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Miles Teller will be honored with the Artist of Distinction Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival. He will be presented with the recognition at the fest’s annual Honors ceremony on Oct. 18. “Miles Teller brings extraordinary dedication to every role he takes on,” Newport Beach Film Festival CEO and executive director Gregg Schwenk said. […]
Omega marked Oct. 5, James Bond Day, by launching its new James Bond and Spectre watch collection and hosting a preview of the company’s 007 exhibition at its boutique at The Americana at Brand mall in Glendale on Monday night. The exhibition features props from various Bond movies, including the secret agent’s British passport from […]
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 hosted their annual star-studded Wassail benefit at the El Rey Theatre, marking the first […]
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 celebrating movement, self-expression and the amazing things our bodies can do. Designed […]
Marisa Tomei and Rosanna Arquette will headline the West Coast debut of “This Is Crazy.” The one-night-only performance of the V (formerly Eve Ensler) play benefits the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and is performed in memory of Chris Huvane, the beloved Hollywood talent manager who died by suicide in 2022. The cast also […]
Riley Keough and Clay Tweel have joined Brandon Kapelow’s documentary “Under Fire” as executive producers. “Under Fire” follows Rob, a veteran Idaho fire captain living with PTSD who has spent decades responding to emergencies and saving other people. As the toll of his work follows him home, threatening his future and his relationship with his […]
“Dawson’s Creek” creator Kevin Williamson remembered the show’s late star Jame Van Der Beek on Saturday night while being honored with a Hero Award at the Barbara Berlanti Heroes Gala, Greg Berlanti’s annual F Cancer benefit. Williams explained that the show, about a small-town high school student dreaming of becoming a Hollywood director, was inspired […]
Pedro Pascal makes his Oscar case with a cello. “Behemoth!,” Tony Gilroy’s first feature as a director since “The Bourne Legacy” in 2012, world-premiered on Friday night at Alice Tully Hall as the centerpiece selection of the New York Film Festival. Pascal plays Alex Serian, a former child prodigy from a family of Los Angeles […]
October began with Ben Affleck and Kerry Washington premiering “Animals,” their new political thriller about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate (Affleck) whose family is thrust into an unimaginable situation involving their son and housekeeper and her undocumented immigrant boyfriend. The following day, the Critics Choice Association hosted its sixth annual Celebración of Cinema & Television […]
Ben Affleck plays a Brentwood businessman running for Los Angeles mayor in the new thriller “Animals.” The Oscar winner, who directed and co-wrote the film, is also a longtime political activist who has supported the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Now, his “Animals” cast would like him to […]
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 chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect […]
It is a controversy actually worthy of an exclamation point. When was the last time the internet lost its collective stuff over a single song the way it did this past week with Taylor Swift’s “Cleveland!”? And they say there’s no such thing as a monoculture anymore. It might have felt like everyone you knew […]
Netflix is hunting for gold. The streaming giant has built Hollywood’s most expensive awards machine. The serial billboards on the Sunset Strip, the designer screening rooms and the elite tastemaker dinners have earned Netflix a decade of best picture nominations. What it doesn’t have is the big trophy. Is this the year that finally changes? […]
Bradley Whitford is ready to return to the White House. The actor tells me that it may be time to bring back “The West Wing” as a “limited series of some kind.” Series creator Aaron Sorkin has had fans chomping at the bit ever since he told Variety’s Michael Schneider he was inspired to write […]
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 chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect […]
In the last few years (ever since “Top Gun: Maverick”), Tom Cruise has often been hailed as The Last Movie Star. He’s certainly the gold standard, though it might be appropriate to add Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts to that category too. All three feel like The Last Movie Stars — though what I’m really […]
Jack’d, the largest dating app for queer people of color in the United States, is launching the inaugural Jack’d Film Festival, a showcase and competition celebrating original films by queer creators with a particular focus on films that center the experiences, stories and/or perspectives of queer people of color. TS Madison (“Outlaws With TS Madison” […]
Chris Olsen says it wasn’t easy writing his recently released memoir, “I Think My Therapist Hates Me,” but he believes it was worth it. “People say, was it cathartic to write it? No, it felt like I was just kind of like stabbing myself over and over again,” the TikTok star told me Sunday at […]
Hayley Kiyoko wants to sail the same-sex-loving high seas. The musician, novelist and filmmaker says her dream project is a queer take on “Pirates of the Caribbean.” “I would love to do a lesbian pirate show or movie — Keira Knightley, but gay,” she said. “Very gay and fantastical.” Kiyoko’s remarks came Thursday night during […]
No doubt Isaac Mizrahi is excited about the release of the newly restored “Unzipped,” the 1995 documentary chronicling a moment in time when he was one of the fashion world’s hottest designers. However, Mizrahi admits he’s not that eager to watch it. “I have to say I hate looking back,” he tells me. “I hate […]
