Category Archives: Variety

Nigerian-born, U.S.-based author and director Roye Okupe is on a roll with the second season of his animated superhero series "Iyanu" launching March 21, just as he sets his sights on his next big pro...

In 2009, a Syrian journalism student arrived in Damascus for an exam with a secret escape plan. A SIM card was hidden in her shoe and a mobile phone in her underwear. As soon as she entered the buildi...

For the first time in a long time, the Oscar raceseems to betotally up in the air.And what a thrill! If the Academy is going to make the movie-loving masses wait untilmid-Marchfor the telecast (w...

Bradley Cooper, who has been in talks to star opposite Margot Robbie in the new “Oceans 11” prequel, is now also at the top of the list to write and direct the Warner Bros. movie. The move...

Oscar-winning Brit documentarian Orlando von Einsiedel is best known for finding stories of hope and humanity in places of darkness and despair. There was “Virunga,” about the work of Cong...

Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama “The Voice of Hind Rajab” is up for best international feature at the Oscars on Sunday, but one of its stars will not be in attendance. Motaz Malhees, ...

Just moments into "Monica," Jack Harlow's first album in nearly three years, one thing is crystal clear: He was ready for a change. A veteran by his mid-20s - he’d released the first in a long s...

"The Voice of Hind Rajab," Kaouther Ben Hania's powerful and moving docudrama about the 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces in 2024 while trying to flee Gaza, heads into the O...

There are very few artists who sound like British singer-songwriter James Blake, and even fewer who have had a career like his. Blake’s rare ability to combine electronic innovation (sometimes d...

NBCUniversal is betting that a digital replica of Andy Cohen will help drive Peacock users deeper into the “Bravoverse” — and spend more time on the service. The AI-generated version...