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Jack O’Connell, Sandra Hüller, Taron Egerton, George MacKay, Rosalind Eleazar, Florian Zeller and More Celebrate London Film Festival at Variety Dinner

Marking the awards season kickoff, a starry crowd of filmmakers and talent including Jack O’Connell and Danny Boyle (“Ink”), Sandra Hüller (“Rose”), Taron Egerton (“Everybody Wants to F*ck Me”), Rosalind Eleazer (“Misty Green”), Billie Piper (“Elsinore”), Gemma Chan (“Josephine”) and Florian Zeller (“Bunker”) turned up at Variety‘s intimate yet glamorous dinner at Soho Mews House […]

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Amazon MGM Studios’ Albert Cheng Named HRTS Chair, While President Tim McNeal and CEO Melissa Grego Continue in Their Roles

The Hollywood Radio and Television Society has announced their newly elected officers, including Amazon MGM Studios’ Albert Cheng as chairman. Also, Tim McNeal will serve his second term as president and CEO Melissa Grego has renewed her contract to continue leading the nonprofit organization into 2028. Grego has served in that role since October 2017. […]

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Al Pacino to Be Honored With SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award

Al Pacino will be honored with SAG-AFTRA’s Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian accomplishments at the Actor Awards. The “Scarface” actor will receive the union’s top tribute at the Actor Awards ceremony on Feb. 28, 2027 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The Life Achievement Award is given annually to an actor […]

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See-Saw Films Heads on Mediawan Sale, Why ‘Tenzing’ Was Their ‘Most Challenging’ Movie Yet and the ‘World Building’ Potential of ‘Slow Horses’ and ‘The NeverEnding Story’

Less than two years ago, See-Saw Films was one of the most eligible bachelors in the industry. Prestige tastemakers behind a library of acclaimed movies (including multi Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech,” plus the likes of “Lion,” “The Power of the Dog,” and “One Life”), the production company had moved into TV with astonishing success with […]

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‘Wildwood’s’ Murder of the Crows Sequence Took Laika’s Artisans Over Five Years to Complete (EXCLUSIVE)

Laika’s latest stop-motion animated feature, “Wildwood,” is the Oregon-based studio’s most ambitious film to date, featuring 231 puppets, 54 hero characters and 136 locations. Written and direct by Travis Knight (“Kubo and the Two Strings”), the picture, opening Oct. 23, follows Prue, a 12-year-old girl who launches a desperate rescue mission to save her baby […]

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‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Sarah Levy’s ‘Run’ Boarded by Mise En Scene Company for Sales, First Look Unveiled (EXCLUSIVE)

The Mise En Scene Company has taken worldwide sales rights to “Run,” the marathon comedy-drama led by “Schitt’s Creek” star Sarah Levy, and has unveiled the first-look image exclusively with Variety. The London and New York-based outfit, known as MSC, will open sales on the U.S. production at the American Film Market, operating from the […]

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Guillermo del Toro Pays Tribute to Late ‘E.T.’ Designer Carlo Rambaldi Ahead of Hollywood Walk of Fame Honor: ‘A Worldwide Maestro of Magic’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Guillermo del Toro is paying tribute to Italian special effects master Carlo Rambaldi, who is being honored today with a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Rambaldi, best known for designing the iconic title character in Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” died in 2012 at age 86. He was a three-time Academy Award winner for […]

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