‘I Fell But I’m Up’: Variety’s Power of Women Event Celebrates Female Resilience and Stars Who Triumph Over Adversity

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events As Fantasia Barrino rides the awards season buzz for her feature film acting debut in “The Color Purple,” the second season “American Idol” winner is thinking of her next moves on the big screen. “I want something very challenging,” Fantasia told Variety Tuesday night at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles, where she was honored alongside her co-stars Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Jennifer Lopez may have gotten a ton of awards season buzz for her work in the 2019 drama “Hustlers,” but she didn’t walk home with any major honors. In fact, she reflected on not receiving any top prizes in the entertainment world at Monday’s Elle Women in Hollywood event. “I don’t have an Oscar.

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher told Variety minutes after the union disclosed the ratification vote tally that sealed the deal on its hard-fought new three-year contract. Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s union’s national executive director and chief negotiator, took a moment to reflect Tuesday evening on the winding road that led the union to wage its first strike in more than 40 years, as well as the high-stakes negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and studio chiefs that produced the deal. For nearly four months, SAG-AFTRA’s indefatigable duo were the face of the 118-day strike by the union’s 160,000 members.

The stars are stepping out for Elle‘s big event!

The list of Forbes’ 10 Most Powerful Women in Media and Entertainment have been revealed.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Boygenius made a connection with Joan Baez. Billie Eilish was giddy at the sight of Bernie Taupin. Olivia Rodrigo and St.

Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have got their first target in sight for next year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - Amanda Holden. The pair were asking fans for suggestions to enter camp in 2024 when one suggested radio host and Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda.The duo know her well from their time working on BGT and both seemed excited by the idea of getting her on the show.

At least one of the stars of Derry Girls would sign up for a reprise of the hit comedy.

The 2023 Variety Hitmakers Brunch was a star-studded affair, and so many of music’s biggest stars were in attendance.

Love Island winner Amber Gill is thought to have split from her girlfriend Jen Beattie after a year of dating the Arsenal footballer. Amber, 26, was first spotted in public with Jen, 32, at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland in December last year but a year on, the pair are said to have broken up on good terms as they both pursue busy schedules.

Catherine Tate returns as Donna Noble in Doctor Who special The Star Beast, as she reunites with the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant. The last time she was seen, Donna's mind was wiped in order to protect her from knowledge that would destroy her. In the new instalment, Donna recognises the Toymaker (played by Neil Patrick Harris) from her travels with the Doctor.The pair reunite but the Time Lord panics Donna may remember her past and she could die.

William Earl Variety will host the first-ever Women of Reality TV Dinner, presented by DIRECTV, on Nov. 29 in Los Angeles, honoring the successful reality TV genre and its stars.

Björk has joined forces with Rosalía to share the environmentally charged new track ‘Oral’. Check it out below.Shared today (November 21), the track marks the first time that the iconic singer has joined forces with Rosalía, and sees the two musicians work together to shed light on the cruelty and negative consequences of open-pen salmon farming in Björk’s native Iceland.Originally, ‘Oral’ was written by Björk over two decades ago, when she developed it between 1997’s ‘Homogenic’ and 2001’s ‘Vespertine’.

Sam Heughan is relishing the opportunity to finally talk about his latest projects.

SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses several major plot developments throughout the animated series “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,” currently streaming on Netflix. On a bright day in late October, the creators of the new Netflix anime series “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,” Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski, sit inside a Los Angeles arcade bar, trying to look relaxed. “This is going to be a relief,” Grabinski says. But he doesn’t look quite convinced.

BreAnna Bell Fantasia Barrino spoke about the need to persevere through adversity at Variety‘s Power of Women Presented by Lifetime. “I’ve been through some things I haven’t been afraid to share,” Barrino said in her speech at the event on Thursday. “Sometimes we don’t want to share what we go through, but I knew that my tests were part of my testimony, and I knew that my testimony would help a lot of people.” Barrino also spoke about her role in the upcoming musical film adaptation of “The Color Purple,” in which she will portray Celie, a role she previously played on Broadway.

Watching the newest series of Big Brother, you might recognise some of the contestants from other shows.Tom's been on Kavos Weekender, while Farida was recently on Blankety Blank. It's a similar story with celebrity stars on programmes like I'm A Celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing as the shows continue to run. We're likely to see people appearing across several programmes as the talent pool shrinks.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Olivia Attwood has been spotted at the airport, fuelling rumours of her return to the jungle. The Loose Women panellist is rumoured to be joining a host of other celebs on the ITV reality show, including Nigel Farage, Nella Rose, Frankie Dettori, Josie Gibson, Tony Bellew and Jamie Lynn Spears.

Married At First Sight UK star Peggy Rose has enjoyed a night out partying with The Only Way Is Essex and Love Island stars at a Playboy x Misspap event. She joined a celebrity guest list at a party at Manchester's MNKY House to celebrate the fashion collaboration between the two brands that launched on Thursday and was photographed posing with TOWIE stars Chloe Brockett and Junaid Ahmed.

Winter Love Island star Ellie Spence has made some explosive claims about ITV "making up" storylines for her season as the real-life scenes were too dramatic to air.The reality TV star took part in this year's winter series of the ITV2 dating show in South Africa, but in a TikTok post she has slammed the series as "boring" and accused producers of "creating false storylines" because she claims they couldn't show what was really going on. In a fan Q and A, Ellie said of her experience: "Can I just say that season was so s***.Thank God that season's been cancelled." She told how on the first day, one of the male contestants had started to pick apart her appearance while she was dressed in just a bikini and said another female contestant had wound up the situation.