Category Archives: Variety

‘Severance’ Season 2 Is Surreal, Stylish and Worth the Wait: TV Review
The characters on "Severance" - at least, the "innie" versions of them - don't experience time like the rest of us. Innies exist only on a subterranean floor in the headquarters of Lumon Ind...
Alisoncolleherman Jan 07, 2025

‘Skinamarink’ Studio’s $29,000 Horror Satire ‘Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink Tea’ Debuts Clip Ahead of Tubi Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Tubi has unveiled an exclusive clip of “Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink Tea,” a micro-budget horror satire from BayView Entertainment - the studio behind the underground experimen...
Michaela Zee Jan 07, 2025

NBC’s ‘Today’ Breaks From Morning Routine With ‘Start Today’ Wellness App
"I come from an age when an 'app' was an appetizer," says Al Roker. "Not something you downloaded on your phone." He's quickly learning to change with the times. Roker will play a significant role in ...
Brian Steinberg Jan 07, 2025

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Founder of French Far-Right Party Front National, Dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right party Front National, has died. He was 96. His family confirmed the news in a statement sent to the AFP and said he died “surrounded by...
Elskes Jan 07, 2025

Pia Lundberg on Her First Gig as Göteborg Artistic Director, Sundance and Rotterdam Dates Jigsaw and the Importance of Disobedience (EXCLUSIVE)
After a decade under the helm of Jonas Holmberg, the 48th Gteborg Film festival will inaugurate a new era under the reign of artistic director Pia Lundberg. Big names expected between Jan 24-Feb. 2 ta...
John Hopewell Jan 07, 2025

Göteborg Reveals Lineup With 25 World Premieres, Thomas Vinterberg and Julie Delpy Tributes, ‘Stranger’ as Closing Film
Scandinavia's biggest film-TV event, the Gteborg Film Festival, has unveiled the complete lineup for its 48th edition, due to unspool Jan. 24-Feb. 2 in Sweden’s second largest city. For her firs...
John Hopewell Jan 07, 2025

Mikey Madison, Marisa Abela and David Jonsson Among BAFTA Rising Star Award Nominees
The British Academy has unveiled the nominees for its 2025 Rising Star award for up-and-coming onscreen talent, the only honor among the BAFTA film awards to be voted on by the public. Announced more ...
Alex Ritman Jan 07, 2025

U.K. Drama School That Trained Daniel Day-Lewis, Olivia Colman Shuts Down ‘Financially Unsustainable’ Undergrad Program
One of the U.K.'s most prestigious drama schools - whose alumni include Daniel Day-Lewis, , Olivia Colman and Patrick Stewart among other well-known names - is shutting down its undergraduate program,...
K.J. Yossman Jan 07, 2025

Bangladesh Culture Ministry Taps Eight Directors for ‘Remembering Monsoon’ Initiative
The Bangladesh Ministry of Cultural Affairs has launched an ambitious anthology film project titled “Remembering Monsoon,” selecting eight accomplished directors to create works that will ...
Naman Ramachandran Jan 07, 2025

Jon Stewart On Kamala Harris Certifying the Presidential Election of Donald Trump: ‘That’s Like Attending Your Own Funeral’
After a three-week break, Jon Stewart is back at “The Daily Show” desk to recount Vice President Kamala Harris certifying the presidential election of Donald Trump, which of course, took p...
Jack Dunn Jan 06, 2025