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Busan Film Festival to Honor Founder Director Kim Dong-ho With Korean Cinema Award

Kim Dong-ho, founding festival director of the Busan International Film Festival, has been named the recipient of the 31st BIFF’s Korean Cinema Award. The honor goes to figures whose work has shaped K...

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San Sebastian Adds Jesse Eisenberg, Fred Cavayé, Amanda Kernell Films to Golden Shell Race

The San Sebastián Film Festival has added six films to its 2026 Official Selection, including new works from Jesse Eisenberg, Fred Cavayé, Amanda Kernell and Gabriel Martins, alongside feature debuts ...

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Golden Lion Winner Milcho Manchevski Talks ‘Giving a Voice’ to Pulse Nightclub Survivors With ‘Good People’: ‘Our Job Was to Stay Out of the Way’

It took over three decades for Macedonian filmmaker Milcho Manchevski — whose debut feature “Before the Rain” won the top award in Venice in 1994 and was Oscar nominated — to direct his first document...

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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Drawing Tourists to Milan Prompting an 18% Increase in Visitors to the Film’s Locations in Italy’s Fashion Capital

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” is making a heavenly impact on Milan. Just a few months after the theatrical release in May of the long-awaited sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada” – that was partly shot in It...

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Nigel Farage Documentary ‘Where Does the Money Come From?’ Set at U.K. Broadcaster 5 as Parliamentary Standards Watchdog Reopens Finance Probe

ITN Productions has set “Nigel Farage: Where Does the Money Come From?”, a one-hour documentary examining the Reform U.K. leader’s finances, to air on 5, part of the Paramount Skydance Corporation, on...

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TV Academy Hall of Fame: Sheila Nevins, Absent Due to COVID, Thanks Dr. Fauci for the Vaccine; Bill Hader Pays Tribute to the ‘South Park’ Creators Wi...

Documentary icon Sheila Nevins — who holds the all-time record for most Emmy wins by an individual (31), thanks to her long run as president of HBO Documentary Films — had to skip Thursday night’s Tel...

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‘You Don’t Belong Here’ Review: A Potentially Involving Story Is Weakened by Airless Dialogue and a Misguided Finale

Florin Şerban’s “You Don’t Belong Here” opens with great promise and finishes with a stupefyingly misguided coda: The lengthy minutes in between are rigorously filmed and sharply observed, but would h...

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Fukada Koji, Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Boo Junfeng Films Win Busan Co-Production Fund

The Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has selected three international co-productions for its 2026 Co-Production Support Fund, backing films from directors Fukada Koji, Jakra...

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Rani Mukerji Receives La Trobe Honorary Doctorate, Wins IFFM Special Citation

Bollywood star Rani Mukerji has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Australia’s La Trobe University for three decades of work in Indian cinema and her contributions off screen, the universit...

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COL AI Studios Launches to Expand Group’s Global Distribution Network (EXCLUSIVE)

COL Group has launched COL AI Studios, a new entertainment vertical designed to help platforms, studios and brands develop, test and scale content beyond traditional licensing deals. The studio builds...

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Troye Sivan Brings Nicole Kidman to the Club for ‘She’s the Best’ Music Video

Troye Sivan has kicked off a new era with the release of his new single “She’s the Best” along with a music video co-starring Nicole Kidman. In the clip, directed by Gordon Von Steiner, Sivan holds th...

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Phoebe Bridgers Leads Delighted Fans Around the Rink at a Rollerskating Listening Party for ‘Lost Weekend’

Phoebe Bridgers tends to stand out in a crowd, and not just because of her celebrity or natural star quality, but because of the hair; other women around L.A. may go for the platinum blonde look, but ...

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Oscar Predictions: Supporting Actress — Is This the Year of Penélope Cruz?

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 To...

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Oscar Predictions: Supporting Actor — How Many Men Can be Nominated From ‘The Odyssey’?

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Oscar Predictions: Best Actress — How Obsessed Will the Academy Become With Inde Navarrette?

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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More

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Tyler Duckworth, ‘The Challenge’ Reality Show Winner, Dies at 44

Tyler Duckworth, who competed on six seasons of reality show “The Challenge” and also appeared on MTV’s “The Real World: Key West,” has died in North Dakota. He was 44. His mother Joni announced his d...

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Beneficiary of $21.7 Million Stock Sale as Paramount Merger Is Stuck on Hold

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, has now sold over $195 million worth of stock since the media company clinched a deal to be acquired by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance ea...

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Matthew McConaughey Says Acting in ‘The Wedding Planner’ With Jennifer Lopez Saved Him From Being Searched at U.S.-Mexico Border: ‘They Let Me Go’

Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001’s “The Wedding Planner” ended up getting him out of a “major mess-up” at the U.S.-Mexico b...

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Tramell Tillman Says ‘I Had to Sign NDAs’ Before Even Meeting for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role: ‘A Little Frustrating Because Everything Was Shrou...

Tramell Tillman is going to play a big role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future. And he can finally talk about it. Tillman, who won an Emmy last year for his supporting role in Apple TV’s “Seve...

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NFL Preseason 2026 Livestream: Here’s Where to Watch Pro Football Games Online

Although the first game of the preseason is the NFL Hall of Fame Game, the rest of the teams in the league begin play during Week 1 of preseason on Thursday, Aug. 13. The NFL 2025-27 season is just......

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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler to Recieve Directorate Award at This Year’s International Emmys

Warner Bros. Discovery president of international Gerhard Zeiler has been tapped to receive the 2026 International Emmy Directorate Award. He joins Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria, who was ...

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Stretching Time: Nicolaas Schmidt on ‘September Afternoon’

On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast. A sense of gloom hangs in the air. While the child and her mother play in the sand,....

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This AI Startup Made a 24-Hour AI News Channel. Who Wants This?

Is there an audience for AI-delivered news? Public data says no, and previous attempts to deliver such ventures have yielded many human-written stories about projects that never materialized. And yet ...

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Christy Knowings, Nickelodeon’s ‘All That’ Cast Member, Dies at 46

Christy Knowings, who was a cast member on Nickelodeon’s children sketch comedy show “All That,” died Tuesday. She was 46. Knowings suffered an asthma attack that left her with brain damage, according...

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Netflix Shuts Down Studio Behind ‘Unhinged’ Game 6 Weeks After Release

Netflix is shutting down two studios, including the developer behind horror game, “Unhinged,” which released less than two months ago. The streaming service is closing “Unhinged” maker Night School St...

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singer Ejae ‘Made Mistakes’ During BAFTAs Performance After Seeing Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘He Was Not Smiling’ and ‘That’s What Put M...

Leonardo DiCaprio could throw any of us off of our game — as EJAE can testify. The “KPop Demon Hunters” vocalist spoke with the U.K. newspaper the Times and recounted her experience performing at this...

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Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’ Co-Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Defends the Oscars Slap: ‘I Stand By That’ Because the First Amendment Should Not ‘Protect A...

When it comes to Will Smith’s shocking Oscars slap, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is sticking with her “King Richard” co-star. The Oscar nominee, who played Smith’s on-screen wife as the mother of Venus and S...

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Creator Agency Fixated Taps Mary Murcko as Chief Revenue Officer

Media biz veteran Mary Murcko has joined Fixated, an agency that provides support services for creators ranging from talent representation to creator economy support services. Murcko has been tapped t...

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6 Things You Need to Know About the Shocking $12.5 Billion Lakers Sale

Read this article on Variety’s sister website Sportico. The record-breaking Los Angeles Lakers sale, announced Wednesday to a largely unsuspecting audience, is packed with intrigue. The seller, Mark ...

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Netflix FTX Series ‘The Altruists’ Sets November Release Date, Drops First Look Photos

Netflix has set the release date for “The Altruists,” inspired by Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison’s rise and fall from financial power. “The Altruists” hits Netflix November 19. Netflix has als...

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Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco Launching New SiriusXM Interview Show With Guests Including Jerry Seinfeld and Ray Romano (EXCLUSIVE)

Sebastian Maniscalco is hosting a new monthly series on SiriusXM, “We Got Company,” in which the veteran stand-up comedian and actor will sit down for extended one-on-one conversations with notable gu...

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Emilia Jones to Star in Netflix Series Adaptation of ‘The Retrievals’ Podcast

Emilia Jones has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming Netflix limited series “The Retrievals,” Variety has learned. The series, which is based on the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast ...

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Instagram Unveils ‘More Modern’ New Logo, and People Are Already Making Fun of It

Meta’s Instagram proudly launched a new logo Thursday — its first update in a decade — and the trolling has already begun. “The wordmark at the top of the app hasn’t changed in 10 years, so it was tim...

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Amy Sedaris Joins Ben Stiller, Benicio Del Toro in Apple TV Comedy ‘Protective Custody’

Amy Sedaris is the latest addition to the Apple TV comedy series “Protective Custody,” Variety has learned. Sedaris will star alongside previously announced series lead Ben Stiller as well as fellow c...

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Shannon Elizabeth’s Long, Bumpy Road to OnlyFans Stardom

Shannon Elizabeth is no stranger to breaking the internet. Following the release of 1999’s “American Pie,” the cumming-of-age film that launched Elizabeth to stardom (and sex symbol status), she decid...

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Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning Legal Drama Series ‘Discretion’ Casts Stephan James, Colton Ryan

Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning’s upcoming legal thriller series “Discretion” at Paramount+ is officially in production, with the series adding two new cast members. Both Stephan James (“I Play Rocky,”...

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Ken Russell’s Controversial NC-17 Horror Film ‘The Devils’ Sets First Look at Restored Cut – Film News in Brief

Ken Russell’s controversial film “The Devils” will finally be seen in its original form, as seen in a new trailer for the NC-17 release. The 4K restoration references Russell’s private edit from 2004 ...

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Nicole Kidman Got Warned About Marrying Tom Cruise But Fired Back: ‘I Don’t Care. I’m in Love… Of Course I’ll Throw My Career Away’

Nicole Kidman said in a new British Vogue cover story that she was repeatedly warned about marrying Tom Cruise because it could hugely impact her career. The two A-listers met in 1989 during the produ...

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‘Off Campus’ Casts Shay Rudolph as Summer Di Laurentis in Season 2

“Off Campus” has found its Summer Di Laurentis. Amazon Prime Video’s college soap has cast Shay Rudolph in the guest role for Season 2. The season will focus on the romance between Allie Hayes (Mika A...

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Hits $700 Million at Domestic Box Office, One of Seven Movies to Ever Reach the Milestone

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has surpassed $700 million in domestic ticket sales, becoming the fastest film to notch the box office benchmark. So far, Sony and Marvel’s comic book adventure, starring T...

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Oscars: Switzerland Selects ‘Who is Still Alive’ About Palestinians Who Escaped Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

“Who is Still Alive,” a documentary directed by Nicolas Wadimoff that gives voice to Gaza humanitarian crisis survivors and refugees has been selected by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture as Switzer...

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‘The Odyssey’ Sets 20,000 Screen China Release, Including Near-Total Imax Commitment (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will open on more than 20,000 screens across mainland China, including some 90% of the territory’s Imax footprint of nearly 800 sites, distributor data shows. Presale...

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‘Amores Perros’ Exec Producer Francisco González Compean and ‘Counterattack’ Director Chava Cartas Launch Durango Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Action sells. And it’s what has driven leading Mexican producer Francisco González Compean (“Amores Perros,” “Instructions Not Included”) and director Chava Cartas to launch action drama outfit Durang...

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Sarajevo Industry Head on How Building a Talent Pipeline Makes Markets and Festivals More Vital Than Ever

The organizers of the Sarajevo Film Festival and its parallel industry arm, CineLink Industry Days, pride themselves on being the launching pad for filmmakers from Southeast Europe, a region rich in t...

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Sarajevo Film Festival Head on How Southeast Europe’s Leading Cinematic Showcase Continues to ‘Forge Its Own Way’

The Sarajevo Film Festival returns to the Bosnian capital from Aug. 14 – 21 with festival director Jovan Marjanović promising “some looking back and some looking forward” ahead of the 32nd edition. “I...

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Netflix’s ‘My Brilliant Career’ Is a Spunky Reimagining of the Australian Period Drama: TV Review

Based on the feminist writer Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel of the same name — and having been previously adapted in Gillian Armstrong’s acclaimed 1979 film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill — Netflix’s ...

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‘American Horror Story: 13’ Teaser Brings Back Jessica Lange and Rubber Man as FX Sets Release Dates for 13 Half-Hour Episodes

FX is finally lifting the curtain on “American Horror Story: 13,” courtesy of a new teaser trailer that confirms the returns of Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon (“AHS: Murder House”); Evan Peters as...

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‘Far From the Trees’ Review: A Richly Contemplative Journey of Physical and Mental Meanderings, Beautifully Combining 4K Digital with Super 16

Language and sounds trigger idyllic childhood recollections in Meritxell Colell Aparicio’s deeply personal, contemplative drama “Far From the Trees,” a handsome reverie blending 4K, Super16mm and arch...

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‘How Long Gone’ to Host Inaugural Awards Show ‘The Goneies’ in New York (EXCLUSIVE)

Move over, Oscars: There’s a brand new awards show for bicoastal elitists. “How Long Gone,” the cult-famous culture podcast hosted by Chris Black and Jason Stewart, has announced the inaugural edition...

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