Category Archives: Variety
‘Conclave,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Vermiglio’ Added to Camerimage Competition Lineup
“Conclave,” “The Brutalist” and “Vermiglio” have been added to the main competition lineup for the 32nd edition of the EnergaCamerimage international cinematography...
Oct 24, 2024
Ted Danson Apologizes to Kelsey Grammer for Argument During ‘Cheers’ Years: ‘I Feel Like I Missed Out on the Last 30 Years’ and ‘It’s My Bad’
Ted Danson recently apologized to Kelsey Grammer for a decades-old argument they had while working together on “Cheers.” On the Oct. 23 episode of the “Where Everybody Knows Your Nam...
Oct 24, 2024
Eddie Redmayne Thriller ‘The Day of the Jackal’ Sold to Nearly 200 Territories by NBCU (EXCLUSIVE)
NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution has sold thriller "The Day of the Jackal," starring Eddie Redmayne, to nearly 200 territories around the world. The show’s U.K. premiere was on Tuesday in Lon...
Oct 24, 2024
‘Music by John Williams’ Review: Steven Spielberg and Friends Pay Rapturous Tribute to the Master Composer
From the deep, quickening heartbeat of "Jaws" to the astral opening blast of "Star Wars," the music of John Williams not only earns its place among the most iconic film scores of all time, but it also...
Oct 23, 2024
Engineering Emmys: NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang Says AI Offers ‘New Canvas’ for Storytelling
Artificial Intelligence is “fundamentally reshaping computing and will transform how stories are told, produced and experienced,” asserted NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang as he accepte...
Oct 23, 2024
Elphaba’s Dress in ‘Wicked’ Was Inspired by Mushroom Gills
As Paul Tazewell was conceiving design ideas for "Wicked," mushroom gills served as an unlikely inspiration for Elphaba's black dress. The costume designer had stumbled across a documentary about mush...
Oct 23, 2024
85-Year-Old Scott Glenn Stars in Bloody Action Thriller ‘Eugene the Marine,’ More Than 60 Years After Enlisting in Real Life (EXCLUSIVE)
Scott Glenn was so charmed by his “Eugene the Marine” co-star Jim Gaffigan that while filming a particularly wild fight scene, the 85-year-old modified a stunt so he didn’t accidenta...
Oct 23, 2024
‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals Identity of Chess Piece: Here Is the Celebrity Under the Costume
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 5 of "The Masked Singer," "Barbie Night," which aired October 23 on Fox. Check mate. "Orange Is the New Black" star Laverne Cox was the next celebr...
Oct 23, 2024
Alan Sacks, Co-Creator of ‘Welcome Back Kotter’ and TV Producer, Dies at 81
Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who had an eclectic career that included co-creating the popular 1970s series “Welcome Back, Kotter” and working on projects set in the 1980s L.A. p...
Oct 23, 2024
Zoe Saldaña Is ‘Scared and Worried’ About the Election, but ‘I Also Have a Lot of Faith’
Zoe Saldaa admits she's "worried" about what will happen on Election Day. But she refuses to lose any hope. "I am worried," Saldaa told me Tuesday at the Los Angeles premiere of "Emilia Prez." "But th...
Oct 23, 2024