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Saturday, November 22, 2025

David Harbour on How 'Stranger Things' Has Changed Him: 'It Ripped Apart the Whole Conception of What I Would Be' by Adam B. Vary

Over the first 16 years of David Harbour's acting career, he built a successful resume of Broadway theater (in productions like "The Invention of Love," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and …

SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Hannah Einbinder Says 'Hacks' Will End With Season 5: 'It's Nice Not to Overstay Your Welcome' by Adam B. Vary

"Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder confirmed on the Emmys red carpet on Sunday that the HBO Max comedy series will conclude with its upcoming fifth season. "It will feel different," Einbinder tol…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:39PM[SHARE]

Monday, June 9, 2025

All About the Mother: Cristin Milioti Looks Back, From 'The Sopranos' to 'Black Mirror' and 'The Penguin' by Adam B. Vary

Cristin Milioti is not the biggest fan of talking about herself " which is a bit of problem, since she's had to do so much of it lately. On HBO's "The Penguin" last fall, she earned exuberan…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]

Friday, May 30, 2025

'It's a Bit of a Suicide Mission': How 'Succession' Creator Jesse Armstrong Wrote and Directed HisÂ Tech-BroÂ Satire 'Mountainhead' in J by Adam B. Vary

It was late November, just after the election, and Jesse Armstrong was trying to resist telling another story about unfathomably rich tycoons. It'd been less than two years since "Succession…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PM[SHARE]

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Kieran Culkin Wins Oscar and Reminds Wife of Her Promise About More Kids After the Emmys: 'She Said, "I Will Give You Four When You Win an Oscarâ€ by Adam B. Vary

Kieran Culkin has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in "A Real Pain." In his speech, he brought up the infamous moment when,Â after winning the 2024 Emmy …

SOURCE: Variety at 10:34PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

'Watchmen' Animated Movie Release First Trailer;Â Voice Cast Includes Matthew Rhys as Nite Owl, Katee Sackhoff as Silk Spectre, Titus Welliver as by Adam B. Vary

Rorschach is back on the case. Matthew Rhys ("The Americans"), Katee Sackhoff ("The Mandalorian"), Titus Welliver ("Lost"), Michael Cerveris ("The Gilded Age") and Troy Baker ("The Last of U…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:02PM[SHARE]

Friday, February 4, 2022

From 'Shang-Chi' to 'West Side Story': Simu Liu and Ariana DeBose on 'Cultural Authenticity' in Their Breakout Films by Adam B. Vary

Ariana DeBose ("West Side Story") and Simu Liu ("Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings") sat down for a virtual chat for Variety's Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

James Franco Agrees to $2.2 Million Settlement in Sexual Misconduct Suit by Adam B. Vary

James Franco has signed off on paying $2,235,000 to settle an Oct. 2020 lawsuit alleging he and his associates coerced students into performing explicit sex scenes on camera. The proposed fi…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:22PM[SHARE]

Friday, June 4, 2021

'Cruella' Sequel in Early Development at Disney by Adam B. Vary

The world may have been a more wholesome place before Cruella De Vil, but Disney cannot get enough of her. Before "Cruella" " the live-action prequel to the animated feature "One Hundred and…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:23PM[SHARE]

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Chloé Zhao Wins Top DGA Award for 'Nomadland' by Adam B. Vary

Director Chloé Zhao won the top prize at the 73rd annual Directors Guild of America Awards for "Nomadland," certifying the elegiac exploration of the lives of itinerant workers in the Ameri…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:28AM[SHARE]

Monday, March 15, 2021

Chadwick Boseman's Posthumous Oscar Nomination Puts Him in Rare Company by Adam B. Vary

Before Monday morning, the late actor Chadwick Boseman had somehow never been nominated for an Academy Award, despite his astonishing performances as Jackie Robinson in 2013's "42" and as Ja…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

'Mike Nichols: A Life' Biographer Mark Harris on Writing an Honest Book About a Famous Friend by Adam B. Vary

When the American Film Institute announced that it was giving its 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Nichols, the event instantly became the hottest ticket in town. As recounted in Mark…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PM[SHARE]

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