“I come from an age when an ‘app’ was an appetizer,” says Al Roker. “Not something you downloaded on your phone.” He’s quickly learning to change with the times. Roker will play a significant role in a new app from “Today” that helps users with tips about wellness — including exercise, diet and more. A
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96. His family confirmed the news in a statement sent to the AFP and said he died “surrounded by his loved ones.” One of France’s best known and most controversial political figures, Le Pen led the Front National Party from
Scandinavia’s biggest film-TV event, the Göteborg Film Festival, has unveiled the complete lineup for its 48th edition, due to unspool Jan. 24-Feb. 2 in Sweden’s second largest city. For her first gig as artistic director, Pia Lundberg and her team will be treating the festival’s usual 270,000-plus film fans in theaters and online to a
After a decade under the helm of Jonas Holmberg, the 48th Göteborg Film festival will inaugurate a new era under the reign of artistic director Pia Lundberg. Big names expected between Jan 24-Feb. 2 take in Julie Delpy, Thomas Vinterberg, Mohammad Rasoulof, Joshua Oppenheimer, Thomas Alfredson and Trine Dyrholm. In this exclusive interview, the former head
The British Academy has unveiled the nominees for its 2025 Rising Star award for up-and-coming onscreen talent, the only honor among the BAFTA film awards to be voted on by the public. Announced more than a week before the full lineup of BAFTA nominations is revealed on Jan. 15, the latest lineup of Rising Star
The Bangladesh Ministry of Cultural Affairs has launched an ambitious anthology film project titled “Remembering Monsoon Revolution,” selecting eight accomplished directors to create works that will traverse the breadth of the country. The project will produce six fictional stories and two documentaries, each running 40-50 minutes. The initiative’s title is a reference to the events
After a three-week break, Jon Stewart is back at “The Daily Show” desk to recount Vice President Kamala Harris certifying the presidential election of Donald Trump, which of course, took place on the four-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection. “What a historic day in Washington, D.C. it is. As many of you know it’s Jan.
Wamiqa Gabbi has joined the cast of the upcoming Indian spy thriller “G2,” directed by debutant Vinay Kumar Sirigineedi. “G2” is a sequel to hit spy thriller “Goodachari” (2018), written by and starring Sesh. Gabbi stars opposite Adivi Sesh in this next installment of the franchise, continuing the story of Sesh’s character from “Goodachari.” Gabbi
Hulk Hogan is one of the most iconic wrestlers in the 72-year history of the WWE, but upon his debut at Netflix‘s “Monday Night Raw” on Jan. 6, his reception was less than welcoming. Hogan, who was rumored to appear at the event, entered the arena about two and a half hours into the show
The second season of the HBO and Sony Pictures TV drama “The Last of Us” will launch in April, Sony confirmed Monday during the electronics giant’s presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. During the hourlong press session, Sony officials also disclosed that Columbia Pictures and Sony PlayStation are working on a movie
In a project bringing together multiple Sony businesses, Crunchyroll announced a new anime series adapted from Sucker Punch Productions’ popular “Ghost of Tsushima” video game and its “Legends” cooperative multiplayer experience. The series is slated to premiere exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027. The announcement was made as part of Sony’s 2025 CES press conference in
VFX studio Pixomondo, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company, will unveil a new system for shooting vehicles for film and TV on Monday during the tech giant’s CES press conference. The system, dubbed PXO AKIRA, combines a robotic camera crane with a custom-built motion platform, LED volume technology and related tools for what it describes as
Florence Pugh said during a recent interview on the “Reign with Josh Smith” podcast (via People) that she is not likely to do a role like “Midsommar” again because she feels like she abused herself while playing the film’s protagonist Dani, a grief-stricken American woman who has a psychological breakdown when she joins her toxic boyfriend on a
Doc Short Contenders Give Voters Plenty to Ponder The 15 films that made the shortlist in the Oscars’ documentary short category are all powerful and thought-provoking, making the competition for an Academy Award nod incredibly stiff this year. Leading the charge are “Incident,” “The Only Girl in the Orchestra,” “The Quilters,” “Death by Numbers” and
Pamela Anderson was asked during an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast if she’s ever been mistaken for another celebrity, and her answer ended up being quite shocking. It turns out a man once tried to attack Anderson on an airplane because he thought she was a member of The Chicks, the legendary country
Airing on CBS for the second year in a row, the 82nd annual Golden Globes ceremony hit 10.1 million viewers on Sunday night. That total is sourced from VideoAmp rather than Nielsen, the industry standard, as CBS’ parent company Paramount Global is currently in a contract dispute with the audience measurement company and does not
Aubrey Plaza has shared a statement after the death of her husband Jeff Baena, who was found dead in a Los Angeles residence on Jan. 3. He was 47. The L.A. County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death to be suicide. “This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has
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Once again, the Golden Globes opened televised awards season in the run-up to a Donald Trump presidency. But this time, things looked a little different. At the 2017 ceremony, for instance, Meryl Streep used her Cecil B. DeMille lifetime-achievement awards speech to decry the incoming President. A year later, following reporting around sexual misconduct in
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual
Lisa Hamilton Daly, who joined Hallmark Media in 2021, is out. On Monday morning, the company announced that her position as EVP of programming had been eliminated. “Hallmark is aligning its consumer-facing touchpoints, including content, under a single leader, chief brand officer Darren Abbott, with a focus and expertise in the expression of the Hallmark
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had its most-watched induction ceremony ever on New Year’s Day, with ABC’s primetime special hitting an average 4.6 million viewers. That’s a 49% increase from the year before, when the induction ceremony reached 3.1 million viewers. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony also improved its
Dana White, CEO of mixed martial arts powerhouse UFC — and a good friend of Donald Trump — is joining Meta’s board. Meta announced White’s election to its board of directors Monday, alongside John Elkann, CEO of European investment firm Ekon, and Charlie Songhurst, former head of global corporate strategy at Microsoft. The three additional
Ahead of Oscar voting starting up Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced the 323 feature films eligible for the 97th Academy Awards. 207 were deemed eligible for Best Picture, with major contenders like “Anora,” “The Brutalist” and “Conclave” all listed. In order for a film to be eligible in the
Nikki Glaser earned widespread acclaim for her hosting duties at the 2025 Golden Globes, where her monologue poked fun at Diddy, Ben Affleck and Timothée Chalamet’s mustache. But what about the jokes that didn’t make it to air? Glaser appeared on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio the morning after the awards ceremony (via US Weekly) to
When “The Piano Lesson’s” hair designer Andrea Mona Bowman was first told she was tasked to create a wig for singer Erykah Badu, she was elated. She immediately began designing what would be fitting for the Queen of Soul’s cameo as Lucille, the rousing bandleader at a jazz club, in Malcolm Washington’s film adaptation of
Will Smith may be choosing between the red and blue pill, but the Oscar-winning actor isn’t entering the Matrix for a movie. Warner Bros. previously announced a fifth “Matrix” installment with “The Martian” screenwriter Drew Goddard attached to write and direct, but knowledgable sources confirmed to Variety that Smith (at least at this point) isn’t
After watching the scene in “The Substance” where Elisabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore, repeatedly applies and wipes off lipstick in front of a mirror — a chilling metaphor for identity, erasure and self-loathing — I couldn’t have imagined that critics and awards voters would embrace it. Yet here we are, with Moore emerging as
It’s been less than 24 hours since the Golden Globes ceremony, but the producers behind the Jan. 5 kudocast are already looking at bringing back host Nikki Glaser for an encore next year. “We absolutely had a great experience with her, and think that she would be great at this in the long term,” executive
“Grimm” is coming back from the dead — this time, in the form of a movie. Peacock is developing a feature-length reboot of the fantasy cop drama, which aired for six seasons on NBC from 2011 to 2017, Variety has confirmed. Josh Berman, the creator of Lifetime’s “Drop Dead Diva,” is writing the “Grimm” movie,
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