Category Archives: Variety

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro Remember ‘The Godfather Part II’ Co-Star Robert Duvall: ‘I Will Miss Him’
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have paid tribute to Robert Duvall, who died on Sunday at the age of 95. “It was an honor to have worked with Robert Duvall,” Pacino said. “He was a born...
Jack Dunn Feb 16, 2026

Remembering Robert Duvall, Whose Acting Brilliance Colored in the Light and Dark Sides of Humanity
When you think of the great actors (Brando, Streep, De Niro, Ullmann, Day-Lewis), one of the first qualities that leaps to mind is range. Robert Duvall, who died Sunday at 95 and was most assuredly on...
Owen Gleiberman Feb 16, 2026

‘Nina Roza’ Review: An Eerily Doubled, Intricately Mirrored and Deeply Moving Reflection on Immigrant Identity
The immigrant experience is most often discussed, and most easily understood, as one of an entire person’s movement and relocation: a journey from A to B and perhaps further letters, with concom...
Guy Lodge Feb 16, 2026

Anderson Cooper Set to Exit CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’
Anderson Cooper will exit CBS News’ “60 Minutes” after nearly 20 years of contributing to the program, according to a person familiar with his thinking, the latest blow to the revere...
Brian Steinberg Feb 16, 2026

Billy Steinberg, Songwriter Who Co-Wrote Smashes Including ‘Like a Virgin,’ ‘True Colors,’ ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘So Emotional,’ Dies at 74
Billy Steinberg, a longtime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame who is regarded as one of the most successful tunesmiths of the ’80s and ’90s, died Monday in California at age 75. He di...
Chris Willman Feb 16, 2026

Frederick Wiseman, Legendary Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 96
Frederick Wiseman, the prolific documentarian behind films like “Titicut Follies,” “At Berkeley,” “National Gallery” and “Ex Libris,” died on Monday. He...
Jack Dunn Feb 16, 2026

Why Shooting ‘Crime 101’ Was a ‘Love Letter to Los Angeles,’ From an Echo Park Mural to the Sixth Street Bridge
Bart Layton's "Crime 101" is much more than your average heist thriller. Chris Hemsworth plays Davis, a jewel thief who specializes in meticulously targeted robberies. He commits those heists along th...
jazztangcay Feb 16, 2026

Robert Duvall Was a ‘Marvelous Actor’ Whose Performance ‘Raised Everybody Else,’ ‘Broken Trail’ Director Walter Hill Remembers
Robert Duvall was a true original, on and off the screen, who had a multitude of quirks and interests as a person but was never anything less than a consummate professional and “marvelous actor....
Cynthia Littleton Feb 16, 2026

‘The Blood Countess’ Review: A Hilarious Isabelle Huppert Fully Puts the Vamp Into Vampire
Whether saturating entire frames or dribbling down a rare contrasting design element, there’s red everywhere you look in “The Blood Countess,” as you might well expect. Little of it,...
Guy Lodge Feb 16, 2026

Trump Threatens Death Penalty If Nancy Guthrie Isn’t Returned Alive by Abductors
The kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie will face the “most severe” federal penalties if they do not release her unharmed, President Trump told the New York Post Monday. Trump said in a phone inte...
Jack Dunn Feb 16, 2026