Thursday, February 19, 2026
This weekend's BAFTA Film Awards is set to get a marmalade-y splash of furry Peruvian charm. Paddington Bear has been confirmed as one of the ceremony presenters, with the beloved creature "…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2026
Harry Styles has landed his next new gig: festival curator. The pop star is set to curate Meltdown at London's Southbank Centre, which bills itself as the "world's longest-running artist-cur…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:41AM[SHARE]"Room" and "Normal People" director Lenny Abrahamson is gearing up to shoot his next film for Element Pictures, and has tapped Tom Burke and Eve Hewson to star in the as-yet-untitled project…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:25AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 15, 2026
A clear sign that the world has gone topsy-turvy is when the Grammys are more political than the Berlinale. But while anti-ICE pins and punchy statements were the surprise headline act in L.…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:34PM[SHARE]Emma Laird recalls a moment " not all that long ago " when she was stood on the rooftop of her apartment in Los Angeles, looking out across a picture-postcard sunset skyline and smoking a ci…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:58AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 14, 2026
Playing Emily Brönte's tragic heroine Cathy in "Wuthering Heights" is, for many actors, the dream screen role. For Charlotte Mellington, it's the first. But that's not all. Alongside play…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2026
Rupert Grint is fully aware that he's hasn't exactly been supplying his 5.5 million Instagram followers with gold. Having joined the platform in late 2020 with a photo of his newborn daughte…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:05PM[SHARE]Emily Mortimer's upcoming directorial debut "Dennis" has expanded its cast with a trio of fellow Brits. Jim Broadbent ("Jay Kelly," "Bridget Jones"), Kelly Macdonald ("Dept. Q," "No Country …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Este Haim may be in Berlin with the buzzy Brit indie "Sunny Dancer" "Â for which she wrote the score "Â but has aspirations to write the music for the current Oscar favorite. Paul Thomas…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:11AM[SHARE]Jessie Ware has joined the BAFTA party. The award-winning singer-songwriter will take to the stage during the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony later this month to perform a special tribute during …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Madame Morrible is a Golden Bear winner. Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh added another prestigious award to her collection on Wednesday night in a very rainy Berlin, where she was presen…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:27PM[SHARE]The wheels are moving on Rachel Zegler's first feature following "Snow White." "She Gets It from Me," first announced by Variety last year, is set to start production on Feb. 26. Alongside Z…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]When Ashley Walters started work on "Animol," he had little idea what would be coming around the corner. The film " a gritty and tense coming-of-age drama set in a British juvenile detention…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Mike Leigh has lifted the lid "Â ever so slightly "Â on his typically secretive next feature. While the project is still known as "Untitled Mike Leigh 2025" and, as per usual, there's no…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
Iconic horror classic "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is getting a contemporary reimagining from the Dowdle Brothers, who have tapped Michael Shannon, co-star of their Emmy-nominated "Waco" mi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
J.K. Rowling has sought to clear up online speculation concerning her rumored connections to disgraced financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Within the latest tranche o…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The BAFTAs will embrace the biggest animation phenomenon of the year after all. EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami " better known as the singing voices for Rumi, Mira and Zoey from the band HUNTR…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2026
"The Housekeeper," the evocative romance that fictionalises the inspiration behind Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" and was first announced by Variety in 2024, is gearing up to start production…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Chris Pine are teaming for a prestige project launching at the upcoming European Film Market. "This Is Pleasure," based on Mary Gaitskill's novella, will be…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2026
Fresh off the back of multiple Oscar nominations and a record-breaking haul of BAFTA nods, "Hamnet" lead producer Liza Marshall has extended her creative partnership with Maggie O'Farrell, t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Production on Babak Jalali's next feature "A Town in Nova Scotia" is now underway. Bill Nighy ("Living," "About Time") leads the cast as Leon, a widowed man living in a block of council flat…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 25, 2026
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details for "Habseligkeiten," Season 4, Episode 3 of HBO's "Industry," now streaming on HBO Max. Anyone who last saw Kiernan Shipka as little…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PM[SHARE]Friday, January 23, 2026
Eline van der Velden is the CEO and founder of AI company Particle6, which is behind AI "actor" Tilly Norwood. The creation became the center of a Hollywood hailstorm in late 2025 after Van …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Fresh from his Cannes-winning directorial debut "Urchin," Harris Dickinson "Â currently shooting Sam Mendes' quartet of biopics about The Beatles " is expanding his credentials behind the …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PM[SHARE]Mia Tomlinson, who emerged as the breakout star of last year's supernatural hit "The Conjuring: Last Rites," has signed with UTA. New Line's record-setting ninth installment of the hit globa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:02AM[SHARE]Russell Brand has been granted bail after a London video court appearance over two additional charges of sexual assault and rape. The disgraced comedian, actor and TV host appeared at Westmi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:44AM[SHARE]Two years after he won best actor at the 2024 Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA) awards, the final stop on what proved to be complete awards season domination for "Oppenheimer," Cillian Murp…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:40AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 18, 2026
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details for "The Commander and the Grey Lady," Season 4, Episode 2 of HBO's "Industry," now streaming on HBO Max. All is not well in the Hous…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2026
Two of the U.K.'s fastest rising stars are set to reveal the full lineup of the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards nominations. David Jonsson and Aimee Lou Wood are on hosting duties for the nominees an…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 15, 2026
Less than a year after he jigged terrifyingly into Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror "Sinners" as an Irish-dancing vampire, Jack O'Connell is back with an even more bonkers baddie. Sir Jimm…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]Such is the secrecy behind Sam Mendes' upcoming four-part biopic about the Beatles that the actors aren't allowed to take hard copies of the scripts beyond the set. Thankfully, Mia McKenna-B…
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