variety.comadded August 2026
Varietyby Leo Barraclough25 Aug 2026
Jennifer Peedom’s Everest drama “Tenzing,” starring Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe, will open the 22nd Zurich Film Festival on Sept. 24.
Varietyby Selome Hailu25 Aug 2026
Daniel Diemer and Shaheen Jafargholi have joined the cast of “Heated Rivalry” Season 2. They will play Ryan Price and Fabian Salah, respectively.
Varietyby Todd Spangler25 Aug 2026
Daniel Lubetzky, founder of Kind Snacks and a Shark on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” is launching a new podcast in which he engages in candid discussions with successful people not just about their...
Varietyby Anna Marie de la Fuente25 Aug 2026
With Mexico’s “On the Road” (“En el camino”) by David Pablos snagging both the Venice Film Festival’s Queer Lion and Horizons awards last year, Latin American queer cinema has never shown more...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran25 Aug 2026
The Cambodia Oscar Selection Committee (COSC) has selected “Becoming Human,” directed by Polen Ly, as the country’s official submission for the international feature film category at the 99th...
Varietyby Jack Dunn25 Aug 2026
Amazon MGM has released the official trailer for “Ali G: Who Iz I?,” a new mockumentary following Sacha Baron Cohen’s swaggering London bad boy.
Varietyby Varietyschneider25 Aug 2026
Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Tommy Henriksen are set to appear at next month’s 42nd annual Boston Film Festival to discuss the event’s opening night premiere, the feature “Unleashed Spirits: The...
Varietyby Varietyschneider25 Aug 2026
It’s probably only fitting that the Television Academy‘s first-ever “Legacy Award” will recognize the series that has probably had the most profound impact of any TV program on the medium: “I Love...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran25 Aug 2026
Thai pop star Ten has unveiled his first solo U.S. Showcase Tour, a 14-city run kicking off Oct. 17 in Seattle and closing Nov. 10 in New York, ahead of his new single “Outwest,” due Sept. 4.
Varietyby Corbin Bolies25 Aug 2026
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), the trade group representing the country’s music industry, has banned wholly AI-generated songs from its weekly charts that showcase the most...
Varietyby Nvivarelli25 Aug 2026
Martin Scorsese is set to be appointed honorary president of the David di Donatello Academy of Italian cinema, the entity that runs Italy’s equivalent of the Oscars.
Varietyby Elskes25 Aug 2026
Lukas Dhont’s “Coward,” which won the best actor prize at Cannes for Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, will represent Belgium in the international feature film race at the 99th Academy...
Varietyby Ellise Shafer25 Aug 2026
George Clooney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Alexandre Desplat and more are set to take part in an inaugural forum themed around creativity in Venice next month, held alongside the film festival.
Varietyby Ellise Shafer25 Aug 2026
“Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder has come to the defense of Mark Ruffalo after Paramount accused him of invoking “antisemitic tropes” when criticizing the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger.
Varietyby Todd Spangler25 Aug 2026
FiveThirtyEight is coming back from the dead — sort of. Just ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Crooked Media inked a deal to acquire and revive the “FiveThirtyEight Politics” podcast hosted by...
Varietyby Emeza80525 Aug 2026
Chilean filmmaker Patricio Valladares, behind the 2023 found-footage horror pic “Invoking Yell,” is set to direct a fantasy-horror reimagining of Dante’s “Inferno.” “The Divine Comedy,” slated to...
Varietyby Alex Ritman25 Aug 2026
Anthony Boyle, the “House of Guinness” star soon to be seen playing Sam Bankman-Fried in Netflix’s “The Altruists,” is set to lead upcoming Sky Original drama “Charmer.” The 8-part series, now in...
Varietyby Nvivarelli25 Aug 2026
French sales company MK2 Films has boarded “NAZA,” the new hot-button documentary from “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor that was added on Monday to the Venice Film Festival...
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran25 Aug 2026
EST N8 and BrandThink have launched B-EST Pictures, a joint venture for feature films and live experiences.
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran25 Aug 2026
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has selected “Possible Love,” directed by Lee Chang-dong, as South Korea‘s official entry for the international feature film category at the 2027 Academy Awards.
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