For the second consecutive year, two films have shared the top prize at the Middleburg Film Festival " and both come from women directors. Chloé Zhao's emotional drama "Hamnet" and Hikari's…
Oscar Isaac had the time of his life playing one of literature's most tortured souls. In Guillermo del Toro's reimagining of "Frankenstein," Isaac takes on the role of Victor Frankenstein, d…
At 54, Ethan Hawke has nothing left to prove. He has four Oscar nominations but no wins, and he's perfectly fine keeping it that way " at least, that's what Denzel Washington told him 24 yea…
Mark Hamill has spent nearly five decades in the spotlight, but the actor insists he's still learning to disappear. "The definition of a character actor is an actor that disappears, and you …
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are heading back to Oz " and potentially back to the Oscars. Variety has confirmed that Erivo and Grande will once again campaign in the lead and supporting a…
Colin Farrell has always been hard to pin down. A Hollywood heartthrob one minute, an indie chameleon the next, Farrell spent the last 25 years running full tilt through the industry " from …
This awards season has a familiar theme: redemption. Once dismissed as mere entertainers or mocked as tabloid fodder, popcorn draws or "just celebrities," several of this season's acting con…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
For Tonatiuh, the journey from West Covina to sharing the screen with Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" happened with whiplash-inducing speed. "I got an email with …
Dolly Parton, the legendary singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist, will not attend this year's Governors Awards in November, where she was set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitar…
Emily Blunt had not heard the news when she sat down for an upcoming episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast this week. Stopping by the studio ahead of the Los Angeles premiere of A24'…
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" is gearing up for a major awards campaign following its big premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and garnering critical word-of-mouth on the awards circuit. Bas…
Good job, Mr. Milchik. You just made history. For his chilling performance as the hypnotic and unnervingly cheerful Seth Milchick in Apple TV+'s genre-defying drama "Severance," Tramell Till…
Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet" captured the Toronto International Film Festival's highly coveted people's choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances. In addition, Zhao is the first director to win …
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Em…
Please, "SNL," don't forget about Black women… again. On Friday, Ego Nwodim announced she would be leaving "Saturday Night Live" after seven seasons, and with her exit comes a familiar, un…
The Oscar race remains wide open this year, and so does the question of which film will claim the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award. Since the Academy expanded the be…
"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" may have been canceled, but it won the respect of the Hollywood industry. The long-running late-night program picked up its first-ever Emmy statuette, wi…
Wagner Moura is no stranger to intense roles, but his latest performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho's "The Secret Agent" may be the one that defines his career, at least to U.S. audiences. …
Jodie Foster takes on her first French-language leading role in "A Private Life," but she already has her sights set on her next dream project: teaming up with Kristin Scott Thomas in a Fren…
A ticking bomb in the heart of London sets the stage for "Fuze," a taut new British crime thriller from director David Mackenzie. The film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film …
Twelve-year-old Jacobi Jupe, who plays the title role in "Hamnet," broke down in tears mid-interview at the Variety studio at the Toronto Film Festival, describing the devastation of embodyi…
In a quaint theater in the Colorado mountains where we lay our scene, a clear Oscar contender emerges. Before Chloé Zhao's anticipated drama "Hamnet" held its world premiere at the Tellurid…
Is it time for the "Hawke" to swoop in and nab his Oscar prey? After four Academy Award nominations spanning both acting and writing, Ethan Hawke may have found the role that finally earns h…