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Can California’s Improved, $750M Incentive Really Revive Production in the Golden State?
For the most part, Nikki Glaser was plugged into the zeitgeist with her Golden Globe Awards monologue earlier this month. She was funny, sly, cutting, insightful and what your...
X Briefly Goes Down Again: Thousands of Users Report Errors With Site
For the second time in less than a week, Elon Musk’s X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — suffered widespread technical problems. But the outage...
How the Director of Wu-Tang Clan Doc ‘The Disciple’ Unraveled the ‘Wild’ and Untold Story of Cilvaringz and the ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ Saga
A fun fact perhaps not known by many industry folk is that Netflix’s first Oscar win didn’t come from one of its big, noisy and high-profile projects backed by...
Warner Bros. Ties Own Oscar Studio Record With 30 Nominations for ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’
Warner Bros. scored a leading 30 Oscar nominations on Thursday morning, collecting a record 16 nods for Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller “Sinners,” as well as 13 for Paul Thomas...
‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Becomes Most-Nominated Black Woman in Oscar History
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...
David Ellison Isn’t Giving Up Warner Bros. Quest: Paramount Skydance Extends Deadline for Hostile Takeover Offer
David Ellison is still angling to win support from Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders for Paramount Skydance‘s rival acquisition bid for the entire company, continuing his unlikely quest to derail...
BAFTA Boss on Alan Cumming’s First Time Hosting Film Awards, the Logic Behind Longlists and Late Nominations Date: ‘It’s Nice to Have Oscar’ as a ‘Bellwether’
For the first time in a very long time, this year’s BAFTA Film Awards nominations are being announced after the Oscar nominations are unveiled. Indeed, there’s a full five...
The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 Co-Produce Spanish-Language Thriller ‘The Blue Box’
The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 have banded together to co-produce “The Blue Box” (“La Caja Azul”), a Spanish-language thriller set against the world of dating apps. They...
Netflix Unveils Turkish Slate, Headlined by Series Adaptation of Nobel Prize-Winning Author Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The Museum of Innocence’
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 Museum...
‘The Rip’ Review: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Impressive Reunion Rivals Films They Made for Big Studios
Both the good guys and the bad guys work for the Miami-Dade Police Department in “The Rip,” which reunites “Good Will Hunting” buds Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for...
‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals the Identities of Handyman and Scarab: Here Are the Celebrities Under the Costumes
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 3 of “The Masked Singer,” “Clueless Night,” which aired Jan. 21 on Fox. As if! “The Masked Singer” sent home two...
Molly Ringwald, Danielle Brooks, Ali Ahn, Rain Spencer and Dawn Porter Join Variety Culture & Storytelling Panel at Sundance Film Festival
Variety will host a Culture & Storytelling conversation exploring the role of cultural experiences in shaping creative work, presented by World of Hyatt, on Jan. 25 at the Sundance Film Festival. Panelists include Molly...