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Awards Circuit Column: It’s hard out there for iconoclastics hoping to become Oscar contenders.  Hollywood’s state of flux extends beyond labor disputes and political tensions — it also colors how the industry evaluates its own output. A year inundated with big IP and musicals also was clouded with a lingering uncertainty about Hollywood’s future, and […]

Max is jumping on the year-in-review bandwagon and releasing its own Spotify Wrapped-esque marketing campaign revealing subscribers’ personal viewing habits throughout the year. Launching Thursday, the “Max Rewind” offering will be pushed out across all adult profiles on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streamer through in-app notifications. Subscribers will then be able to access their personalized […]

When Demi Moore tells Amy Adams that “there is such incredible diversity” in Adams’ choice of roles, Adams learns just how difficult it is to avoid accidentally quoting from one of Moore’s beloved past films. “I realized what I almost said to you, and then I was really embarrassed,” Adams says.

Asylum Entertainment Group will kick off 2025 with a new name and leadership structure. Variety has learned that the company, part of Endeavor’s non-scripted content group, is rebranding as Pantheon Media Group. Concurrent with the news, CEO Steve Michaels has moved into a role as chairman of Pantheon, while naming Jen O’Connell as the company’s […]

Christoph Thoke’s Mogador Film, Sebastian Popp’s Stoked Film (both Germany) and Jeremy Chua’s Potocol (Singapore) have joined forces to back “The Clouds Woke No Clocks,” a refugee drama from Indian filmmaker Aniket Dutta. The project will be led by Indian producer Roshni Sen and Dutta’s Empty Video banner. Acclaimed Bangladesh actors Mostafa Monwar (Toronto, Busan […]

Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack Foundation have announced that they’re planning to hold their fifth annual Winter Wonderland Park Toy and Food Drive at Texas Southern University HBCU Campus on Dec. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will mark the foundation’s first time bringing its Waymon Webster Scholarship Program to an […]