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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 […]
Alexander Ludwig is meeting me on Zoom from a small cafe in the south of France. “Apologies, but my internet connection in my Airbnb is so terrible,” he says. “Hopefully it doesn’t get too loud.” Then he cracks, “This is my really hard life right now.” Life is anything but hard for the 34-year-old actor. […]
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 personal preferences for any individual […]
Deacon Phillippe insists he wasn’t going to rely on his Hollywood genes — his parents are Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe — to make it in Hollywood. So much so that the 24-year-old aspiring musician and actor was intent on getting a college education and graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts […]
Tom Cruise is going to divide us this year, and that might be the most interesting thing about his Oscar prospects for “Digger.” Depending on which screening you walked out of, it’s either the bravest swing of his late career or a miscalculation dressed up as one. Critics are divided, and audiences will be too. […]
It may be some time before cameras begin to roll on Jon M. Chu’s Britney Spears movie biopic, but the “Wicked” filmmaker has read some of the script from writer Liz Meriwether. “She’s doing many beautiful things and I may or may have not gotten glimpses of what she’s been doing and it’s incredible,” Chu […]
The fall festival triple crown ended the way it always does, with a Toronto audience getting the last word. On Sunday, those words were in Spanish. “La Bola Negra,” the sprawling Netflix epic from Los Javis, took TIFF’s People’s Choice Award, capping three weeks in which Venice handed its Golden Lion to May el-Toukhy’s “Woman […]
Credit is merited when it’s due: CBS News’ newly minted “60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat landed a thoughtful, emotional interview with the person who may have elicited more speculation than anyone else this year. Patrick Clancy is the grieving father of three children killed in January 2023 by his then-wife, Lindsay Clancy. (During the criminal […]
During her introductory remarks at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Saturday night, Mellody Hobson said her husband, famed “Star Wars” director George Lucas, was nervous about the evening’s turnout. “This room is filled with our friends,” Hobson said. “Looking out at your faces, you have no idea how much you […]
Orville Peck made his headlining debut at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night. But it wasn’t the first time the country singer performed at the legendary amphitheater. He performed at the outdoor venue during Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration in 2023. About a year later, Peck, who is openly gay, and Nelson duetted on a […]
In “Without Blood,” written and directed by Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek plays Nina, a woman who spends her adult life looking for the three men responsible for the wartime murder of her father and brother when she was just a child. In two of the cases, her revenge is fatal. But then she meets the […]
A mere 10 minutes into the Season 2 premiere of “MobLand,” aptly titled “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” there is a massacre at the racetrack. Increasingly on edge and triggered by his son Kevin’s (Paddy Considine) disloyalty, Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan), patriarch of the Harrigan crime family, lets his temper get the best of him. […]
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 personal preferences for any individual […]
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 personal preferences for any individual […]
As the summer begins to wind down in September, Hollywood is just getting started with a new crop of awards season movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Some of the first arrivals for the 83rd annual Italian fest included George Clooney, Laura Dern, Kate Mara, Claire Foy and jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal. At the […]
