"One Battle After Another" casting director Cassandra Kulukundis has won the inaugural Oscar for best casting. Kulukundis triumphed over Nina Gold ("Hamnet"), Jennifer Venditti ("Marty Supre…
"Bluey's Big Play " The Stage Show" and 10 new minisodes of "Bluey" are headed to Disney+. A special televised version of the "Bluey's Big Play " The Stage Show" will hit the streamer on Mar…
A new Whoopi Goldberg documentary is in the works with Geeta Gandbhir ("The Perfect Neighbor") on board to direct. Imagine Documentaries and Message Pictures in association with One Hoe Prod…
Variety will publish its third 8 Asian Pacifics Up Next in Entertainment list on May 6. Once again, Variety will work with a team at Gold House to select the eight Asian Pacifics making an i…
"The Crown," "Slow Horses," "Game of Thrones," "Baby Reindeer," "Hamnet" and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" have one thing in common: casting director Nina Gold. Last month, she landed her first…
 Casting directors Francine Maisler ("Sinners") and Nina Gold and Douglas Aibel ("Jay Kelly") were among the film winners at the 41st annual Casting Society Artios Awards. The cerem…
Broadway star and illusionist Rob Lake has signed with WME. Lake recently starred on Broadway for the holiday special "Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests The Muppets" at the Broadhurst Theat…
"The Singers" filmmaker Sam A. Davis had read the 19th-century short story of the same name but "I was a little bored by it. I kept nodding off," he admits, adding that it was late at night …
"One Battle After Another" led the winners at the Set Decorators Society of America awards. The set decorator (Anthony Carlino SDSA) with production design by (Florencia Martin) behind the f…
In making "Wicked" and "Wicked: For Good," director Jon M. Chu knew he always wanted to expand the stories of both Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) beyond the Broadway musi…
For one night only, EJAE, Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna, Ji-Young Yoo, Arden Cho and May Hong, better known as the singing and acting voices behind Huntr/X from Netflix's "KPop Demon Hunters," were r…
Brian Tyree Henry is headed to Netflix with the adult animated series "Bass X Machina." Henry will executive produce and star in the show which is set to debut on Oct. 6 Joining Henry in the…
Michelle Yeoh had been acting long before her global breakout role in 2000's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which earned her a BAFTA best actress nomination. Over the years, she's establi…
Michelle Yeoh was immortalized in Oscar history when she became the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for best actress for "Everything Everywhere All at Once." This time, she will be immorta…
"Wuthering Heights" production designer Suzie Davies was excited to get a call from Emerald Fennell, since she'd worked on period dramas from this era before " not to mention on Fennell's la…
Colleen Atwood ("One Battle After Another"), Paul Tazewell ("Wicked: For Good)" and Kate Hawley ("Frankenstein") were the big winners of the 28th Costume Designers Guild Awards on Thur…
Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti (PEAK) has announced its second cohort for the 2026 PEAK Producer and Executive Fellowship. The fellowship includes Celia Kaleialoha Kenney, Lowen K…
"Sinners" composer Ludwig Göransson and "KPop Demon Hunters" singer and songwriter EJAE led the winners at the 7th annual Society of Composers and Lyricists awards. Göransson too…
Hot off five nights of bringing the Mayhem Ball Tour to Tokyo, Lady Gaga was back in Los Angeles to perform a rock version of "Abracadabra" at the Grammys on Sunday night. Gaga, flanked by a…
Lady Gaga delivered a heartfelt speech and spoke out against ICE during one of her Mayhem Ball concerts in Tokyo, Japan. Gaga, who wraps up five nights at the Tokyo Dome on Jan. 30, said, "I…
Diane Warren is sitting in her Hollywood studio wearing a High Fucking Standards long-sleeved t-shirt. "I have high fucking standards. I really do," she says when asked what the meaning behi…
The American Cinema Editors have nominated "F1," "Sentimental Value" and "Sinners" in the category of feature film drama. Despite being snubbed by the Oscars, "Wicked: For Good" editor My…
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" costume designer Molly Rogers is set to receive SeriesFest's Excellence in Costume Design Award. Rogers who also worked on HBO Max's "Sex and the City" reboot, "…
When Universal finally greenlit "Wicked," casting director Bernard Telsey certainly knew the musical. He brought Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth to the iconic Broadway cast when it first …
It was a packed weekend leading up to Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony, and among the events kicking off Saturday morning was A Celebration with Stephen Schwartz. Schwartz, who has spent the …