Wednesday, March 26, 2025
ReFrame and IMDbPro 2024 ReFrame Report on Gender and Hiring in Film shows that 30 out of the 100 most popular films of 2024 received the ReFrame “stamp” for gender-balanced productio…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40PMTuesday, March 11, 2025
“The Penguin” star Cristin Milioti has joined the cast of Netflix’s animated feature “In Your Dreams.” Milioti joins Simu Liu and Craig Robinson, as well as Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:44AMFriday, March 7, 2025
Lady Gaga revealed her hopes to write a Broadway musical during a Q&A with influencers that was webcast Thursday. “I would really love to write a musical. I think that would bring me s…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:45AMSunday, March 2, 2025
Paul Tazewell made history by becoming the first Black man to win the Oscar for costume design for his work on “Wicked.” Speaking backstage after his win, Tazewell spoke about the signif…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34PM“Wicked’s” Paul Tazewell has made Oscars history by becoming the first Black man to win for best costume design. Tazewell, a previous nominee for “West Side Story,” already has an …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:34PMMonday, February 24, 2025
Music supervisors behind the songs of “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” led the winners at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards on Sunday night. On the TV side, the musi…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:47PMCreative director, designer, and producer Clint Ramos has joined Lincoln Center as artist-in-residence. Ramos, whose credits include “Into the Woods” and “Respect,” and is the creati…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWednesday, February 19, 2025
No woman has even won an Oscar for best cinematography, and that’s not likely to change in 2025. Why? Because no women made the final five. But this year, the American Society of Cinematog…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:51PMTuesday, February 18, 2025
Cynthia Erivo is set to play Jesus Christ this summer in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Hollywood Bowl. Erivo shared the news via In…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:50PMSaturday, February 8, 2025
“Wicked” and “Conclave” were the big winners of the 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards on Thursday evening. This was the guild’s second instance awarding “Wicked” designer Pa…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:54PMTuesday, January 21, 2025
In just one short week since “Wicked” became available to watch (and singalong with) at home, the digital edition of the smash-hit musical (the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in gl…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:51PMTuesday, January 14, 2025
“Wicked” composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz is set to receive the Icon Award from the Guild of Music Supervisors. Schwartz musical credits include “Enchanted,” “Godspell” and…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:11PMFriday, January 10, 2025
IATSE is offering assistance to its members displaced due to the wildfires. In a release, IATSE, the union that represents the workers behind-the-scenes said, “If you or a fellow member ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37PMWednesday, January 8, 2025
Gold House has unveiled its fifth annual Gold List with “Wicked” and “Moana 2” among the films being honored. The list spotlights the most exceptional achievements in film by Asian P…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:09PMSaturday, January 4, 2025
Back in 2019, Cynthia Erivo received the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award. Just six years later, she will be lauded with Variety’s Creative Impac…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:57AMTuesday, December 24, 2024
SPOILER WARNING: This story discusses minor plot details for “Mufasa: The Lion King,” now in theaters. Lin-Manuel Miranda and composer Dave Metzger both knew the mighty musical legacy t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMTuesday, December 17, 2024
How and why did the kind-hearted, smart and green Elphaba Thropp become such a nasty, powerful, dare we say wicked witch of the classic tale “The Wizard of Oz”? The big-screen adaptation…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:25PMFriday, December 13, 2024
The Costume Designers Guild has announced nominations for the 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards, with “Wicked,” “Gladiator 2,” “Maria,” “Nosferatu” and “Dune: Part Two�…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWednesday, December 4, 2024
Make no mistake about it, “Moana 2” is a hit. The Disney sequel set a Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day holiday frame. While audiences have flocked to mo…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:19PMSunday, November 24, 2024
Production designer Nathan Crowley has been waiting his entire career for a film in which he could build an entire fantasy world. He found that with “Wicked.” When director Jon M. Chu ca…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:05PMThursday, November 21, 2024
When Cynthia Erivo signed on to play Elphaba in Universal’s big-screen adaptation of “Wicked,” she knew one thing: she wanted to be green. But Erivo wanted to actually be green, not ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:25PMThursday, November 14, 2024
Epic sandworm rides across the desert of Arrakis, a thrilling gladiator battle involving a rhino and a display of the unmitigated feeling of pure Anxiety —those are just a few scenes and c…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:05PMMonday, November 4, 2024
The artisans behind some of this year’s leading award contenders discussed the importance of having the right crew on their projects at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival as part of Variety�…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AMFriday, November 1, 2024
On Tuesday, 24 hours before one of SCAD Savannah Film Festival’s most anticipated panels, “Wicked: A First Look,” someone approached to inform that they would be in line at least an ho…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:06PM“The Crown,” “Hacks” and “The Bear” were among the shows leading the nominations for the 40th Artios Awards. The nominations honor the contribution of casting professionals in te…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:33PMSaturday, October 26, 2024
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Conclave,” now playing in theaters. It’s no secret that the Vatican prohibits filming inside the Sistine Chapel, and the headquarter…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PMWednesday, October 23, 2024
As Paul Tazewell was conceiving design ideas for “Wicked,” mushroom gills served as an unlikely inspiration for Elphaba’s black dress. The costume designer had stumbled across a docume…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:11PMMonday, October 7, 2024
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Joker: Folie à Deux” now playing in theaters. As costume designer Arianne Phillips was conceiving ideas for “Joker: Folie à Deu…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:07PMMonday, September 23, 2024
SPOILER ALERT: This articles discusses plot details of “The Substance,” in theaters now. The final act of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” has the internet in shock, and might ju…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:36PMFriday, September 20, 2024
David Korins, the scenic designer behind “Hamilton,” “Beetlejuice” and “Dear Evan Hansen,” is headed to Tucson, Ariz., with a new exhibition titled “Stages of Imagination: The …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:51PMTuesday, September 10, 2024
Courtney B. Vance is a Tony- and Emmy-winning actor and the president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. To Vance, legendary actor James Earl Jones was known as “Jimmy.” The two first met in t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:52PM 
