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The 2024 edition of the Kennedy Center Honors celebrated an eclectic assortment of entertainers Sunday night: filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, singer Bonnie Raitt, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and surviving members of the Grateful Dead. The organization also bestowed its honor on an entertainment venue for the first time, New York’s iconic Apollo Theater. As per tradition,

Jeremy Allen White has joined the “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian & Grogu” as the voice of Jabba the Hutt’s son, Rotta the Hutt, Variety has confirmed. The project marks the first major franchise for the actor following his Emmy-winning breakout role on the FX series “The Bear.” Plot details have been hard to come

From the Variety Lounge presented by Film AlUla at the Red Sea Film Festival, Variety‘s London Bureau Chief Alex Ritman spoke with “The Tale of Daye’s Family” director Karim El Shenawy. The film, which screened at the opening ceremony of the Red Sea Film Festival, follows a 14-year-old Nubian albino boy who sets out to

Pamela Anderson and director Gia Coppola jointly received the Sun Valley Film Festival Pioneer Award on Dec. 6, the second day of the festival’s 2024 Winter Screening Series. Appearing after a screening of their film “The Last Showgirl,” the duo accepted their belt buckle-shaped trophies from SVFF executive director Teddy Grennan and director Candice Pate

James Gunn‘s “Superman” is not having reshoots but is going to film a few “pickup shots,” the writer-director recently confirmed on his Threads account. Gunn is well known for avoiding reshoots as much as possible on his movies, which is a rare feat given he’s directed major superhero tentpoles like Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”

The fourth edition of the Red Sea Film Festival is currently taking place in Jeddah, bringing some of the international film community’s biggest names to Saudi Arabia for a lavish celebration of global cinema. Among the many attendees was Bollywood icon Kareena Kapoor Khan, who remarked on the span of international guests in attendance. “Last

The Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program has partnered with Amazon MGM Studios to create a more equitable and inclusive talent pipeline with HBCU students and other under-represented student groups. The partnership makes it possible for EICOP to continue its initiative in bringing diverse perspectives to the table by hosting student leaders and recent college grads

Michelle Yeoh stopped by the Variety Lounge, presented by Film AlUla at the Red Sea Film Festival, where she chatted with Variety‘s London Bureau Chief Alex Ritman about working with director Jon M. Chu on “Wicked,” her hopes for the film’s awards chances and the current whereabouts of her “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar

Netflix scored the most Golden Globe nominations of any media company on Monday, leading on the film front with 13 nods and the TV side, too, with 23. The streamer’s genre-defying Spanish-language musical crime drama “Emilia Perez” landed 10 nominations, the most of any film this year, including recognition in best motion picture musical or

Koch was nominated for best performance by a male actor in a limited series, anthology series or a motion picture made for television, for his role as Erik Menendez in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Did you wake up at 5 a.m. to watch the nominations being announced? I wanted to sleep through

Long before Peter Jackson took a swing at “The Lord of the Rings,” audiences got a glimpse into the fantasy realm of J.R.R. Tolkien via a trio of late-’70s animated projects: two animated TV specials produced by Rankin/Bass (of which “The Hobbit” remains fairly well-liked) and a dark and ominous big-screen feature from Ralph Bakshi

Warner Bros. shuffled its film release schedule, planting “Final Destination: Bloodlines” on the calendar in summer and delaying the J.J. Abrams-backed mystery thriller “Flowervale Street” to 2026. “Final Destination 6” will be released on May 16, 2025. It’s taking over the slot previously occupied by “Flowervale Street,” which was set for mid May but has

The 2025 Golden Globe nominations are being announced Monday morning, as one of the biggest award shows of the season kicks off. The frontrunners in the comedy/musical categories include Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” Universal’s “Wicked” and Neon’s “Anora.” In the drama race, there’s A24’s “The Brutalist,” Focus Features’ “Conclave” and Warner Bros.’ “Dune Part Two.” In

Fandom has revealed its top franchises among users over the past year, including “Warhammer,” Marvel comics, TV series and movies, “League of Legends” and its Netflix adaptation “Arcane,” and cross-medium franchise “Fallout.” Gaming IP “Warhammer” (currently in the works as a TV series at Amazon starring Henry Cavill) was the top franchise overall, with the

After a sluggish few weeks where the South Korean box office struggled to cross a total of $10 million, “Moana 2” and local hit “The Firefighters” improved matters somewhat. The total box office for the weekend was just above $16 million. “Moana 2” led the box office for the second weekend in a row with

Lauded filmmaker Michael Mann announced he is launching a special website on the making of his 2023 biopic “Ferrari” titled “Michael Mann’s Ferrari Expanded.” Mann launched the expansive online archive while speaking at the Red Sea International Film Festival, where he walked the audience through the wealth of material available on the platform.  “When [the

Saudi-owned production powerhouse MBC Studios has forged a multi-project partnership with fast rising Saudi studio Telefaz11, the label behind wrestling comedy “Sattar,” which has scored record-breaking results at the home box office.  Telfaz11 Studios, which is a pioneering Saudi company, is known for smart edgy movies. Besides “Sattar,” these also include groundbreaking satirical drama “Mandoob,” about

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” director Mohammad Rasoulof has shared new details of his upcoming animated feature, telling Variety that the project will span the life of absurdist Iranian playwright Abbas Nalbandian, beginning a decade before the Iranian Revolution and covering the country’s turn until the playwright’s death a decade later. With this animated

Maxtime Pictures’ “Her Story,” a comedy-drama film told from a largely female perspective, topped the mainland China box office for the third consecutive weekend. Disney’s “Moana 2,” which had debuted in second place, dropped to third. Data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway showed “Her Story” sliding from its previous weekend’s showing by earning RMB90.1 million ($12.7 million) between

India’s Zee Studios and Shakti Sagar Productions have unveiled a teaser for “Fateh,” marking Bollywood star Sonu Sood‘s first venture into directing. The film centers on an ex-special ops operative who investigates a cybercrime syndicate after a young woman falls victim to a scam. Sood, who also stars in the lead role, is joined by

Mythri Movie Makers’ Indian blockbuster “Pushpa 2: The Rule,” headlined by Allu Arjun, roared to a $92.5 million four-day weekend, according to numbers from Comscore. That made it the third-highest grossing film in the world after “Moana 2” and “Wicked.” “Pushpa 2” is a sequel to Sukumar’s 2021 hit “Pushpa: The Rise,” which grossed some

Mythri Movie Makers’ “Pushpa 2: The Rule,” headlined by Allu Arjun, has delivered $1.4 million in global Imax box office across 16 markets. In India, the film generated $650,000 from 31 Imax screens, marking the biggest local language Imax opening of 2024 and the fourth-highest Imax opening ever in the market. The strong performance comes

Daniel Craig said in a recent interview with the U.K.’s Sunday Times that he couldn’t have played his character in Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” while working on James Bond movies. In the film “Queer,” based on the 1985 semi-autobiographical novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, Craig plays William Lee, an American expat who

David Tennant is set to make a BAFTA double and return as host of the British Academy’s next film awards. After hosting the 77th BAFTAs earlier this year, the “Doctor Who” and “Good Omens” star — recently seen in the hit Disney+ show “Rivals” — will be back on stage at the 78th awards, to be

“Kneecap,” the hit Irish comedy biopic about the Belfast rap group of the same name, has landed the top honor at the British Independent Film Awards and a total of seven BIFA awards overall. Writer/director Rich Peppiatt’s debut feature — which went into Sunday’s ceremony already having won four BIFA craft awards — was named best British

Update (1:42 p.m. PT): Sources have confirmed to Variety that David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy,” an adaptation of the classic television series with Ryan Gosling is among the visual effects finalists. As the Oscars shortlist voting period looms, the race for the coveted best visual effects category is heating up. The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch

During the lead-up to the Academy Awards, it’s common for an A-list celebrity to join a feature documentary as an executive producer. The addition of a boldface name to a doc title creates buzz and involves little to no legwork for the celebrity. But ever since the doc marketplace fell into disarray several years ago,

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), one of the most respected voices in cinematic recognition, is unveiling its selections for the best in film for 2024. LAFCA’s picks often serve as a strong bellwether for the Oscars. Since 2000, LAFCA’s choice for best picture has closely aligned with the Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees,

Selena Gomez has responded to Eugenio Derbez after he criticized her “Emilia Pérez” performance. While appearing on the Spanish language entertainment podcast “Hablando de Cine”, the “Coda” star slammed Gomez’s use of Spanish in the film as “indefensible.” Gomez, who is not a native speaker, plays Jessi del Monte in Jacques Audiard’s musical crime drama

“Moana 2” has notched $600 million in global ticket sales, standing as the sixth-biggest movie of the year after just two weeks of release. Disney’s animated sequel, which was developed as a TV series before pivoting to theaters, has generated $300 million overseas and $300 million domestically for an even global tally of $600 million.