In a bonus clip from “Carpool Karaoke: The Series,” longtime friends Lea Michele and Darren Criss drive through New York City singing holiday songs, including one of Criss’ own from “A Very Darren Crissmas.” Earlier this month, new episodes of the series premiered on Apple TV+, featuring Sandra Oh and Duran Duran, Nikki Glaser and Wilco, Kevin
“I know what your next movie is.” It was a member of Sarah Polley’s book club who first approached her with the statement: “I know what your next movie is.” But that was followed by some conditions. Recalls Polley: “She took me into the kitchen and said, ‘When I tell you what the background of
Dan Harmon’s “” was beloved for its non-stop pop culture references, film parodies and genre homages, like its “Die Hard”-inspired paintball episode. However, the upcoming film, written by Harmon and Andrew Guest, had to rule out some of the show’s most popular concepts, like the action-packed paintball battles. On Friday’s episode of “Six Seasons and
Gloria Allred, the high-wattage attorney and women’s rights activist, represented three victims in Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape trial, two of whom ultimately testified against the disgraced producer. In an interview with Variety after the verdict, Allred said that she was “disturbed” that none of her clients will be allowed to speak at Weinstein’s sentencing.
Audiences at the opening of the Tokyo International Film Festival had a chance to glimpse Nakajima Kento stretching his acting range in “Fragments of the Last Will” (aka “From Siberia With Love”), Takahisa Zeze’s melodrama about coming home from the front after WWII. Nakajima, a J-Pop star with a major fan following, is committing himself
Several months after making a hostile takeover bid for New Delhi Television (NDTV), one of India’s most trusted news sources, the Adani Group will control nearly 65% of the company. The Adani Group is chaired by billionaire Gautam Adani, the richest man in Asia and the third richest man in the world. In August, Adani’s
Cecchi Gori, the movie company that once dominated Italy’s film industry and collapsed in the mid 1990s, is being revived by a group of Italian investors that are backing a partial relaunch of the storied brand behind Oscar winners “Life is Beautiful,” “Mediterraneo” and “Il Postino.” Cecchi Gori Group was officially ruled bankrupt in 2006
Bollywood megastar Ranveer Singh is stoked about the Friday release of Rohit Shetty’s comedy “Cirkus.” The film was shot under strict COVID-19 protocols and is one of the major post-pandemic Bollywood releases. “It’s made with joy, and its objective is to spread joy. So, the Christmas release is coming at just the right time, when
Producer, composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Thom Bell died Thursday at the age of 79. No cause of death was cited, but Bell’s publicist said he died at his home in Bellingham, Washington. Bell, a Grammy-winning producer and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is best known as one of “the Mighty Three” —
“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi has weighed in on the recent drama surrounding DC Studios and its new co-chiefs, James Gunn and Peter Safran. Last week, Gunn and Safran — who became co-chairmen and CEOs in October — ruffled some feathers when it was revealed that Gunn is writing a new Superman film, but Henry Cavill
It’s time for the Justice Department to decide if former President Donald Trump and his key allies should face legal consequences for their much-scrutinized efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In the waning days of the 117th Congress, as the House prepares to shift from Democrat to GOP majority control, the
Motherhood suits DaniLeigh. At the last stop of her “4 Velour” tour at the Novo in Los Angeles, which featured special guests Dreezy and Ty Dolla $ign, the singer radiated joy and positivity with her 1-year-old daughter, Velour, at her side in a matching Bape outfit. The Def Jam artist recently returned back to the
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 are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and
Mark Boal has focused much of his energy as a screenwriter on interpreting the geopolitical dramas of our times in the Middle East and Central Asia. For his new Apple TV+ series “Echo 3,” the two-time Oscar winner who wrote and produced 2008’s “The Hurt Locker” and 2011’s “Zero Dark Thirty” has turned his gaze
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Courtesy + Design Leah Romero In terms of holiday gifts, food is always a good choice, right? Right. The best parts of the holidays take place around the table, anyway. That’s why we tapped Sophia Roe, a James Beard award-winning chef and Emmy-nominated host, to share some of her gifting tips. You might’ve seen some
Both sides have rested their case in Tory Lanez‘s shooting trial … and now, the singer’s fate will be decided by the jury. The jury started deliberations Thursday, after 9 days of trial. Closing arguments from the prosecution started Wednesday afternoon, with Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott making one last effort to convince jurors that
“Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann’s big-screen love letter to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, shook up the Cannes Festival in May and has enlivened awards season with its fresh young star Austin Butler, Oscar mainstay Tom Hanks and technical and artistic achievements starting with Luhrmann’s trademark showmanship and including the film’s artful artisans and their wonderful
Your mission — should you choose to accept it — is to head to theaters on July 14, 2023 for the long-awaited (and COVID-delayed) seventh installment of Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” film franchise. “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” marks Cruise’s latest outing as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF),
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 are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and
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 are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and
Taylor Russell devours every morsel of her time on screen in “Bones and All,” the new film from director Luca Guadagnino about teen cannibals. Russell plays the young, flesh-hungry Maren, and in a key scene where co-star Timothée Chalamet (as Maren’s love interest) makes a stunning confession about his past, the two unlock a vulnerability
Singer-actor Whitney Houston’s life ended tragically in 2012, but her voice is resounding as loudly as it has at any time in the years since, with this weekend’s long-awaited release of the biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” coming on top of the RCA and Legacy labels’ 30th anniversary re-release of the blockbuster “Bodyguard” soundtrack.
While Hollywood still waits to hear which studios may or may not be throwing Golden Globes events before or after the return of the big HFPA awards show on Jan. 10, it looks like Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery are the first to get the party started. Invites have just gone out for a Jan.
Played by Zooey Deschanel for seven well-loved seasons, Jessica Day might love the holidays more than any other character in television history. Thus, “New Girl” mastered the art of the holiday episode early in its run, playing on age-old tropes, and setting up ones of its own for the characters to play on as the
Fasten your seat belts: Hollywood is in for another bumpy ride in 2023. With the economy once again on the brink of a recession and cutbacks hitting hard all over town, the entertainment industry is bracing for more challenges in the year ahead. Among the many question marks for 2023: Will the movie business revive
The narratives of an awards season tend to unfold over months as festival winners and various film groups anoint front-runners and winners, but this is a year that couldn’t settle on just one storyline. And that’s an encouraging and hopeful message and story for everyone to latch onto. One trend: The return of the blockbuster. “Avatar:
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Four ByteDance employees violated company policy by inappropriately accessing data on TikTok users in the U.S., including two journalists, in an attempt to track down the source of information leaks, according to an internal report released by the Chinese company. ByteDance said it fired all four of the employees, two based in the U.S. and
Jeff Garlin has been cast in Season 4 of “Never Have I Ever,” the Netflix comedy series co-created by Mindy Kaling. The role will be his first since exiting ABC’s “The Goldbergs” after an HR investigation into misconduct allegations against him. News of his departure from “The Goldbergs” came in December 2021, shortly after the