Category Archives: Variety

Robert Smigel is launching a podcast in which he and his comedian friends — including David Letterman, Bob Odenkirk, Ellie Kemper and Jim Gaffigan — try to help zhuzh up the hilarity of ev...

After a month-long hiatus, Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Team Mercedes has 72 points after three races (F1 Japanese Grand Prix was the previous event back in March). His teammate George Russell came in sec...

Focus Asia, the industry section of the Far East Film Festival, concluded its 2026 edition in Udine with both prizes going to first-time directors. Haohao Yan’s “Naked in Glendale,” ...

After hooking viewers with French shark movie "Under Paris," Netflix is finally getting ready for another bite of the cherry as “Under Paris 2” has gone into production in the south of Fra...

Ashutosh Gowariker, director of “Lagaan,” has been appointed festival director of the 57th International Film Festival of India by India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting....

Blue Finch Films has taken worldwide sales rights to Indonesian action crime thriller “Queen of Malacca,” excluding select Southeast Asian territories. The U.K.-based outfit unveiled the a...

On the story level, "Swapped" is quite basic, but there's a surprise enchantment to it - it's like a woodland fairy tale for seven-year-olds, yet on that score it's visually ravishing and quite touchi...

A new Korea-Japan content joint venture, StudioMonowa, has been launched by CJ ENM, TBS and U-Next Holdings following a signing ceremony held April 30 at the CJ ENM Center in Seoul, attended by the to...

Six independent film projects from across Southeast Asia will share $160,000 in production and post-production support from the Purin Film Fund, the Bangkok-based nonprofit announced for its Spring 20...

After a roar of applause, Meryl Streep took the stage of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Thursday night alongside its embattled host, during her whirlwind promotional tour for the hotly anticipated sequel "The D...