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Jan62026 by cineverseNo Comments

Oscar Predictions: Costume Design — The Memorable Fits of ‘Sinners’ and ‘Frankenstein’ Are Pulling Ahead in the Race

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By Clayton Davis According To The variety Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. Oscars Best Costume Design Commentary (Updated Jan. 5, 2026): The best costume design race is beginning to crystallize, with a small cluster of films emergi...

Jan52026 by cineverseNo Comments

‘Landman’ Star Ali Larter on Why She Loves Playing ‘Emotionally Complex’ Angela and How Taylor Sheridan Is a ‘Provocateur’ For Creating the Role

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By William Earl According To The variety SPOILER ALERT: This post contains light spoilers from Season 2, Episode 8 of “Landman,” “Handsome Touched Me,” which premiered Sunday, Jan. 4, on Paramount+. In a series full of scene stealers, Ali Larter more than holds her own on “Landman.” Playing Angela, the larger-than-life ex-wife and current fiancée of titular landman Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton), she is often on her own sidequests alongside her mini-me daughter, Ainsley (Michelle Randolph). This season, those missions have included spending a ton of money, shopping for mansions, planning themed dinners and, in this latest episode, winning a fortune at the casino while teaching old folks from the retirement home how to win at roulette. In an interview with Variety&n...

Jan52026 by cineverseNo Comments

Simu Liu Pitches Melissa Barrera to Be the Next Wonder Woman: ‘James Gunn or Anybody Else Out There’

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Simu Liu pitched Melissa Barrera to be the next Wonder Woman during a recent interview with JoBlo, calling her dedication to stunt training “Wonder Woman-esque.” “She really pushes herself,” Liu said of his “The Copenhagen Test” co-star. “I don’t know who might be listening to this interview, James Gunn or anybody else out there. But I think she really pushes herself. There were a couple of moments during stunt training where I was like, ‘That’s Wonder Woman-esque.’ I’m just throwing it out there.” In June of 2025, DC Studios boss James Gunn confirmed there was a new Wonder Woman movie “being written right now.” The film comes in addition to an upcoming HBO series about Wonder Woman’s homeland ...

Jan42026 by cineverseNo Comments

The People Who Say Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Character Isn’t ‘Likable’ Sound Like Corrupt Studio Executives

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety Is the hero of “Marty Supreme” likable? I think he is, and for reasons that include the fact that he’s a scoundrel. (Has there ever been a likable scoundrel in movies? No! Not Once!) The number-one reason we like — or, at least, I like — Marty Mauser is, of course, that he’s played by Timothée Chalamet, the most charismatic movie star of his generation. Chalamet, like Dustin Hoffman or Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt, has the X factor, a quality that draws us to him regardless of what he does. (Just look at some of those outfits he wore on the red carpet when he was becoming a star. Without the X factor, those clothes would have looked postmodern gaudy ridiculous; with the X factor, they still sometimes did, but they became…defining. In sporti...

Jan42026 by cineverseNo Comments

Eddie Murphy Left 2007 Oscars After Losing Best Supporting Actor Because He Didn’t Want to Be ‘The Sympathy Guy All Night’

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Eddie Murphy famously left the 2007 Academy Awards after he lost the best supporting actor award for his role as James “Thunder” Early in “Dreamgirls.” However, the premature exit wasn’t out of spite. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the “Trading Places” star said it was because several of his fellow attendees felt bad for him, and he didn’t want to be “the sympathy guy all night.” “What happened was I was at the Oscars, I had lost, and then people kept coming over to me and kept [patting] me on the shoulder,” Murphy said. “Clint Eastwood came and rubbed my shoulder. And I was like, ‘Oh, no, no, I’m not gonna be this guy all night. Let’s just leave.’ I didn’t storm out. I was like, ‘I’m not gonna be the sympathy guy all ...

Jan42026 by cineverseNo Comments

Yash’s ‘Toxic’ Unveils First Look of Tara Sutaria as Rebecca (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The team behind Yash‘s “Toxic – A Fairytale for Grown-Ups” has revealed the first look at Tara Sutaria as Rebecca, continuing a series of character unveilings that have amplified anticipation for the 2026 theatrical release. Following reveals of Kiara Advani as Nadia, Huma Qureshi as Elizabeth and Nayanthara as Ganga, the poster introduces Sutaria’s character as a figure combining fragility with underlying strength. The image presents Rebecca in an unraveled state, suggesting a character navigating vulnerability while maintaining an instinct for authority and survival. Sutaria made her film debut with “Student of the Year 2” in 2019, winning the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut. Her subsequent wo...

Dec302025 by cineverseNo Comments

‘The Princess Bride’ Star Cary Elwes Shares Tribute to Rob Reiner: ‘From That Very First Meeting I Fell In Love With Him

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Cary Elwes, who starred in Rob Reiner’s 1987 fantasy classic “The Princess Bride,” released a statement on Instagram Monday night in remembrance of the director and his wife, Michelle Singer, who were found dead in their Brentwood home on Dec. 14. “Enough time has passed that I can finally put my grief into words,” Elwes wrote in the caption of his post. “I was 24 when I first met Rob Reiner on ‘The Princess Bride.’ And from that very first meeting I fell in love with him. I was already a fan of his work so meeting him in person was a dream come true. As we began spending more time together I knew this was someone I wanted in my life.” Elwes recalled that the first thing he noticed about Reiner was that he “wore his he...