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The 18th annual Women in Film Oscars party celebrated the achievements of the 65 women nominated at the 97th annual awards. The organization, Women in Film, has been advocating for gender equality since 1962 and has provided support during the #MeToo movement, COVID, the unions strikes, and more recently, the devastating wildfires. This year, WIF

Sunday might be billed as Hollywood’s biggest night, but it certainly won’t be outside of the Oscars ceremony. As the town readies for the last evening of awards season, theaters are seeing another muted weekend. Focus Features’ underwater thriller “Last Breath” is projecting a measured opening at $7.3 million. Meanwhile, Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New

Editor’s note: Variety has revived its “Tenpercenteries” column that chronicles the inner-workings and client signings of Hollywood’s top talent agencies and management firms. Tenpercenteries was a staple of Variety from the mid-1990s through the early 2010s. We’re happy to bring it back with a heightened focus on deals and dish involving showbiz’s top talent representation

It’s a blockbuster month on streaming as “Wicked” and “Moana 2,” two of 2024’s biggest movies, make their arrivals on Peacock and Disney+, respectively. The former was a musical sensation with $728 million worldwide and 10 Academy Award nominations, including best picture, while the latter crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide and proved Moana is

Netflix has emerged victorious in the bidding war for Lena Dunham‘s new rom-com “Good Sex,” starring Natalie Portman. The film was revealed to buyers at last month’s European Film Market by CAA Media Finance and FilmNation, and Netflix is now closing a worldwide deal around the $55 million mark — one of the largest to

Talk about a star-packed Oscar Week. The days and nights leading up to Hollywood’s biggest event of the year began this time around with the NAACP Image Awards and SAG Awards on Feb. 23. Just a couple of nights later, most of the nominees of the 97th Academy Awards gathered at the Academy Museum for

The New York Times is asking a federal judge to dismiss Justin Baldoni‘s defamation suit against the paper for its role in publishing a bombshell report that ignited his legal battle with Blake Lively. Baldoni has accused the Times of working in coordination with Lively and her PR team on the Dec. 21 article entitled

Robert Richter, an independent filmmaker and producer whose credits include nearly 90 documentaries on a wide range of subjects, died at his home in New York City on February 16 following complications associated with heart failure. He was 95. A three-time Academy Award nominee for best documentary short, Richter’s expanse of accolades included a 2008

The Golden Globes organization is ending its policy of paying a $75,000 annual salary to former Hollywood Foreign Press Association members, who vote on the organization’s annual film and TV honors. The move comes as the former HFPA members were one year into a five-year deal, reached in June 2023 between the group and its

Rob Lowe welcomed “Sex and the City” favorite Kristin Davis onto his “Literally!” podcast and the two discussed the lack of sexy movies in today’s Hollywood. Lowe remembered the studio dumping his 1988 movie “Masquerade” because “it was too sexy,” and the duo marveled over how that wouldn’t likely happen in the industry these days.

Once Geoffrey Rush hit his mid-60s, he was offered more and more roles where his age was the focal point. Yet when he read the script for “The Rule of Jenny Pen,” the nursing home-set horror film offered a different angle. Rush plays Stefan Mortensen, a tough-talking judge who suffers a stroke and must live

The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, remain under investigation, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adam Mendoza shared at a press conference Friday afternoon. In a statement, Mendoza stated that both Hackman and Arakawa’s bodies tested negative for carbon monoxide poisoning. The sheriff also disclosed that Hackman’s pacemaker recorded its “last event” on

“Wicked” and “Agatha All Along” took top honors at the 62nd annual International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) Publicists Awards luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Friday. The ceremony honors individual publicists and unit still photographers who further publicity campaigns for film, TV and entertainment journalists.  Variety’s senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson earned a nomination from ICG

Last February, Zendaya stepped onto the red carpet of the “Dune: Part Two” premiere as a metal-constructed cyborg. While robots are banned in the Frank Herbert-created “Dune” universe, the futuristic Thierry Mugler catsuit she wore was a look straight from the year 10,191 — and a clear nod to the sci-fi film’s themes about emerging

A federal judge delivered a mixed ruling in the ongoing legal battle between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni, granting part of her subpoena for phone records, while shutting down certain requests that he deemed “overly intrusive and disproportionate to the needs of the case.” Lively’s legal team

Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Perez” won a raft of prizes, including best film and director, at the 50th edition of the Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, on Friday in Paris. “Emilia Perez” won a total of seven awards (also including best adapted screenplay, sound, original music, special effects and cinematography) out of

After laying low in the wake of several clumsy apology attempts over her offensive posts, “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofia Gascón made her first award show appearance on Friday at the Paris-set Cesar ceremony where Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language crime musical is vying for 12 nods. Flanked by two men who appeared to be security,

The Oscars will honor the best movie of the year this Sunday, but the infamous Razzie Awards have crowned the “worst” of 2024’s films. Sony’s much-derided superhero film “Madame Web” has the (dis)honor of winning three Razzies, including worst picture, actress for Dakota Johnson and screenplay. “Joker: Folie à Deux,” another divisive superhero entry,” led

Blake Lively has hired a PR crisis manager with deep government ties as her legal battle with Justin Baldoni escalates. The actress, who is suing and being sued by her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star, is quietly working with Nick Shapiro, the CIA’s former deputy chief of staff and senior advisor to former

James Gunn recently took to Threads to shut down social media rumors claiming Daniel Radcliffe is joining the new DC Universe as the star of “Clayface,” which is now in development. “Doctor Sleep” filmmaker Mike Flanagan is penning the script for the movie, which is being billed as a horror spin on the comic book

Trudie Styler‘s documentary “Posso Entrare? An Ode to Naples,” which recently premiered on Hulu, is a film that observes the unique southern Italian port city — the backdrop for the hit “Gomorrah” gangster series — with fresh eyes. The filmmaker’s high-profile doc delves into the belly of Naples, which is known for its resilience, crime and

Anyone who’s ever been skeptical about the safety of capitalizing on cryptocurrency will have their worst suspicions confirmed by “Cold Wallet,” a shrewd and suspenseful thriller about three would-be working-class vigilantes determined to retrieve their investments from an amoral scammer. Right from the start, director Cutter Hodierne develops a rooting interest in his self-styled avengers,

Gene Hackman‘s daughter Leslie Anne Hackman spoke to The Daily Mail after her father’s death and said he was “in very good physical condition” despite his old age. The two-time Oscar winner was found dead on Wednesday at 95 years old in his Santa Fe, N.M. home. His wife, Betsy Arakawa, was also dead. She

Support is mounting across the global film community for Iranian directing duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha ahead of their trial over “propaganda against the regime” allegations related to their film “My Favourite Cake.” The two are set to face Iran‘s Revolutionary Court on Saturday. Signatories include Mohammad Rasoulof — the director of the Oscar-nominated

Bill Murray delivered an honest remembrance of his “The Royal Tenenbaums” co-star Gene Hackman on Thursday, calling him a “brilliant” actor but saying he was a “tough nut” who was “really rough” on director Wes Anderson. The Oscar-winning actor, known for “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” was found dead in his Santa Fe home on

In 2019, Ina and David Steiner became the victims of a cyberstalking campaign. There were threats, odd deliveries to their home – from a bloody pig mask to late-night pizza – and terrifying messages. Soon, they found it wasn’t some individual, unhappy with their reporting on EcommerceBytes website. It was eBay.   “It’s a very crazy

Ray Panthaki, the British actor and filmmaker best knowns for roles in features including “Boiling Point” and “Colette” and shows such as “The Serpent Queen,” is set to make his feature directorial debut with “In Starland.” Based on a story by Panthaki and co-written with Jason Kavan, the film is described as a deeply personal,

Empire Studios, 8th Law Pictures, and Everly Entertainment Production have revealed a major cast expansion and unveiled first looks for their upcoming yuletide action-comedy “Jingle All The Slay” as the film launches worldwide sales. Joining the previously announced Nick Sagar (“The Princess Switch” trilogy) and Ricky Norwood (“EastEnders”) are Julio Cesar Cedillo (“Sicario“), Adam Korson

Filmmakers celebrated shooting celluloid at the 7th Kodak Film Awards, where respected veteran DP Ed Lachman – who won the American Society of Cinematographers top honor last weekend for “Maria” – was feted with a Career Achievement Award. “It’s a lifetime of exploring, knowing it’s in the journey and not in the final destination,” the

Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is set to trade his director’s chair for a police badge in the upcoming bilingual action drama “Dacoit – Ek Prem Katha,” toplining Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur. The addition of Kashyap to the high-octane film marks the latest casting coup for the project, which is shooting simultaneously in the Hindi