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The wide-ranging cluster of events operating under the Singapore Media Festival banner will this year shift largely online. The move is a response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the limited opportunities for travel in the Asia region. The Singapore International Film Festival, running the […]

Gaumont’s “Aline, The Voice of Love,” a hotly anticipated film freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion, has already lured key distributors around the world ahead of its theatrical bow in November. “Aline, The Voice of Love” is directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Valerie Lemercier, a […]

German film and TV company Leonine Group, which was formed through the merger of Tele München Gruppe, Universum Film, i&u TV, Wiedemann & Berg Film and W&B Television, has rearranged its long-term group financing. The financing includes long-term loans and revolving credit lines […]

Dominic West is one of the final key players joining “The Crown.” Sources tell Variety that West is in late-stage discussions for the role, though the deal isn’t done. The actor would play Charles in the final two seasons of the Netflix drama. He will star opposite Elizabeth Debicki as […]

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was his usual outrageous self on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday in his avatar as Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev as he does the final promotional rounds for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” Cohen brought the house down as he entered, spraying the sets with […]

Werner Herzog has always thirsted for the uncanny. It’s there in the primal awe he imparted to a grizzly bear in “Grizzly Man,” the cracked rapture of Klaus Kinski’s glowering megalomaniacal conquistador in “Aguirre, the Wrath of God,” and the mysteriously intoxicating natural […]

Netflix is not renewing science fiction drama series “Away” for a second season, Variety has confirmed. The cancellation comes just six weeks after the show’s first season was released on Sept. 4. “Away” stars Hilary Swank as astronaut Emma Green, who leads the first crewed expedition to […]

We’re only days away from the second coming of Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, and Variety has an exclusive clip of one of his many misadventures. From producer and star Sacha Baron Cohen and distributor Amazon Prime Video, the sequel to Cohen’s hit 2006 mockumentary returns again to the […]

“The Mandalorian” — and more importantly, Baby Yoda — is returning to Disney Plus on Oct. 30, but before that, the show released another look at the new season during Monday Night Football. The new clip builds upon the previously released trailer for the series’ second season, showing off […]

Singer's band JARV IS... also tackled the Fall during exhibition about choreographer Michael Clark

Singer's band JARV IS... also tackled the Fall during exhibition about choreographer Michael Clark

James “Jamie” Redford, a documentary filmmaker, activist and the son of actor Robert Redford, died of cancer on Oct. 16. He was 58. His wife of 32 years, Kyle Redford, announced his death on Twitter, writing: “He lived a beautiful, impactful life and was loved by many. He will be deeply […]

Smith discussed her book The Year of the Monkey and the heydey of the Chelsea Hotel

The Montreal-via-Zambia artist won for her 2020 LP God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It

The third installment of Johnny Jewel’s acclaimed compilation series features 17 new songs

The story about the famous blues singer features Boseman in his final role before his death

Well this is a bummer. Academy Award-winning actor/musician Jeff Bridges announced that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. However, in his usual upbeat way (and quoting The Big Lebowski no less), he says that the prognosis is looking good. “I have been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Although it is a […]

“Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good.”

Padilla was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year

It was a food fight for the ages, but no tears were shed in the process… at least according to Steve Perry. The Journey singer, in an interview with Rolling Stone, opened up about an Eddie Van Halen story that has taken social media by storm. However, Perry says it isn’t entirely true. As the […]