Olivia Rodrigo made waves at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, performing her hit song “Vampire” while donning a red dress and singing to a pumped-up crowd, which included Taylor Swift, who was singing and dancing along to Rodrigo’s pop-rock ballad. Rodrigo performed a fiery rendition of the hit from her sophomore album, receiving a standing
Taylor Swift won the Grammy for best pop vocal album for “Midnights” and, in her acceptance speech, announced her next studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” out April 19. “Okay, this is my 13th Grammy, which is my lucky number. I don’t know if I’ve ever told you that,” Swift joked at the top of
U2 graced the Grammys telecast with a performance of their 2023 jam “Atomic City,” joining the ceremony from inside the Sphere in Las Vegas, where the Dublin-originated band currently has a residency. While there was no official word on whether the footage of Sphere was live or not, U2 and Sphere still dazzled the show
Miley Cyrus is officially a Grammy winner. The singer kicked off the ceremony with a win for best pop solo performance for her hit “Flowers,” taking the stage to accept the award from Mariah Carey. “This M.C. is going to stand by this M.C. because this is just too iconic,” Cyrus began, gesturing toward Carey.
Armed with the most nominations this year, SZA took the stage to perform at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The singer, decked out in a black trenchcoat and wide-brimmed hat, opened with her smash hit “Snooze” off her sophomore album “SOS.” On a stage resembling a back alley replete with flaming garbage cans and a dumpster,
Timothee Chalamet-starring fantasy “Wonka” claimed the top spot in the weekend’s South Korean box office chart, in an opening that was nearly two months later than many other territories. It delivered a modest jolt to the otherwise slow theatrical market. “Wonka” earned $3.97 million between Friday and Sunday in Korea, according to data from Kobis,
The cinema of Nepal has never been more visible internationally but there is an existential crisis at home, say some. Cinemas across the country will remain closed for one day on Feb. 5 in a symbolic gesture to protest against high government taxes. “Shambhala” is the first Nepalese film to premiere in competition at the
Now that Ryan Gosling‘s “Barbie” power ballad “I’m Just Ken” is an Oscar nominee for best original song, one of the biggest questions facing the upcoming Academy Awards telecast is whether Gosling will take to the stage to perform the viral hit live. Variety‘s Marc Malkin posed the question to “Barbie” soundtrack producer and “I’m
Kandi Burruss announced that she will not be returning to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” the Bravo reality series she has appeared on since 2009. She discussed her decision with editor Marc Malkin for Variety’s On the Carpet, presented by DIRECTV, at the Grammys on Sunday. “I’m not really keeping up right now,” she said,
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Larry David has had a busy week promoting the final season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” attacking Elmo on live TV and intimidating reporters on the premiere’s red carpet. The 76 year-old, who claims this
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Music’s biggest night is almost here. The 67th Grammy Awards will take place at Los Angeles’s Crypto Arena on Sunday, Feb. 4. Trevor Noah will return to host this year’s star-studded event, which will
Now in its 48 th year, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala remains the biggest party in the music world — the one that means you have arrived and can mix with a unique collection of the biggest names in the music and film worlds (unless you’re a journalist covering it and would never get in otherwise).
Ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards Sunday evening, the Premiere Ceremony has begun at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. SZA, who leads with nine nominations, will compete against Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Boygenius, Miley Cyrus, Jon Batiste, Victoria Monét and Billie Eilish for record of the year. The eight contenders in the album of
Reflecting on his near-fatal snow plow accident over a year after the incident, Jeremy Renner said he will be “strong enough” to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “[I’m doing] probably 90 percent of all the things I needed to be doing … I think another six months will be hopefully running [more] … I
A Marc Jacobs show is always the highlight of New York Fashion Week—even if it takes place a week before. For the designer’s 40th anniversary, a collection that paid homage to paper dolls, childhood nostalgia, and wonderment, the stars turned out in their finest fashion moments at the Park Avenue Armory, including longtime friends of
Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” and Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” led the 44th annual London Critics’ Circle Awards with three wins apiece. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” which had seven and five nominations respectively, left the ceremony empty handed. German-language film “The Zone of Interest” was named film of the
“Anyone but You,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as romantic partners who hate each other, has become that all too rare thing, a sleeper hit. The film’s box-office success has surprised a lot of people — though not me, since I’m one of the only critics who liked it. I called it “a rom-com
Agent Argylle couldn’t crack the box office code. Matthew Vaughn’s globe-trotting spy comedy “Argylle” sputtered in its box office debut, earning a dismal $18 million from 3,605 North American theaters. The movie, backed by Apple and distributed by Universal, cost $200 million to produce and is shaping up to be the year’s first big misfire.
Every 15 minutes, according to a title at the end of director Anne Fontaine‘s latest film, someone on earth plays Maurice Ravel’s “Boléro.” It’s a largely unprovable statement that is nonetheless borne out anecdotally by the familiarity of the tune, which crops up so frequently in concerts, movies, TV shows, commercials, dance recitals and at
International Film Festival Rotterdam winner and debuting director Toshihiko Tanaka is set to follow “Rei” with “Shumari,” once again set in Japan’s Hokkaido. “Over there, you can find the largest artificial lake in the country. It’s man-made, but it still beautifully harmonizes with the surrounding nature, creating a stunning landscape. It will be a suspenseful
Denis Lavant, the iconic French actor of Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail” and Leos Carax’ “Holy Motors,” stars in “Redoubt,” the feature debut of rising contemporary artist-turned-director John Skoog. Currently in post, the black-and-white film is produced by Plattform Produktion, the Goteborg-based banner run by two-time Palme d’Or winning director Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Sadness”) and
While hosting “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 3, Ayo Edebiri acknowledged jokes she made in the past about Jennifer Lopez, who served as the episode’s musical guest. In a game show sketch where Kenan Thompson forced contestants to reckon with their rude social media presences, Edebiri nodded at the recently resurfaced comments, saying, “Okay. We
Shane Gillis has been set as the host of the Feb. 24 episode of “Saturday Night Live” — a controversial move, as the comedian was cast and swiftly cut from the late-night sketch show in 2019. He will be joined by musical guest 21 Savage. Hours after Gillis was announced to be joining “SNL” in
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley crashed “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 3 to taunt Donald Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) in a town hall sketch, but ended up getting schooled by host Ayo Edebiri. Popping up at the end of the sketch, Edebiri posed a pointed question: “I was just curious, what would you
Contrary to popular online opinion, if The Last Dinner Party didn’t exist, it seems highly unlikely that the music industry would have the nerve to dream them up. The noise in the U.K. around the band has been getting louder in the run-up to its debut album, “Prelude to Ecstasy,” released just a few hours
A filmmaker with an affinity for the dark, Daniel Espinosa allowed himself to get off track. After attracting global (and Hollywood) attention with 2010 Swedish thriller “Easy Money,” the Chilean-born, Sweden-based director couldn’t resist the lure of making an American studio movie. Or three. Coming on the heels of ill-advised snabba cash project “Morbius” in
When the Recording Academy’s list of its 2024 lifetime achievement awardees was announced on Jan. 5, the name “Laurie Anderson” was most surprising to one of its recipients: Laurie Anderson. “The Grammys? They don’t usually look over at the experimental world. Then again, I do kind of go in and out of both,” says Anderson
Sterling K. Brown, who received an Oscar nomination for best actor in a supporting role for his turn as Clifford Ellison in “American Fiction,” doesn’t think he’ll be taking home the coveted trophy at this year’s awards ceremony. During a guest appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” on Friday, Brown said he knows he won’t
Niclas Larsson’s “Mother, Couch” was awarded the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Goteborg, taking home the considerable amount of SEK 400,000 ($38,000). Led by Ewan McGregor – this year’s recipient of the Honorary Dragon Award – the U.S.-Swedish-Danish co-production also features Ellen Burstyn and “Bones and All” breakout Taylor Russell, making it one
Closing this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, M. Raihan Halim’s “La Luna” pushes the boundaries of Malay-language comedy by chronicling the changes brought by the opening of a lingerie shop in a conservative rural community in Malaysia. Titled after the eponymous shop, the film follows a rebellious woman who opens the lingerie parlour not only