Thursday, May 14, 2026
Hiam Abbas, who played Marcia Roy in HBO’s “Succession,” and Tunisian-Egyptian star Hend Sabri (“Four Daughters,” “Finding Ola”) are set to star in “Your Turn, 203,” a soc…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Iranian director, actress and activist Pegah Ahangarani is in Cannes with documentary “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” which sketches Iran’s failed attempts at self-determination over th…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2026
After canceled gigs in the U.K., France, Switzerland and Poland, Kanye West’s upcoming concert in Italy is sparking an uproar due to the rapper’s antisemitic remarks. West, now known as …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:09AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2026
Luca Guadagnino has " at least partly " come to Timothée Chalamet's defense regarding the "Marty Supreme" star's viral comments that he didn't want theatrical moviegoing to end up like the …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:14AM[SHARE]Friday, March 27, 2026
The Constitutional Court of Belgium has rejected a legal challenge by Netflix, which had appealed against the implementation of European Union rules that require streaming platforms to fund …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 26, 2026
The Locarno Film Festival's upcoming edition will feature an extensive retro focused on the infamous Hollywood Blacklist, one of the U.S. entertainment industry's darkest chapters. Titled "R…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera will have a small role in "The Studio" Season 2 that is currently shooting on the Venice Lido with Madonna on set. Also spotted in Veni…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:51AM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2026
Norway is ecstatic about the country's first Oscar for Best International Feature Film with Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value." The film, which is Trier's sixth feature and follow up to "Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
Pioneering U.S. casting director Bonnie Timmermann " known for changing the face of Hollywood film and television by imposing diversity and discovering a multitude of talents " will be honor…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2026
Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone will get the big-screen treatment in a new documentary titled "I Never Wrote Music for Films " We All Love Ennio Morricone." The project is based on th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2026
Global porn star Rocco Siffredi " whose life story inspired the Netflix series "Supersex" " is taking legal action against an investigative program aired by Italian broadcaster Mediaset a…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Charlotte Rampling is set to play a close confidante to Pope John Paul II in the Mark Ruffalo-led Vatican thriller "Santo Subito!" directed by France's Bertrand Bonello ("The Beast," "Saint …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 26, 2026
Oscar-winning director Bille August, who recently scored a global hit with TV series "The Count of Monte Cristo," is set for another high-end period show that this time will hark back to Anc…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2026
Mel Gibson is consulting with excommunicated Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò " who has called the late Pope Francis "a servant of Satan" " for the "The Resurrection of the Christ," his f…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 15, 2026
Turkish writer/director Emin Alper " who was at the Berlinale in 2019 with "A Tale of Three Sisters," followed by his incendiary 2022 Cannes entry "Burning Days"Â " is back in Berlin with …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:12AM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2026
Ä°lker Çatak, who was born in Berlin to Turkish parents, is back at the Berlinale with "Yellow Letters," which unlike his last film " the Oscar-nominated Germany-set "The Teachers' Lou…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36AM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2026
Sabrina Impacciatore, known to U.S. audiences for roles in "The White Lotus" and "The Paper," performed a time-traveling musical number celebrating 100 years of Winter Olympics history featu…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:38PM[SHARE]The Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday with an unprecedentedly widespread opening ceremony. Held in the two host cities and in several Alpine venues, the event is set to…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:11PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Oscar winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Juliette Binoche and Italy's Anna Ferzetti " who stars in Paolo Sorrentino's latest film "La Grazia" " are among the top honorees of the 11th edition of…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2026
"Palestine 36" director Annemarie Jacir is calling for Israeli authorities to cease actions banning her film, which depicts the historical roots of the Palestinian struggle, after police rep…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
Angelina Jolie is passionately promoting advocacy-driven drama "Muganga, The One Who Treats," inspired by the true story of 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege, who treats surv…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:54AM[SHARE]Netflix has unveiled its Turkish production slate for 2026, which is headlined by a hotly anticipated series adaptation of Turkish Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk acclaimed book "The …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2026
German-born British composer Max Richter, who recently collaborated with Chloé Zhao on her Golden Globe-winning "Hamnet," will be celebrated by the Berlin Film Festival with its Berlinale C…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AM[SHARE]Oscar-winning Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore ("Cinema Paradiso," "Ennio") is set to direct "The First Dollar" a biopic of Bank of America founder Amedeo Peter Giannini who, besides pion…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 9, 2026
Jafar Panahi thinks the new wave of protests challenging Iran's authoritarian regime might bring "something different" this time. Though the dissident director is currently in the U.S. to pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2025
Kevin Spacey is set to mark his return to the small screen for the first time since he was fired from Netflix's "House of Cards" in 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct. The actor "Â…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Saudi director Hamzah Jamjoom ("Rupture") has teamed up with Detroit-based Exxodus Pictures and American comic book artist Darick Robertson ("The Boys") on a live-action series based on a…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:25PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
Egyptian-Austrian director Abu Bakr Shawky drew from his family's personal history to make "The Stories," which spans between the late 60s and 80s, and depicts life in his native country dur…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:09AM[SHARE]Saudi studio Telefaz11, the groundbreaking label behind hit dark comedy "Mandoob" and burgeoning music entertainment platform Mdlbeast " which organizes Saudi's popular Soundstorm music fest…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2025
London-based Tunisian actor, director and former professional soccer player Dhafer L'Abidine has long been active in the film and TV spheres of both the Arab and Western worlds. He played th…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2025
'James Bond' franchise producer Barbara Broccoli's Eon Productions and Qatar's newly launched Film Committee are jointly producing a film adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Othello" direct…
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