Thursday, June 15, 2023
Glenda Jackson, who segued from a successful actress — Oscars for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class” and two Emmys for “Elizabeth R” — into a 23-year career as member of …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43AMSunday, July 3, 2022
Peter Brook, the British-born director who won Tonys and Emmys but is best known for his theater work ranging from Broadway’s “Marat/Sade” and “Irma La Douce” to experimental produ…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:44AMFriday, April 9, 2021
The lead actress Oscar race is competitive, so there’s no guarantee that Andra Day will win for her socko performance in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” But Day has the kind of…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:17PMTuesday, March 2, 2021
Hollywood has always adapted to world changes, and Oscar campaigning this year has effectively adjusted to COVID. But one part of the awards season is missed more than the others: seeing a c…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PMFriday, February 16, 2018
A24’s “The Disaster Artist” is all about defying expectations. The 2003 Tommy Wiseau film “The Room” was a fiasco, but became an enduring hit. And in his 2017 movie about the makin…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMFriday, April 28, 2017
When “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” opened May 2, 1997, Variety described it as an “odd mix of sophisticated and lowbrow humor” but was enthused about the Mike Myers…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMFriday, March 31, 2017
LaTanya Richardson Jackson’s career is about hard work and continuity. Last year, she appeared in “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Public Theatre, a relationship that began in the 1970…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMFriday, March 24, 2017
On March 21, 1990, Touchstone Pictures previewed “Pretty Woman” at the Avco Westwood near UCLA, two days before its national launch. Variety columnist Army Archerd reported that laughter…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PMWednesday, February 1, 2017
“La La Land” has exploded myths that musicals are mindless and have a hard time at the box office. For the industry, the movie has also helped explode some myths about filming in Los An…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMSunday, January 8, 2017
All the Globes nominees from A to Z — “Arrival” to “Zootopia” — were repped at Saturday’s jam-packed BAFTA tea party at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. The g…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00PMWednesday, January 4, 2017
Denzel Washington directed and stars in Paramount’s “Fences,” his third film as helmer. He plays Troy Maxson, and Viola Davis plays his wife, Rose — reprising their roles in the 201…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
With Lionsgate’s “La La Land,” the big challenge for Damien Chazelle and his artisan team was to find the balance between heightened reality of the musical numbers and material that th…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMThursday, November 24, 2016
Stephen McKinley Henderson stars with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in “Fences,” which opens Christmas Day. He and most of the principals — including Washington, who directed the f…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMSaturday, April 16, 2016
April 15 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, which ended its maiden voyage disastrously in 1912. There have been many depictions of the sinking, including the 1953 Fox film…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:27PMWednesday, April 13, 2016
When Oscar nominations were announced Jan. 14, protests about Hollywood’s lack of diversity centered on actors and, occasionally, writers and directors. But Dorothy Thompson, founder of th…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:55PMWednesday, April 6, 2016
Glenn Close was a Power of Women honoree last year for her work on Bring Change 2 Mind. The actress has four films due this year and is currently onstage at the London Coliseum with “Sunse…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:33PMTuesday, March 15, 2016
The creation of any work of art is tricky. If everything meshes, it’s magic. But if one key element is off, it’s just an interesting experiment. This week marks the 60th annivers…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:13PMFriday, December 4, 2015
Nicholas Hytner directed “The Lady in the Van,” which opens Dec. 4 in limited engagements. Hytner had also directed the Alan Bennett play in the West End, which also starred Maggie Smith…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:38PMWednesday, December 2, 2015
On Dec. 3, NBC will air a live production of “The Wiz,” a musical that has been a huge audience draw for 40 years. But that Yellow Brick Road was nearly a dead end, because the …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:02PMSaturday, October 31, 2015
On Oct. 31, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Brit legit hit “Hamlet” closes its limited run at the National Theatre. If you’re kicking yourself for having missed it, you should kick even harde…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PMMonday, June 29, 2015
Jesse Tyler Ferguson stars in ABC’s “Modern Family.” In September 2012, he and Justin Mikita started Tie the Knot, and the two married in 2013. “Modern Family” is a game-change…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:13AMThursday, May 21, 2015
Mel Brooks will present Steve Martin with the American Film Institute’s 43rd Life Achievement Award. The black-tie ceremony on June 4 will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The bo…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:01PMFriday, April 24, 2015
Kelli O’Hara, who just opened on Broadway in “The King and I,” first gained mention in Variety in the 1999 national tour of Frank Wildhorn’s “Jekyll and Hyde,” where she moved fr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThursday, March 26, 2015
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will not return as Oscar producers for next year, their reps have confirmed. Meron also tweeted about the news on Thursday, saying he and Zadan “would like t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMSunday, January 18, 2015
Much has been made of “Birdman” director/co-writer Alejandro G. Inarritu’s conceit of making a movie that seems to be one continuous, two-hour shot. The actual filming consisted of lon…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:08PMMonday, December 29, 2014
The goal of director Rob Marshall and his artisan team was to balance reality and fantasy in “Into the Woods.” In talking with Variety about the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine tuner, he p…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:40PMSaturday, November 22, 2014
Though “Into the Woods” debuted in 1986, it’s “a fairy tale for the post-9/11 generation,” said director Rob Marshall at a Q&A in New York after a screening…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:47PMThursday, October 16, 2014
Neil Patrick Harris was the perfect choice to host the Oscars — but maybe not for the obvious reasons. When Variety broke the announcement of the host Wednesday, industry reaction was…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:10PMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Neil Patrick Harris will host this year’s Oscars on Feb. 22, Variety has learned. Harris has performed on the Academy Awards show, but this will be his first time as host. Harris has h…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:44PMWednesday, June 4, 2014
All awards shows have similarities: The advance handicapping, the opening of the envelope, the winner’s list of thank-you’s (weeping is optional). But in fact, there are other ways in wh…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMPeople in showbiz love to hand out awards, and love even more to mock them. Of all the biggies (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony), the Antoinette Perry Awards receive the most ribbing, with peop…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM 
