ENTERTAINMENT
Oscar Predictions: Best Actress — How Obsessed Will the Academy Become With Inde Navarrette?
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, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards...
Haugesund New Nordic Films Reveals Standout 36 Nordic Projects and 15 Fresh Pics Set to Woo 300 Industry Attendees
New Nordic Films, the industry confab and side-kick to the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, has revealed today the full list of anticipated Nordic features selected for...
‘The Amazing Race’ Reveals Season 39 Contestants; New Twists Include a Record 13 Express Passes and First-Ever Trip to Albania
The world is waiting for them. GO! CBS has revealed the contestants for this fall’s “The Amazing Race” Season 39, and after last year’s “Big Brother”-themed pairings, the partners...
John Hinckley Jr. Shares New Message to Jodie Foster, 45 Years After Trying to Assassinate Ronald Reagan to Impress Her: ‘I Wish Her Well’
John Hinckley Jr., the Oklahoma native who tried to assassinate President Ronald Regan in 1981 in an attempt to impress Jodie Foster, shared a new message for “The Silence...
‘Pacifiction’ Director Albert Serra on His New Film ’Sixteen Moments of My Life’ and Why He’d Love to Have Directed Elvis Presley
Don’t call Albert Serra’s new film, “Seize moments de ma vie” (“Sixteen Moments of My Life”), a concert film. Premiering out of competition at the Locarno Film Festival, the...
Streaming Saves TV in Upfront, But Ad-Dollar Declines for Linear Are Significant
The erosion of ad dollars earmarked for traditional TV has gone from alarming to dire. Advertisers cut their “upfront” spending on broadcast TV by approximately 5.3%, according to an...
Ben Jones, Actor Turned Politician Who Played Cooter Davenport in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 84
Ben Jones, the actor turned politician best known for playing Cooter Davenport on “The Dukes of Hazzard,” died on Sunday from a heart attack, according to his wife Alma...
‘Donkey Princess’ Review: A Princess Escapes the Kingdom, but Not the Patriarchy, in an Inventive, Shape-Shifting Fairytale
Chilean duo Cristobal León and Joaquín Cociña made a dream nightmare debut with “The Wolf House,” a stop-motion fantasy that turned heads both with its wholly original design —...
