Category Archives: Variety
Tom Blyth on Playing a Closeted Gay Cop in ‘Plainclothes’ and His ‘Intimate, Really Vivid’ Sex Scenes With Russell Tovey
Tom Blyth may have starred in Francis Lawrence's box office hit "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," but that doesn't mean the British actor is moving on from independent film. Ca...
Jan 26, 2025
‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ Review: Urgent and Brilliant Documentary Finds Radical Ideas Following Israeli Stand-Up Comic’s Peacekeeping Efforts
Comedy wasn't always Noam Shuster Eliassi's purpose in life. But as true callings sometimes do, stand-up found this immensely charismatic and funny intellectual eventually. After all, the magnetic sub...
Jan 26, 2025
Bill Murray Admits He’s Been Lazy About Finding Work, Says He Relates to His Destructive Characters: ‘I’ve Done Some Damage’
Bill Murray concedes he hasn’t been proactive about finding work as an actor. The “Groundhog Day” and “Lost in Translation” star has appeared in just a few independent fi...
Jan 26, 2025
Spotify and Universal Unveil Far-Reaching Deal That Improves ‘Bundling’ Payment Structure
Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, and Spotify, the world's largest paid streaming service, announced on Sunday new, multi-year agreements for recorded music and music publishin...
Jan 26, 2025
Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs: The AFC Championship Game Will Stream Live on Paramount+
The 2025 NFL Playoffs continues with the AFC Championship on Sunday, Jan. 26. For the conference championship game, the Buffalo Bills (15-4) take on the Kansas City Chiefs (16-2) at GEHA Field at Arro...
Jan 26, 2025
Maia Lekow and Christopher King on Sundance Doc ‘How to Build a Library’ and How the Story of Saving One Nairobi Library ‘Can Be the Blueprint’ For All of Africa — And the World
Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively - but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the imp...
Jan 26, 2025
Dave Franco and Alison Brie Won’t Give Each Other Acting Notes on Set, Champion Demi Moore’s Oscar Nom: ‘Actors in Horror Movies Are Doing So Much’
Dave Franco and Alison Brie are set to rock the Sundance Film Festival with their horror movie “Together,” and the duo joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance to discuss...
Jan 26, 2025
Oscar Nominee Joshua Oppenheimer Worries His ‘Home Country Is Becoming a Dictatorship’ But It’s Not ‘The End’ Just Yet: ‘Above You, There’s Still a Sky’
U.S. filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, now based in Denmark, worries his "home country is perhaps becoming a dictatorship." "It remains to be seen. The question we all face, each and every one of us, is t...
Jan 26, 2025
Finn Wolfhard Says ‘Stranger Things’ Couldn’t Have Ended Better After ‘Lord of the Rings’ Style Year-Long Shoot; Last Day on Set Was ‘Incredibly Emotional’
Finn Wolfhard joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance and said that being in Park City to promote his new movie, A24’s “The Legend of Ochi,” feels like a post-grad...
Jan 26, 2025
‘To Catch a Predator’ Became a Ratings Sensation By Exposing Internet Sex Predators. A New Sundance Documentary Examines Its Complicated Legacy
Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched “To Catch a Predator,” a hidden camera reality TV show that followed journalist Chris Hansen working in co...
Jan 26, 2025