Category Archives: Variety

Gaumont Posts Stable $172 Million Revenue for 2025 With Theatrical Business Up, but Big Losses Amid Animation Slowdown
Gaumont, the venerable French studio which recently turned 130, reported stable revenue at 150 million (172 million) in 2025 but saw its losses soar by 153% to 19.5 million, challenged by declining li...
Elskes Mar 16, 2026

The Associated Press, With Long Ties to Print, Ramps Up Live-Streamed Video Shows
Giovanna Dell'Orto was doing some of the hardest work a reporter can, talking to people who had just seen a shooting. And then, in the middle of her difficult labor came a voice that offered just a li...
Brian Steinberg Mar 16, 2026

The Secret Behind Elle Fanning’s Oscars Glow? This Portable Skincare Wand
Elle Fanning got a pre-Oscars facial last night — as any nominee should — but her esthetician says the real secret behind the actress’s glow was a high-frequency wand. Celebrity esth...
Atingley4 Mar 16, 2026

Middle East Broadcaster MBC Group Posts 28.5% Revenue Jump as Streaming Side Expands
Leading Middle East broadcaster MBC Group reported a 28.5% year-on-year increase in revenue to SR 5.4 billion ($1.43 billion) for the full fiscal year 2025, and an 8.1% yearly net profit to SR 437.5 m...
Nvivarelli Mar 16, 2026

For Trump’s FCC Chairman, Trolling Liberals Is the Point of His Threat to Pull Licenses of TV Networks That Air ‘Fake News’ About Iran War
Over the weekend, Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed FCC chair, scored another win in an area he seems to believe is a key part of his job: rage-baiting the libs. Carr on Saturday posted a message on X...
Todd Spangler Mar 16, 2026

Teyana Taylor Confronts ‘Very Rude’ Man Who ‘Shoved’ Her at Oscars: ‘I Don’t Tolerate Disrespect, Especially When It’s Unwarranted and Unprovoked’
“One Battle After Another” star Teyana Taylor had an argument at the Oscars with a man she claims shoved her. In a viral video, the best supporting actress nominee is seen scolding a man i...
Jordan Moreau Mar 16, 2026

Jessie Buckley, Renate Reinsve and Rose Byrne All Sported Red Lips at the 2026 Oscars: Here Are the Exact Products They Used
Only one actress could win best lead actress last night, but nearly all the nominees took home the prize for best red lip. Renate Reinsve (“Sentimental Value”), Rose Byrne (“If I Had...
Atingley4 Mar 16, 2026

Jane Fonda Wears ‘Block the Merger’ Pin to Oscars Party and Blasts Paramount Buying Warner Bros. After ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle’ Win Big: ‘We Have to Stop It’
Jane Fonda put the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal on blast after the Oscars when she walked the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party wearing a “Block the Merger” pin. Fonda, a two-time O...
Zack Sharf Mar 16, 2026

Netflix’s ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Series Adds Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris, Corrado Invernizzi to Cast
Netflix’s highly anticipated “Assassin’s Creed” series has added four more cast members. Noomi Rapace (“Lamb,” “Prometheus”), Ramzy Bedia (“Of Mon...
Ellise Shafer Mar 16, 2026

Oscars Postmortem: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Six-Month Reign, Ryan Coogler’s Historic Platform for Black Women and How Timothée Chalamet Lost the Race
When the final envelope was opened at the 98th Academy Awards, it served as a fitting end to an Oscar season that spent months reminding everyone of a simple truth: even the most dominant narrative ca...
Clayton Davis Mar 16, 2026