Nicky Campbell may be fashion-policing Hollywood’s A-list, but that hasn’t kept them from being fans of his TikTok takedowns. Campbell tells me that Sarah Paulson and Kris Jenner are just a few of the boldfaced names who have slipped into his DMs. He says Gwyneth Paltrow sent him a message that reads, “I love you
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Over the past few decades, endless boundaries about what is appropriate to wear on the red carpet have been not just pushed, but hurdled. Fully sheer looks? Bring them on. Double denim? No less than Chloë Sevigny has made it work,
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“Poker Face” has added a handful of more guest stars for its upcoming second season: David Alan Grier, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Natasha Leggero and Richard Kind. Rian Johnson’s mystery-of-the-week series, which stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a de facto detective with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone’s lying, will return on Peacock sometime this
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When cinematographer Daria D’Antonio first stepped into the role of director of photography on Paolo Sorrentino’s film “The Hand of God” after working with him for many years (including as a camera operator on “The Great Beauty”), the focus was on finding the truth in the ’80s set coming-of-age drama. “We were looking for a
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The Oscars are ready to toast the celebration with a martini — shaken, not stirred. Variety has learned exclusively that the ceremony will perform a special tribute of the iconic songs of the James Bond franchise at Sunday’s Academy Awards in honor of longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who received Honorary Oscars
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“Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends” has been renewed for a fifth season by Disney Branded Television. The news comes as Season 3 airs on Disney Jr. and ahead of Season 4’s summer debut. Per Nielsen, in the last quarter of 2024, “Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends” was the second-most-watched streaming show among kids
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Audacy expanded its exclusive multiyear sales and distribution pact with CBS to encompass more than three dozen podcasts, including companion shows for “48 Hours,” “Survivor” and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Since 2022, Audacy has been the ad sales and distribution partner for CBS Sports podcasts. The two companies’ partnership now includes the podcast
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In the mid-’90s, Kim Basinger was newly married to actor Alec Baldwin and had just given birth to their daughter, Ireland, when her William Morris agent sent her the script for “L.A. Confidential.” She was tired of playing the siren roles that had defined her — from a Bond girl in “Never Say Never Again”
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The buzz continues for the beekeeper — with Jason Statham returning to star in “The Beekeeper 2.” The Miramax movie is set to start production in the fall, with “Nobody 2” director Timo Tjahjanto taking the reins from David Ayer, who helmed the kooky conspiracy thriller, which debuted last January and grossed $152 million worldwide.
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The deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been ruled “suspicious,” according to a search warrant affidavit released Thursday morning. Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 63, were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, N.M., after midnight Thursday, the Santa Fe County Sheriff had confirmed to Variety. Authorities said there was
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Pete Distad has a new gig after the shutdown of sports-streaming joint venture Venu Sports. Fox Corp. has hired Distad as CEO of the company’s recently announced direct-to-consumer streaming division. Distad most recently headed Venu Sports, which Fox, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery shuttered in January. Before Venu, he served as an executive at Apple
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is paying tribute to her “Buffy” sister, Michelle Trachtenberg, who died on Feb. 26 at 39 years old. Trachtenberg, who had been acting since age three, was found unresponsive in her New York City apartment, according to police. At the time of publication, her cause of death has not been confirmed. “Michelle,
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Sara Bareilles, Jackson Browne and Kristin Chenoweth have been added as honorees and performers, alongside the previously announced Wyclef Jean, for a concert gala in New York benefiting Music Will, which is described as the nation’s largest nonprofit music education program for schools. The org’s annual event takes place April 9 at Gotham Hall. Michael
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Keke Palmer insists she had no idea that the vintage Chanel dress she wore to the SAG Awards on Sunday was once worn by her “Scream Queens” co-star Jamie Lee Curtis. “I literally found out after it came up online,” Palmer told me Wednesday night at Vanity Fair and Instagram’s Vanities party at Bar Marmont
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ITV Invests in Diversity ITV has announced an additional £80 million ($101.4 million) ring-fenced for diverse commissioning over the next three years, alongside doubling its Diversity Development Fund to £1 million ($1.3 million). This follows the success of the inaugural Diversity Commissioning Fund, launched in 2022, which originally committed £80 million ($101 million) over three
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Bill Burr recently spoke to The New York Times and shrugged off Ben Shapiro‘s criticism of him. The conservative political commentator and Daily Wire co-founder called out Burr in December for “going woke” after the comedian lashed out at “selfish” and “greedy” CEOs in the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson.
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Paul Scanlan, CEO and co-founder of the fan-owned Legion M, attributes some of the success of the company’s latest film “My Dead Friend Zoe” to the community support from its many fan investors. Speaking with Variety‘s Jennifer Maas on the weekly Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” Scanlan explained that Legion M seeks input from its investors
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After celebrating the success of the recent SCAD TVfest, the Savannah College of Arts and Design and SCADFilm will present SCADFilm In Focus: True Crime Thursday, March 6, spotlighting the popularity of TV, podcast and streaming true crime shows. All events will be held at SCADshow, the university’s state-of-the-art theater complex in Midtown Atlanta. SCADFilm
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