Category Archives: Variety

Jeffrey Katzenberg was probably too early when he launched Quibi (short for quick bites) in early 2020. The company closed down six months later having consumed nearly $1.5 billion of capital. Fast fo...

Kate Winslet says losing several Oscars never added pressure to her career to deliver an award-worthy performance. Winslet was always a bridesmaids and never a bride at the Academy Awards for a large ...

Phars Film (PHF) has locked down the overseas theatrical distribution rights for “Singham Again,” the upcoming tentpole from Jio Studios, the content arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’...

Like many of the fall film festivals, New York Film Festival had to mount its 2023 edition during the actors strike and without major stars like Emma Stone ("Poor Things"), Natalie Portman and Juliann...

Rising Egyptian star Yasmina El-Abd, whose acting career has been on a roll since she was 12, stands as testimony to the fact that female empowerment is becoming a major theme in the Arab world’...

British stage and screen actress Maggie Smith, the “Downton Abbey” and “Harry Potter” star who numbers two Oscars, three Emmys and countless stage awards to her credit, died Fr...

Social media feels like it has always been here. From Instagram to TikTok, many of us spend a portion of our day mindlessly - or intentionally - scrolling through these platforms. But it wasn’t ...

Nordic animation makers need to embrace "compassion, equality and inclusion," Kool Produktion's Frank Mosvold told Variety. "As a gay producer, I’m alarmed by the growing negative attitude and h...

SAN SEBASTIAN - “Bound in Heaven,” the directorial debut of experienced screenwriter Xin Huo, best known for “Kung Fu Hustle,” is the sole Chinese production in the Official Se...

Two years ago, after it bowed in cinema theaters in Spain, Alauda Ruiz de Aza's feature debut "Lullaby" was described by Pedro Almodvar as "undoubtedly the best Spanish debut for years." So the big qu...