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Oscar Predictions: Supporting Actress — Is This the Year of Penélope Cruz?
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official…
Oscar Predictions: Supporting Actor — How Many Men Can be Nominated From ‘The Odyssey’?
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official…
Oscar Predictions: Best Actress — How Obsessed Will the Academy Become With Inde Navarrette?
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official…
Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official…
John Cena Made Peace With ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Never Coming Out: “I Don’t Own My Performance”
As Coyote vs. Acme finally gets its day in court, John Cena has a pretty levelheaded reaction to the once-shelved movie premiering in theaters. The Emmy…
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Everything We Know About Netflix’s ‘Better Than The Movies’ Feature Adaptation So Far
Latest in the lineup of Netflix romantic comedies based on books is the feature adaptation of Lynn Painter’s best-selling book, Better Than The Movies…
Everything We Know About Universal’s Live-Action ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’
Mason Thames’ Hiccup will be back in the saddle for a live-action How To Train Your Dragon 2 next year. Universal first announced plans for the sequel film at…
HBO Had Just Aired Its True Crime Mystery ‘The Yogurt Shop Murders’ When DNA Finally Nailed the Killer
Veteran filmmaker Margaret Brown tracked four teen girl victims' families, frustrated local detectives, and four murder suspects to craft her series. Then, she…
Drew Starkey Stays Mum On Potential ‘American Psycho’ Casting, But Teases: “The Script Is Amazing”
Following his breakout performance in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer (2024), Drew Starkey is staying quiet about whether they’re teaming up again. Amid speculation…
Matthew McConaughey Says Acting in ‘The Wedding Planner’ With Jennifer Lopez Saved Him From Being Searched at U.S.-Mexico Border: ‘They Let Me Go’
Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001’s “The Wedding Planner” ended up getting him out…
Tramell Tillman Says ‘I Had to Sign NDAs’ Before Even Meeting for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role: ‘A Little Frustrating Because Everything Was Shrouded in Secrecy’
Tramell Tillman is going to play a big role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future. And he can finally talk about it. Tillman, who won an Emmy last…
How ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Triumphantly Returned from a Strange Hiatus, Featuring a Save by Robert De Niro
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" writer/producers Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Gary Greenberg, and Josh Halloway, and director Andy Fisher discuss how they tackled the…
Matthew McConaughey on Immortality, Shooting With Linklater and Nolan and Teaching His Film Students Not to Fear ‘Doing Something Sh—y’
In all his homespun wisdom, Matthew McConaughey doesn’t think the world is a stage — he thinks it’s a story told by the fire. “Am I doing things that I want to…
Everything We Know About Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ So Far
Aaron Sorkin will return to the world of Facebook in The Social Reckoning, a companion film to The Social Network (2010). The follow-up film is not quite a…
How the Enduring ‘Ang Tanging Ina’ Movie Franchise Molded Filipino Comedy Beyond a Good Laugh
Wenn V. Deramas' high-risk and hugely successful early-aughts "Ang Tanging Ina" and its sequel "Ang Tanging Ina N’yong Lahat" shirked male-centric slapstick to…
Stretching Time: Nicolaas Schmidt on ‘September Afternoon’
On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast. A sense of gloom hangs in the air. While…
Joe Dante’s ‘Explorers’ Got Lost in the Shadow of ‘Back to the Future,’ but Deserved Better
The director's "Gremlins" follow-up isn't as well known or regarded as that 1984 hit, but a new 4K release reveals it to possess its own considerable charms.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singer Ejae ‘Made Mistakes’ During BAFTAs Performance After Seeing Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘He Was Not Smiling’ and ‘That’s What Put Me Off’
Leonardo DiCaprio could throw any of us off of our game — as EJAE can testify. The “KPop Demon Hunters” vocalist spoke with the U.K. newspaper the Times and…
Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’ Co-Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Defends the Oscars Slap: ‘I Stand By That’ Because the First Amendment Should Not ‘Protect A—holes’
When it comes to Will Smith’s shocking Oscars slap, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is sticking with her “King Richard” co-star. The Oscar nominee, who played Smith’s…