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Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress — Will ‘Wicked’ Make Ariana Grande ‘Popular’ Enough for Her First Nomination?’

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 […]

Grammy-Winner Jhett Tolentino’s ‘Asian Persuasion’ Rom-Com Sets North American Release, AFM Sales Launch (EXCLUSIVE)

“Asian Persuasion,” the film directing debut of three-time Tony Award- and Grammy-winning producer Jhett Tolentino, has set North American distribution and will have a sales launch at the imminent American Film Market. Hawaii-based Scatena & Rosner Films has acquired the worldwide rights to the romantic comedy. The film tells the story of a lovable underachiever who […]

Oda Kaori Goes ‘Underground’ and Semi-Fictional to Complete Subterranean Trilogy

The last element of a trilogy exploring subterranean spaces that began with the 2015 “Aragane” and continued with the 2019 “Cenote,” Oda Kaori’s docudrama “Underground” ventures from a subway in Sapporo to caves (locally called “gama”) in Okinawa. It also marks a new direction for the director, whose previous trilogy entries were documentaries. “Underground” is […]

Megan Thee Stallion Tells All on Tory Lanez Relationship, Her Battle With Depression and More in New Documentary

Megan Thee Stallion lays it all bare, and then some, in her freshly released Prime Video documentary “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words.” The two-hour film, which premiered last night at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, explores the concurrent rise of the Houston rapper and the aftermath of a highly publicized shooting involving […]

Madlib, Producer for Kanye West and Mos Def, Sues Former Manager Over Deceptive Business Practices

Madlib, producer for tracks by Kanye West, Mos Def and MF Doom, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, former manager of Stones Throw Records and founder of subsidiary label Now-Again. According to the suit, filed earlier today in the Los Angeles Court, the rapper/producer (real name Otis Lee Jackson Jr.) alleges that Alapatt […]

Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor — Could Another Villian Role Bring Denzel Washington Another Statuette?

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 […]

‘Red One’ Release Plans Include HDR By Barco

Amazon MGM Studios’ “Red One” will open in theaters in formats including HDR by Barco, as part of a pre-release program for the Belgian cinema tech developer’s new HDR-capable premium line of theater projectors. In cooperation with AMC Theatres, B&B Theatres, and Regal Cinemas, a specially graded and mastered version of “Red One” will be […]

Oscar Predictions: Best Picture — Will ‘Wicked’ Defy Gravity for Awards Attention?

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 […]

George Lucas Cut a Bombshell ‘Star Wars’ Twist From ‘Phantom Menace’: Liam Neeson Was Going to Play the Real Obi-Wan Kenobi Who Died

Love it or hate it, “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” is at least universally beloved for its casting of Ewan McGregor as young Obi-Wan Kenobi. But hold up. A recent interview with “Star Wars” concept and storyboard artist Iain McCaig (via StarWars.com) to mark “The Phantom Menace’s” 25th anniversary reveals that George Lucas was originally […]

Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and More Avengers Stars Assemble to Endorse Kamala Harris

Mark Ruffalo, aka Hulk, gathered a group of his fellow Avengers to endorse Kamala Harris for President on Thursday. “Don’t sit this one out. It’s the one where we will lose big: Project 2025, women’s reproductive rights, climate change, LGBTQIA+ rights, public education, student debt relief, Affordable Care Act, Social Security, and as of today, […]

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