
Month: January 2025
Josh Welsh, longtime president of Film Independent, died Dec. 31 after a five-year battle with colon cancer. His age was not immediately available. Welsh started out as an actor and started volunteering at the Film Independent Spirit Awards annually starting in 1996. He joined the Film Independent staff over 20 years ago, becoming president in
Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the editor of Variety.com and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at wearl@variety.com if there’s something I should check out for next month’s missive. Marquee Madness Image
This unfortunately postponed tour is a key element of Donald Glover’s self-proclaimed “final” project from his Childish Gambino persona and involves his latest album, the excellent “Bando Stone and the New World,” a forthcoming film of the same name and, possibly most elaborate of all, this “New World Tour.” Designed by Tobias Rylander (Beyonce, the 1975), the
From thrillers like “Babygirl” and “Love Lies Bleeding” to genre-bending horror flicks like “The Substance” to inspirational sports dramas like “The Fire Inside,” women directed some of last year’s most audacious and acclaimed films. However, those female filmmakers remained the exception, not the rule. Women accounted for just 16% of directors working on the 250
When Chris Smith saw a headline about 47-year-old L.A.-based tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson’s quest to spend $2 million a year to become 18 again, the director knew he’d found the subject of his next documentary. But there was a problem. “I wrote to (Bryan’s team), and they said I was the sixty-fifth production company/person to
The Sugar Bowl, a college football tradition for 90 years, has been postponed for one day following the horrific attack on a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that left at least 10 people dead and more than 30 wounded. As law enforcement officials tried to sort out the chaotic scene that unfolded
Diplo rang in 2025 in an altered state. The DJ and music producer shocked and delighted Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special by revealing that he was tripping while he appeared virtually on the cable news network. “I’m so curious, what’s the most conventional place that you’ve done LSD?” Cohen
Jennifer Lopez keeps having to remind Judy Robles that she deserves all the attention she’s been getting as the pair promote “Unstoppable.” The inspirational sports drama has been earning awards buzz, and at screenings, Robles has been greeted with standing ovations. Audiences are clearly impressed by how successfully this single mom raised her son, Anthony,
The skies are a lot less friendly to fly with a balding, unhinged Mark Wahlberg in the pilot seat. That’s the takeaway from the new trailer for “Flight Risk,” a thriller from Mel Gibson, who is exchanging the battlefields of Scotland (“Braveheart”) and the Pacific Theater (“Hacksaw Ridge”) for an in-flight face-off between Wahlberg’s psycho
CNBC will seek $14.99 a month, or $99.99 a year, for access to a new targeted streaming service called CNBC+ that executives see as a way to expand the audience for the business-news outlet that many already watch outside the home. An email sent Wednesday to people who have signed up for CNBC digital offerings
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Harlan Coben is the master of twisty-turny page-turners and, increasingly, TV shows. The prolific crime author has had a number of his thrillers adapted for screen and the latest, “Missing You,” is set to get Netflix viewers talking once again following the success of his last adaptation for the streamer, “Fool Me Once,” which was
Executives at PGA Tour say they are getting ready for a new era in sports when leagues will need to exercise significantly more control over the content that’s made from the games, matches and tournaments that every media outlet wants to show. The backer of golf’s most popular events on Wednesday unveiled a new 165,000
Prolific writer Harlan Coben’s novels have been adapted to television in series like Prime Video’s “Harlan Coben’s Shelter,” Netflix’s “The Stranger” and most recently, the streamer’s megahit “Fool Me Once.” Despite being a bit absurd, the show became a viral hit at the top of last year. Now, Coben’s streak continues with Netflix’s latest mystery
Welcome to Same Same But Different. As Gen Z and millennial fashion commerce editors, respectively, we know a thing or two about shopping—for all ages, and especially our demographics. As we find the best products for you, we can’t help but do a little shopping for ourselves and build our personal (age-appropriate) wish lists. And
Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper quickly jumped into their old rapport during CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live” on Tuesday, with the two hosts and real-life BFFs teasing each other and breaking out the booze. Cohen excitedly brought tequila to take a shot at the top of every hour with Cooper. While Cooper, a light drinker,
Justin Baldoni is suing The New York Times for $250 million over the publication’s bombshell article, in which they alleged the actor and others coordinated a smear campaign against his “It Ends with Us” costar, Blake Lively. Baldoni, who directed and starred in the romance drama with Lively, was accused of sexual harassment by the
Blake Lively has just filed a lawsuit making a formal demand for money, suing Justin Baldoni and others for mental pain and anguish, severe emotional distress, and lost wages. The lawsuit mirrors the complaint filed with the California Civil Rights Commission — but this action has been filed in federal court in New York. In
On New Year’s Day, three CBS-owned television stations in California will carry something that hasn’t been seen much from the Golden State’s major TV stations in recent years: an investigative documentary report examining the inner workings — and dysfunction — of the California statehouse in Sacramento. The half-hour news special, “California’s Fentanyl Fight: Politicians V.