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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Paramount is turning to social media influencers for help in hyping up the studio’s upcoming movie slate. Paramount has collaborated with TikTok on “Secret Screenings,” surprise, invite-only showings that are kept under wraps until creators are seated in the theater. The inaugural event kicked off on Monday with the horror thriller “Primate,” which included an appearance by the film’s star Johnny Sequoyah. This ongoing partnership, which grants content creators early access to Paramount’s upcoming releases and library titles, is designed to drum up conversation about movies playing in theaters. After all, recent surveys have determined that lack of awareness is one of the main reasons that moviegoers skip a particu...

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...

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...

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 ...