Steve Pond | The Wrap Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan remember their first meeting vividly. Coogler was 27, a recent USC graduate looking to cast his first feature film; Jordan was a year younger, an actor best known for roles in the TV series “The Wire,” “Friday...
Idris Elba's New Luther Movie Confirmed At Netflix With Major Series Star Returning After 6 Years By Rianna de Bono-Smith | ScreenRant Idris Elba is about to reprise his role yet again in a new Luther feature film from Netflix, which will follow the events of the...
https://youtu.be/YPBpGh_l69Q The first time Natasha Rothwell met Sterling K. Brown on the set of 'Insecure', she was too embarrassed to say hi. Now the two sit down for an in-depth conversation in the Actors on Actors chairs. They touch on everything from the state of...
by Michael Schneider | Variety Byron Allen got his first big break at age 18 in 1979 as a standup comedian on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” More than 45 years later, Allen is now a media mogul: But he’s still got his eyes on a late night prize....
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
Matthew Carey | Deadline In the last months of his life, writer George Orwell used the final embers of his energy to complete a novel that would become a classic of 20th century literature: 1984. More than 75 years after its publication, the book that introduced...
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...