Thursday, June 10, 2021
As far as the internet is concerned, Nicole Kidman must be practicing how to scheme with Ethel and gulping mouthfuls of vitameatavegamin as Lucille Ball in an upcoming biopic about the star …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:08PMMonday, April 15, 2019
Mackenzie Nichols is joining Variety as a staff writer based out of New York. Nichols will be covering movies, TV, and theater. She previously worked as a freelance writer whose work has bee…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:40AMFriday, January 25, 2019
Zac Efron wasn’t sure if he could portray Ted Bundy in “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” a drama that premieres at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. “Initially, I had…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:49PMWednesday, June 27, 2018
Rachel Bay Jones, who won a Tony Award in 2017 for playing the mother of an awkward teenager in “Dear Evan Hansen,” will be leaving the Broadway production this summer, Variety has learn…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:12PMFriday, September 8, 2017
In her new documentary, Lady Gaga shares the highs and lows of her life as a world-famous pop star — from performing at the Superbowl to struggling with chronic pain. The scenes with t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:09PMFriday, July 28, 2017
Jack O’Connell had never read or seen “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” before he signed on for the West End revival. He didn’t even know that the play was written by Tennessee Williams. But h…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:02PMFriday, April 21, 2017
To play a young serial killer in “My Friend Dahmer,” ex-Disney Channel star Ross Lynch didn’t just walk in his character’s shoes. He took over the childhood home where Jeffrey Dahmer…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:57PMThursday, August 25, 2016
Denzel Washington is eyeing the lead role in “Inner City,” a legal drama written and to be directed by Dan Gilroy. The project is being billed as a character study in the vein of…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:50PMTuesday, July 26, 2016
Comedic actor Josh Gad—best known for playing the voice of Olaf in Disney’s “Frozen”—is among the Hollywood stars at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. H…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:48PMSunday, June 12, 2016
The devastating news of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history has left Tony Awards producers and CBS and scrambling to figure out the right way to address the tragedy on the three-hour…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:16PMWednesday, June 8, 2016
For a brief moment, it looked like Pixar had finally made history by offering up the first gay character in a Disney animated film. The Internet erupted last month over a new trailer for �…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:38PMThursday, May 12, 2016
Donald Sutherland might win the award for most complaints at a Cannes press conference. “I can tell you I’m freezing up here,” he said on Wednesday afternoon, teeth chattering in the a…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:59PMFriday, April 24, 2015
Lena Dunham opened her speech at Variety’s Power of Women luncheon with a not-so-shocking declaration. “It will surprise nobody in this room that I identity as a feminist,” Dunham said…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:17PMTuesday, March 31, 2015
Max Irons, a co-star of “Woman in Gold,” said he got his role in the Nazi drama starring Helen Mirren after studio head Harvey Weinstein summoned him to his office. “Can you speak Germ…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:50PMTuesday, February 24, 2015
This year’s Oscars weren’t just a disappointment in terms of viewership — down 16 percent, with tepid reviews for host Neil Patrick Harris — it also speaks to a much larger …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:23PMFriday, February 13, 2015
Jeremy Jordan is a four-time Broadway star (Tony-nominated for 2012’s “Newsies”), TV heartthrob (thanks to NBC’s short-lived “Smash”) and now he can add movie actor to hi…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:43PMMonday, January 19, 2015
Will “American Sniper’s” gargantuan box office make it a surprise favorite at the Oscars? The Clint Eastwood drama about Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is peaking just days before voters are abo…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:34PMThursday, January 15, 2015
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Birdman” led with nine Oscar nominations each on Thursday morning, followed by eight for “The Imitation Game,” while “American Sniper” came on…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:51AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
After only four months on “The View,” Rosie Perez is leaving the ABC morning show, Variety has learned. Perez had taken off the month of January to appear in the Broadway play …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:08PMTuesday, January 6, 2015
Chris Rock finally opened up about his “Top Five” producer Scott Rudin on Tuesday night — in typical Chris Rock fashion. In accepting the Spotlight Award at the National B…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:04PMEven if "American Sniper" missed out on Golden Globe nominations, it still emerged as one of the big winners of the holiday season.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:03AMMonday, January 5, 2015
Even if “American Sniper” missed out on Golden Globe nominations, it still emerged as one of the big winners of the holiday season. Clint Eastwood’s drama about Navy Seal Chris Kyle ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:18PMWednesday, December 10, 2014
It’s almost impossible to silence Larry Kramer, the influential activist and writer who started the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. But around the May premiere of HBO’s “The Normal Hear…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:08PMTuesday, December 9, 2014
Broadway heartthrob Billy Magnussen dons leather chaps to play Rapunzel’s Prince in Disney’s “Into the Woods,” which would have been appropriate attire for another high-profile role …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04PMMonday, December 8, 2014
Anna Kendrick slips on Cinderella’s glass slipper in Disney’s “Into the Woods,” based on the Stephen Sondheim musical. She spoke to Variety about her busy year onscreen. Have you see…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:20PMThursday, November 20, 2014
Al Pacino made an appearance at a Peggy Siegal event on Thursday afternoon to promote his new film, “The Humbling,” directed by Barry Levinson. The lunch was held just hours afte…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:18PMIn one of his final interviews, Mike Nichols said he considered “Angels in America”–the sprawling 2003 HBO mini-series adapted from the Tony Kushner play about the AIDs crisis—-a…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:41PMThursday, November 13, 2014
If only Elaine Stritch could have secretly attended her own funeral like Tom Sawyer, she would have witnessed a standing ovation. In early 2013, the legendary Broadway star abandoned her nat…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:33PMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Nathan Lane, Holland Taylor and Lena Hall will be joining a cast of Broadway greats next week in honoring stage legend Elaine Stritch, Variety has learned. The event, “Everybody, Rise!…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:48PMFriday, August 1, 2014
In this week’s issue of Variety, Daniel Radcliffe talks about distancing himself from the “Harry Potter” franchise by starring on Broadway and in indies like “Kill Yo…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:16PMWednesday, July 23, 2014
Stritch was buried next to her husband John Bay at a small service
SOURCE: Variety at 05:57PM 
