Category Archives: Variety

Jane Fonda Wears ‘Block the Merger’ Pin to Oscars Party and Blasts Paramount Buying Warner Bros. After ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle’ Win Big: ‘We Have to Stop It’
Jane Fonda put the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal on blast after the Oscars when she walked the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party wearing a “Block the Merger” pin. Fonda, a two-time O...
Zack Sharf Mar 16, 2026

Netflix’s ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Series Adds Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris, Corrado Invernizzi to Cast
Netflix’s highly anticipated “Assassin’s Creed” series has added four more cast members. Noomi Rapace (“Lamb,” “Prometheus”), Ramzy Bedia (“Of Mon...
Ellise Shafer Mar 16, 2026

Oscars Postmortem: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Six-Month Reign, Ryan Coogler’s Historic Platform for Black Women and How Timothée Chalamet Lost the Race
When the final envelope was opened at the 98th Academy Awards, it served as a fitting end to an Oscar season that spent months reminding everyone of a simple truth: even the most dominant narrative ca...
Clayton Davis Mar 16, 2026

AI Registry to Protect Athlete Likenesses and Digital IP Launched by New Sports-Tech Firm Callandor Group (EXCLUSIVE)
As AI continues to reshape the entertainment and sports industries, a newly launched sports-tech firm is making the case that athletes have become contributors to the AI economy — and that no st...
Naman Ramachandran Mar 16, 2026

National Theatre Director Indhu Rubasingham Eyes Bollywood Talent, India Expansion — and Brings Ayesha Dharker Full Circle in ‘The Jungle Book’
When Indhu Rubasingham brought Shabana Azmi to the National Theatre stage in 2000 for Tanika Gupta’s play “The Waiting Room,” the institution was caught off guard. “At that tim...
Naman Ramachandran Mar 16, 2026

Ireland Celebrates Jessie Buckley as the Country’s First Best Actress Oscar Winner: ‘A Historic Moment’
“Hamnet” star Jessie Buckley became an Irish national hero on Sunday night as she made Oscar history, becoming the first best actress winner from the country. Back home in Ireland, Buckley...
Elskes Mar 16, 2026

‘The Jungle Book’ at London’s National Theatre Casts Olivier Winner Hiran Abeysekera as Mowgli (EXCLUSIVE)
Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera will play Mowgli in a new stage adaptation of “The Jungle Book” at London’s National Theatre, with “The Father and the Assassin” pla...
Naman Ramachandran Mar 16, 2026

Norway Cheers Its First Oscar for Best International Feature Film With Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ as ‘Historic Moment’
Norway is ecstatic about the country's first Oscar for best international feature with Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value." The film, Trier's sixth feature and follow-up to "The Worst Person in the Wo...
Nvivarelli Mar 16, 2026

The 2026 Oscars Review: A Tasteful and Overly Safe Show Sustained by Just Enough Suspense
In the best of all worlds, the Oscars are exciting: fun and suspenseful, moving and meaningful. At their most supreme, they leave you with the feeling that movies matter. In the worst of all worlds, t...
Owen Gleiberman Mar 16, 2026

‘The Fox’ Review: Jai Courtney-Emily Browning Dark Comedy Has Bite
There's only one hole in "The Fox," a shrewdly conceived and meticulously plotted black comedy in which a magical ditch exists where people can deposit their lovers and have them come out the other si...
Stephen Saito Mar 15, 2026