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As the ‘Digger’ Awards Campaign Launches, Will Tom Cruise Do What It Takes to Win an Oscar?
Tom Cruise launches the awards campaign for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's $160 million comedy-adventure 'Digger,' with Warner Bros. mounting billboards, premieres, and an estimated $15 million awards push a
Jessica Chastain Joins Netflix's 'The Retrievals'
Oscar winner Jessica Chastain has joined Emilia Jones and Amy Ryan in Netflix's upcoming drama series 'The Retrievals,' from Sirens and Maid creator Molly Smith Metzler, based on the Peabody Award-win
DWTS Season 35 Hits 6.7M Viewers, Best Opener in 6 Years
Dancing With the Stars returned to ABC Tuesday with 6.7 million viewers for its Season 35 premiere — the show's best opener in six years and a 24% jump over last season.
Box Office: ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Targets Franchise-Best $45 Million Debut
Sony's 'Resident Evil' reboot, directed by Zach Cregger, targets $40-50 million in its domestic debut, which would set a franchise record and recover from 2021's box office flop.
SNL Adds Grace Reiter, Saidah Belo-Osagie to Season 52
Saturday Night Live has added stand-up comedian Grace Reiter and Nigerian American filmmaker Saidah Belo-Osagie as the first new cast members of Season 52, which premieres Sept. 26 with Jalen Brunson
Music Distribution Now Defines Indie Artist Careers
Independent artists now generate roughly half of Spotify's royalties, and with 100,000-plus new tracks uploaded daily, choosing the right music distributor has become a frontline business decision rat
Growth of the Soil Review: Moland's Norway Oscar Entry
Hans Petter Moland's 155-minute adaptation of Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun's 1917 novel 'Growth of the Soil' premieres at Toronto as Norway's international Oscar submission, reuniting 'Worst Person in t
McAvoy, Morrison Talk Directing, AI at TIFF Panel
James McAvoy, Rachel Morrison and Rebel Wilson joined Variety's Future in Focus panel at TIFF to discuss their directorial debuts, the role of AI in filmmaking, and the slow path toward gender parity
Heated Rivalry Season 2 Adds Six to Cast
The Crave-HBO Max hockey romance series "Heated Rivalry" has added six new actors for Season 2, with creator Jacob Tierney reuniting with three past collaborators on the expanded ensemble.
Miike's 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo' TIFF Review: Funniest of Three
Takashi Miike's 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,' the third entry in the corrupt-cop franchise after Abel Ferrara's 1992 original and Werner Herzog's 2009 New Orleans riff, world-premiered at TIFF with Shun Og
France Submits Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur for Oscar
France has chosen Andrey Zvyagintsev’s political thriller *Minotaur* as its official submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards, marking his return to global cinema
‘The Traitors’ Renewed For Three More Seasons At Peacock After Winning Third Consecutive Emmy
Peacock has handed The Traitors a three-season renewal, locking the Alan Cumming-hosted mystery competition through Season 8 just hours after the show and its host each won their third consecutive Emm
‘The Traitors’ Scores Three-Season Renewal at Peacock
Peacock has handed "The Traitors" a three-season renewal, extending the hit competition series through Season 8 after a perfect seven-for-seven sweep at this year's Emmys and record viewership for Sea
Ukraine Submits 'Traces' to 2027 Oscars
Ukraine has selected the documentary 'Traces,' which centers on women who survived sexual assault during the war with Russia, as its official submission for the 2027 Oscars in the international featur
Gray's 'Paper Tiger' Opens 50th São Paulo Film Festival
James Gray's Cannes-competing crime drama "Paper Tiger" will open the 50th São Paulo International Film Festival on Oct. 14, marking the film's first official Brazilian screening and a homecoming for
CAA Hires Agent Steve Roy From Buchwald
CAA has hired literary agent Steve Roy from Buchwald to join its Motion Picture Literary department, bringing a roster of writer-director clients including 'There's Something About Mary' writer John S
Juanpa Zurita Leaves CAA for WME
Mexican multihyphenate Juanpa Zurita has signed with WME for representation, departing CAA. The agency will partner with his existing DW Entertainment & Media team to expand his acting, producing and
'Stuffed' Review: Melling, Comer in Taxidermy Musical
Director Theo Rhys' 'Stuffed' is a zany, tender body-horror musical in which sandwich factory worker Harry Melling agrees to be taxidermied by Jodie Comer's character — only to fall in love with her —
Cregger's 'Resident Evil' Review: Relentless, Goofy, Game-Like
A review of Zach Cregger's new "Resident Evil" film starring Austin Abrams as a delivery driver caught in a zombie outbreak, praised as a lean, practical-effects-driven adaptation that captures the fe
The secret of Mozart’s genius unlocked – has a teenager succeeded where generations of musicologists have failed?
An 18-year-old Philadelphia student has used Markov-chain statistical analysis of 600 classical movements to prove that Mozart's melodies unfold more unpredictably note-by-note than those of Haydn, Be
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