Dave Chappelle brought back his infamous “Chappelle’s Show” character, Silky Johnson, the notorious player hater, while reenacting the viral YouTube speed dating show “Pop the Balloon.” In the sketch hosted by ‘SNL’ cast member Ego Nwodim, portraying real-life host Arlette Amuli, several women holding red balloons were introduced to a series of eligible bachelors. Silky was one
Sarah Sherman opened the first “Saturday Night Live” episode of 2025 by portraying political commentator Rachel Maddow. In the sketch, Maddow hosted an MSNBC panel, which included Marcello Hernandez as Ari Melber, Ego Nwodim as Joy Reed, Heidi Gardner as Stephanie Ruhle and Andrew Dismukes as Chris Hayes. The panelist began discussing the forthcoming inauguration,
Dave Chappelle took the stage at Studio 8H for the new year’s inaugural episode of “Saturday Night Live,” marking his fourth time hosting the show. He walked out onstage wearing a suit and smoking a cigarette and said, “Boy, I tell you something. I’m being very honest. I am in quite the pickle tonight.
The clock has stopped for TikTok. As it threatened to do, TikTok shut off the video app for U.S. users at about 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night. For now, it’s unclear how long TikTok — which is effectively being outlawed by the U.S. government because of its ties to China — will stay down.
Craig Piligian is set to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, Variety has learned exclusively. Piligian will be inducted into the Contributor Wing of the Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025. The induction ceremony will take place this summer in Las Vegas and will be streamed live on UFC
Ahead of the Oscar nominations being announced Jan. 23, where “Waves” is hoping for recognition after being shortlisted for Best International Film, it led the pack this past week at the Czech Lion Awards — Czech Republic’s equivalent of the Academy Awards — with 14 nominations. “Waves” was mentioned in numerous categories, including best director
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
Since getting her start on the WB sitcom “Raising Dad” 24 years ago, Kat Dennings has seen it all. In a recent conversation with People, Dennings discussed casting directors who were “very cruel” to her even at a young age. “The time that I was auditioning and starting to act, it was a very different
Cameron Diaz is ready to go green (again). Diaz, who just came out of a 10-year retirement from acting in Netflix’s “Back in Action,” recently revealed to Access Hollywood that she’d be open to returning for a sequel to the 1994 comedy “The Mask” as long as Jim Carrey is involved. “If Jim’s on board,
Josh Gad, who released his memoir “In Gad We Trust: A Tell-Some” on Jan. 14, says his “Love & Other Drugs” co-star Jake Gyllenhaal warned him not to pursue a role in “The Book of Mormon,” the raunchy musical-comedy from “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. “While bouncing back and forth to do
To honor the life of their father David Lynch, who died last week at age 78, Jennifer, Austin, Riley and Lula Lynch will host a “worldwide group meditation” on Monday, which would have been the visionary filmmaker’s 79th birthday. “David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding light of creativity, love, and peace. On Monday,
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Friday appointed longtime L.A. businessman and civic leader Steve Soboroff to head rebuilding efforts in the Pacific Palisades following the raging wildfire that devastated the area. “Steve Soboroff’s name is attached to hope,” Bass said at a press conference announcing Soboroff’s new role. “It is attached to energy, and it is
“Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” features the world’s first electric car chase. When writer and director Christian Gudegast was thinking about the film’s sequel, he knew he needed to raise the stakes, and what better way to do that than with an all-action, shoot-out car chase? And it needed to feel fast and real. In
“A Complete Unknown” is the rare Hollywood movie that has inspired a reckoning. Everywhere, on social media, in mainstream media, or simply on the part of so many who have seen the film, a tingling conversation is taking place — a kind of collective meditation/investigation into who Bob Dylan was, who he is, what he
Gwen Stefani’s No Doubt is reuniting for the FireAid benefit concerts to raise money for those most affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. Taking place at both the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum on Jan. 30, the one-night event will also feature performances from Billie Eilish, Jelly Roll, Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga, John Mayer with
The fight for TikTok may not be over just yet. While speaking with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump said he will “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day grace period to avoid getting banned in the U.S. once he takes office on Jan. 20. “I think that would be certainly an option that
Survive till 2025, they said. They didn’t say what would come next. A week into the new year, wildfires devastated Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Altadena, causing an estimated $250 billion in damage. For the entertainment industry, they also disrupted production schedules, destroyed filming locations and left many workers without homes. “This is absolutely a setback,”
It’s one of those weekends at the box office, with two new releases pawing at one another in a closer-than-expected race. Sony’s buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is coming in on the higher end of initial projections after earning $4.3 million from 2,675 locations across Friday and preview screenings. That puts it just a
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 1 of “Severance,” streaming now on Apple TV+. When a 15-year-old Sarah Bock first read the script for the second season premiere of “Severance” way back in 2022, all she knew about her character was a job title: the “newest deputy manager” of Lumon Industries
With a title like “Murderess,” there can be little surprise where Greece’s submission to the Oscar international feature category is headed. The third adaptation of Alexandros Papadiamantis’s acclaimed novella follows the slow psychological unraveling of an elderly midwife as she contends with the ever-worsening patriarchal society she aides. Though director Eva Nathena and screenwriter Katerina
In “Back in Action,” a domestic spy caper as generic as its title, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, as CIA operatives who’ve become a romantic couple, attend a kids’ birthday party thrown by a cyberterrorist from Belarus whose safe they’re planning to break into. But their identities are unmasked in about five minutes. They have
Prime Video has set a February global premiere for “Broken Rage,” the latest feature from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. The genre-hybrid project, both directed by and starring Kitano, takes an innovative approach by splitting its runtime into two distinct segments. The first half delivers a gritty crime thriller following a hitman caught between law
In his feature debut, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart takes a simple and familiar action film set-up and gives it his own spin by adding pertinent social commentary. In “Night Call,” Mady (Jonathan Feltre), a young locksmith, has quite the violent and eventful evening in Brussels. He tangles with nefarious characters, makes affecting friendships and runs
After two seasons on Paramount+, the “Frasier” revival will not be moving forward, Variety has learned. CBS Studios will shop the series, which debuted in October 2023, around to other platforms. The series, led by and executive produced by Kelsey Grammer, is a revival of the original series “Frasier,” a spinoff of “Cheers,” which aired
TikTok said it will be “forced to go dark” on Sunday, Jan. 19, unless it receives a “definitive statement” from the outgoing Biden administration that the app’s tech partners won’t be penalized under the divest-or-ban bill. On Friday morning, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal by TikTok and parent ByteDance to halt a law that will ban
As Frodo says after destroying the One Ring while sitting on a boulder surrounded by rivers of lava in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”: It’s done. After two voting extensions prompted by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the nomination voting period for the 97th Academy Awards has officially closed. While
Ted Sarandos has joined the many others in the entertainment industry paying tribute to David Lynch, who died Thursday at 78. Netflix co-CEO Sarandos shared a tribute on Instagram to honor one of his “all time favorite filmmakers” and noted that Lynch had been in contact with the streamer to direct a limited series. The
Tim Allen‘s new ABC sitcom “Shifting Gears” is revving its ratings engine. According to ABC, the series now stands as the most-watched ABC series premiere on streaming to date, via first seven days of views on both Hulu and the Hulu portion of Disney+. Per the Alphabet net, the Jan. 8 premiere of “Shifting Gears”
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers about “Wolf Man,” now playing in theaters. The new movie “Wolf Man” is director Leigh Whannell’s take on another Universal Monsters classic, following his successful spin on “The Invisible Man” in 2020. Much like that film, this new vision — co-written by Whannell and his wife Corbett Tuck — is
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag were planning to celebrate the 15th anniversary of “Superficial” when tragedy hit: the wildfires in California burned down their home in Pacific Palisades. “It’s just the weirdest, craziest time,” Pratt tells Variety via Zoom. “When everything was going on, I saw an email pop up that the album was going
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