Category Archives: Variety

With no shade to anyone, there really is no other choice for Variety’s Hitmakers Producer of the Decade than Jack Antonoff. Yes, he's won the Grammy producer of the year award for three consecut...

At a time when watercooler moments are hard to come by, "Like That" - an explosive collaboration between hip-hop heavyweights Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar - dominated the cultural conversat...

Daniel Nigro knew there was something special about Chappell Roan, a young upstart who had just moved to Los Angeles from Missouri, during their first meeting in 2018. The pair cooked up a few songs a...

There's a notion in the film industry that comedies don't travel. Jokes have a regional audience, and humor gets lost in translation, the thinking goes. But director Matthew Rankin thinks more of audi...

As the definition of "genre" becomes increasingly elastic, more artists are blurring the lines. In March, Beyonc went country with "Cowboy Carter," and Post Malone, who features on that record, wasn't...

Disney’s “Mufasa” is one of the last remaining Hollywood tentpoles of the year, and it might be director Barry Jenkins’ first and last time making an all-digital movie. Jenkins...

There was a sense of hope and optimism at Variety's Faith and Spirituality in Entertainment Honors gala on Wednesday night. Held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills and presented by the Coaliti...

Producer Mustard had been sending rapper Kendrick Lamar beats nearly every day for six months when he texted him the snapping instrumental for "Not Like Us" in early April. "It was literally just a no...

Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Festival kicked off its fourth edition on Thursday with the world premiere of Karim Shenawi's Egyptian drama "The Tale of Daye's Family" and a glitzy red carpet featuring W...

In our modern world driven by innovation, tech gifts are more than just trendy — they’re practical, exciting and transformative. It seems like everywhere we look these days, technology ill...