It’s officially February, which means we’re in the midst of winter and one of fashion’s busiest months. As we try to focus our attention on the spring season ahead, check out the must-know fashion launches to keep warm when it’s cold outside. Below, here’s what you need to know this month, starting with Valentino’s latest
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Cameron Diaz recently appeared on Netflix’s “SkipIntro” podcast and expressed shock over how drastically film sets changed during her 11-year acting retirement. The Netflix original movie “Back in Action” started streaming last month and marked Diaz’s first acting job since 2014’s “Annie” musical adaptation. “The industry is so different,” Diaz said. “I definitely have to say that
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David Johansen — the sole surviving founding member of the New York Dolls and a solo artist who also performs as the lounge singer Buster Poindexter — is suffering from stage four cancer, a brain tumor and a broken back, and is seeking financial assistance through the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Diagnosed in 2020, Johansen hoped
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Charlie Peacock’s stage name sounds like it was designed to be the nom de plume for a pop superstar, not someone who would become more renowned for his behind-the-scenes work as a producer, songwriter and label owner. He did enjoy cult success as a singer-songwriter in the 1980s, especially among the wing of more progressive
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When Marvel fans last saw Anthony Mackie‘s Sam Wilson, it was the finale of the Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” and Sam had finally embraced himself as Captain America. He sported a new patriotic suit, complete with a white half-helmet and goggles. But Sam is no longer rocking that look as he
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Matt and Ross Duffer want to clear up any confusion: Yes, the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” is coming this year. As a matter of fact, it may be even sooner than expected. “We’re focused on visual effects sequences right now, which started back in January,” Ross Duffer told the audience at the
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John Cooper, former director of the Sundance Film Festival, has been named the True West Film Center’s new Artistic Director. As artistic director, Cooper will focus on crafting and implementing the artistic vision guiding all programs, including education, film screenings and the yearly True West Film Festival. Cooper’s position comes as the True West Film
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Tom Cruise told Empire magazine that he breathed in his own carbon dioxide while filming a grueling action set piece for the upcoming “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.” The sequence finds Cruise’s Ethan Hunt underwater exploring the wreckage of a submarine. The action scene was filmed in a an “8.5 million liter water tank
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An all-star roster of former “Saturday Night Live” cast members are returning to Studio 8H for the series’ 50th anniversary special. Among them: Adam Sandler, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell. It’s unclear what, exactly, these comedy greats will be doing during the Feb. 16 broadcast, but they’ll be joined by Amy
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Chappell Roan’s conversation-stirring Grammy night speech has incited action from the music industry to provide artists with livable wages and healthcare. Charli XCX and Noah Kahan joined the conversation online, with both pledging to match Roan’s $25,0000 contribution for rising artists. After Roan won best new artist at the Grammys and used her speech to hold record labels
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Songwriters representing all five of the compositions nominated for best original song at the 2025 Academy Awards got together virtually for a Songwriters Hall of Fame discussion that is premiering online today, discussing not only the inspiration for their award-worthy tunes but the hot-button topic about how they feel about the Oscars having announced the
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Colman Domingo revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he met with Marvel executives to discuss the onslaught of rumors claiming the studio wanted him to replace Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conquerer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Majors’ villain was supposed to be the next Thanos-like villain of the MCU. The actor appeared
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HBO has shared the first look at “Euphoria” Season 3. The image features Zendaya’s return as Rue. The long-delayed production on Season 3 of “Euphoria” kicked off recently, almost exactly three years after the premiere of Season 2. Most of the principal cast is returning with the exception of those like Barbie Ferreira who had
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Following their triumphant Super Bowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have announced new dates for their “Grand National” tour, presented by Live Nation, pgLang and Top Dawg Entertainment, will visit 13 stadiums across Europe and the United Kingdom this summer, after the tour crosses North America in the spring. Head here for more details on the tour. TICKETS: Various pre-sales
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Sarah Miro Fischer‘s debut feature, “The Good Sister,” debuts in the Panorama section at this year’s Berlinale, and Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s trailer. We also caught up with the newly minted director, who talked us through the development and production processes for her largely student-led production. [embedded content] Set in
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Angel Studios is expanding internationally with a second round of global distribution partnerships. The U.S. distributor and production company — which released 2023 smash hit “Sound of Freedom” and is known for its faith-based films and TV shows — has signed multiple output deals around the world for its upcoming slate, including “The King of Kings,” the upcoming
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AMC Networks’ Shudder has bought “Reflection in a Dead Diamond,” Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s supernatural crime film, ahead of its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The Shudder acquisition deal covers North America, the U.K. and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, with plans to release the film exclusively on the streamer in 2025. 
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Miles Teller (“Whiplash, “Top Gun: Maverick”) and Casey Affleck (“Manchester By the Sea,” “Oppenheimer”) are set to lead the cast of pursuit thriller “Wild Game.” “Wild Game” comes from Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director and producer Jason Hall (“Thank You for Your Service,” “American Sniper”) and is being launched at the European Film Market by Capstone. CAA
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This is meant as high praise: Susan Morrison may have ruined “Saturday Night Live” for a legion of journalists assigned to cover the world of late-night TV. Morrison spent years chatting up Lorne Michaels, the NBC impresario who has seen “SNL” transform itself from an upstart, avant-garde program into an American institution on par with
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Lady Gaga has cycled through many iterations in the time we’ve known her: disco diva, Warholian punk, country-inflected barroom balladeer, star of movies both successful and not. But with the Grammy-night debut of her video for the new single “Abracadabra,” she’s returned to the mode many fans hold dearest: a joyfully bonkers maximalism. With a
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French filmmaker Alice Winocour’s fashion drama, “Couture,” starring Angelina Jolie is heading to EFM. The movie, originally titled “Stitches,” recently wrapped production in Paris. “In the frenzy of Fashion Week, three women cross paths in Paris, grappling with the world’s tragedies and the questions of their lives: American film director Maxine Walker (Jolie), South Sudanese
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