Variety received 92 nominations from the Los Angeles Press Club during the 2024 calendar year for the organization’s annual SoCal Journalism Awards. Its reporters earned nods in 57 categories, including print journalist of the year for Daniel D’Addario, online journalist of the year for Clayton
CAA Sports, a division of Creative Artists Agency, has agreed to a deal to acquire Portas Consulting, a premier global management consulting firm, subject to customary regulatory approval. Executive Chairman and Founder David Portas and Managing Partner Donal McElwee, along with their team of 160
István Szabó is bringing some “Sunshine” to Cannes Classics. His 1999 historical epic, starring Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, John Neville and Jennifer Ehle, followed generations of a Hungarian-Jewish family until the mid-20th century. No stranger to Cannes thanks to award-winning “Mephisto” (which also picked up an
Sean Penn came to Woody Allen’s defense during a recent interview on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” Allen directed Penn in 1999’s “Sweet and Lowdown,” for which the latter earned an Oscar nomination for best actor. Penn starred as a jazz guitarist who falls in love
“Nonnas,” the Vince Vaughn-led comedy film also starring Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Brenda Vaccaro, Linda Cardellini and Susan Sarandon, was the most-watched title on Netflix during the week of May 5-11. The movie debuted on May 9 and hit 15.3 million viewers in its first
Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) earned a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in the hit revival of “Glengarry Glen Ross.” But almost 30 years ago, if he’d gotten his way, he would have starred in a very different production of David Mamet’s celebrated play.
Alison Brie and Dave Franco have been hit with a copyright infringement suit over “Together,” their independent horror film that sold for a reported $17 million after a bidding war at Sundance. The suit filed on Tuesday alleges that the film is a “blatant rip-off”
CNN’s second attempt at devising a streaming product that can court younger viewers will make its debut this fall, after a lot of corporate foreshadowing and a growing sense that its linear service will continue to face challenges rebuilding a larger audience. Executives from the