Category Archives: Variety
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Andrew Jarecki’s Powerful Exposé of a Prison System Where Sanctified Lawlessness Is the Law
"The Alabama Solution" is one of the most powerful exposs of the inhumanity of the American prison system I've ever seen. Directed by Andrew Jarecki ("Capturing the Friedmans," "The Jinx") and Charlot...
Jan 29, 2025
‘The Challenge All Stars’ Boss on ‘Rivals’ Return, MTV Move and Bringing Back Controversial Players: ‘We Are in Constant Conversations With Cast About Their Growth’
How do you follow up the epic 40th season of MTV’s “The Challenge”? Bring back one of the most popular themes for “The Challenge: All Stars.” That’s exactly what th...
Jan 29, 2025
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Creator on How the Disney+ Show Connects to the MCU — But Isn’t About Tom Holland’s Peter Parker
When Jeff Trammell landed the job of creating Marvel Studios' animated series "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" (premiering today), he stepped into the most fertile creative period for the web-s...
Jan 29, 2025
Leslye Headland Will Adapt Stage Hit ‘Cult of Love’ for Film, Kiss ‘Evelyn Hugo’ Goodbye and Remember ‘The Acolyte’ as a Teenage Dream
The past year of Leslye Headland's work has been a love letter to her teenage self. The multitalented screenwriter-director-showrunner-playwright is on the eve of closing her acclaimed Broadway debut ...
Jan 29, 2025
Karla Sofia Gascón Didn’t Violate Oscar Rules by Accusing ‘People Working With Fernanda Torres’ of ‘Tearing Me and “Emilia Pérez” Down’
Karla Sofa Gascn, star of the Oscar-nominated film “Emilia Prez,” has accused the social media team of fellow best actress nominee Fernanda Torres of attempting to undermine her work. In a...
Jan 29, 2025
AEG Names Adam Wilkes and Alex Hill to Lead Expanded International Business Operations
AEG has announced a realignment of its international business divisions. As part of this change, the company will implement a new management structure. Adam Wilkes will assume responsibility for ...
Jan 29, 2025
‘How to Build a Library’ Review: Compassionate but Uneven Documentary Tracks the Reinvention of a Colonial Era Library in Kenya
How can one tackle the effects of colonialism on indigenous African people more than half a century after most nations on the continent got their independence? In "How to Build a Library," directors M...
Jan 29, 2025
Artists Equity Appoints Dillon West as COO, Adds Andrew Gumpert as President of Business Affairs & Strategy
Artists Equity, the studio founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, announced today that it has elevated Dillon West to the role of chief operating officer and named Andrew Gumpert to the new role of pr...
Jan 29, 2025
Orlando Bloom Says Keira Knightley Did ‘Wonderful Things’ in ‘Pirates’ Movies After She Revealed ‘I Was Seen as S—‘ and ‘Taken Down Publicly’ Because of Them
Orlando Bloom recently told Entertainment Weekly that Kiera Knightley did “wonderful things” in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, a few months after she revealed that s...
Jan 29, 2025
Why PlayStation Quickly Doubled Back on Its Two-CEO Model
PlayStation has a new CEO again — kind of. On Tuesday evening in the U.S. and the early hours of Wednesday in Tokyo, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that Hideaki Nishino would be the so...
Jan 29, 2025