Category Archives: Variety

Caroline Kennedy Slams RFK Jr. as ‘Predator’ and ‘Unqualified’ to Serve as Health Secretary
Caroline Kennedy wrote a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions strongly discouraging them from confirming her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. Department of Healt...
Abigail Lee Jan 28, 2025

‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Review: A Transgender Attorney Heads to the Supreme Court in an Emotional and Informative Doc
The visual approach in "Heightened Scrutiny" - Sam Feder's documentary following a transgender lawyer prepping for a U.S. Supreme Court case - seems familiar at the outset. Its straightforward approac...
Siddhant Adlakha Jan 28, 2025

Goop’s Valentine’s Gift Guide Is Here: 24-Karat Gold Vibrator, $28K Necklace, In-Home Saunas and More
What’s great about a Goop gift guide is that the list itself is as much a gift as the extravagant, over-the-top offerings that Gwyneth Paltrow and her team curate every year. More important than...
Atingley4 Jan 28, 2025

Andrew Hampp Promoted to Managing Director, Music and Consumer Partnerships at Variety
Andrew Hampp has been promoted to managing director of music and consumer partnerships at Variety. Since joining the Variety team in 2022, Hampp has extended Variety's partnerships significantly, crea...
Wcinkala Jan 28, 2025

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Debuts at No. 1 on Netflix Top 10 With 13.9 Million Views
Season 2 of “The Night Agent” was the most-watched Netflix series of the week of Jan. 20-26, debuting with 13.9 million views in its first four days of availability. The season’s suc...
Selome Hailu Jan 28, 2025

Timothée Chalamet Gained 20 Pounds to Play Bob Dylan: ‘Believe It or Not, I Was Thinner Than the Guy’
Timothe Chalamet learned to play guitar and sing like Bob Dylan for “A Complete Unknown.” He also gained 20 pounds to look more like the folk music legend, he revealed an interview with NP...
Ethan Shanfeld Jan 28, 2025

‘Black Crab’ Writer Pelle Rådström Wins the Nordic Series Script Award for ‘Pressure Point’
Always a frontrunner, "Black Crab" scribe Pelle Rdstrm has won Gteborg's Nordic Series Script Award for his screenplay of "Pressure Point," a tense, involved and compelling three-part miniseries on th...
John Hopewell Jan 28, 2025

Matthew Perry Foundation Launches Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital
The Matthew Perry Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have created an addiction medicine training fellowship in Matthew Perry’s name and selected its inaugural fellow, the or...
Abigail Lee Jan 28, 2025

Academy Museum Spring Exhibitions to Spotlight Bong Joon Ho and ‘Barbie’ Production Design Team – Film News in Brief
Exhibitions honoring the work of “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho and the production design team behind “Barbie” and “Anna Karenina” will be featured at the Academy...
Abigail Lee Jan 28, 2025

Marlee Matlin Says Hollywood Hasn’t Changed Since ‘CODA,’ but That Won’t Stop Her From Creating Her Own Projects: ‘I’m Still Knocking on Doors’
Marlee Matlin is an Oscar winner for her work in “Children of a Lesser God,” and starred in the 2021 film “CODA,” which won the Oscar for best picture, but she feels that Holly...
William Earl Jan 28, 2025