In the world of music, 2024 was the year of the underdog. New artists made historic strides globally and dominated the top of the charts, introducing fresh sounds — from Ayra Starr‘s danceable Afrobeats to Laufey’s Grammy-winning jazz-pop fusion — to the pop zeitgeist. Variety
When Sadie Sink was 11 years old, she started having panic attacks. After acting professionally for three years, she was starring in a Broadway revival of “Annie,” which she’d been loving. “And then it just flipped,” she says. “Singing became the worst thing ever. I
Live from New York, it’s the first Saturday night! The trailer for Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” has been released, and with it comes a nerve-wracking look at the chaotic 90 minutes that led up to the first “SNL” broadcast. Reitman and Gil Kenan penned the
In our current tumultuous political climate, with the concept of truth seemingly tested daily, the future of democracy feels like it’s hanging in the balance. Variety and Rolling Stone will explore some of the ways the media industry is navigating the disinformation age during the
Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” has been selected for New York Film Festival’s spotlight gala. The romantic drama, starring Daniel Craig as an American expat in Mexico City who becomes infatuated with a younger man, will make its U.S. premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 6. “Luca
Seriesly Berlin, a new series festival, has revealed the first topics and speakers of its two-day conference program. The conference will take place from Sept. 16 to 18 at Fotografiska Berlin. Topics to be covered range from storytelling in the age of AI, genre as
The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) has announced Usher, LL Cool J, BET and Live Nation, among others as honorees for the 2024 BMAC Gala. The awards ceremony will be hosted by Kenny Burns in celebration of artists, executives, and activists “who are pivotal changemakers
Édgar Ramírez hasn’t traveled home to Venezuela in about seven years. “I can’t because I’m vocal against Maduro and the government,” the actor told me Tuesday at the “Borderlands” premiere in Hollywood just minutes after he posed on the red carpet holding the Venezuelan flag.