Category Archives: Variety

J.K. Rowling is among a number of voices including former Olympic athletes decrying the inclusion of a trans sprinter in the women's sprinting category at the Paris Paralympics. 51-year-old Petrillo V...

Obi Ndefo, an actor who had recurring roles on “Dawson’s Creek” and “Stargate SG-1,” died on Aug. 28 in a hospital in the Los Angeles area. He was 51. Obi Ndefo’s s...

UPDATED: The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally opened an investigation into Ticketmaster's compliance with consumer protection law in relation to the sale of Oasis conc...

Alexandra Simpson makes her feature directing and writing debut with Venice Critics Week entry "No Sleep Till," a dreamy, visually striking look at locals in a small Florida beach town under the threa...

Memento Distribution (“Cairo Confidential”) has nabbed French rights to "The New Year That Never Came,” a film directed by Bogdan Muresanu which is world premiering at the Venice Fil...

The Philippines’ Quezon City Film Commission and QCinema have revealed the lineup for the second edition of the QCinema Project Market (QPM). Twenty projects were selected from 63 submissions ac...

Drew Starkey didn’t audition for Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” — instead, the project found him. The 30-year-old “Outer Banks” star was sending in self-tapes for ...

With head bowed, over clasped hands, Italian director Maura Delpero’s quietly breathtaking “Vermiglio” unfolds from tiny tactile details of furnishings and fabrics and the hide of a ...

Subhash Chandra, chairman emeritus of Indian media giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), has accused Madhabi Puri Buch, chair of regulator Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) of scuppe...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the topic of a new feature documentary, “The Bibi Files” produced by Oscar winner Alex Gibney and directed by Alexis Bloom. The two-hour docu, ...