Gothic romance featuring ‘twisted love affair’ wins Costa first novel award

Bong Joon Ho's acclaimed Parasite, which also landed five other Oscar nominations including best picture, best director and best original screenplay, looks like the film to beat in the international feature film derby.

France has confirmed its first two cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with one patient being hospitalised in Paris and the other in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

Olympian Usain Bolt is expecting his first child with girlfriend Kasi Bennett.

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“Star Trek: Picard” is beaming to a subway station near you.

Budget airline Ryanair has revealed it will launch three new low-cost routes flying from Manchester Airport .

French actor Noémie Merlant plays a young woman who falls in love with a funfair ride in Zoé Wittock’s “Jumbo,” which is screening in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Variety spoke to her about the film, and her debut feature as director “Mi Lubita.”

“The Atomic Adventure,” a contender in UniFrance’s online MyFrenchFilmFestival, is the third short from Loïc Barché (“Goliath,” “Le Commencement”). Variety talked to the director about the short, and his feature debut “Feu de Paille.”

After Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (“The Intouchables”), Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”) and Juliette Binoche (“Let the Sunshine In”), it was Olivier Assayas’s turn to receive the French Cinema Award from the film promotion org UniFrance on Jan. 19.

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services.

American director Spike Lee was named president of this year's Cannes film festival jury on Tuesday, becoming the first black head of the panel.

Britney Spears looks set to add another feather in her cap as she launches her new solo show.

LONDON — British-Jamaican soul singer Celeste has been named the winner of the BBC Music Sound of 2020 poll, voted for by more than 170 industry experts, DJs, festival bookers, critics and former finalists Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi.