IDFA’s Artistic Director on Defending Seriousness, Dreams, Experimentation in Documentary Filmmaking

Privacy, please! Jacob Roloff and his wife, Isabel Rock, have kept details about their son, Mateo, private since his arrival — and the new parents are explaining why.

Jana Duggar is finally speaking publicly about the ongoing investigation into her actions for allegedly endangering the welfare of a child.

Jana Duggar‘s cousin Amy Duggar King is coming to her defense after it was confirmed the former 19 Kids and Counting star had been charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

Lourdes Leon is baring it all – literally and metaphorically.

Former Palm Springs artistic director Helen du Toit has been set as executive and artistic director of new Canadian film festival Blue Mountain Film Festival.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe rape claim against French director Luc Besson has been dismissed by a Paris judge following a lengthy judicial investigation.A source close to the public prosecutor’s office in Paris confirmed to Variety that the case, which stemmed from a lawsuit filed by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy accusing Besson of rape in 2019, has been dismissed.

Selome Hailu editorScout Productions announced the appointment of documentarian Amy Goodman Kass as the company’s new senior vice president of documentary. In the role, Goodman Kass will oversee Scout’s current slate of documentary projects, including the upcoming Peacock series about Barney the Dinosaur.

Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia’s first international film event, gets underway, it’s become clear that the artistic director of the fest’s milestone first edition won’t be in charge of programming the second one.Edouard Waintrop, a former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight chief, was conspicuously absent Monday at the opening night gala at the Vox Cinemas multiplex in Jeddah’s historic Al Balad district.Instead of being on the star-studded red carpet, Waintrop was at his home in Spain suffering

ABC News and “Good Morning America” Tuesday and defended her by saying that she’s “been raised around gun safety since she was a little girl.” He further believes that had she been the one to personally hand Baldwin the gun before Halyna Hutchins was fatally wounded, she would’ve re-checked the weapon and avoided a tragedy. “That one time, they should’ve had her on set, she would’ve re-checked that gun.

Canada’s Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler and Toronto-born “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels were among those being honoured by U.S. President Joe Biden at Sunday’s Kennedy Center Honors.

TikTok has unveiled a series of new tools that will enable artists and creators to monetise their content moving forward.‘Creator Next’ is a new toolset that features the platform’s first tipping function, allowing artists to receive tips directly from followers while keeping the entire amount of money sent to them.In order to receive payments, creators will need to sign up to Stripe – an Irish-American financial company – through which they will be able to manage their earnings in a simple

The Motion Picture Sound Editors said Thursday that Ron Howard will receive the organization’s MPSE Filmmaker Award during its annual awards ceremony in March.

Kirsten Dunst had appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, ranging from “Interview with the Vampire” to hit medical drama “ER”, yet the 1999 film “The Virgin Suicides” remains hugely important to her.

“House of Gucci” isn’t making the Gucci family very happy.

William Earl Creators and stars will gather for Variety’s two-day virtual FYC Fest featuring panels on film and television. Variety FYC Fest will be held on Dec. 14 and 15, and include panels with the top contending writers in the original screenplay and adapted screenplay categories, along with the top animation directors and producers.

Twitter with a tribute to the Off-White designer: 'My heart is broken. Virgil you were a kind, generous, thoughtful creative genius.

Virgil Abloh has died after a private two-year battle with cancer. The artistic director for Louis Vuitton and Off-White founder was 41.