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
There is cause for celebration at “General Hospital” on April 1. The ABC daytime soap is commemorating its 62nd anniversary (both the show and the fictional building itself) and the opening of the Dr. Monica Quartermaine Cardiac Wing. Though the death of Leslie Charleson —
Latin pop artist Danna was only six years old when she released her debut Spanish-language studio album, “Mi Globo Azul.” Born and raised in Mexico City, the singer-songwriter-actor, now 29, made her on-screen debut at four years old on “Plaza Sésamo,” the first international co-production
Film Independent has named Daniel Barosa, Aron Kantor, Satinder Kaur, Nina Ljeti, Quintessence McGee, Natália Sellani and Honora Talbott as its seven screenwriters selected for its 27th annual Screenwriting Lab. The lab is designed to provide individualized story and career development for screenwriters with fiction
Mary Steenburgen is joining “A Man on the Inside” Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned. The casting is a family affair for Steenburgen, who will appear opposite her real life husband and series lead Ted Danson. Per the official logline, the show follows Charles
“Theatre is Body – Body is Poetry” is the title chosen by Willem Dafoe for his first edition as artistic director of the Venice Biennale’s International Theatre Festival, which kicks off May 31 with the European premiere of the revival of the Wooster Group’s “Symphony
Rising singer-songwriter Allison Ponthier has a lot going for her right now — including prominent endorsements from superfans like Elton John, who featured her in his recent documentary, and Brandi Carlile. But everything was not coming up roses last summer, when she learned she’d been
Ravi Ahuja will depart Roku’s board of directors after more than a decade, following his promotion to CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. On Tuesday of this week, Ahuja notified the Roku board that he intends to resign as a director effective June 11, the date