Dasha has been named by Amazon Music as the service’s next Breakthrough Artist, part of a spring wave the rising country singer is riding with some fresh material and high-profile live appearances. Her Amazon platforming was announced during Variety‘s Power of Women: Nashville event Thursday, at which Dasha entertained the star-studded crowd with a feverish […]
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Jeff Bezos Files to Sell $4.8 Billion Worth of Amazon Stock — but He Would Still Own Nearly 900 Million Shares
Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest individuals, filed paperwork with the SEC to sell up to 25 million shares of Amazon stock over the course of the next 12 months. At the current stock price, that would be worth about $4.8 billion. The Amazon founder would still own approximately 885 million shares of the […]
Chloë Sevigny and Lily McInerny on How a Modern Remake of ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Explores ‘Femininity and Sexuality in a Digital Age’
“Bonjour Tristesse” is the kind of atmospheric, visually lush summer vacation film that makes you want to melt into the frame. Durga Chew-Bose, a journalist and writer known for the 2017 book “Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays,” makes her directorial debut with the film. It’s a modernized adaptation of French writer Françoise Sagan’s […]
Emmy Predictions: Drama Series — Could ‘The Last of Us’ or ‘The Pitt’ Dethrone ‘Severance?’
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 […]
NBC News Uses Kentucky Derby for New Swing at Sports Coverage
NBC News wants to play a game that has not always interested the nation’s biggest purveyors of TV news. As NBC Sports prepares its coverage for this weekend’s Kentucky Derby, NBC News’ digital outlet, NBCNews.com, will feature a hub that offers content from NBC Sports, access to NBC Sports’ free ad-supported streaming channel and sports […]
Emmy Predictions: Comedy Series — ‘Hacks’ and ‘The Studio’ Take Early Lead; ‘The Four Seasons’ Drops In Time for Awards Season
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 […]
Harvey Weinstein Accuser Miriam Haley Calls Him a ‘F—ing Asshole’ During Cross-Examination
Tensions escalated Friday morning during Harvey Weinstein’s trial in New York City, as his attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, questioned former TV production assistant Miriam Haley about her allegations of sexual assault by the ex-Hollywood producer. During cross-examination, Bonjean pressed Haley on why she accepted an invitation to meet Weinstein at his SoHo apartment on July 10, […]
Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion Unleashes Sinister Slate With Ghost Ships, Cursed Coffee Tables and a Mexican Horror Surge
As the Marché du Film approaches, the Fantastic Pavilion returns to Cannes for its third and most ambitious edition yet, unfurling a freshly sharpened slate of horror, fantasy and genre titles from across the globe. With six films featured in this year’s Fantastic Galas, the Pavilion not only reasserts itself as a vital hub for […]
Apple Approves Spotify’s Updated iOS App That Now Allows External Payments and Related Features, Following Court-Mandated Changes to App Store
Apple just reported all-time high quarterly revenue for its services segment: a whopping $26.65 billion for the first three months of 2025. But that business, which includes the so-called “Apple tax” on app purchases and subscriptions, will likely take a hit following court-mandated changes to the App Store that the tech giant has now adopted […]
Aamir Khan Sees ‘Win-Win’ Future for Indian-Chinese Film Partnerships at WAVES Summit
At India’s inaugural WAVES (World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit) in Mumbai, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan highlighted the striking cultural similarities between Indian and Chinese audiences as a foundation for deeper collaboration between the two film industries. Khan’s films have been phenomenally successful in China, including “Dangal,” which grossed some $193 million. “The cultural flavor […]