Think your fan conversations about Apple TV’s “Pluribus” are heated? Try being on the actual series set. “We have healthy, sometimes tongue-in-cheek debates about different questions that the show brings up, whether it’s your personal take on what you would do or what you think your character would do,” star Rhea Seehorn tells the Variety […]

“The Four Seasons” writers often mine their own lives — and their spouses — for material on the Netflix comedy. But for one Season 2 storyline, the producers were inspired by something that actually happened on set. Early on in Season 2 of “The Four Seasons,” the show’s vacationing pals are forced to quarantine inside […]

Ashley Padilla was shopping with her mom at Glendale’s Americana at Brand outdoor mall in September 2024 when the news was announced: She had just been added to “Saturday Night Live” as a featured player. Padilla had just collaborated with her old boss, Diane Keaton, on a new book, “Fashion First,” and was purchasing copies […]

“The Paper” star Domhnall Gleeson hears a lot from journalists these days — and the frequent refrain from reporters is that they appreciate being seen as their profession struggles to maintain its foothold. “It’s been a common theme that people who have seen the show and are involved in journalism seem to like it and […]

Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow didn’t mean to be so on the nose with the title of their HBO comedy “The Comeback.” But, it turns out, that has actually been the case for the show — every ten years, it makes another comeback. “It’s more meta than we tried to be,” Kudrow tells Variety‘s […]

Michelle Pfeiffer didn’t set out to be one of this year’s Emmy contender overachievers. It was simply a bit of serendipity — and unexpected timing — that led her Paramount+ drama “The Madison” and Apple TV comedic hour-long “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” to come out around the same time. Add in the recent Prime Video […]

Zach Braff remembers the moment that the original run of “Scrubs” might have veered too far in its flights of fancy. “There’s an episode where JD and Turk are pushed into a tree by ostriches who are guarding Jason Bateman’s house,” Braff recalls. “He has an ostrich farm and he makes belts out of their […]

Glen Powell knows he seems to be everywhere right now — but he makes no apologies for it. “I find that being hard working, it’s something I really admire in my colleagues and other people,” Powell tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “I mean, work ethic is something, especially when you’re on a film set and […]

On CBS’ “Elsbeth,” one of the title character’s defining quirks is the number of bags she carries around, usually to the scene of a crime. Star Carrie Preston tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that it’s a bit of a heavy lift — pun intended. “Don’t ask any crew member to tell you what I really […]

Fox News, the next time you want to criticize Ramy Youssef, how about actually giving the comedian a call? “I’ve been on the network a few times without my consent,” he tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “I’d love to be asked for comment, because I would! Any of the ways they’ve covered me, they never […]

Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds knew exactly how they wanted their Prime Video documentary “John Candy: I Like Me” to begin, with the touching eulogy that Dan Aykroyd gave at the private Los Angeles memorial service for Candy in 1994. “We’re dealing with people already know what the outcome is, but they don’t necessarily understand […]

After “Baby Reindeer” wrapped production in 2023, Richard Gadd didn’t take a beat. Virtually the next day, he started on his follow-up, the gripping new HBO limited series “Half Man.” Now, as he spoke to Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast, Gadd said he has finally come up for air. “Half Man,” which premieres Friday, is locked. […]

“One Battle After Another” was the big winner at the 2026 Academy Awards, picking up six Oscars, with “Sinners” close behind with four — making it a huge night for Warner Bros., the studio behind both films. But it was also a big night for Variety, the authoritative media outlet covering all things Oscar, from […]

For nearly a century, the Academy has handed out the best director award without ever placing it in the hands of a Black filmmaker. This year that streak, long reduced to a footnote, may move from the margins of history to the center — and Ryan Coogler is the reason why. “Sinners” arrived not only […]

Stellan Skarsgård didn’t know how special it was going to be. The role, the film, and the unlikely awards journey that would follow. But sitting with the results — a first Academy Award nomination after more than 50 years in film — the Swedish actor wears the recognition with the same precision he brings to […]

Amy Madigan didn’t expect to be here. Not in the thick of awards season, not making history with a 40-year gap between Oscar nominations, and certainly not doing it as the ferociously unforgettable Aunt Gladys in Zach Cregger’s horror-thriller “Weapons.” The veteran actress returns to the Oscar spotlight four decades after her inaugural nomination for […]

There are different ways to say “I love you” in Norwegian and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is teaching us. It wasn’t in the script for her to say it to her co-star Renate Reinsve in one of the most pivotal scenes of the best picture nominee “Sentimental Value.” Some versions are reserved for spouses, family members, […]

For more than four decades, Robert Kaplow has built an unconventional writing career. A novelist, longtime English teacher, radio essayist and East Coast lifer, Kaplow has spent his creative life obsessed with language — not just what words say, but how they sound, fade and linger. That obsession has now earned him his first Academy […]