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The African American Film Critics Association has set the lineup for its fifth AAFCA Goes to Broadway Luncheon. Tony winner André DeShields, Tony nominee Brandon Dirden and Emmy winners Jasmine Cephas Jones and Cheryl Wills will be honored at the ceremony, set for Monday, Oct. 12
Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Reckoning” has been unveiled to members of the film press, who are calling the follow-up to “The Social Network” a “solid sequel,” “a harsh assessment of [Mark] Zuckerberg” and “a scathing indictment of the current tumultuous state of society.” Early re
Pam Levine, Netflix’s marketing and publicity VP for the U.S. and Canada, is out at the streamer after a year and a half in her post, Variety has confirmed. Levine joined Netflix in April 2025. She managed all publicity and marketing for all film and TV series for the U.S. and Ca
Salem, Massachusetts, serves as the setting for the iconic nineties film; here’s where to book and what to do if you’re visiting this fall
A coalition of Hollywood unions issued a report on Monday warning that the U.S. has lost significant market share in film and TV production over the last 25 years. The report found that studios spent 74% of their film production budgets in the U.S. 25 years ago, but that the figu
Basque director Javier Giner’s “This Solitude” (“Esta Soledad”) recently premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival’s New Directors section on Sept. 23. Giner is the creator and co-director of the Disney+ series “I, Addict,” based on his autobiographical book by the same name.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going to places like Iberseries & Platino Industria. Its 6th edition, also a pre-Mipcom warm-up, ran over Sept.29-Oct. 2 at Madrid’s Matadero, its rehabilitated orange-red brick former slaughterhouse. That setting seems appropriate. There’
In the credits for the “Paranormal Activity” stage play currently running on the West End before it heads off to Broadway next year, next to Blumhouse, which produced the original hit film franchise, sits the name of one of cinema’s most historic and iconic horror brands: Hammer.
“I Play Rocky,” “Paper Tiger” and “Josephine” are among the 140 narrative features, documentaries and short films set to screen during the Coronado Island Film Festival’s 11th season. The festival will run from Nov. 4 through 8. Amazon MGM’s “I Play Rocky” will open the festival.
Hit video games “ARC Raiders” and “The Finals” are both getting adapted for TV and film in new projects set up with Chernin Entertainment and Nexon-owned video game developer Embark Studios. The North Road Company’s Chernin Entertainment film and TV division was chosen among seve
Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra,” which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and won the Palm Dog Award, has scored a raft of international sales for Paris-based sales outfit Lucky Number. The Chilean filmmaker’s latest feature has sold to France (Nour Films), Austria (Stadtki
Tawfik Sabouni’s documentary “The Other Side of the Sun,” which world premiered as part of the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale, has been chosen to represent Syria in the best international feature film category of the 2027 Academy Awards. It marks the country’s first Os
The African American Film Critics Association has set the lineup for its fifth AAFCA Goes to Broadway Luncheon. Tony winner André DeShields, Tony nominee Brandon Dirden and Emmy winners Jasmine Cephas Jones and Cheryl Wills will be honored at the ceremony, set for Monday, Oct. 12
Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Reckoning” has been unveiled to members of the film press, who are calling the follow-up to “The Social Network” a “solid sequel,” “a harsh assessment of [Mark] Zuckerberg” and “a scathing indictment of the current tumultuous state of society.” Early re
Salem, Massachusetts, serves as the setting for the iconic nineties film; here’s where to book and what to do if you’re visiting this fall
Sixteen years ago, Andrew Garfield played the Facebook co-founder who was pushed out of the company he helped create in “The Social Network” and came up short in the supporting actor race. Now, he’s playing the CEO pushed out of OpenAI — and who talked his way back in five days l
During a recent show in California, the singer yelled "Fuck ICE" and "Free Palestine"
Meekah, best friend of children’s entertainment and education character Blippi, has teamed up with Dove on a new music video promoting body confidence. Moonbug Entertainment and the Dove Self-Esteem Project (DSEP) have partnered with Meekah for “My Body Is Amazing,” a music video
Today’s episode of Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast takes a long look back at 30 years since the launch of Fox News Channel. Love it or hate it, Fox News has been an influential force in media and politics in the U.S. since its debut on Oct. 7, 1996. Jason Klarman, chief dig
The Season 30 premiere of “The Voice” hit 7.8 million viewers in its first seven days of availability. That total comes from a combination of Nielsen’s measurements of linear viewers on NBC and NBCUniversal’s own data regarding streams on Peacock. This marks the biggest opening a
It isn’t the first time the rapper has declined to submit for awards consideration
Prime Video debuted first look images for “Bloodaxe,” a new original series from “Vikings” creator Michael Hirst and Horatio Hirst. “Bloodaxe” Season 1 follows the rise of Erik Bloodaxe (Xavier Molyneux, “Neighbors”), one of the most famous Norse raiders, and his formidable wife
Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford raised $7.65 million on Sunday night in Los Angeles for Children in Conflict, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting, educating and providing mental health support to children living in war zones and high-conflict areas. The couple host
In the wild A24 documentary “You Can See Everything,” Elizabeth Holmes still maintains her innocence in her Theranos fraud case despite being sentenced to 11 years in prison. It turns out, there are a few others who share her beliefs. Ryan Elhosseiny, who runs a group called Just
