Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Wilde, Kelly Rowland, Ali Wong and Demi Lovato were among the celebrities who helped 500 underserved Los Angeles students celebrate the holidays Tuesday at BMO Stadium. Hosted by Baby2Baby and sponsored by Nordstrom, FRAME and LAFC, the event saw children in first through third grades pick out new toys and clothing. A […]

Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey have been friends for nearly two decades, but his latest film, Netflix’s “The Six Triple Eight,” marks the first time Perry directed the cultural icon. The film reveals the untold story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only troop of Black women and women of color to serve […]

Olivia Wilde didn’t have any scenes with Charli XCX in Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex.” However, the “Brat” singer did receive quite the cheeky gift from Wilde. “I left it on her chair because I knew she was coming in right after me,” Wilde told me Tuesday at the Baby2Baby Holiday Event at BMO […]

“Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness’ first comedy special, “Fun and Slutty,” will premiere on the streaming platform Veeps on Jan. 23. Filmed before a live audience in Austin, the official description for the special says that Van Ness, who identifies as non-binary, sets out “to educate an unsuspecting audience on the definitions, shenanigans, and […]

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 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 […]

TikTok star Noah Beck is ready for his close-up. The 23-year-old former soccer player makes his acting debut in director Justin Wu’s “Sidelined: The QB and Me.” He stars in the Tubi teen romance as high school quarterback heartthrob Drayton opposite Siena Agudong (TV’s “Resident Evil”) as his dancer love interest Dallas. The film is […]

Variety earned 14 first-place wins Sunday night at the 17th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, including trophies for print journalist of the year, film critic, investigative reporting and news photo. Chris Willman, chief music critic and senior features editor, packed a punch with four wins including print journalist of the year. Tatiana Siegel, […]

World of Wonder’s Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato will be honored at the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2024, with the theme Art Speaks Through Us. The two will receive the Icon Award during the three-day Los Angeles event’s awards ceremony on Dec. 1. Honorees also include Artist Hall of Fame winner Holly […]

Broadway veteran Cheyenne Jackson was ready to take another break from musical theater as he had done once before. That is until he got an offer he couldn’t refuse. “Oh, Mary!” director Sam Pinkleton wanted him for a starring role in a revival of the Tony Award-winning musical “La Cage aux Folles” at the Pasadena […]

The first trailer and poster for the new Liza Minnelli documentary, “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” has debuted. The poster features a red, white, light blue and black illustration of a young Minnelli, with her signature pixy hair style and long eyelashes, by artist Kii Arens. The trailer opens with Minnelli sitting in […]

Selma Blair walked the red carpet at the recent Elle Women in Hollywood event, wearing a chic white dress and heels. Gone were the walking cane and service dog she had often used throughout the last few years due to her multiple sclerosis. “I started feeling really better this last year and I’m back at […]

It’s been a big weekend for the Washington family. While patriarch Denzel Washington chewed the scenery on multiplex screens in “Gladiator II,” the next generation of Washingtons stormed onto streaming with the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize winner “The Piano Lesson.” With the Netflix film, Denzel and Pauletta Washington’s kids — director Malcolm, […]

Ethan Slater is trying to get used to the attention he’s receiving for both his professional and private lives. He’s making his big-screen acting debut as the lovesick Boq in Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked” opposite Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Baily, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum and Marissa Bode. Last year, Slater and Grande faced scrutiny […]

At the premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s “Cruel Intentions” on Tuesday night, Zac Burgess, who plays Lucien Belmont in the series, shared how he has still not watched the original 1999 film, which starred Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe. “I didn’t want to replicate Ryan (Phillippe’s) performance,” Burgess told Variety. “When we were auditioning, (the […]

Rachel Zegler enchants the new Netflix film “Spellbound” as the voice of Princess Ellian, a teenage royal with a fierce mission: break the curse that has transformed her parents into monsters. But for Zegler, the film’s heart lies far beyond fantasy. At the movie’s New York premiere earlier this month, Zegler talked about how “Spellbound” […]

Javier Bardem has just left a movie theater in Madrid, where he screened his new animated musical movie “Spellbound” for his kids — Leo, 13, and Luna, 11 – and 15 of their friends. “They loved it,” Bardem tells me during a phone conversation. “But they were fed up with me rehearsing at home because […]

César Award winners Ella Rumpf and Louis Garrel will co-star alongside Angelina Jolie in director Alice Winocour’s first English-language film “Stitches.” I can also exclusively report that Anyier Anei, Garance Marillier and Finnegan Oldfield have been cast as well. “Stiches” follows American filmmaker Maxine (Jolie) on a “life and death journey as she arrives in […]

Cameron Diaz made a rare public appearance Tuesday in Los Angeles to help honor “Emilia Pérez” stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón at Elle magazine’s Women in Hollywood event. “It’s really quite incredible to be in this room right now because it reminds me so much of what I love about making […]