From Carrie Coon to Rocio Guerrero: Women Based in NY and Beyond Who Made a...
The past year has been a challenging one for many in the entertainment biz, and the women on this year’s New York Women’s Impact Report were not immune to disruptions caused by labor strife and...
View Article‘The Fall Guy’ Writer Details How Hollywood’s Biggest Stunts Inspired the...
Ostensibly a big-screen reboot of the 1980s television series of the same name, “The Fall Guy” is actually director and former stunt performer David Leitch’s love letter to both his wife, producer...
View ArticleMissy Elliott Joins Universal’s Untitled Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry...
Missy Elliott is joining Universal Pictures’ untitled Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry musical project. She joins Halle Bailey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Oscar nominee Brian Tyree Henry and Oscar winner...
View ArticleWarner Bros. in Talks to Land ‘Avengelyne’ With Margot Robbie Eyeing to Star,...
The feature adaptation of “Avengelyne” from Olivia Wilde, Margot Robbie and “X-Men” producer Simon Kinberg is being set up at Warner Bros. The studio is close to finalizing a seven-figure film rights...
View Article‘A Mother Apart’ Producer Alison Duke to Receive Don Haig Award at Hot Docs
Hot Docs is to honor Canadian writer-producer-director Alison Duke with the Don Haig Award, which recognizes “creative vision and entrepreneurship,” as reflected in her work, as well as a track record...
View ArticleBentonville Film Festival, Led by Geena Davis, Announces Lineup Including...
The Bentonville Film Foundation has announced the narrative, documentary, short film and episodic selections premiering in-person for the 10th annual Bentonville Film Festival. Set this year for June...
View ArticleJeff Bridges Admits He Was a ‘Reluctant Actor’ Early in His Career: ‘It Took...
Jeff Bridges isn’t like other leading men. So goes the tale for over 50 years and 70 films. Where other actors of his generation—Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson—brought volume and bravado, Bridges...
View Article‘Megalopolis’ First Look: Francis Ford Coppola Says ‘I Must’ve Rewritten It...
Francis Ford Coppola revealed in a preview of “Megalopolis” in Vanity Fair that he rewrote the script around 300 times before self-financing the passion project for $120 million by selling part of his...
View ArticleHow ‘Black Box Diaries’ Director Shiori Ito Set Out to Change How Japanese...
Shiori Ito’s feature documentary “Black Box Diaries” about the investigation of the director’s own sexual assault, earned a standing ovation following its Hot Docs Canadian premiere on Monday. The...
View ArticleDogwoof Boards World Sales on Thom Browne Feature Documentary From Team...
Dogwoof has boarded international sales for “Thom Browne: The Man Who Fell to Earth,” the first feature documentary about the fashion designer. Dogwoof will present the film to buyers in Cannes this...
View ArticleLucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard, Til Schweiger Lead WWII Thriller...
Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (“1899, “Borgen”), Clara Rugaard (“Verona,” “I Am Mother”) and Til Schweiger (“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” “Inglourious Basterds”) lead the international cast of...
View ArticleWithout ‘Barbenheimer’ 2.0, Hollywood Needs ‘Deadpool 3,’‘Despicable Me 4’...
Say hello to sequel season. That might as well be the nickname for this summer’s slate of potential blockbusters. Over the next four months, Hollywood is rolling out what it hopes will be a winning...
View ArticleDoes Harvey Weinstein’s Overturned Conviction Signal the End of Hollywood’s...
On April 25, the day that Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault conviction was overturned, those who had been most vocal in the months following the former mogul’s implosion in 2017 were...
View ArticleVariety and Gold House’s Inaugural 8 APIs Up Next in Entertainment List for 2024
These eight talents rep Variety and Gold House’s first Up Next in Entertainment class.
View ArticleWGA Strike: One Year Later, Writers Face a Different Sort of Crisis
The Writers Guild of America called a strike one year ago today, declaring that the streaming boom had created an existential crisis for writers. The WGA got most of what it wanted from the strike,...
View ArticleDivergent PR Hires Ryan Langrehr, Promotes Christine Richardson to Vice...
Divergent PR has announced that veteran publicist Ryan Langrehr, former U.S. Head of Awards at DDA, will join the independent outlet and that Christine Richardson has been promoted to Vice President....
View Article‘Never Look Away’ Review: Lucy Lawless Directs Fascinating Documentary on...
The thin line between cheating death and chasing it appears to have been smudged, repeatedly, by maverick video journalist Margaret Moth, the subject of first-time filmmaker Lucy Lawless’ fascinating...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Appears in New York Court After Overturned Conviction, New...
Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday, less than a week after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his 2020 rape conviction. It’s the first time the former movie producer has...
View ArticleAlfred Molina Fights Tears Saying ‘I Did Disappoint My Dad’ by Being an Actor...
Alfred Molina has gone viral on social media for sharing an emotional story to Vanity Fair about his father, who never vocally supported his son’s acting career. Molina once had the chance to become...
View ArticleKerry Condon, William H. Macy, Clifton Collins Jr. Join Black Bear’s Denis...
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), William H. Macy (“Fargo,” “Shameless”) and Clifton Collins Jr. (“Jockey,” “Capote”) have joined director Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams,” Variety has learned....
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