Category Archives: Variety

Biden Mistakenly Calls Kamala Harris ‘Vice President Trump’ and Addresses Calls to Drop Out of Race: ‘I Think I’m the Most Qualified Person to Run’
President Biden’s struggles to assuage concerns about his age and fitness for the White House continue. Biden parried with journalists Thursday evening over his fitness for office even as he tri...
Brian Steinberg Jul 11, 2024

Emmy Predictions 2024: Final Voting Underway With Multiple Races Up for Grabs; FX and Netflix Battle for Most Awarded Network
Variety‘s Awards Circuit is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year. It features the official predictions for the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Tony Awards, curat...
Clayton Davis Jul 11, 2024

Katy Perry Celebrates the Divine Feminine in ‘Woman’s World’ Video Featuring Trisha Paytas
Katy Perry proclaims it’s a “Woman’s World” in the extravagant music video for her upcoming “143” album’s first single. On Thursday, the single was released a...
Thania Garcia Jul 11, 2024

Alec Baldwin Trial’s Second Day Delves Into Sources of Gun and Bullets
The second day of Alec Baldwin’s trial went deep into the origins of a vintage Colt .45 revolver and the question of how live bullets got to the set of “Rust.” Baldwin is accused of ...
Gmaddaus Jul 11, 2024

Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series/Scripted Variety — Could ‘Saturday Night Live’ Get Shut Out and Will John Mulaney Crash the Late Night Race?
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys,...
Clayton Davis Jul 11, 2024

This AI Company Wants to Revolutionize How Dialogue Is Re-Dubbed Into Different Languages
At present, watching a piece of foreign-language content that's been dubbed in English an exercise in discomfort. Thanks to the proliferation of local-language film and TV — brought to us mostly...
Varietymattdonnelly Jul 11, 2024

J Balvin Announces New ‘Rayo’ Album, Releases EDM Single Called ‘Gaga’ With Saiko
J Balvin is ready to unleash his first album in nearly three years. On Thursday, the superstar announced his new album, “Rayo,” the follow-up to 2021’s “Jose,” will arriv...
Thania Garcia Jul 11, 2024

Remembering Shelley Duvall: In ‘The Shining’ and the Movies of Robert Altman, She Showed Us the Quirkiness of Our Normality
When Shelley Duvall was cast to play Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining” (1980), the film she would become most famous for, it was overwhelmingly the most mainstream movie sh...
Owen Gleiberman Jul 11, 2024

Vin Diesel and Zion Feature in New Dimitri Vegas-Produced Latin Dance Song, ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Vin Diesel and Zion of the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Zion y Lennox have teamed up to voice "Don't Stop The Music,” a new Latin dance single produced by Dimitri Vegas. One half of the duo Dimitr...
Thania Garcia Jul 11, 2024

Will Ferrell Says James Caan Told Him ‘You’re Not Funny’ on ‘Elf’ Set and Acting ‘Too Over the Top’; Caan Later Called Him ‘Brilliant’ After Seeing the Film
Will Ferrell revealed during an interview on the "Messy" podcast (via IndieWire) that his late “Elf” co-star James Caan was not a fan of his performance as Buddy the Elf until he saw the f...
Zack Sharf Jul 11, 2024