“Better Call Saul” are among the top nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, landing a nod for best drama series, as well as three nominations in the episodic drama category. “The Simpsons” landed four nominations in best animation, while newcomers “Ted Lasso” and “The Great” both scored nominations in best comedy, new series and
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Alvin Ailey created 75 ballets over the course of his life. Judith Jamison, Ailey’s friend and one of the subjects of the eponymous new documentary on his life, discusses his prolific career, saying, the “speed in which our people and in which the creative ideas just keep coming” was so far ahead of others that
The Golden Globes have sounded off with the first big take on the film year that has included anything but stability and normalcy. Netflix ruled the nominations day as expected with 22 nods for the film side, with David Fincher’s “Mank” leading with six. Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” was also right
This crusade is much more important than the anti-lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.— Carter G. Woodson (1933) The invites always come as the year turns over. Can I speak at this college or that law firm on Black History Month? Even as I accept,
Sacha Baron Cohen scored three Golden Globe nominations on Wednesday, tying Jamie Foxx and Helen Mirren’s record for the most nods by a performer in a single year. Very nice! Baron Cohen was a double acting nominee, earning recognition in comedy or musical acting for his return as Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev in “Borat Subsequent
Poland’s Opus Film (“Cold War,” “Ida”) and Scandinavian distributor Scanbox are teaming with fast-rising Danish production house Motor on Mads Hedegaard’s directorial debut “Stranger,” co-penned with Jesper Fink (“Margrete-Queen of the North,” “Before the Frost”). Tagged by Motor as “‘Apocalypto’ meets ‘The Revenant,’” “Stranger” will be pitched virtually on Feb. 5 by Hedegaard and producer
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Denmark’s Maja Jul Larsen has bested strong opposition to take this year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for DR’s “Cry Wolf,” Larsen’s first series as a creator and lead-writer. The win, announced at a Göteborg Festival TV Drama Vision award ceremony on Tuesday, goes to one of the rising stars on Denmark’s screenwriting scene
Country star Morgan Wallen, who found himself a pariah from the airwaves overnight after video circulated on Tuesday of him using a racial slur, has had his contract “suspended indefinitely” by his label, Big Loud Records, the company announced Wednesday. “In the wake of recent events, Big Loud Records has made the decision to suspend
Jeff Bezos, after 27 years building Amazon into a global retailing superpower — and personally amassing an ungodly amount of money — later this year will relinquish the CEO spot. In a surprise announcement, Amazon on Tuesday said Bezos will step down as chief exec in the third quarter of 2021 to become executive chairman.
Sometimes the biggest surprise is that there aren’t any. When it comes to this year’s Golden Globe Awards nominees in the television categories, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association managed to get it mostly right — living up to most predictions, with just a few unexpected choices thrown in for good measure. Trying to guess this
U.K. free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has won the rights to the upcoming England vs. India Test cricket series in a deal with Disney’s Star Sports. This will be the first time live Test cricket has been on free-to-air television in the U.K. since Channel 4 showed England winning against Australia in 2005. Since then,
“Game of Thrones” star Iwan Rheon, Jack Wolfe (“The Witcher”), Asha Banks and Amir Wilson (“His Dark Materials”) have joined Roland Emmerich’s production of “The Magic Flute,” a modern retelling of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s popular opera. The pic is set to begin principal photography on Feb. 8 at Bavaria Studios in Munich. Starring alongside the
iHeartRadio, the biggest radio chain in the nation, has joined the ranks of the media companies pulling the plug for now on the music of Morgan Wallen, in the wake of a fast-brewing scandal over the country star being captured on tape using the N-word. “In light of Morgan Wallen’s recent actions involving the use
Ryan Murphy came away from Golden Globe nominations morning with a half-dozen mentions for his Netflix TV and movie productions, making him a significant contributor to the streamer’s industry-leading haul of 42 total mentions. Murphy, co-creator of “Glee,” “American Horror Story” and many other series, has long been a favorite of Hollywood Foreign Press Association
The awards season for musical achievement became a little clearer this morning with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globe announcements for song and score. Films about major African-American personalities dominated the song category, with new tunes from “One Night in Miami,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” accounting
Two new streaming players made their presence known at the 2021 Golden Globe nominations on Wednesday morning. Both Disney Plus and HBO Max scored their first nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Disney Plus picked up a nod for “The Mandalorian” in the best drama series category. HBO Max got two nominations, both courtesy
The Golden Globes never stick to a script, but this year they couldn’t keep their regular calendar date because of COVID-19. The annual A-list dinner typically kicks off the year in the first weekend of January (with the guest list mapped out in December). But the 78th ceremony was pushed back to late February, with
“Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” looked different this year, with actors talking to each other virtually from the comfort of their living rooms. But it still proved to be a valuable campaign stop for awards hopefuls. On Wednesday morning, 13 movie actors who participated in Variety’s annual franchise — celebrating the best film performances of
Overall inclusion for BIPOC performers is up significantly year-over-year for the Golden Globes. The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations see a total of 18.6% of all acting nominees going to BIPOC performers across the film and television categories. The majority of these acting nominees that are BIPOC came from the film side of the
Morgan Wallen, country music’s biggest new star, suddenly found himself a pariah from the nation’s airwaves after video of him using a racial slur emerged late Tuesday. His music was yanked from major radio networks and streaming service playlists — notably Spotify, where the situation revived the playlist-ban issue based on “hate speech and hateful
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Barstool Sports, the rowdy sports-information empire with a knack for smack talk, is getting into longer-form programming. The company intends to launch “Coach Prime,” a documentary series that will follow Deion Sanders in his first season as head coach of the Jackson State Tigers, while calling attention to Historically Black College and Universities. Barstool will
The nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globes are officially out and clear frontrunners in the film and television categories have emerged. When looking over the full list of nominees, “The Crown” scored the most nods of any television show with six. That includes nominations for best drama series and for best actress in a
Streaming services dominated nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards, signaling a power shift in Hollywood from traditional movie studios and TV broadcasters to digital upstarts. It’s a move that’s been accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic when much of the world has been stuck at home and theaters have remained closed. Netflix towered over the
Back in 2018, Natalie Portman made headlines for calling out the lack of female directing nominees at the Golden Globes. While on stage to present the award for best director, she quipped: “Here are the all-male nominees.” Well, for the first time in a long time, the Golden Globes made good on that omission and
In the weeks leading up to the Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl LV Halftime Show this Sunday, many people have commented on the full-face bandages he’s worn in recent photos and during his performance on the American Music Awards. Variety caught up with the Weeknd this week during a break from Super Bowl rehearsals
Joe Budden thinks he got shafted by Spotify on his podcast. Now he’s throwing in with Patreon, the platform built to let artists and creators support themselves through fan subscriptions — and Budden, a top podcaster and a prominent voice in the hip-hop community, has signed on to work with Patreon to promote its mission
The European Film Market, which is being staged as a virtual event from March 1-5, is to arrange screenings of films selected as part of the Berlin Film Festival lineup in movie theaters in four cities around the world. The initiative, running under the banner “EFM Goes Global,” will see physical screenings for distributors in