The National Board of Review Awards gala, held Tuesday night at Manhattan’s Cipriani 42nd St., gathered the talents behind some of the most talked-about films of 2024. Ryan Reynolds stepped out to present the best film award to “Wicked” at the star-studded gala, marking his first public outing since his wife, Blake Lively, filed a
Members of the Academy Documentary Branch sifted through 169 eligible nonfiction features to determine this year’s shortlist. The 15 selected films are beautifully crafted docs about interesting and important subjects. Ten docs that made the list premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, while the five remaining debuted at other top-tier festivals, including Berlin, Venice
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has revealed its nominees for the upcoming 2025 awards, and it’s a high-stakes Oscar season, proven by the notable snubs and surprises. The five filmmakers contending for the prestigious DGA Award for Directorial Achievement in Feature Film are the following: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez” Sean Baker for “Anora”
Oscar nomination voting is now officially open. As of 9 a.m. PT, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can officially cast their ballots for the 2024 Oscar nominations. With voting open for the next five days, every twist, turn, and headline in the awards race will be magnified in what’s shaping
Paris-based Indie Sales has closed a raft of deals for “Last Swim,” Sasha Nathwani’s debut which won the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, including in the U.S. and the U.K. Vertigo, whose track record include “Sound of Metal” and “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,” has picked up the film and will set a
A slew of Los Angeles area premieres have been canceled amid devastating fires in southern California. Amazon MGM Studios and Universal Studios scrapped their planned Tuesday night premieres of “Unstoppable” and “Wolf Man.” Meanwhile, Paramount and Max canceled their Wednesday “Better Man” and “The Pitt” premieres. “Due to the dangerous conditions affecting Los Angeles we
In a year full of bold cinematic achievements, many of the stories attracting awards attention are driven by their filmmakers’ consuming passion not just to direct but write them as well. Their identification of projects demanding to be brought to life in a very specific aesthetic key — from page to screen — imbues the
Variety hosted a panel for six short films, moderated by Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay, as part of the Variety Streaming Room series. Among the films featured on the panel were “Au Revoir Mon Monde” from co-directors Florian Maurice and Astrid Novais, “Bottle George” from director Daisuke Tsutsumi, “Edge of Space” from director Jean de Meuron,
Amazon Prime has released the trailer for “Reacher” Season 3. The first three episodes of the crime thriller premiere on Feb. 20, with subsequent episodes airing every Thursday until March 27. According to the official logline, “In the third season of the action-packed series, Reacher (Alan Ritchson) hurtles into the dark heart of a vast
Across several banks of screens in a small TV production control room, a group of American pundits are screaming at each other. It’s a Monday afternoon in mid-November and, naturally, the topic is the election. “That’s me playing the world’s smallest violin for all these crying Democrats!” hollers a red-faced Vincent Oshana, a right-leaning comedian.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences continue to realign the timing for some of its biggest shows. The Daytime Emmys, which traditionally air in June (except when COVID and then the Hollywood strikes forced some rescheduling), will be shifting to October this year. And the News & Documentary Emmys, which usually take place
“Wicked,” Universal’s Broadway musical adaptation, and FX/Hulu’s “Shogun,” a drama series set in feudal Japan, dominated the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, collecting five nods apiece to lead the film and TV races. The announcement comes three days after the Golden Globes and on the day Oscar nomination voting opens, and it delivered its
Ex ‘Bachelorette’ Rachel Lindsay won’t have to fork over monthly spousal support anymore to her ex, Bryan Abasolo — they’ve finally reached a settlement and split up their assets. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Bryan gets a Miami property they owned, a 2021 Honda Accord, several bank accounts, his Breitling watch and some
“Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” the hit Paris-set superhero adventure show, has been acquired by Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia in a deal comprising all five seasons of the blockbuster series. The show, which airs in over 150 countries, will headline Atresmedia’s newly expanded “Neox Kidz” children’s programming block, starting on Jan. 7. The deal was brokered by Mediawan
Bad Bunny chose to release his sixth solo album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”), on Día de Reyes or Three Kings Day, the last of the winter holidays for Latinos — Argentines, Uruguayans, Mexicans and closest to home for him, Puerto Ricans — that is typically celebrated with immediate family
Olivia Rodrigo, Tyler, the Creator, Luke Combs and Hozier are the headliners for the 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, taking place June 12-15 on the Bonnaroo Farm, located just 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, Tenn. Other top-billed artists include Vampire Weekend, Justice, Queens of the Stone Age, John Summit, Dom Dolla, Avril
Golf media personality and content creator Tisha Alyn will launch her first podcast, “Welcome to the Par-Tee,” with iHeartPodcasts on Jan. 15. “Welcome to the Par-Tee” will be the first women’s golf-focused podcast to join iHeart Women’s Sports, the first-ever audio platform dedicated exclusively to amplifying women’s sports. The podcast will feature interviews with top
Play video content Getty Ryan Reynolds has resurfaced for the first time since getting caught up in all the legal drama involving his wife, Blake Lively, and Justin Baldoni. The actor showed up Tuesday night at the National Board of Review Awards in NYC to introduce the wildly popular “Wicked,” which was picked for best
Tim Allen and Kat Dennings are both network sitcom royalty — he from “Home Improvement,” she from the surprisingly long-lasting “2 Broke Girls.” (It’s hardly a classic, but that show made it to 138 episodes. That’s well within the syndication zone!) With the sitcom “Shifting Gears,” a midseason debut that brings Allen back into the
NBCUniversal and Nexstar Media have renewed their ongoing distribution deal across NBC affiliate TV stations. The companies announced the renewal Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new pact is a multi-year agreement across NBC TV Network affiliates in 33 markets in the U.S., including 29 stations owned by Nexstar, three owned
It’s fair to say that the curiosity of more than a few people was piqued by Tom Hanks’ portrayal of Elvis Presley’s career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the Austin Butler-starring biopic “Elvis.” He’s become the archetype for the svengali music manager, although he was neither a colonel nor named Parker but was actually a
Audible has signed Ronan Farrow, the award-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author, to a multi-project deal. Farrow’s first podcast under the pact is slated to premiere this spring. Farrow hosts “Not a Very Good Murderer,” which is described as “a wild, genre-bending investigative podcast.” It will release March 20, 2025, exclusively on Audible as the
Regent Street, one of central London‘s busiest shopping districts and also home to a number of arts and media companies, has been evacuated due to a suspected bomb. The evacuation took place around 2pm local time. “Road closures are in place in the vicinity of Regent Street and New Burlington Street while officers investigate a
Gold House has unveiled its fifth annual Gold List with “Wicked” and “Moana 2” among the films being honored. The list spotlights the most exceptional achievements in film by Asian Pacific creatives over the past year. It also serves as a guide for awards voters and celebrates a monumental year for Asian Pacific representation in
“Mo” has revealed a new set of guest stars along with its Season 2 trailer. Comedians Hannibal Burress, Matt Rife, Liza Koshy and Ralph Barbosa plus rapper Slim Thug are all a part of the Season 2 guest cast, joining previously announced guest stars Simon Rex and Johanna Braddy. The trailer opens with Mo (series
With Oscar voting starting today, double Oscar-winner Jane Campion is championing young Italian director Maura Delpero’s “Vermiglio,” Italy’s contender in the international film category. The intimate period drama, set at the end of World War II in an Alpine village where the arrival of a soldier causes disruption in the dynamics between three sisters, has
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has boarded the short film “Anuja” as executive producer. The film, which won the live-action short award at the 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Academy Awards in the live-action short film category. Directed by Adam J. Graves and produced by Suchitra Mattai, “Anuja” centers on the 9-year-old
BOND’S BOUNTY The London Critics’ Circle will present Daniel Craig with its Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film at the org’s 45th annual ceremony, set for Feb. 2 at London’s May Fair Hotel. “This is such an immense honor and I’m incredibly grateful to the London Film Critics’ Circle,” Craig said. Critics’ Circle Film
Piers Morgan is exiting Rupert Murdoch‘s media empire following a lucrative three-year deal and taking ownership of his “Piers Morgan Uncensored” show and business. The chat show — which pivoted to YouTube-only earlier this year — will be acquired by Morgan’s own Wake Up Productions company, with what it says is a “view to further grow and
Prominent Italian journalist and podcaster Cecilia Sala has been freed from Tehran’s Evin prison for political prisoners, where she had been detained since Dec. 19. On Wednesday, a spokesman for Italian Premiere Giorgia Meloni’s office said Sala – who was arrested while reporting in the Iranian capital – was flying home on an airplane following “intensive
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