Thursday, October 23, 2025
Rising British stars Kingsley Ben-Adir ("Bob Marley: One Love," "Barbie") and Archie Madekwe ("Lurker," "Saltburn") are teaming up to lead the cast of "The Arrival" alongside Joanna Scanlan …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, October 20, 2025
MCGREGOR GETS LIFETIME HONOR Ewan McGregor is set to be honored with an outstanding contribution to film and television award by BAFTA Scotland. Across a more than three-decade career, the a…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Having brought the masses in Venice to a near religious fervour with a rousing 15-minute standing ovation, "The Testament of Ann Lee" " much like the characters in the film " is heading West…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:34AM[SHARE]The accolades are stacking up for Stephen Graham. Less than a month after winning his first Emmy for "Adolescence," the British actor has now received high praise from The Boss, with Bruce S…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:26AM[SHARE]Monday, October 13, 2025
Best known as a fast-rising producer with focus on diversity, Nigeria-born Londoner Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor made her breakout out in 2019 with "Blue Story," Rapman's musical crime drama that s…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 11, 2025
Despite having become a hugely successful filmmaker over the last decade and being a regular face on the awards circuit, Yorgos Lanthimos admits he still has very mixed feelings about the pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:33AM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2025
The "Wicked" sequel "For Good"Â may not be hitting cinemas until Nov. 21, but director Jon M. Chu dropped by the BFI London Film Festival on Friday to offer a special sneak peak of the fol…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 9, 2025
Fast-rising British star Mia McKenna-Bruce has landed herself a role in one of the buzziest and most talked-about upcoming film series. The 28-year-old, who broke out as the lead in 2023 Can…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:38AM[SHARE]Monday, October 6, 2025
Jilly Cooper, the famed and hugely prolific British author best known for her hugely popular steamy romance novels, has died. She was 88. According to her agency, Curtis Brown, Cooper died f…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:51AM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2025
Cillian Murphy won the best actor Oscar last year for his nuanced portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's all-conquering biopic. Incredibly, in Netflix drama "Steve" "Â w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Patricia Routledge, best known for playing snobbish social-climber Hyacinth Bucket in beloved British sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances," has died. She was 96. "We are deeply saddened to confir…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 2, 2025
British acting union Equity has joined the criticism being directed toward Tilly Norwood, the so-called AI "actress" who has spent much of this week in the spotlight as one of the industry's…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Alexander Skarsgard has added another unorthodox romance to his resume. The actor " soon to be seen in A24's BDSM rom-com "Pillion" (playing the dom to Harry Melling's sub), which bowed in C…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2025
The creator of AI actress Tilly Norwood has released a statement following a weekend of heated backlash over the news that talent agents were already interested in signing the digital charac…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:33AM[SHARE]Friday, September 26, 2025
Natalie Dormer has said she won't promote ITV and Britbox's upcoming drama series "The Lady," in which she plays Sarah Ferguson, following revelations over the Duchess of York's connections …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 25, 2025
Sawyer Spielberg, recently seen alongside Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in Celine Song's "Materialists," has landed his first major lead role. The actor "Â who also appeared in "Masters …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:54AM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
"Day of the Jackal," the Eddie Redmayne-fronted TV spy series that became a ratings smash for both Sky and Peacock last year, has a new lead writer for its second series. Ronan Bennett, who …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2025
Donald Trump has offered further applause for ABC's shock decision to take "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off air indefinitely over comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk tha…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:35AM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2025
Ambika Mod, Daisy Ridley and Morfydd Clark are among the names taking part in a special one-off table read of "Pride and Prejudice" in London to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians.…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:08AM[SHARE]Friday, September 12, 2025
Louis Partridge is feeling protective of George Wickham, the notorious knave he plays in Netflix's all-star adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice," currently in production. "Yeah, he is a bit o…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Charlie Brooker is taking a break from his "Black Mirror" duties with Netflix to embark on something a little different at the streamer: a four-part detective series. Now in production, the …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2025
"Stranger Things" breakout Dacre Montgomery (currently in Gus Van Sant's festival bowing "Dead Man's Wire") is set to lead the cast of upcoming psychological thriller "Moral Capacity" alongs…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Emmy-nominated actress Lily James has teamed with theater and film producer Gala Gordon to formally launch their own banner, Parodos Productions. The British, female-led production company w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Figures from across the film and TV world, including Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy and Palme d'Or winners, have signed a pledge saying they will refuse to work with Israeli institutions and companies t…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 6, 2025
Back in 2017 and fresh out of drama school, David Jonsson auditioned for "Wasteman," Cal McMau's debut feature and a violent pressure cooker thriller set in a British prison. The drama bows …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30AM[SHARE]Friday, September 5, 2025
Many actors turned directors emerge from their first venture behind the camera a little shellshocked. With James McAvoy it appears to be full-blown PTSD. "You're juggling everything!" he exc…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 2, 2025
"Do you know why I'm doing this movie? I have money, I already have fame, I already have Oscars. What do I get that I want? I want to have fun." So says Francis Ford Coppola in the first ful…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 1, 2025
Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet got candid about the challenges of independent cinema while at the Venice Film Festival with their sweeping musical drama "The Testament of Ann Lee.…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 31, 2025
The last time Amanda Seyfried was at the Venice Film Festival with a film it was in 2017 for "First Reformed," playing a parishioner in modern day New York. For her latest trip to the Lido, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Jim Jarmusch has added his voice to the growing backlash against Mubi after the arthouse distributor took on an investor with close ties to the Israeli military earlier this year. Mubi co-pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 28, 2025
If you think Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos pushed the envelope with "Poor Things," wait until you see "Bugonia." Two years after the duo came to the Lido with their previous Oscar…
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