Category Archives: Variety

LISTEN: ‘We’re a Sprint’: Actor Awards EP Jon Brockett on Producing the Live Kudocast for Netflix
On today's episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, we'll hear from Jon Brockett, who is executive producer and showrunner of Sunday's Actor Awards. The kudocast veteran discusses producing a l...
Cynthia Littleton Feb 26, 2026

France’s 2026 Cesar Awards Announced (Updating Live)
The Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars and BAFTA’s, is unfolding this evening at the Olympia theater in Paris. This 51st edition could have a Hollywood flavor with Richard Lin...
elskes Feb 26, 2026

Former Château de Versailles President Catherine Pégard Appointed France’s Culture Minister, Succeeding Rachida Dati
Catherine Pgard, a former film journalist who previously worked in Nicolas Sarkozy’s cabinet and headed the Chteau de Versailles, has been appointed France’s culture minister. Pgard succee...
elskes Feb 26, 2026

Variety Announces 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit Program Featuring Tina Knowles and Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Co-Chair Pam Abdy
Variety has announced the first speakers for the 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles, including Tina Knowles and Warner Bros Motion Picture Grou...
wcinkala Feb 26, 2026

Lisa Rinna Speaks Out on Allegedly Being Drugged at ‘Traitors’ Premiere Party: ‘I Had Fentanyl in My System’ After Taking Test
Lisa Rinna has spoken out after a report claimed she had been drugged at “The Traitors” Season 4 premiere party in January. The reality TV star appeared on “Good Day New York” ...
Jordan Moreau Feb 26, 2026

PGA Awards Predictions: Preferential Ballot Breakdown and the Pros and Cons for ‘One Battle After Another’ vs. ‘Sinners’
The Producers Guild of America Awards have long held outsized influence in the Oscar conversation.One structural reason keeps them at the center of every best picture debate: the PGA uses a preferenti...
Clayton Davis Feb 26, 2026

‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Sets HBO Release Date, Drops First Trailer
“The Comeback” Season 3 has announced its official premiere date at HBO. The Lisa Kudrow comedy series will debut March 22 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO...
Joseph Otterson Feb 26, 2026

‘Never Have I Ever’ Star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Joins ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel ‘Elle’ Season 2
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is going back to high school. The “Never Have I Ever” alum is set to appear in the second season of the “Legally Blonde” prequel series “Elle”...
Joseph Otterson Feb 26, 2026

‘Running Point’ Sets Season 2 Release Date, Kate Hudson Returns as Basketball Franchise Boss in First Look Photos
Season 2 of "Running Point" is officially set to return April 23 on Netflix, with the streamer tipping off the next chapter through the release of first-look images from the upcoming season. The sport...
Kennedy French Feb 26, 2026

‘Wuthering Heights’: Meet the Folk Singer Whose Obscure Radio Performance of a 19th-Century Ballad Captured Emerald Fennell’s Ear
Folk musician Olivia Chaney has performed "Dark Eyed Sailor" more times than she can count. The 19th-century British ballad about a lost love returning was on her proposed track list for three separat...
Arushi Jacob Feb 26, 2026