Tuesday, March 31, 2026
For Grace Gummer, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. FX's anthology drama "Love Story" may center on the cultural mythology of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:59PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 28, 2026
Tig Notaro did not set her alarm to see if she achieved Oscar nomination glory. "My wife happened to wake up at five in the morning, just so happened " she really did. She didn't wake up on …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:20AM[SHARE]Friday, February 27, 2026
BAFTA is moving to correct the record on two fronts after John Davidson's Tourette's-related outburst " including the technical question of whether a microphone near his seat may have made t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2026
John Davidson, the Scottish Tourette's syndrome activist and real-life inspiration for "I Swear," was thrust into the spotlight at the 79th BAFTA Awards when his involuntary vocal tics disru…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2026
This cannot be overstated: BAFTA and the BBC failed us all. During the 79th BAFTA Film Awards, host Alan Cumming paused the ceremony to thank the audience for its "understanding" after a ser…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:43AM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2026
Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd didn't know how special it was going to be. The role, the film, and the unlikely awards journey that would follow. But sitting with the results " a first Academy Award n…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM[SHARE]Amy Madigan didn't expect to be here. Not in the thick of awards season, not making history with a 40-year gap between Oscar nominations, and certainly not doing it as the ferociously unforg…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:29PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2026
Melissa Barrera is heading to Broadway. Variety has learned exclusively that the "Scream" and "In the Heights" star will make her Broadway debut in the campy spoof "Titanique," stepping into…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:12PM[SHARE]The Tony Awards Administration Committee met Thursday to rule on eligibility for five Broadway productions, confirming where several shows and artists will compete at the 79th annual Tony Aw…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:14PM[SHARE]BAFTA night is when the Oscar race stops being polite and starts getting real. The final BAFTA voting concluded on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 10:00 a.m. PT, and now we wait to see what solidifies …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:10AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2026
There are different ways to say "I love you" in Norwegian and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is teaching us. It wasn't in the script for her to say it to her co-star Renate Reinsve in one of the mo…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2026
Essence has announced the honorees for the 19th annual Black Women in Hollywood ceremony, honoring a cross-generational group of performers, producers and creative leaders. The 2026 class in…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
The producers behind Broadway's biggest night are getting a shake-up. Tony Award Productions announced that Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman will serve as executive producers o…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:05PM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2026
Delroy Lindo doesn't like ice in his tonic water. We're at the London hotel in West Hollywood, settling in to discuss his long-awaited moment of Oscar recognition for his turn in Ryan Coogle…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 7, 2026
The 78th annual DGA Awards are underway in Los Angeles, honoring the year's most outstanding directorial achievements in film and television. The ceremony is hosted by Oscar and Emmy-nominat…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2026
"Saturday Night Live" has its Emmy-worthy star. "SNL" featured performer Ashley Padilla has found her groove during the show's 51st season, emerging as an early and viable contender for this…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:32PM[SHARE]Netflix will globally release the Oscar-nominated live-action short film "The Singers" on Feb. 13, Variety has learned exclusively. Directed by Sam Davis, the film marks a major opportunity …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2026
Fresh off her Grammy win, Laufey reflected on honoring Mariah Carey with a bossa nova"infused rendition of "It's Like That" at Friday night's MusiCares Person of the Year gala. Speaking with…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
Ruth E. Carter continues to set milestones for Black women at the Oscars. The legendary artisan earned her fifth Oscar nomination for best costume design for her work in Ryan Coogler's "Sinn…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:21AM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2026
Paul Mescal doesn't do grandstanding. The 29-year-old Irish actor has built a career on restraint, on what's held back rather than what's unleashed. In Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet," he brings that…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]Golden Globes night rarely settles an Oscar race. Does anyone remember last year, when the headlines depicted a race between "The Brutalist" and "Emilia Pérez"? And look how that one turned…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]The first thing you need to know about Jesse Plemons is that he's planning a purge. Not the horror movie kind " no sirens, no sanctioned chaos. Something quieter, more domestic: five full da…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PM[SHARE]Friday, January 9, 2026
There are voices that, once heard, cannot be unheard. For Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, the voice of five-year-old Hind Rajab " pleading for help as Israeli forces surrounded her fa…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PM[SHARE]If music is confession, then acting is reconciliation for Ariana Grande. "I really love the work," Grande tells Variety. "I love getting to know the little mental map of a person " what make…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:06AM[SHARE]Monday, January 5, 2026
The Oscars were never meant to be a museum (no shade to the actual Academy Museum). They are a living record of what performance, film and art can look like when craft, courage and cultural …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 4, 2026
Adam Sandler delivered one of the most memorable moments of the Palm Springs International Film Awards gala, turning a heartfelt honor into a full-blown comedy set while accepting the Chairm…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:01AM[SHARE]Friday, January 2, 2026
Kate Winslet sits down with a mix of exhilaration and disbelief. She's still processing the magnitude of what she's just done. The Oscar-winning actress (2008's "The Reader") has delivered h…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 21, 2025
There's a particular way Dacre Montgomery answers questions. He's not evasive, but circuitous, like someone walking the perimeter of a truth before deciding how to enter it. He starts somewh…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2025
Craig Brewer really misses John Singleton. Twenty-five years into a career that has consistently challenged Hollywood's narrow definitions of diversity, Brewer tells a story of sitting in a …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]Thirty-six minutes after the American Film Institute announced its Top 10 films of the year, Cynthia Erivo sat down with Variety's Awards Circuit Podcast to discuss "Wicked: For Good," the c…
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