https://youtu.be/V4forAyTP5A Jake Gyllenhaal ('Othello') seeks Audra McDonald's ('Gypsy') advice on vocal warm-ups as they express their mutual admiration for Stephen Sondheim and talk working with Denzel Washington. Read FULL transcript
By Giana Levy | Variety Marques Houston is on a mission to bring more Black audiences to theaters. That goal has served as his north star as the CEO of Footage Films, a production company where he executive produces and writes the majority of the titles. Founded and...
https://youtu.be/U3Sk4cdZUvg In Variety's Actors on Actors, Anthony Mackie (“Twisted Metal”) & Tyler James Williams (“Abbott Elementary”) have a conversation on acting in film vs. TV and how to build a long-lasting career in Hollywood. Mackie asks Williams about...
By Alex Ritman | Variety Ashley Walters and Stephen Graham often end up crying when they talk on the phone. Close friends for more than two decades after meeting on the long-forgotten British MTV sitcom “Top Buzzer” (about cannabis dealers in London), the two have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2KfE18FYQ Dave Chappelle makes a rare media appearance to have a conversation with his longtime friend Mo Amer. He tears up as he praises the second season of 'Mo' and it's "perfect punchline" of a finale. The two also discuss...
By John Bleasdale | Variety Nicole Avant, film producer, activist and former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas, was at Taormina Film Festival on Friday to receive an award for the film “The Triple Six Eight,” which tells the true story of the only Black female regiment...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBABmNK91Zo Zoë Kravitz ("Blink Twice") and Matt Reeves reunite after working together on "The Batman." They discuss how Zoë's directorial debut came about from the "rage" she was feeling towards men in power and how directing movies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKUDVZlLdI Kieran Culkin ("A Real Pain") and Colman Domingo ("Sing Sing") become instant friends when they sit down for their Actors on Actors conversation. The two discuss a wide range of topics including whether astrology is real,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og7kgQzcLHY In this explosive documentary, we explore the untold story behind the legendary feud between Steven Seagal and Michael Jai White. From behind-the-scenes confrontations on movie sets like Exit Wounds and On Deadly Ground, to...
By Jennifer Maas | Photographs by Brian Bowen Smith | Variety Sterling K. Brown is done crying every week. Two days before Thanksgiving, Brown is sitting at a long table in a photo studio in Culver City, digging into a take-out lunch as he begins to break down the...
By Zac Ntim | Deadline Much of world cinema’s lost works have been victims of either technology with poor materials like nitrate film or the ignorance of a limited and often bigoted industry. Thankfully for film fans, it is becoming increasingly difficult for either...
by Brent Lang Rayne Roberts, a veteran executive at Lucasfilm, has been tapped to serve as senior vice president, production and development at Searchlight Pictures. In her new position at the specialty label, Roberts will report to co-head of production and...