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SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 13, Episode 3 of “The Masked Singer,” “Rat Pack Tribute Night,” which aired February 26 on Fox. Singer, former Danity Kane member and “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant Aubrey O’Day was the latest celebrity to be revealed Wednesday on Fox’s hit music competition series “The Masked Singer.” O’Day was unmasked as […]

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 […]

California lawmakers plan to make the state’s film and TV incentive more lucrative for individual productions, while doubling the overall size of the program. At a press conference on Wednesday, lawmakers announced two companion bills — AB 1138 and SB 630 — to make the state’s program more competitive with other states. Several speakers noted […]

Paramount Global — as it seeks approval from the FCC to close its deal with Skydance Media and amid a pending lawsuit filed by President Trump against CBS News — told employees that it will change some of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs to comply with the Trump administration’s directives. In a memo to […]

Kate Hudson is an icon of the romantic-comedy genre, but her movies weren’t exactly embraced by film critics. “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” has a 42% on Rotten Tomatoes, for instance. Then there’s “Fools Gold,” “Bride Wars” and “Something Borrowed,” all of which have Rotten Tomatoes scores of 15% or below. Roger […]

Guy Ritchie’s organized crime series starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren has finally been given title — “MobLand” — and a March 30 premiere date on Paramount+. In the series, Brosnan plays Conrad, the head of an organized crime family who is fighting for power within a global crime syndicate. As Variety previously […]

Let’s get this out the way: Nobody titles their film “Eel” if they don’t want critics to reach for the adjective “slippery,” and Chu Chun-Teng’s woozily gorgeous first feature invites it from the off. Its story, slender but charged, is in a constant state of retreat, repeatedly darting into psychological and existential alleys just out […]

Variety has announced an exclusive first look of a new documentary “Reef Builders,” presented by the SHEBA brand, followed by a panel discussion with Auli’i Cravalho on March 9 during SXSW in Austin, Texas.  “Reef Builders” spotlights the inspiring stories of the people behind the Sheba Hope Grows program, one of the world’s largest coral […]

Michelle Trachtenberg starred in “Harriet the Spy” at just 10 years old, and went on to appear in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gossip Girl,” “Ice Princess” and “Eurotrip.” Trachtenberg started acting at just 3 years old before joining Nickelodeon’s “The Adventures of Pete and Pete.” She joined “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Dawn Summers in […]

‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger has been sentenced to a year in jail as a result of a March 19, 2024 DUI arrest. more to come….