Category Archives: Variety
Viola Davis Narrates Kamala Harris Campaign Video: ‘It’s Time for a New Generation of Leadership’
With less than 24 hours to go before Election Day, the Harris-Walz campaign has released a new video narrated by Viola Davis. Titled "Mother," the 90-second spot begins with the Oscar winner telling t...
Nov 04, 2024
Robert Zemeckis Says Studio Keeps Asking for ‘Back to the Future 4’ but He’d Rather Direct the Musical Adaptation: ‘I Floated That to Universal. They Don’t Get It’
Robert Zemeckis confirmed during an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that Universal Pictures is often checking in with him to see if he’d be interested in making a fourt...
Nov 04, 2024
Oprah’s Favorite Things of 2024: You Can’t Go Wrong Gifting One of These This Year
If you’ve been struggling to come up with gift ideas this year, look no further: Oprah Winfrey, as always, has come to the rescue. As part of her annual tradition, she has released a comprehensi...
Nov 04, 2024
AFM: Middle East Buyers Shunning This Year’s Market Over Fears of Being Detained at U.S. Border Control
With the U.S. presidential election taking place the very same day the American Film Market starts on Nov. 5, for many international buyers flocking to the event in Las Vegas it's become an added elem...
Nov 04, 2024
‘Wild Robot,’ ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Transformers One’ Directors Talk Creating Authentic Animated Features at SCAD
Key contenders for this season’s animated feature Oscar race shared their insights on creating emotionally authentic features on the Variety Animation Panel – Pencils & Pixels at the S...
Nov 04, 2024
Robin Wright Rejects Claim That Jenny in ‘Forrest Gump’ Is ‘Kind of an Anti-Feminist Role’: ‘People Have Said She’s a Voldemort to Forrest’
Robin Wright joined her “Forrest Gump” co-star Tom Hanks for a recent interview with The New York Times while promoting their latest collaboration, Robert Zemeckis’ “Here,̶...
Nov 04, 2024
MSNBC’s Primetime ‘Avengers’: Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Joy Reid Assemble to Battle Cable News’ Old Rules
Joy Reid got the call while she was waiting in a restaurant at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to get on a plane to Paris. Nicolle Wallace received a summons, she remembers, when "I w...
Nov 04, 2024
‘Twisters,’ ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘Wicked’ Artisans on the Importance of Working With the Right Crew and Finding Your Voice
The artisans behind some of this year’s leading award contenders discussed the importance of having the right crew on their projects at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival as part of Variety's 10 Ar...
Nov 04, 2024
Stars Once Avoided Politics Out of Caution. Those Days Are Over (Guest Column)
In 1990 the sports world's biggest star, Michael Jordan, was asked to endorse Harvey Gantt, a Black candidate challenging the incumbent North Carolina senator, noted racist Jesse Helms. As he confirme...
Nov 04, 2024
Dominic West Joins Showtime Espionage Thriller ‘The Agency’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Dominic West has been cast in the upcoming espionage political thriller series “The Agency” at Paramount+ with Showtime, Variety has learned exclusively. West will appear in the series in ...
Nov 04, 2024