Category Archives: Variety
Post Malone, Shane Gillis Tease Super Bowl Commercial for Bud Light
Bud Light isn’t waiting for the Super Bowl to start talking about its Super Bowl commercial. Rapper and performer Post Malone and comedian Shane Gillis will be spotted in a “teaser” ...
Brian Steinberg Jan 26, 2025

‘Predators’ Review: David Osit’s Quietly Trenchant Documentary Asks What Truth Came Out of a True-Crime Phenomenon
If “To Catch a Predator” taught us anything, it was about the hollow authority asserted by a man in a well-cut suit. Between 2004 and 2007, NBC’s pedophile-baiting “Dateline...
Guy Lodge Jan 26, 2025

‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Director on ‘Defying Orientalism’ With Tunisian Sundance Comedy: ‘People Want to See Belly Dancing and Mosques’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The snow-covered Park City feels a world away from Tunis, where Amel Guellaty shot her feature debut "Where the Wind Comes From," playing Sundance as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition stra...
Rafa Sales Ross Jan 26, 2025

NFC Championship 2025 Livestream: How to Watch Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles Online for Free
After thrilling NFL Playoffs Divisional Round, the NFC Championship is set with two powerhouse NFL football teams competing to win the George Halas Trophy, as well as advance to Super Bowl LIX to face...
Rudie Obias Jan 26, 2025

Morris Chestnut Keeps CBS’ Unsteady Sherlock Holmes Medical Mystery ‘Watson’ Afloat: TV Review
Since Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in the 19th century, the forensic detective and his comrade, Dr. John H. Watson, have been enduring figures in global literatur...
Aramide Tinubu Jan 26, 2025

Box Office: Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s ‘Flight Risk’ Flies to No. 1 With $12 Million in Yet Another Glacial Weekend
“Flight Risk,” an action thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as a balding, unhinged pilot, landed in first place with $12 million from 3,161 North American theaters ...
Rebecca Rubin Jan 26, 2025

Benedict Cumberbatch Celebrates His First Sundance, Toasts ‘This Extraordinary Festival’ and Calls for LA Fire Relief Efforts: ‘Help Those in Need’
Benedict Cumberbatch was the toast of the town at Sundance during the Variety Cover Party presented by United Airlines. The actor, who graced the cover of Variety‘s 2025 Sundance issue, was hono...
Zack Sharf Jan 26, 2025

Ronan Farrow, Juliette Lewis, Andre Holland and More on Storytelling for Modern Audiences: ‘Some People Connect on an Intellectual Level. But I Want to Be Moved’
Variety & Audible’s Cocktails and Conversations panel at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival brought together journalist Ronan Farrow, Audible’s chief content officer Rachel Ghiazza and ac...
Lauren Coates Jan 26, 2025

Dimension 20’s ‘Gauntlet at the Garden’ Review: Hilarious Madison Square Garden Show Sets a High Bar for Dungeons and Dragons Live Shows
Madison Square Garden was sold-out and packed with screaming fans on Friday night, but it wasn’t for a Grammy-winning artist or New York sports team: It was a group of “intrepid heroesR...
Jordan Moreau Jan 26, 2025

‘The Legend of Ochi’ Director Isaiah Saxon Mixed Puppetry, Animatronics and CG to Create One of the Most Nostalgic and Endering Worlds at This Year’s Sundance
The story around Isaiah Saxon's feature debut, "The Legend of Ochi," took a drastic turn, as so many Hollywood stories did, with this month’s Los Angeles fires. Saxon lost his home in the blaze,...
Jamie Lang Jan 26, 2025