Thursday, December 2, 2021
Stephen Sondheim reinvented the American musical by creating something deeper, darker, richer and more artistically daring. In “Company,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Into the Woods,” he…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:18AMMonday, March 8, 2021
The fact that we have an International Women’s Day means we are still in trouble. There is no International Men’s Day. Only less powerful people or forgotten historical events need “A …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:44AMThursday, March 4, 2021
Timed to coincide with the beginning of the Academy Awards Phase One voting, Variety is rolling out a digital Voters’ Guide on March 4, called “Awards Circuit Down to the Wire.” Coming…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22PMMonday, February 15, 2021
Variety has been nominated for 99 National Art and Entertainment Journalism awards, a record-breaking number of nominations for the publication. “This is an amazing achievement by our stel…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:13PMWednesday, February 3, 2021
Variety has launched the “Just for Variety” podcast, a companion to the weekly magazine column of the same name. The rebrand of the podcast previously titled “The Big Ticket” comes o…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:12PMWednesday, January 20, 2021
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) announced today that after a decade of partnership and co-ownership of Hollywood Life, founder Bonnie Fuller, President and Editor-in-Chief of Hollywood Life, …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19PMFriday, October 2, 2020
Variety salutes stars in platforms from stand-ups to podcasts and sitcoms. Though things are different this year, the 10 comics to watch will participate in a FREE virtual conversation, open…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMMonday, September 18, 2017
TV’s top talent and executives celebrated this year’s Emmy nominees far after the ceremony ended. Emmy darling Sterling K. Brown was caught dashing from party to party with wife …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:21PMMonday, September 11, 2017
X Atencio, the legendary Disney animator and Imagineer who worked on “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia” and helped bring the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion attr…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20PMTuesday, August 29, 2017
The Walt Disney Co. has made a $1 million cash donation to the American Red Cross to support recovery efforts for Houston and other areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. ABC’s Houston O&…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:19AMThursday, August 17, 2017
Everyone was swarming around Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Los Angeles opening of smash musical “Hamilton” on Wednesday at the Pantages. The star-laden audience included Jimmy Kimme…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:44PMMonday, July 31, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky from complications from ALS. He was 73. Shepard rose to fame when he won the …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PMSam Shepard, the acclaimed playwright who was also praised as an actor, screenwriter, and director, has died. He was 73. He died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky following complications f…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:31AMFriday, July 28, 2017
Marty Sklar, the pioneering Disney Imagineer who worked closely with Walt Disney to bring his bold vision of the original Disneyland theme park to life, died Thursday at his Hollywood Hills …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:08AMFriday, July 14, 2017
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SOURCE: Variety at 08:20PMUPDATED: Disney dated a new animated movie for April 12, 2019, at the D23 Expo on Friday afternoon. John Lasseter, who walked onstage with a t-shirt cannon in hand that launched Hawaiian shi…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:27PMThursday, June 29, 2017
A 1989 Grateful Dead concert at Washington D.C.’s RFK Stadium will headline the 7th annual “Gratfeful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies” at theaters nationwide on Aug. 1. The one-night-on…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMWednesday, June 28, 2017
“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Wednesday released a video for the “Immigrants” track from the “Hamilton Mixtape” collection. The six-minute film…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:17AMTuesday, June 13, 2017
Broadway’s biggest awards show officially kicks off on Sunday night. The 71st annual Tonys will see theater’s biggest stars gather for a night of performances, speeches, and of c…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMThe 71st annual Tony Awards are just hours away from honoring the very best of Broadway for the 2016-17 season. Tony-winner Kevin Spacey will host Sunday’s show live from Radio City Mu…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMWednesday, June 7, 2017
Elisabeth Moss and Riz Ahmed sat down for an interview for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series. For more, click here. Elisabeth Moss: You’ve had a really big few year…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:10PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Scooter Braun, Ariana Grande’s longtime manager, has posted a statement addressing the Manchester, England attacks which took place as the singer’s concert was ending on May 22. …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:16PMSaturday, April 29, 2017
James Corden presented many laughs along with an award at UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s 22nd Annual “Taste for a Cure” event, which honored Yael and Scooter Br…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:30PMMonday, March 20, 2017
Online trolls can be to put down, but former Missouri secretary of state and CNN contributor Jason Kander (above right) put a particularly notorious one in his place over the weekend. It all…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:41PMTuesday, March 14, 2017
At long last, the wait for west coast Hamilfans is over. Tickets to Hollywood Pantages Theater’s production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning juggernaut, “Hamilton…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMTuesday, March 7, 2017
With “Beauty and the Beast” debuting next weekend, Disney continues to ramp up its live-action reboot game. “Beauty and the Beast,” starring Emma Watson as Belle, fol…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:23PMMonday, February 27, 2017
Most of the post-Oscars chatter will be dominated by a certain best picture mistake, but don’t let that overshadow the efforts of the artists. Specially, we’re taking a look at t…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:05AMThursday, February 9, 2017
Disney’s Nancy Kanter has been bumped up to executive vice president, content and creative strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide, Variety has learned. Kanter will continue in her role …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:52AMTuesday, February 7, 2017
Trusting your instincts and your coworkers were the recurring themes at the Variety Artisans Awards Feb. 6, as film creatives were saluted for their behind-the-camera work in 2016. This was …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:52PMThursday, February 2, 2017
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, in conjunction with Variety, announced on Thursday the nine recipients of the third annual Variety Artisans Awards. The honorees, all nominat…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:41PMTuesday, January 24, 2017
Following its Golden Globes sweep, “La La Land” dominated the 2017 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, picking up 14 nods to tie the record set by “Titanic” and “All About Eve.” Aside …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:25AM 
