Elevate Studios’ groundbreaking docuseries “Nevertheless” is returning for a second season. Following the impact of its debut season, “Nevertheless: The Women Changing the World,” which garnered over 2.4 million views, the series is set to release a bold new chapter titled “Nevertheless: Democracy Defenders.” Premiering
Uncertainty swirls around so many things nowadays — the governemnt, global politics, economies, trade and, of course, the entertainment industry. The women on Variety’s Women’s Impact Report: New York are based in Gotham and have found ways to drive their businesses forward despite the fallout
How will a plucky, alien-obsessed tween and an undead army fare at the box office against a lovable, fiery dragon? That’s the looming question as Disney and Pixar’s intergalactic animated adventure “Elio” and Sony’s post-apocalyptic thriller “28 Years Later” prepare to face off against Universal’s
“Wicked” star Marissa Bode and Tony nominee Julia Lester are among the actors lending their talents to the short films by Inevitable Foundation’s Visionary Fellowship filmmakers. The year-long program provides disabled filmmakers with the funding, community and guidance to create a short film that could
Activists in Venice are stepping up protests in an attempt to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Emmy-winning journalist, pilot and entrepreneur Lauren Sánchez next week. As anticipated by Variety in April, preparations for the three-day nuptial festivities
Netflix is detonating a new Kathryn Bigelow joint for the fall awards season. The streaming giant has announced the title and release date of Kathryn Bigelow’s highly anticipated new White House film: “A House of Dynamite.” The star-studded thriller will debut in select theaters on
Tribeca Studios has partnered with OpenAI to create an AI-integrated short film program for next year’s Tribeca Festival. The year-long program will accept two filmmakers to make live-action shorts with OpenAI’s tools and features. Those shorts are set to premiere at the 2026 festival, alongside
It’s a drizzly May afternoon when I arrive at the Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards to interview one of the world’s biggest music stars. Before I can even introduce myself to Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — known to millions as Bad Bunny — a security