Thursday, January 22, 2026
The 98th Academy Awards nominations are here, and with it the wild twists and turns that even the boldest awards experts can't see coming. See some of the morning's biggest snubs and surpris…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd doesn't know why you're so obsessed with what he wears. As we speak in November at the Chateau Marmont, he's splayed his 6-foot-4 frame into a chair, and wears a billo…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 18, 2026
The Wizarding World is taking on "Heated Rivalry." On this week's "SNL," host Finn Wolfhard starred as Harry Potter in a sketch mocking the new HBO series adaptation of the fantasy novels. B…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47AM[SHARE]Finn Wolfhard's "SNL" monologue was crashed by two of his best-known co-stars. Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo, who starred on "Stranger Things" with Wolfhard, joined the actor in his m…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:03AM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2026
"Sinners" and "Bel-Air" are at the top of this year's NAACP Image Awards nominations. The nominees were announced this morning and "Sinners" received a massive 18 nods. "Bel-Air" led all tel…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 8, 2026
On the surface, Chloé Zhao and Josh Safdie are not similar filmmakers. But together, in a one-on-one conversation, the directors bond over the importance of achieving a frequency while on s…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 7, 2026
On a recent morning in midtown Manhattan, Spike Lee blows on an imaginary pair of dice before hurling them to the ground. It's a gesture of respect for Ryan Coogler, the risk-taking director…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]Jodie Foster still thinks about Clarice Starling. After winning her second Oscar for playing the dogged FBI agent who must rely on Anthony Hopkins' insinuating cannibal in 1991's "The Silenc…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 4, 2026
Just days into 2026, the year's first major awards show is here, and Hollywood's biggest stars are flooding the red carpet. The 31st annual Critics Choice Awards is here. The Jan. 4 ceremony…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 31, 2025
From megamergers to disruptive new technologies, the media industry has a lot to pack into the next 12 months. Artificial intelligence continues to reshape the way movies, shows and music is…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Director Marcie Hume is responding to a claim that Corey Feldman was not aware of footage she shot for her just-released documentary about his life on his rock tour, "Corey Feldman vs. the W…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Ricky Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, making Hollywood sweat with his take-no-prisoners approach to jokes mocking showbiz. In his new Netflix stand-up special "Mortality," w…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 21, 2025
The first "Saturday Night Live" episode of 2026 will be hosted by Finn Wolfhard, with musical guest A$AP Rocky. The episode, which will premiere on Jan. 17, will come after the series finale…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:11AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 20, 2025
During the Dec. 20 episode of "Saturday Night Live," James Austin Johnson's President Trump used his holiday address to parody his stranger-than-fiction administration. Taking aim at Trump's…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50PM[SHARE]Friday, December 19, 2025
Dave Chappelle is delivering a holiday treat for stand-up fans by surprise dropping a new Netflix special. Before the Dec. 18 Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight, Chappelle stopped by to anno…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:07PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2025
He convulses. He moans. He mourns. Lewis Pullman's role in "The Testament of Ann Lee," set for release on Christmas Day via Searchlight, is a physical and mental feat. He's earned a place am…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Rob Reiner was many things " an accomplished comic actor before applying his talents to directing, and for decades an outspoken advocate for his beliefs. Above all, he was one of Hollywood's…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PM[SHARE]The buzz is building over the newest project from two of comedy's most beloved voices. Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello, who, alongside Stephen Colbert, created and starred in the cult comedy se…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]CLICK HERE TO JUMP TO THE SPECIAL VARIETY 120 SECTION The cover of Variety's debut issue, published on Dec. 16, 1905, touted the "Reviews of the Week" by Chicot and Sime. These were the pen …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2025
Fans are mourning actor and director Rob Reiner, who was found dead Sunday with his wife. Reiner made his mark as an actor on "All in the Family," probing the generation gap of the late 1960…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 14, 2025
There are no better actors for making beautiful music together than Kate Hudson and Jeremy Allen White. Hudson stormed Hollywood at 20 as the hippie muse of Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous." …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]"Weekend Update" anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost brought their usual pop culture snark to "Saturday Night Live" on the Dec. 13 episode, and several topics have been of interest to Variety…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:40AM[SHARE]"Saturday Night Live" revealed their own version of Variety's "Actors on Actors" series on the Dec. 13 episode of the late night sketch show. The "SNL" spin was dubbed "Characters on Charact…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2025
It doesn't matter how high you climb the Hollywood ladder, there's always room to grow. Ask Gwyneth Paltrow, the perpetual A-list star and fashion icon whose 1999 best actress win for "S…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
The 2026 Golden Globe nominations are here, and with it are some wild, wonderful and unexpected picks…as well as some favorites that don't make the cut. Check out our list of the biggest s…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:14AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 6, 2025
Donald Trump didn't throw much support behind Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in the cold open of the Dec. 6 episode of "Saturday Night Live." Colin Jost reprised his role as Hegseth, berating…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:57PM[SHARE]Friday, December 5, 2025
Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande have more in common than you'd suspect. He dominated pop culture as a Gen X comedy icon " with "Big Daddy," "The Waterboy," "Happy Gilmore" and more " before t…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Tig Notaro is planning another splashy collaboration with Zack Snyder. The actor and comedian was on the Dec. 1 episode of the podcast "On With Kara Swisher," where she spoke about her role …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:43AM[SHARE]It's Halloween night at Madison Square Garden, and a group of 20-somethings are deep into a sacred ritual: gabbing in the bathroom mirror with your girlfriends. They fluff their hair and …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 27, 2025
Danny Seagren, a "Sesame Street" puppeteer who also appeared as an early iteration of Spider-Man on "The Electric Company," died on Nov. 10 at 81 years old. His cause of death was not listed…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:15PM[SHARE]Jonathan Groff and Bowen Yang shared a warm and flirty moment together during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Broadway and "Saturday Night Live" stars, respectively, did a dance number a…
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