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Colbert Wins Emmy 6 Weeks After CBS Cancels Late Show
Stephen Colbert won Best Variety Series at Sunday's 78th Emmys — six weeks after CBS pulled the plug on The Late Show — and used the moment to call late-night 'a fantastic incubator for young people'
Naomi Watts on Hollywood’s Shift for Older Women and Her Dark New Role
Naomi Watts, honored at the San Sebastián Film Festival, reflects on evolving opportunities for women over 50 in Hollywood and discusses her complex new role in 'The Housewife,' a film rooted in postw
Troupe stages Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky in London
Troupe stages Simon Reade's adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's 1920s London trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky at Southwark Playhouse Borough, interweaving the three novels' stories of a wait
Portugal’s Queer Lisboa Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Vast Showcase of Latest LGBTQ Titles, Dose of Radical 1970s Counterculture and Family Fare
Portugal's Queer Lisboa International Queer Film Festival opened its milestone 30th edition on September 18, programming 94 films including new premieres, a family-focused sidebar, and a 19-title retr
Andrew Scott Poised for First Out Gay Best Actor Oscar
Andrew Scott is widely considered a near-lock for a Best Actor Oscar nomination — and possibly the win — for "Elsinore," in which he portrays HIV-positive Scottish actor Ian Charleson's legendary 1989
NAZA Doc Provokes Israeli Death Threats After Venice Ovation
NAZA — a Guardian-produced Gaza documentary told by anonymous Israeli military insiders — earned a 25-minute Venice ovation, then drew death threats, office break-ins, and Netanyahu's pledge to strip
Legarreta's "The Blind Ants" Premieres at San Sebastián as "Coastal
Igor Legarreta's third feature, "The Blind Ants," world premiered Sept. 18 at the 74th San Sebastián Film Festival, where the Basque-language 1930-set drama about a stranded coal ship is competing for
Jay-Z in 8 review – the rapper’s interminable interview show should have been a podcast
Mubi's eight-episode docuseries 'Jay-Z in 8' features Rick Rubin interviewing Jay-Z in unstructured black-and-white conversations, but the review argues the format mismatches its content.
Darlene Love Doc Traces Career After Spector Erasure
A new Barry Avrich documentary profiles 85-year-old Darlene Love, the uncredited voice behind Phil Spector's defining Wall of Sound hits, tracing her decades-long fight to reclaim her name through upd
Jolie, Hayek on 'Without Blood' and On-Set Trauma
Angelina Jolie wrote and directed 'Without Blood,' a war-revenge drama adapted from Alessandro Baricco's novella, starring Salma Hayek Pinault as a woman confronting the men who killed her family. The
Pechman's "Magazine" Debuts At TIFF With McInerny
Debut filmmaker Alexandra Pechman's "Magazine," starring Lily McInerny as a summer intern at a fading literary publication, premiered in TIFF's Discovery section, with reviewers drawing comparisons to
Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Predictions Tracker
Variety's Awards Circuit section has its Best Adapted Screenplay predictions tracker running for the 99th Oscars race, with the full 2026-2027 awards-season calendar — from the Nov. 15 Governors Award
‘Sweet Magnolias’ Canceled at Netflix as Sheryl J. Anderson and JoAnna Garcia Swisher Set New Series ‘Ladies of the House’
Netflix has canceled romantic drama "Sweet Magnolias" after five seasons, but star JoAnna Garcia Swisher and creator Sheryl J. Anderson are already moving forward together on a new series titled "Ladi
Cody Fern Recalls 'Nuclear Bomb' Moment On House Of Cards
Cody Fern, who played the main villain of 'House of Cards' Season 6, recounts returning to the set after Kevin Spacey was dropped over sexual misconduct allegations — an experience he described as 'th
Maisie Williams Played 'Practical Magic 2' Role as Lesbian
Maisie Williams revealed she intentionally played her 'Practical Magic 2' character as a lesbian throughout multiple script revisions, even though the Susanne Bier-directed sequel ultimately omits the
Jamie XX Scores Aitken's 'Lightscape' Live at The Shed Gala
Electronic musician Jamie XX performed a live score over Doug Aitken's seven-screen film installation "Lightscape" at The Shed's annual invite-only gala in New York, just as the work's public run wrap
NAZA Gaza Documentary Attacked by Israel, Hits U.S
An Israeli documentary about Gaza called 'NAZA,' which has drawn fierce opposition from the Israeli government, is being released in U.S. theaters.
Tenko and Coronation Street actress Stephanie Cole dies aged 84
Actress Stephanie Cole, renowned for her roles in Tenko, Open All Hours, and Coronation Street, has died at the age of 84 after living with Alzheimer's disease for several years.
Clancy holdout juror: 'No doubt' she deliberately killed her children
The lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy's first-degree murder trial broke his silence, telling CBS News he was certain she deliberately killed her three children, despite the jury's 11-1 split toward
UN Adopts Equal Earth Map to Correct Geographic Bias
The UN has adopted the Equal Earth projection, a map created by three cartographers to correct long-standing Western biases in global representation, particularly the mis sizing of continents like Afr
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