When it comes to shorts discourse, there is one preeminent question to consider: how short is too short? In womenswear, it seems, the cheek is the limit. Micro-shorts took off as a trend this past spring, with everyone from Emily Ratajkowski to Hailey Bieber to Sydney Sweeney being photographed in the leg-baring style.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” which premiered at Cannes Film Festival on May 16. The wait is over: Francis Ford Coppola’s sci-fi drama “Megalopolis” has finally premiered at Cannes Film Festival, shocking and dividing critics.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The “Silk: Spider Society” live-action series has been scrapped at Amazon. The show was originally greenlit in November 2022 in a deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop a suite of shows based on Marvel characters that Sony controls.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Mena Suvari (“RZR,” “American Beauty”) and Antoine Olivier Pilon (“French Girl”) have been cast as the leads in psychological drama “Anatomy of the Sun.” The film, from writer and director Steven Richter, also features Iman Karram in a supporting role.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Imagine it’s 1920s Los Angeles. You’re driving around town in a Model T, cruising from Echo Park’s Edendale studios to Universal City to Musso and Frank on Hollywood Boulevard. That experience comes to life for visitors at the Academy Museum’s new permanent exhibit “Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital,” which opens […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMorgana Studios, ReachStar and ReDefine Originals are partnering on the animated feature “Diamante,” set on the lush Caribbean Island of the Dominican Republic. The film will be directed by Mathieu Ratthé with the screenplay written by Ratthé and Leticia Tonos Paniagua from an original idea by Claudio Lluberes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
TIFF is expanding its industry influence with the launch of an official content market, designed as a central hub for buying and selling screen-based projects, intellectual property, and immersive and innovative content across all platforms.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t watched Season 2 of “Bridgerton,” spoilers are ahead. Beloved gentle readers, it’s been far too long. While we were graciously welcomed into the world of “Queen Charlotte” last year, there is nothing quite like returning to the original Ton.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Things heat up between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in the first trailer for “It Ends With Us,” which is soundtracked by Taylor Swift’s “My Tears Ricochet.” The romance film is based on the best-selling novel written by Colleen Hoover.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Dimpy Agrawal’s Gubbara Entertainment has unveiled a $1 million script development fund aimed at empowering Indian feature filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival’s market. Agrawal previously served as a producer at Netflix India and her credits include some of the streamer’s top titles from the territory such as Zoya Akhtar’s “The Archies,” Vishal Bharwaj’s “Khufiya,” […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share“Shōgun” is officially in the drama race for the Primetime Emmys. FX has confirmed that the once limited or anthology series heavyweight has been officially submitted and accepted in the drama categories, where it will compete against Netflix’s “The Crown,” Apple’s “The Morning Show” and Prime Video’s “Fallout.” In addition, the network has shared exclusively […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareEveryone’s in the Emmy race, but Netflix and the Television Academy feel John Mulaney is better suited for a different category than intended — and that may only benefit his awards run.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Nikki Glaser said during a recent interview on “Today With Hoda & Jenna” that it’s clear Tom Brady “maybe didn’t consider the backlash from his family and how it would affect them” when he signed up to get roasted in a Netflix live comedy event.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Lyrical Media has entered into a first-look film deal with Ryder Picture Company (RPC), a production company helmed by industry veteran and Academy Award-nominee Aaron Ryder and partner Andrew Swett.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Glen Powell remained the king of grassroots publicity at an Austin, Texas, screening of his new Netflix movie, Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man.” The leading man hit the red carpet at the event accompanied by his family, but his mother and father decided to troll their son with signs directed at the press line that read: […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareEVENTS The Paramount+ Movie Nights series will return to New York this summer with over 25 free, outdoor screenings. Paramount+ will also be the official sponsor of Bryant Park Movie Nights, the longest running outdoor movie series in New York City, and Brooklyn Magazine’s Movie Nights, now at four parks across Brooklyn including Coney Island.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The CW has set its fall 2024 schedule, although neither “Walker” nor “All American” are anywhere to be seen. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, no decision has been made on the fate of either show, which are two of the last remaining shows from the previous CW leadership regime prior to […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLionsgate has released the trailer for the Alexandre Aja-directed horror film “Never Let Go,” starring Halle Berry. “Never Let Go” follows a mother (Berry) and her fraternal twin sons (Anthony B.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The “Silent Hill” film franchise continues with “Return to Silent Hill,” the latest adaptation of the hit horror anthology video game series. Variety has the first look at the famed monster Pyramid Head in the Christophe Gans-directed film, which is previewing at the Cannes Film Festival.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Based out of Chile and Los Angeles, Quijote Films, behind Cannes 2023 Un Certain Regard Fipresci Prize winner “The Settlers,” has tied down a powerful alliance of international partners on “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo,” the first feature of 2018 Cannes Cinéfondation top winner Diego Céspedes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson and more actors are coming to the defense of Kevin Spacey and calling for his return to the industry at large. Spacey has not worked in Hollywood since being accused by several men of sexual misconduct starting in 2017.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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 ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The publishing industry’s offensive against Spotify continues as the Mechanical Licensing Collective has filed legal action against the streaming giant’s U.S. division over its recent subscription offers that bundle music and audiobooks, resulting in a lower royalty.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
“Criminal Minds: Evolution” is returning to Paramount+, and a new trailer has been released. Season 2 of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” is set to release the first two episodes on June 6 with eight more episodes dropping weekly afterwards.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
“The Sympathizer” star Hoa Xuande had never heard of the nonprofit Gold House before he started working on projects in the U.S. Growing up in Australia, he told Variety, he never thought there could be a group of people so passionate and dedicated to uplifting Asian and Pacific Islander communities as the nonprofit does.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Glenn Powell, Bad Robot and IMAX have released a theatrical trailer in support of The Blue Angels Foundation, a non-profit created by former Blue Angels pilots that funds critical services for wounded veterans and their families.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Women In Film (WIF), Los Angeles, is launching an India chapter, it was revealed at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday. Guneet Monga Kapoor, Oscar-winning producer of “The Elephant Whisperers,” will lead WIF: India.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s group COO and CEO for continental Europe, is understandably proud that the company has landed five titles in the Cannes official selection, three of which – “Kinds of Kindness,” by Yorgos Lanthimos, Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope” and Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov” — are in competition.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Copenhagen-based REinvent Intenational Sales has picked up the Danish-Korean pic “Hana Korea,” headlining “The Squid Game”’s Kim Joo-ryung and Minha Kim of Apple TV+’s “Pachinko.” Sharon Choi, “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho’s interpreter and close collaborator, has boarded the project as co-writer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa arrives at the Cannes Film Festival this week with his latest documentary, “The Invasion,” worried that the world’s attention has largely drifted from the Ukraine conflict in the two-plus years since Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share