Category Archives: Variety

Jodie Foster Says Directors ‘Don’t Listen to Me’ Sometimes and ‘I’ll Work on a Movie Where I Have to Do 120 Takes’ and Respond: ‘Alright, Bye’
Jodie Foster recently chatted with “The Bikeriders” star Jodie Comer for Interview magazine and got honest about her relationship to acting. The two-time Oscar winner for best actress admi...
Zack Sharf Jun 24, 2024

How Jodie Comer Mastered Her Chicago Accent for ‘The Bikeriders’
It's well-proven that Emmy winner Jodie Comer excels at accent work. The actor's Russian accent as psychopathic assassin Villanelle in "Killing Eve" was so good that playwright Suzie Miller nearly pas...
Angelique Jackson Jun 24, 2024

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline
Some two decades’ worth of content published on MTVNews.com is no longer available after MTV appears to have fully pulled down the site. In 2023, MTV News was shuttered amid the financial woes o...
Todd Spangler Jun 24, 2024

Sean Penn Says He ‘Went 15 Years Miserable on Sets’ After ‘Milk’ and Could Not Play Gay Role Today Due to a ‘Timid and Artless Policy Toward the Human Imagination’
Sean Penn recently said in an interview with The New York Times that 2008’s “Milk” was “the last time I had a good time” on a film set, adding: "I went 15 years miserable...
Zack Sharf Jun 24, 2024

Paris 2024: The Best Summer Olympics Merch, From Skims to Ralph Lauren
The 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off in Paris this past weekend, and as always dozens of brands across the globe are celebrating the global sports event with limited-edition collaborations, capsules an...
Atingley4 Jun 24, 2024

‘X-Men’ Screenwriter ‘Really Happy’ That Alan Cumming Calls ‘X2’ the ‘Gayest Film I’ve Ever Done,’ Says Ian McKellen ‘Really Recognized’ the Film’s Gay Allegory
“X-Men” screenwriter David Hayter recently told TMZ that he is thrilled by Alan Cumming’s recent revelation that the 2003 sequel “X2: X-Men United” is the “gayest f...
Zack Sharf Jun 24, 2024

First Edition of LatAm Content Market, Dedicated to Non-Fiction, to Take Place in Rio in March 2025 (EXCLUSIVE)
The first edition of the LatAm Content Market, a market focusing on non-fiction productions, whether docs and realities, will take place in Rio de Janeiro over March 10-13 in 2025. Brazil-based produc...
John Hopewell Jun 24, 2024

Alan Chikin Chow, Most-Viewed YouTube Shorts Creator, Signs With CAA
Alan Chikin Chow — the multihypenate creator, actor, writer and producer who’s billed as the world’s most-watched YouTube Shorts creator — has signed with CAA for representatio...
Todd Spangler Jun 24, 2024

Conecta Fiction: More Co-Production, Cost Contention and the ‘Severely Overstated’ Death of Peak TV
The eighth edition of Spain's Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, one of Spain's foremost TV development and production forums, played out in the historical city of Toledo over June 18-21. Know...
John Hopewell Jun 24, 2024

Channing Tatum Says Never-Made ’23 Jump Street’ Had the ‘Best Script I’ve Ever Read for a Third Movie’: ‘I Would Love to Do It’ and Jonah Hill ‘Wants to Do It’
Channing Tatum recently told ComicBook.com while promoting his upcoming movie “Fly Me to the Moon” that he is still very much interested in making “23 Jump Street” with Jonah H...
Zack Sharf Jun 24, 2024