Category Archives: News
Stage and Screen Vet Kathleen Chalfant Seeks Historic Best Actress Oscar Attention With Venice Player ‘Familiar Touch’
Kathleen Chalfant - a venerated stage actress with memorable turns in film and television - is officially entering the gauntlet for this year's best actress prize. Star of "The Affair" and "House of C...
Varietymattdonnelly Oct 14, 2025
Banijay Mexico & U.S. Hispanic Catches World Cup Fever With ‘Tres Hinchapelotas’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Banijay Mexico & U.S. Hispanic, part of Banijay Americas, is gearing up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a new travel docu series, "Tres hinchapelotas" (a working title), which roughly translates ...
Anna Marie de la Fuente Oct 14, 2025
Watch Grizzly Bear reunite for first live show in six years
Grizzly Bear reunited for their first live show in six years last night (October 13) – check out footage from the gig below. The Brooklyn indie four-piece went on hiatus in 2019, two years after...
Adam England Oct 14, 2025
‘The President’s Cake,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘To the West, in Zapata’ Top Hamptons Film Festival Award Winners
As awards season contenders continue to take shape, the Hamptons International Film Festival has delivered the winners of its 33rd outing in the luxurious beach haven. "The President's Cake," from fil...
Varietymattdonnelly Oct 14, 2025
LISTEN: Mattel’s Robbie Brenner, Banijay’s Marco Bassetti and All the Buzz From the Mipcom Content Market
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety‘s Leo Barraclough talks about the mood and the buzz along the Croisette on Day 2 of the Mipcom content market in Cannes, ...
Cynthia Littleton Oct 14, 2025
‘Unknown Number’ Director Skye Borgman Talks Kendra Licari and Releasing Three Netflix Docs in Seven Weeks
Three of Netflix’s most popular documentaries in the last seven weeks have one thing in common: director Skye Borgman. Known for her 2017 Netflix true crime doc “Abducted In Plain Sight,...
Addie Morfoot Oct 14, 2025
‘Devil in Disguise’ Season 2 in the Works at Peacock, Focused on Richard Ramirez, aka ‘The Night Stalker’ (EXCLUSIVE)
As “Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy” premieres this Thursday, Peacock is already circling the story of another serial killer for its next installment. Variety has learned that the strea...
Varietyschneider Oct 14, 2025
‘Pete Hegseth Has United the Media!’ Only One Outlet Has Agreed to Pentagon’s New Press Rules as Fox News, CNN and More Refuse to Comply
Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department has threatened to revoke press credentials of news organization that do not agree to restrictive new coverage rules — and says it may bar journalists who ...
Todd Spangler Oct 14, 2025
Will there be a ‘Boots’ season two?
A closeted gay teenager joins the US Marine Corps in Netflix comedy drama Boots. Based on the book The Pink Marine by Greg Cope White, the coming-of-age drama follows Cameron Cope and his best friend ...
Adam Starkey Oct 14, 2025
Matt Groening talks ‘The Simpsons’ “predicting” real-world events: “We’re bound to get something right”
Matt Groening has discussed the phenomenon of The Simpsons seemingly predicting real-world events before they happen in a new interview. Events such as Donald Trump becoming US President and Lady Gaga...
Adam England Oct 14, 2025