Oprah Winfrey spent her Valentine’s Day celebrating a different type of love — the kind between longtime friends and creative partners — as she saluted Colman Domingo for his acclaimed performance in “Sing Sing.” “This is an invitation I could not pass up,” Winfrey said as she strutted onto the stage at the Arlington Theatre
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“Shōgun” dominated with three wins at the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday evening — including best drama, while “Hacks” scored two on the TV side, including best comedy. In film, “Anora” and “Nickel Boys” scored big wins, giving both entries a bit more momentum as Oscar voting ends on Tuesday. “Anora,” coming off Critics Choice,
Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande have squashed any bad blood — for good. Ahead of “SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration,” Davidson told Page Six that he and Grande don’t see each other that often, but when they do, things are friendly. “When we see each other, which is few and far between, because we’re not in the
Isabella Rossellini has joined Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series “The Beauty” in a recurring guest star role, Variety has learned. The “Blue Velvet” star and “Conclave” Oscar nominee joins previously announced series leads Evan Peters, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Rebecca Hall. FX and 20th Century Television declined to comment. A representative for
Jacob Elordi brought the heat to snowy Berlin at the premiere of his new war-set miniseries “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” on Saturday night, debuting his latest adventure in facial hair: sideburns. Gone was the beard that sent shockwaves through the internet in December when the actor served on the Marrakech Film Festival
Plan B co-founder and Los Angeles native Dede Gardner refuses to let the Trump administration scare her out of LA. At a masterclass moderated by Variety‘s Elsa Keslassy, Gardner explained that though she may have initially felt the urge to relocate to Europe (especially in the wake of Plan B’s partnership with Paris-based Mediawan), she
Biff Wiff, a character actor best known for his multiple guest turns on the Netflix sketch comedy series “I Think You Should Leave,” has died following an extended battle with cancer, his management firm Entertainment Lab confirmed Friday on Instagram. “It is with heavy hearts that we inform you of the passing of our beloved
Among the Hollywood stars of her generation, Jessica Chastain has been uniquely selective about the characters she agrees to embody, resulting in a filmography that empowers women (from “Molly’s Game” to “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and centers on social issues (“Miss Sloane,” “Woman Walks Ahead”). Her characters are not always good people, but there’s
The Berlin Film Festival got a double dose of Robert Pattinson with the premiere of Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” on Saturday night. And the actor — who plays an explorer and his clone in this trippy sci-fi adventure — managed to at least double the cheering inside the theater after the film’s credits rolled.
Maya Hawke says in some cases, the cast’s social media following plays a huge role in whether or not a film will be made. “I don’t care about Instagram. Instagram sucks. Right, well just so you know, if you have over this many followers you can get the movie funded,” Hawke said on a recent
It’s not coming from a major studio, but there actually is a new romantic comedy getting a U.S. theatrical release this Valentine’s Day weekend — never mind that it was shot more than 25 years ago. The late James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave star as aging neighbors turned tender lovers in “The Annihilation of Fish,”
“Married at First Sight,” “Love Is Blind” and “The Ultimatum” all feature adults hoping they’ve found The One. Now, Kinetic Content — the production company behind all three hits — is looking at romance earlier in life. Prime Video’s latest unscripted series “Sweethearts” follows six couples in their senior year of high school in Charleston, North
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 2 of “Yellowjackets” streaming now on Paramount+. After two seasons of watching from the sidelines, Melissa (Jenna Burgess) finally makes her move in the closing moments of the “Yellowjackets” two-episode season premiere. With Mari (Alexa Barajas) missing and Coach Scott (Steven Krueger) public enemy No. 1,
Most legal observers regard President Trump’s lawsuit over the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris as frivolous. Nevertheless, parent company Paramount Global has been angling to settle the case, given that the administration has the power to stall or block its merger with Skydance. Doing so would likely generate backlash from CBS
While two Mickeys may be better than one, by the time you get to seven or eight (the idea of Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel “Mickey7”), or a number as unwieldy as 18 (the inflated figure in Bong Joon Ho’s big-screen adaptation), the prospect of an endless supply of gawping Robert Pattinson clones really starts to
During a recent appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Will Ferrell playfully told Oscar documentary branch voters to “suck it” for snubbing “Will & Harper” in the best doc feature race. Although Ferrell was joking, he voiced a sentiment held by a number of doc branch members. Netflix acquired “Will & Harper” for
Jacob Elordi had to lose weight to play a prisoner of war in the new Justin Kurzel-directed series “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” — but to him it “wasn’t complete torture.” When Variety asked how the weight loss affected him at a Berlin Film Festival press conference, the “Euphoria” and “Saltburn” actor said
This century, Catalonia has emerged as a region with a rich filmmaking tradition, supported by public investment in local artists and production companies. This commitment to nurturing talent and fostering growth has led to significant developments in the region’s industry, culminating in a contemporary state of affairs that sees Catalonia involved in every part of
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has announced the winners of their 40th annual film awards. All three short award recipients are now eligible for the 2026 Academy Awards. “It’s an undeniable pleasure to celebrate such a diverse and wonderful array of winning films,” said SBIFF director of programming Claudia Puig. “We have been so
Ben Whishaw isn’t averse to juggling multiple and very different projects, but even he admits there was a point last year when things reached near farcical levels. Around the same time he was shooting Netflix’s pulpy spy thriller series “Black Doves,” playing a contract killer with a conscience alongside Keira Knightley, he was recording the
For a perpetually frustrated single woman, Bridget Jones always had good taste in men. On the big screen 24 years ago, “Bridget Jones’s Diary” cemented Colin Firth’s sex appeal as human rights lawyer Mark Darcy and made us swoon for Hugh Grant all over again as roguish book publisher Daniel Cleaver. So it’s no surprise
In his early 20s, Norwegian director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel held a variety of roles at a primary school, including substitute teaching, leading afterschool programs and working with children with disabilities. The experience was “very profound” and led him to meet “great people,” Tøndel said. It also allowed him to observe parents’ behavior. Tøndel’s time working
Léonor Serraille has had a career most young directors would dream of — winning the Camera d’Or for her 2017 debut “Montparnasse Bienvenue” before launching her sophomore feature, “Mother and Son,” from Cannes’ competition in 2022. And for just as long, the thirty-something auteur has kept a healthy distance from her own high profile, keeping
Before the first frame of a movie has been lensed, editor Myron Kerstein forms an impression from the words on the pages. “I’m really trying to understand the emotion when I’m reading a script,” says Kerstein, who earned his second Oscar nomination in film editing for his longtime collaborator Jon. M. Chu’s “Wicked” adaptation. “If
Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World” can claim the biggest opening weekend of this young calendar year. The Disney release ripped into $40 million across Friday and preview screenings from 4,105 locations. That already clears the record-holding $36 million debut of Universal’s “Dog Man.” It also keeps “Brave New World” on track with projections for
Day 3 at the Berlin Film Festival was chilly and very pretty in pink. Timothée Chalamet fired up the Berlinale on Friday by donning a cotton candy-colored hoodie and matching tank top. The “A Complete Unknown” star thoroughly charmed festival attendees. Variety‘s Ramin Setoodeth writes about the Chalamet effect and what it means as film
For all the screenwriting manuals and maxims that insist on character goals and motivations and missions and all those things we’re supposed to have in real life too, there can be something riveting about a character with no plan at all. We never know quite where Ari, the eponymous protagonist of writer-director Léonor Serraille’s excellent
The Berlinale is just the start of a big 2025 for Catalan films, filmmakers and companies. Several high-profile Catalan buzz titles are currently shooting or in post-production and are slated to debut later in the year, while others are presently kicking off promising festival runs. Former Berlin Golden Bear winner Carla Simon (“Alcarràs”) will debut
Robert Pattinson had a revelation during the Berlin Film Festival press conference for Bong Joon Ho‘s “Mickey 17“: He based one of his wacky accents in the movie off of Steve Buscemi’s “Fargo” character. In the sci-fi comedy, Pattinson plays the down-on-his-luck Mickey Barnes, who signs up to be an “expendable” on a new human
When Isaac Hernández was cast in Michel Franco‘s upcoming drama “Dreams” alongside Jessica Chastain, he immediately felt the weight of the story on his shoulders. Premiering at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, “Dreams” follows Fernando, a young Mexican ballet dancer who crosses the border into the U.S. — leaving everything he knows behind and
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