Danny Trejo, the indie film "Bob Trevino Likes It," starring John Leguizamo and Barbie Ferreira, and "The Bear" breakout Liza Colón-Zayas were among the winners at the 40th annual Imagen …
"The Bard," Kevin Willmott's upcoming drama about enslaved man and celebrated poet George Moses Horton, has rounded out its cast. The film "Â first announced by Variety earlier this month …
Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its "Mother Africa" season with the world premiere of "Afro!," a new commission by managing and artistic director " and jazz legend "Â Wynton Marsalis, o…
John Leguizamo opened up about some early career setbacks in Hollywood during a recent appearance on the podcast Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade. Reminiscing about Mik…
Shu Qi's highly anticipated directorial debut "Girl" has released its first footage, offering a glimpse into the intimate Taiwanese drama that will compete at the upcoming 82nd Venice Film F…
Kumail Nanjiani says that he signed on for six Marvel movies when he was cast as the superhero Kingo in Marvel Studios' "Eternals," but that the film's critical and commercial disappointment…
Growing up above their parent's pub in the West Midlands, England, Benjamin and Jodie Caron would bustle around the office pretending to oversee a business. "I can't remember what we were ru…
Jerry Adler, a former Broadway producer and manager who turned to acting in his sixties and became known to audiences as Hesh Rabkin on "The Sopranos," died Saturday. He was 96. Adler's deat…
The title's a problem, but it would be a crying shame to let that discourage you from seeing "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight," which is precisely the sort of intelligent, human-scale adu…
If the ritualistic scenes during the "Birthday at Friendly's" sketch on "Saturday Night Live" looked familiar, your eyes didn't deceive you. The big skull, red cloaks, chalice and chanting w…
Diego Borella, an assistant director on Netflix's "Emily in Paris," died after collapsing suddenly while filming Season 5 in Italy on Thursday. He was 47. "We are deeply saddened to confirm …
That was the week that was for Variety " as covered on the "Daily Variety" podcast, hosted by co-Editor in Chief Cynthia Littleton. Variety's Brent Lang and Ramin Setoodeh told the backstory…
Sex, sexism, aging, celebrity, social class, suicide, churchgoing, anti-Roma bigotry, the emergence of a new geopolitical world order and the now rather tarnished lustre of EU membership: Is…
David Ketchum, a voice actor and comedian known for roles in series including "Get Smart" and "Camp Runamuck," died on Aug. 10. He was 97. A familiar guest star on sitcoms in the 1960s, Ketc…
"Shrinking" star Jason Segel remembers how much he was juggling in his 20s: The hit sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," along with films like "Knocked Up," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "The M…
George Lopez, Jesse Garcia and Al Madrigal are among the new additions to the one-night-only virtual table read of the 2007 hit comedy "Superbad," reimagined with an all-immigrant and childr…
Do you want to see a magic trick? In upcoming doc "The Greatest Illusion," Benjamin Ree " behind Oscar-shortlisted "The Remarkable Life of Ibelin" and "The Painter and the Thief" " will …
Sunrise Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Italian director Piero Messina's unconventional sci-fi film "Another End" starring Gael GarcÃa Bernal and Renate Reinsve ("The Wo…
More than 30 years after River Phoenix's tragic death outside Hollywood's Viper Room, the late actor's influence continues to ripple through the industry. That's the focus of the latest " an…
As William Franklyn-Miller takes on his biggest role yet as the lead in "Young Washington," currently filming, the British actor is reflecting on how his experience in directors Guan Hu and …
British actor, director and producer Noel Clarke has lost his libel case against The Guardian, having sued the U.K. newspaper's publisher for printing allegations of sexual misconduct in 202…
Aura Entertainment has acquired "Satisfied," a documentary that follows "Hamilton" star Renée Elise Goldsberry. In the film, which draws its title from the hit "Hamilton" song of the same n…
Even though she's not as active on it now, Mary Neely has Twitter (now known as X) to thank for launching her career. The actor went viral in the early days of COVID-19 for uploading videos …
Apollonia, best known as a singer-actor-model and Prince protege who co-starred in the 1984 film "Purple Rain," has taken the late singer's estate to court over its attempts to cancel her tr…
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward will talk about their investigative reporting on Watergate, an ignominious chapter of American history that was immortalized in the 1976 film "All the Preside…