While most actors pray for a hit show, Ted McGinley has had the luxury of being on several. From his first TV job on “Happy Days,” to now enjoying a gig on Apple TV+’s “Shrinking,” McGinley spent multiple seasons on such popular 1980s programs as “The Love Boat,” “Dynasty” and “Married… With Children.” But that […]

The nominations for the 2024 Game Awards were revealed Nov. 18 — less than a month out from the show itself. And seeing as one of the key moments of the Geoff Keighley-hosted annual event is the giant montage performance of that year’s best score and music noms, it’s a good thing Game Awards Orchestra […]

The Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” has taken center stage in the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards nominations. “Better Man” earned a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film in the awards’ 66-year history. Directed by Michael Gracey, the musical film secured nods across key categories, […]

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 […]

And we’re off. Golden Globe voters have received their ballots and are starting to consider their choices for the best work in film and television. With 15 film categories — six of them split between drama and comedy/musical — the Globes are a bellwether for the Oscars. Under the HFPA, the awards were criticized for […]

The American Film Institute has unveiled its list of the 10 best films and television programs of the year, a selection that reflects the rich diversity of storytelling across genres, budgets and platforms. The 2024 AFI Awards honorees highlight a blend of blockbuster hits, indie darlings, and bold artistic visions, cementing their place as a […]

As befitting its name, the American Cinematheque keeps the art form of film running in theaters. The non-profit, founded in 1984, showcases 1,500 films a year, programming year-round at three Los Angeles theaters (the Aero, the Egyptian and the Los Feliz 3), and its annual awards show helps raise money to keep those films in […]

Universal Pictures’ blockbuster musical “Wicked” has been named best picture by the National Board of Review, the organization announced on Wednesday, in addition to taking home the directing prize for Jon M. Chu and a special award for the collaboration of stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Over the last 40 years, most of the […]

Growing up in Mill Valley, Monica Barbaro played piano, flute, violin, guitar and ukulele. But not for very long — and not particularly well. “I started piano five times and tried to teach myself some guitar and some ukulele,” says Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez in “A Complete Unknown.” “I always wanted to play cello, […]

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has selected Ariana Grande as the winner of the Rising Star Award for her performance in “Wicked.” The awards ceremony will be held at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2025. The festival will take place from Jan. 2-13, with Silvercrest presenting and Entertainment Tonight sponsoring the […]

The nominations for the 2025 International Folk Music Awards have been announced, with such names as Allison Russell, Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Ferrell, Nick Lowe and Aoife O’Donovan on the list of contenders. The Folk Alliance International (FAI) also announced that Indigo Girls will receive a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony, held on the first […]

LGBTQ representation in kids and family programming will be honored with a new awards series, The Velmas. The Velmas are the flagship initiative of The Rainbow Project, a new organization “committed to acknowledging and amplifying the creators and storytellers who push the boundaries of queer storytelling in children’s media,” reads a press announcement released Tuesday […]

The New York Film Critics Circle, the oldest critics group in the U.S., has begun revealing their choices for the best films and performances from 2024. NYFCC’s winner for best film has typically had a strong correlation with the Academy Awards’ best picture prize. Since the expansion to 10 nominees in 2009, only “Carol” (2015) […]

Oscar Isaac admits he may have been wrong. He didn’t initially understand the casting of his “Dune: Part Two” co-star Timothée Chalamet as the great folk icon Bob Dylan in director James Mangold’s upcoming musical biopic “A Complete Unknown.” According to Isaac, Chalamet was telling him and their fellow “Dune” actors Josh Brolin and Stephen […]

The team behind India’s Academy Award entry “Lost Ladies” (“Laapataa Ladies”), including superstar producer Aamir Khan, is mounting a robust international campaign, with Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón lending his support by hosting a special screening of the film. Khan, one of India’s biggest stars, discovered the project while serving as a jury member for a […]

A24’s “A Different Man” won best feature at the 2024 Gotham Awards Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Meanwhile, “Sing Sing” swept the acting categories, with Colman Domingo winning for best lead performance and Clarence Maclin for best supporting performance. Each category for nominations is decided by a different jury of […]

The Gotham Awards red carpet at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City has opened. Already spotted are Pamela Anderson, Guy Pearce, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Demi Moore, Colman Domingo, Justice Smith, Sebastian Stan and more. “Anora” leads the Monday night ceremony — considered the unofficial launch of the months-long awards march to the Oscars — with […]

Timothée Chalamet will receive the Chairman’s Award for his performance in Searchlight Pictures’ “A Complete Unknown” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The ceremony will take place on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival will run from Jan. 2 through 14, and opens with “Better Man,” with “The Penguin Lessons” […]

Georgian drama film “April” took double honors on Saturday at the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, winning the best film prize and the best performance prize for Ia Sukhitashvili. Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili, the film portrays the determination of an obstetrics and gynaecology provider in the face of accusations about the death of a newborn […]