Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long:
Hugh Davidson has signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation. Under the deal, Davidson will develop, write, and produce animated projects for WBA across all platforms. The deal also allows for him to develop live-action projects for WBTV. “I have been at Warner Bros Animation for 10 years which in entertainment business years is
The PBS live performance series “Austin City Limits” has announced a lineup for its new season, which, perhaps expectedly due to the pandemic, includes a higher-than-usual amount of retrospective programming, but does sport freshly filmed sets as well. The 13-episode 2020-2021 season kicks off Oct. 3 with a retrospective of John Prine’s appearances on the
This year’s Academy of Country Music Awards, which saw Taylor Swift deliver her first solo ACM performance since 2013, lost a substantial chunk of their viewership from the previous year. A total of around 6.6 million viewers tuned in to the 2020 edition, which represents roughly a 33% drop year-to-year. The 55th annual ACM Awards
[embedded content] In an exclusive interview on the “Tamron Hall” show on Thursday, former “Vanderpump Rules” star Stassi Schroeder addressed for the first time the racial misconduct for which she was fired from Bravo in June. Schroeder and her costar Kristen Doute were fired after former “Vanderpump Rules” cast member Faith Stowers revealed during an
Check out the official The Wolf of Snow Hollow Trailer starring Jim Cummings! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit: http://www.fandangonow.com/?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: October 9,
Audio Up has named industry veteran John Ingrassia president of music, to handle all endeavors under the company’s recently launched Audio Up Music. Jared Gutstadt, founder and CEO of podcast production studio, platform and network Audio Up Media made the announcement Thursday. Ingrassia already has led the charge in developing a number of significant deals
UPDATED: Instagram was evidently hit by widespread technical problems Thursday, with users reporting issues including the inability to log in or access their feed. The issues appeared to be mostly resolved in under an hour, with Facebook blaming an errant network-configuration change. According to DownDetector.com, user reports of errors on Instagram began spiking just after
Paradigm has permanently laid off 180 of its 600 employees, six months after those agency staffers were temporarily laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paradigm chairman and CEO Sam Gores announced the move in a memo to staff. “With disappointment and sadness, today we have informed the temporarily laid off employees whom we have
Sting, Norah Jones, Trey Anastasio of Phish and many more will perform tonight (Thursday, Sept. 17) at SummerStage Jubilee, a free benefit concert supporting City Parks Foundation’s programs in parks, taking place via livestream at 8 p.m. ET. The hour-long digital event will feature exclusive musical performances by Sting, Norah Jones, Trey Anastasio, Rufus Wainwright,
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Check out the official The Place of No Words Trailer starring Eric Christian Olsen! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Sign Up For a Fandango FanALERT: https://www.fandango.com/the-place-of-no-words-2020-223501/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to
If there’s one designer who can make his customers feel things, it’s Telfar Clemens. Telfar fans aren’t just shoppers but a community who take pride in flaunting the label’s signature (and always sold-out) “Bushwick Birkin” tote. To carry Telfar is to broadcast your support for a young Liberian-American designer who renounces exclusivity in luxury fashion
YouTube generally bans content with hate speech, bullying and nudity, among other categories that violate its community guidelines. However, it makes some exceptions — allowing such otherwise prohibited content if YouTube deems the videos to have “educational, documentary, scientific or artistic” merit. The Google-owned video giant has been accused of inconsistently applying its policies to
Two in three Black Americans don’t feel they see their stories represented on-screen, according to a new study from National Research Group (NRG). The study, entitled “#RepresentationMatters,” also found that 67% of Americans across political ideologies and ethnicities feel there is a greater need on-screen representation of all of the following: mixed race individuals, Black
Newly appointed Universal Studio Group head Pearlena Igbokwe outlined, in a Thursday memo to staff, her new leadership team amid NBCUniversal’s greater corporate restructure. That includes Masami Yamamoto as president of business affairs and operations, Brad Melnick as CFO, Tracy St. Pierre as exec VP of communications and marketing, Bryan Mu as senior VP of
In 15 seasons of “Supernatural,” Sam and Dean Winchester have fought vampires and demons, they’ve been to hell and they’ve died a lot. But would the show survive COVID-19? It was a very real question after the Vancouver-based production shut down on March 13 because of the coronavirus pandemic, one day into filming the series’ penultimate
The devil is in the detail when it comes to ratings, and it’s fair to say that the producers of “Lucifer” will like these details. The Tom Ellis show has rocketed its way to the top of Nielsen’s weekly top 10 shows on streaming list, removing “The Umbrella Academy” from top spot for the first
She still loves game shows. She still answers questions with Rose Nylund’s exclamation points. She’s won six Emmys and hosted three different series titled “The Betty White Show” during her eight decades in television. At 98, Betty White has many gifts, including her unique perspective on the evolution of television. The Los Angeles native starred
In a focused media blast, former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe lambasted President Trump as a “bloviating puff-adder sack of lies” during an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on Wednesday and the Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s Covid-19 response in an op-ed in the Guardian Thursday morning. During the Meyers appearance, which you can watch
As the early rumblings of the Oscar race begin with the conclusion of Toronto and the kickoff of NYFF, Netflix is starting to set their chess pieces up for a strategic and boastful awards season. In an exclusive to Variety, Netflix has confirmed the decision to campaign, Delroy Lindo, the star of “Da 5 Bloods”
“The Batman” is going back to work. Robert Pattinson has been cleared to don on the cape and cowl again after his positive COVID-19 test brought production on the comic book movie to a standstill. The studio has never confirmed the identity of the person with the positive test and did not reveal any information
Bleecker Street has bought U.S. rights to Mona Fastvold’s “The World to Come,” a period romance with Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, rolling off its critically acclaimed premiere in competition at the 77th Venice Film Festival. Repped in the U.S. by UTA Independent Film Group and Endeavor Content, the Venice breakout was being circled by
The Hamptons International Festival has added awards contenders “Ammonite,” “Wander Darkly” and “Minari” to its screening schedule for the 28th edition. HIFF previously announced the festival would open with the world premiere the documentary “With Drawn Arms” on Oct. 8. Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” will be the closing night film. The festival is
Apple TV Plus has unveiled its newest children’s programs, including “Stillwater,” an animated series based on the Scholastic book series “Zen Shorts” by Jon J. Muth. Produced by Gaumont and Scholastic Entertainment, the series centers on three siblings who have a wise panda, Stillwater, for a next-door neighbor. The show premieres on the streaming service
Hollywood’s major studios and key industry unions are close to inking an omnibus agreement to restart TV and film production in the U.S. under newly crafted safety protocols mandated by the pandemic. The sides have been bargaining over all manner of challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis since June, after an industry coalition issued a
Carole Baskin is on the prowl to bring animal abusers to justice. The big cat activist, of “Tiger King” and now “Dancing With the Stars” fame, and her husband Howard Baskin are teaming with ITV America’s Thinkfactory Media for a new unscripted series exposing those who engage in animal cruelty, Variety has learned exclusively. The as-yet-untitled
While they both were alive, Steve Earle and his son Justin Townes Earle strived to keep their careers and identities separate, only occasionally meeting up for any musical purposes. Since Justin died in August, however, there’s been no need for his father to stand on any such formality. His record label announced Wednesday that Steve
Jaden Smith is hosting a new Snapchat original series, “The Solution Committee,” which taps young activists and celebrity friends to explore ways to effect social and racial justice — and urge viewers to vote. The show will premiere exclusively on Snapchat on Sept. 21, one day before National Voter Registration Day. “The Solution Committee” is
Imagine Impact, an offshoot of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s production company Imagine Entertainment, has closed its Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark. Imagine Impact joins eBay, Hipcamp, Instawork, Nextdoor, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, Uber, Yelp, and Zillow, in Benchmark’s investment portfolio. Benchmark partner Bill Gurley spearheaded the deal and will join the