The best way to end a long day of watching football is watching even more NFL action with “Sunday Night Football.” For Week 18, two NFC North rivals go head-to-head as the Minnesota Vikings (14-2) face off against the Detroit Lions (14-2) at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 5. The game kickoffs […]

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. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]

End a long weekend of NFL thrills with even more NFL actions on “Monday Night Football.” For Week 15, two NFC rivals powerhouses go head-to-head, as the Chicago Bears (4-9) face off against the Minnesota Vikings (11-2) at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Monday, Dec. 16. The game kickoffs at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 […]

It can be tricky keeping track of which movies release each week, especially with the holiday season ushering in a tidal wave of awards films and four-quadrant blockbusters. With a new slate of titles coming in 2025, check out what is coming to theaters in January over the holidays. After the Christmas holiday saw adult […]

For the holidays, gamers are in for a treat because the Xbox Series X/S consoles are marked down at Walmart. They’re in stock and shipping before Christmas from the retailer. The retailer has the Xbox Series S (512GB) with two Xbox Wireless Controllers on sale for $323.98, or $36.01 off its list price, which is […]

If you’re looking to get your hands on Sony’s coveted PlayStation 5 for the holidays, we have some good news: Amazon and Walmart have the PS5 in stock and shipping before Christmas Day, as part of a money-saving deal that slashes the price of a PS5 console down to starting at $374 — the cheapest […]

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. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]

The last month of 2024 started with glitz and glam in London at The Fashion Awards, where Rihanna, Julia Fox and Nicola Coughlan were just some of the bold-faced names who stunned on the red carpet. Meanwhile, Jude Law and his “Skeleton Crew” co-stars launched the new “Star Wars” series at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. […]

The NFL gets ready for the start of the football week with the “Thursday Night Football” game. For Week 17, two NFC rivals go head-to-head with the Seattle Seahawks (8-7) facing off against the Chicago Bears (4-11) at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, Dec. 26. The game kickoffs at 8:15 p.m. ET/5:15 p.m. […]

Denis Villeneuve and Luca Guadagnino have been linked for years by their shared taste in actors. After Villeneuve, 57, saw Timothée Chalamet in Guadagnino’s 2017 romance “Call Me by Your Name,” he cast him as Paul Atreides, the callow princeling turned desert messiah, in his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel “Dune.” And before Zendaya […]

Lionel Messi’s upcoming animated kids’ series has been acquired by Disney Branded Television. The series, titled “Messi and the Giants,” was first reported to be in the works back in 2023. It will now premiere on the Disney Channel and stream globally on Disney+. A launch date will be announced in the future. “I always […]

The Audience Award winner and recipient of a special jury prize for best ensemble at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, “Dìdi,” Sean Wang’s debut feature, chronicles the life of a Taiwanese-American teenager named Chris (Izaac Wang) coming to terms with his identity as a child of immigrants. Engulfed by hormones and vulnerable to the pressures […]

Amanda Seyfried found herself trending on social media after “Wicked” opened in theaters thanks to a viral video of her singing “Popular,” one of the musical’s most beloved songs. The video prompted widespread speculation that it was Seyfried’s audition to play Glinda, which she has now debunked in an interview with People magazine. “I think […]

Streaming has not been kind to Chuck Lorre’s vanity cards. The mega producer has been using his production company logo (which is flashed for a second at the end of each episode) for decades to share essays, make jokes and write diatribes about the world around him. But for his Max series “Bookie,” Lorre has […]

With FX’s “Shōgun” winning 18 primetime and creative arts Emmys (the most ever for a single TV season), Netflix’s live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” racking billions of minutes viewed, and the indie coming-of-age story “Didi” receiving four Independent Spirit Award nominations, Asian and Asian American-led productions enjoyed a well-earned list of Hollywood successes in 2024, […]

The Man has come around to Starfleet. WWE superstar Becky Lynch has officially joined the cast of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” on Paramount Plus. Lynch, who has been on a 200+ day hiatus from WWE, took to X to deliver the news via video. “You know when you’ve already been champion of the world, there’s […]

Little Big Town likes to do things in fours, as the ensemble’s vocal-quartet configuration would indicate. So the country-pop group wasn’t about to let its 25th anniversary pass with just one commemoration when four would do: a national tour with their longtime friends in Sugarland; a greatest hits album; a Christmas record; and the quartet’s […]

There’s a horror film (“The Mouse Trap”) on our worst list this year. No surprise there; a lot of contemporary horror is bottom of the barrel. Yet it strikes us that a worst movies of the year roster is always, on some level, a list of horror films — movies that aren’t just mediocre or […]

A second high-profile documentary is in the works about UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione. Two-time Emmy nominee Stephen Robert Morse, who produced Netflix documentary “Amanda Knox” and also directed “How to Rob a Bank” for the streamer — a true-crime documentary about prolific bank robber Scott Scurlock – is turning his attention to Mangione, […]