Awards season — Oscars, Emmys, BAFTAs, and the campaigns and results defining prestige TV and film.
Venice Film Festival Reveals Award Winners (Updating Live)
Venice Film Festival crowns its 2024 winners, with the Golden Lion, Silver Lion, and supporting awards decided by the international jury. The announce…
Venice 2026 Winners: First Prizes Announced For Immersive & Classics Competition – Updating Live
# Venice 2026 Launches Award Season with Immersive & Classics Prizes The 83rd Venice Film Festival kicked off its awards ceremony with the announceme…
Robert Pattinson Is Having His Best Year Ever With ‘Primetime,’ ‘The Drama,’ ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Dune 3.’ Will the Oscars Recognize Him?
Robert Pattinson enters 2025 with a rare luxury: four films positioning him for serious industry consideration. The actor cycles through "Primetime," …
Italian Director Tommaso Usberti’s Toxic Masculinity Drama ‘Before the War’ Scores Top Venice Critics’ Week Prize
Tommaso Usberti's "Before the War" claimed the top honors at Venice Critics' Week, taking home both the grand prize and best producer award. The Paris…
TIFF Opens With Siân Heder’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Being Heumann’ — and Apple Has Its Next Oscar Contender
Siân Heder's documentary "Being Heumann" launched the Toronto International Film Festival with the kind of opening sequence that signals awards season…
Oscar Predictions 2027: Telluride Reshapes the Best Picture Race as TIFF Lines Up Its Crowd-Pleasers
# Oscar Race Shifts as Fall Festivals Set 2027 Contender Calendar Clayton Davis, Variety's chief awards editor, has updated the publication's officia…
Snoop Dogg Set To Host 2026 VMAs
Snoop Dogg takes the reins at MTV's 2026 Video Music Awards, marking the network's return to the West Coast for the first time since 2017. MTV confirm…
‘Shrinking,’ ‘Paradise,’ ‘Washington Black’ Lead Humanitas Prize Winners List
Apple TV Plus's "Shrinking" and Hulu's "Paradise" led this year's Humanitas Prize winners, cementing both shows' reputation for tackling weighty theme…
Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s ‘All of a Sudden’, Abinash Bikram Shah’s ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations
Japanese auteur Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Nepali filmmaker Abinash Bikram Shah emerge as this year's frontrunners at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, each …
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes Doc ‘You Can See Everything’ Detonates the Oscar Race — and Has A24 Chasing a 90-Year Record
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's documentary "You Can See Everything" premiered at Telluride Film Festival to unprecedented security and buzz, ins…
Rob Reiner Wins Posthumous Emmy for ‘The Bear’
Rob Reiner's final performance has earned him Emmy gold. The legendary director and actor won outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his work …
Emmys Night 2 Craft Awards Predict Smooth Sailing For ‘Widow’s Bay’ Alongside Celebrating ‘The Pitt’ & ‘DTF St. Louis’
HBO's "DTF St. Louis" dominated Sunday's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, claiming four craft prizes and signaling strong momentum heading into the main cer…
Betty Gilpin Recites “Manic Poem” To Accept First Emmy For ‘Widow’s Bay’: “Let’s All Lean Towards Sam Shepard & Less Toward Sam Altman”
Betty Gilpin won her first Emmy on Sunday night, claiming the Guest Actress in a Comedy Series award for her role as Sarah Westcott Warren in Apple TV…
Linda Cardellini Wins First Emmy For ‘DTF St. Louis’: “A Real Dream Come True”
Linda Cardellini captured her first Emmy Award Sunday night for her supporting role in HBO's "DTF St. Louis," joining her onscreen husband David Harbo…
Bad Bunny Wins Emmy for Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny took home his first Emmy for the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, claiming the outstanding variety special (live) award alongside five addition…
‘Antiques Roadshow’ Scores First Emmy Win, Breaking ‘Queer Eye’ & ‘Shark Tank’ Hegemony
PBS's "Antiques Roadshow" ended a decades-long drought at the Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Structured Reality Program on the first night of the 20…
Octavia Spencer Wins First Emmy
Octavia Spencer claimed her first Emmy Award at this year's ceremony, winning Outstanding Narrator for her work on Investigation Discovery's true-crim…
Oscars: Iraq Submits Venice Title ‘No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman’
Iraq has officially submitted "No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman" for Best International Feature Film consideration at the 99th Academy Awards,…
Common, Patti LaBelle, Public Enemy and More to Be Honored at Black Music Action Coalition Gala
The Black Music Action Coalition will celebrate titans across hip-hop, soul, and industry leadership at its 2026 Gala, recognizing Common, Patti LaBel…
David Byrne Returns to Oscar Race With Original Song for Elon Musk Documentary ‘Musk’ (EXCLUSIVE)
David Byrne, the inventive Talking Heads frontman, has composed an original song for Alex Gibney's "Musk," a 235-minute documentary examination of Elo…
Emily Blunt to Receive Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Emily Blunt has secured one of fall's most prestigious acting honors. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will present her with the 19th ann…
Final Emmy Predictions in 116 Categories: HBO Max Poised to Dominate With ‘The Pitt’ as ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Hacks’ Chase Opposite All-Time Records
HBO Max heads into Emmy night with commanding momentum across 116 categories, positioning itself to capture the night's biggest prizes while two prest…
Tom Hardy’s Debut Rap Album Features Busta Rhymes, Method Man & A Bane Cameo
Tom Hardy drops his long-awaited rap debut this week, stepping fully into his Frankie Pulitzer persona with the 15-track album "Czarface Meets Frankie…
‘Who Has Time to Watch All This Crap?’: Inside 10 Anonymous Emmy Ballots as Voting Officially Closes
# The Emmy Voting Crunch: Inside the Academy's Annual Reckoning with Peak TV Emmy voting officially closed this week, and the Television Academy face…
‘The Pitt’ Composers Andrew Bird & Gavin Brivik To Perform Emmy-Nommed Song At MPTF Benefit
Andrew Bird and Gavin Brivik, the composer team behind Apple TV Plus' limited series "The Pitt," will perform their Emmy-nominated original song "Need…
Imagen Awards Red Carpet: Andy Garcia, Karla Souza, Wilmer Valderrama and More Celebrity Photos
The 41st annual Imagen Awards honored Latino representation in entertainment Friday night at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, with a guest list th…
Taylor Swift Sings Mashup of ‘All Too Well,’ ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ and ‘August’ in Grammy Museum Video
Taylor Swift released a mashup video at the Grammy Museum that weaves together three songs from different eras of her catalog: "All Too Well," "I Knew…
‘Vultures’ Swoops To Top Award At Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival (Full Winners List)
Dian Weys' drama "Vultures" claimed the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at HollyShorts on Sunday, securing a direct pathway to Oscar consideratio…
Martin Short Gets Honest: What It’s Like to Be All Over the Emmy Race, Thanks to Three Very Different Projects
Martin Short commands an unusual Emmy footprint this season, splitting his nominations across three wildly disparate television projects. The veteran …
LMGI Awards Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘Pluribus’ Among Location Managers Guild’s Honorees
The Location Managers Guild International celebrated its most decorated production teams at the 13th annual LMGI Awards, crowning the scouts and coord…
Charles Melton might mentor Destin Daniel Cretton's Naruto
Charles Melton enters final negotiations to play Kakashi, Naruto's iconic mentor figure, in Destin Daniel Cretton's live-action Naruto adaptation. The…
Naomi Watts to Receive Zurich Fest Golden Eye Award
Naomi Watts will receive the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, recognizing her work in Ben Shirinian's "The Housewife." The two-time Oscar…
Jeff Kober on restoring Dr. Robby's bike and surviving Jack Bauer's intensity
Jeff Kober has built a character actor's dream resume across three decades, collecting memorable guest spots on prestige television that range from gr…
Stephen A. Smith Warns NABJ Will ‘Regret’ Giving Him ‘Thumbs Down’ Award: ‘They’ve Made Me More Intense’
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith fired back at the National Association of Black Journalists after receiving a "thumbs down" award at their recent convention, …
An Oscar-nominated documentarian asks why a woman would steal a baby
Oscar-nominated documentarian Nanette Burstein examines the psychological and social forces behind an infant abduction in "A Child Of My Own," a new d…
Dolly Parton Skips Dollywood Ride Opening Amid Ongoing Health Problems: ‘My Nashville Doctor Has Kinda Clipped My Wings’
Dolly Parton missed the opening of NightFlight Expedition, a new roller coaster at her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, Friday due to …
Kristen Bell Makes Surprise Performance At Savannah Bananas Game With ‘Frozen’, ‘Wicked’ & ‘Dirty Dancing’ Mashup
Kristen Bell delivered an unexpected performance at a Savannah Bananas game in Denver on Saturday, where the "Frozen" and "The Good Place" star sang a…
Dolly Parton Misses Dollywood Ride Opening Amid Ongoing “Health Issues”: “See You Down The Road”
Dolly Parton missed the opening of NightFlight Expedition, Dollywood's latest roller coaster attraction, due to ongoing health issues. The 11-time Gra…
‘The Pitt,’ ‘Hacks’ and ‘Beef’ Among Astra TV Awards Winners
"The Pitt," the prestige drama that quietly built a devoted following on Netflix, dominated the 2026 Astra TV Awards with six wins, cementing its stat…
Astra TV Awards 2026 Winners Include ‘Hacks’, ‘The Pitt’ & ‘Shrinking’ — Full List
HBO's "The Pitt" dominated the 6th Astra TV Awards, capturing seven trophies at Saturday's ceremony in Los Angeles as the Hollywood Creative Alliance …