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Kristen Stewart is weighing in on the Method acting debate. "The Chronology of Water" director recently told the New York Times that acting is by nature "quite embarrassing and unmasculine,"…
"I've been plugged into some sort of matrix," Jonathan Bailey says to David Corenswet. "I feel like I've been slowly working on the hardware over the years, but the software has just been ac…
In a "Weekend Update" that featured jokes about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a sunburned vacationer played by cast member Ben Marshall and how Netflix will jack up its prices to $50 mil…
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…
For the first time ever, Hallmark Channel is teaming up with Walt Disney World for a new original movie. "Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True," will shoot on location at Walt D…
Oscar-winning Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung opened up about her remarkable six-decade career during an In Conversation event at the Singapore International Film Festival, sharing candid insight…
The title of Luigi Celeste's memoir, "Non sarà sempre così"" which serves as the source material for Francesco Costabile's more bluntly-titled Italian melodrama, "Familia" " translates…
From the moment her copper red hair sticks out against the backdrop of an elementary school, you can't look away from Aunt Gladys (Amy Madigan) in Zach Cregger's "Weapons." After the disappe…
It's been a moment since the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" closed (in July 2024, to be precise), yet the stars of the Broadway hit have not forgotten one thing: Jonat…
Peru's Ladines! has sold the remake rights to its critical and box office hit "The Last Laugh" ("Muerto de risa") to Mexico's Sin Sentido Films during Ventana Sur. This marks the second time…
A powerful period drama set amongst the minority Albanian population of the wild Montenegro mountains during World War II, "Tower of Strength" considers the values of morality, honor and vir…
Bruce Springsteen doesn't play the Hollywood game. But producers Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson of Gotham Group were able to get the rock legend to jump all in to "Springsteen: Deliv…
American actor Adrien Brody spoke about how he deals with the toll of "difficult" shoots like Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist," which won him his second Best Actor Oscar earlier in the year, j…
This year, Julia Roberts and Sean Penn both deliver star turns as complicated, volatile characters amid volatile political environments. In Luca Guadagnino's "After the Hunt," Roberts plays …
Laurence Fishburne is looking to step back behind the camera and is currently developing a directing project, "The Rule of Nines," with producer and casting director Bonnie Timmermann ("I Or…
Jon M. Chu did not simply direct "Wicked: For Good." He governed a small nation. For five years, he lived inside L. Frank Baum's universe " shaping two films, welcoming three new children, a…
Movie theater operators are reeling after Netflix, long viewed as public enemy No. 1, announced that it has a deal in place to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 million. The sale, which still needs…
After fighting off monsters at Camp Half-Blood in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," Leah Sava Jeffries has her eyes set on her dream actor she'd love to see join alongside Annabeth, Percy a…
During a wide-ranging conversation about his life and career, Oscar Isaac was confronted about cracking up Pedro Pascal when they were on stage together. Speaking as part of the SAG-AFTRA Fo…
Not a seat was empty at Variety's second annual Variety Faith & Spirituality in Entertainment Honors presented by Coalition for Faith & Media as attendees gathered to celebrate the e…
Will Arnett tells a story about lying on his Sullivan Street couch, wondering if he's just delivered the best scene of his career or the worst. He's just wrapped the "vampire scene" in Bradl…
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about Episode 3 of "Heated Rivalry," now streaming on HBO Max. When François Arnaud read the script for the third episode of the hit queer sport…
Quentin Tarantino is wrong about Paul Dano, but everyone is already telling him that. For more than two decades, Dano has shaped one of the most quietly radical careers in American cinema. T…
Ahmed (Amir El-Masry) belongs to an Egyptian family accustomed to defeat. The soccer team they root for can't win a single match, no matter how they follow their household-specific superstit…
The Writers Guild of America has joined other industry guilds in coming out against Netflix's proposed blockbuster deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming business. Th…