Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Composers Ludwig Göransson and Stephen Schwartz led the SCL Awards with three nominations apiece. Göransson, who scored the music for Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," landed nominations fo…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]The Costume Designers Guild has partnered with Roman jewelers Bvlgari. This collaboration underscores the commitment of both brands to creativity, craftsmanship and the communities shaping c…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Plans to release Rob Reiner's final film "Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale," which had not yet been dated, are on currently on pause after the director's death Sunday. Bleecker Str…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:20PM[SHARE]It's no secret that casting directors are the secret ingredient in a film's success. Whether discovering new talent, assembling the perfect ensemble or putting familiar faces in roles like w…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:25PM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
When Guillermo del Toro called on production designer Tamara Deverell to work on "Frankenstein," one thing was clear: there would be no green screen. Everything would be handmade from scratc…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:15PM[SHARE]Kate Hudson is set to receive the Costume Designers Guild's Spotlight Award. The Spotlight Award celebrates an actor whose talent and career personify an enduring commitmentto excellence, in…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2025
Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women's choir to help find "Hamnet's" emotional tone. "Hamnet" is based on Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, and tells the story…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:45PM[SHARE]After a six-year hiatus, Gus Van Sant returns to feature filmmaking with "Dead Man's Wire." In between, he worked on a TV show "(Feud: Capote vs. the Swans") and made a few videos for Gucci.…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:55PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Noah Baumbach knew he wanted the score to "Jay Kelly" to be a character in his latest movie. He wanted a fullness of emotion, and for it to have melodic characteristics. With that clarity, c…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2025
"Hamnet" co-editor Affonso Gonçalves was in a unique position when he started work on the film. Director Chloé Zhao had already completed the first cut. "I came in, I watched the first c…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
Joel Edgerton was named best perfomer in a film for "Train Dreams" at the Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF). Suzannah Herbert's "Natchez" took home the One in a Million Award, presented to fea…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:45PM[SHARE]At the end of "Wicked," Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba leaps out of the Emerald City palace window in her velvet cape with her hat, and she flies off on her broom. "That is the moment where she emb…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2025
Clint Bentley's "Train Dreams" follows the Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker living in the Pacific NorthWest. Set in the late 1960s, "Train Dreams" is directed b…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Composer Daniel Blumberg says if anyone was right to tell the story of Ann Lee, it was Mona Fastvold. The historical drama, "The Testament of Ann Lee," opening Dec. 25, stars Amanda Seyfried…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
"RuPaul's Drag Race"Â is headed back to TV screens in January 2026 with a brand new batch of drag queens who are ready to slay " and the brand new tagline, "In shady times, let there be li…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 29, 2025
A two-decade-old dream is finally coming true for director Quentin Tarantino. The "Kill Bill" chapter known as "Yuki's Revenge" is coming to life in Fortnite. The animated short will also he…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:45PM[SHARE]Friday, November 28, 2025
"The first image in my head was a giant beating heart muscle, throbbing and pulsing with blood," says "Hamnet" costume designer Malgosia Turzanska. Red becomes the main color palette for Jes…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 26, 2025
"Wicked" cinematographer Alice Brooks knows why the "For Good" number tugs at heartstrings. Aside from the split door scene with Elphaba and Glinda on either side in tears, the handholding m…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]As "Wicked: For Good" dominates the box office, screenwriter Winnie Holzman feels incredible gratitude. "We all joined together and did these incredible movies," Holzman says over Zoom. "Peo…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Spike Lee wants you to know that he is not related to Aiyana-Lee. "Maybe way in the roots," he laughs. In Spike Lee's "Highest to Lowest," streaming on Apple TV, Denzel Washington plays musi…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2025
"Wicked: For Good" costume designer Paul Tazewell knew Glinda's wedding dress visually needed to reflect a woman completely embedded in the culture of Emerald City " someone who wants to imp…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 22, 2025
SPOILER ALERT:Â This article contains major spoilers for plot points, cameos and the ending of "Wicked: For Good" now playing in theaters, as well as minor spoilers for the "Wicked" stage …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:26PM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2025
SPOILER ALERT:Â This article contains major spoilers for plot points, cameos and the ending of "Wicked: For Good" now playing in theaters, as well as minor spoilers for the "Wicked" stage …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Brendan Kennedy, director of creative production at Macy's studio, has dried out from last year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade after the festivities were dampened by persistent rain. Come …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2025
The Hollywood Bowl stage has been dedicated to composer John Williams. The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced the naming of the venue's iconic stage in honor of Williams. It is the first tim…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:29AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 8, 2025
Guillermo del Toro reunited with "Crimson Peak" costume designer Kate Hawley to help bring the look of "Frankenstein" to life. When Hawley got the call, as a lover of the romantics and forme…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 6, 2025
"Hamnet" production designer Fiona Crombie is no stranger to the world of William Shakespeare. Over two decades ago, she designed "Hamlet" for Australia's Bell Shakespeare Company. "I don't …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:15PM[SHARE]Colleen Atwood is no stranger to creating dazzling costumes for musicals, counting such spectacles as"Nine" and "Chicago" among her credits. Now, she can add Bill Condon's "Kiss of the Spide…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 5, 2025
"Wicked" and its sequel, "Wicked: For Good," might be two movies, but in Jon M. Chu's mind "it was just part of one giant arc." With "Wicked: For Good" set to be released on Nov. 21, Chu exp…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:58PM[SHARE]Production designer Nathan Crowley found ways to expand the world of "Wicked" in its conclusion, "For Good." The story of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) continues, follow…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Paul Tazwell's costumes from "Hamilton," "Wicked" and "West Side Story" are set to go on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibition, titled Crafting Characte…
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