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ENTERTAINMENT4 years agoJulia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell Talk Balancing Drama & Comedy in ‘Downhill’
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Downhill” feels a lot like it should be a comedy. It looks like one, for starters. It stars Julia...
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ENTERTAINMENT4 years agoWhy Blake Lively Isn’t Trying to Be the ‘Female James Bond’ in ‘The Rhythm Section’
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “The Rhythm Section,” Reed Morano’s new espionage thriller about a female assassin who sets out to avenge her family’s...
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ENTERTAINMENT4 years agoAdam Sandler, Quentin Tarantino Roast New York Film Critics Circle at Annual Ceremony
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The New York Film Critics Circle Awards is a confounding reprieve in the middle of awards season. Nestled between...
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ENTERTAINMENT4 years agoChinonye Chukwu on Golden Globes of Female Directors Shutout
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Clemency” writer-director Chinonye Chukwu is weighing in on the HFPA’s failure to nominate a female director for the 2020...
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ENTERTAINMENT4 years agoBilly Porter Explains Why Fashion ‘Can and Should’ Be Activism
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – On Tuesday in New York City, a handful of fashion’s marquee names, including Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Madden and Pete Nordstrom, and...
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ENTERTAINMENT5 years agoAdam Sandler on Oscar Buzz, Working With the Safdie Brothers and ‘Uncut Gems’ as a ‘Love Letter’ to New York City
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The many, mercurial moods of New York City and the jarring rhythm of its streets have long been among...
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ENTERTAINMENT5 years ago‘Moulin Rouge’ Opens on Broadway, Cast Talks Movie-to-Stage Adaptation
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “It wasn’t a plan, but I always knew,” Baz Luhrmann, that great Australian muse of technicolor maximalism, said slyly...
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ENTERTAINMENT5 years ago‘When They See Us’ Cast Reflects on Justice, Righteousness and Working With the Central Park Five
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Dedicate a couple of hours to justice, to righteousness, to our community and to love,” told Variety about her...
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ENTERTAINMENT5 years agoBefore There Was ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ There Was Wigstock
By Michael Appler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – There may never have been “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” if it wasn’t for Wigstock. The one-day festival in New York’s...
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ENTERTAINMENT4 years ago‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ ‘Joker,’ ‘1917’ and ‘Cats’ Among Golden Reel Nominees
By Jazz Tangcay LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The Motion Picture Sound Editors () announced nominations for its 67th annual Golden Reel Awards early Monday morning. “Joker,”1917,”...