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Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTo celebrate Variety’s 115th anniversary, we went to the archives to see how some of Hollywood’s biggest stars first landed in the pages of our magazine. Read more from the archives here.Meryl Streep first caught the public’s attention in a few high-class projects: in 1977, the Fred Zinnemann-directed “Julia”  and, in 1978, “Holocaust” and “The Deer Hunter,” where she earned her first Emmy and Oscar nominations, respectively.

One of the more highly praised films of the year so far, Nomadland is not just a critical favorite, but a surefire Academy Award contender. Before it competes for Oscar love, however, it’s going to need to actually come out.

True Blood fans rejoice. We are reportedly going to be transported back into the vampire world created by author Charlaine Harris.  A reboot of the series is reportedly in the early stages of development at HBO.According to TVLine, Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will be at the helm of the reboot.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAMC Theatres, the world’s largest cinema chain, has issued a sobering warning as the coronavirus pandemic stretches into winter: We’re running out of money.In an SEC filing on Friday, the struggling movie theater company warned its resources may be drained as early as next month.

is getting the reboot treatment. A reboot of the vampire series is in early development at HBO, according to multiple reports.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA “True Blood” reboot is in the early development stages at HBO, Variety has confirmed with sources.Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Jami O’Brien are attached to write the script and executive produce, with original series creator and showrunner Alan Ball also attached to executive produce.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgyptian director Mayye Zayed, who studied film and documaking at Wellesley and MIT, spent four years following the main character of her female empowerment doc, “Lift Like a Girl,” Zebiba (which means “raisin” in Arabic), who at age nine entered former Olympic athlete Captain Ramadan’s weightlifting training camp on a vacant Alexandria lot.

Ann-Marie Corvin Nesrine El-Zayat, whose debut feature “On the Fence” is world premiering at the Cairo Film Festival this week, is typical of the new generation of young Egyptian filmmakers.Lacking access to funds, equipment and formal training but bursting with stories and ideas, El-Zayat borrowed a friend’s camera shortly after the death of her father in 2006 and started shooting.“I didn’t study cinema but watched many films with my father from the age of six and read a lot.

Kaleem Aftab Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed, the director of “The Yacoubian Building,” “The Blue Elephant” and “The Blue Elephant 2,” which last year became the highest-grossing Egyptian film in history, is shooting “Kira and El Gen,” based on Ahmed Mourad’s book “1919,” about Egyptian resistance to British occupation.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgypt’s Film Clinic, the prominent indie shingle headed by Cairo Film Festival president Mohammed Hefzy, has scored the rare distinction of being the Middle East and North Africa region distributor of a trio of Arabic films that are in the running for the 2021 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.Film Clinic, which since 2006 has been producing a wide range of Arabic film and TV fare – most recently Netflix Arabic Original series

Rita Ora's week has gone from bad to worse as it’s revealed she flouted strict coronavirus rules TWICE.The star was left red-faced when she was forced to pay up a £10,000 fine an the "inexcusable" event after she invited hoards of her showbiz pals to her 30th birthday party last month.After raising eyebrows of many angry fans, Rita was forced to issue a public apology for her "spur of the moment" bash.But it seems the party wasn’t the only rule the pop star was willing to breach as it’s now been

Rita Ora was supposed to be self-isolating when she broke lockdown rules to throw a birthday party, it has emerged. The Mail on Sunday reports that Ora flew to Egypt in a private jet on 21 November to perform at the five-star W Hotel in Cairo, for which she was paid a six-figure sum.

Rita Ora has apologised for flouting lockdown rules for a second time, after failing to isolate after a trip to Egypt.The singer was slammed last week after she threw a 30th birthday party with celebrity pals at the Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill, West London, with her issuing a lengthy apology afterwards and reportedly voluntarily paying a £10,000 fine to police.

Not enough people say it, but it’s true — Andrea Riseborough is a treasure that film fans should always be grateful for. With each new role, she shows us a different side of herself that is captivating and beautiful.

CAIRO -- An Egyptian celebrity has sparked an uproar after a photo of him with an Israeli pop star was posted online, prompting angry rants from newscasters and actor-singer Mohamed Ramadan’s suspension from a stage and film professionals’ union.The outcry over Ramadan’s photograph with Israeli crooner Omer Adam highlights anti-Israel sentiment among most Egyptians who view any direct interaction with Israelis as taboo.The controversy began over the weekend when an Emirati journalist, Hamad

Britney Spears took a trip to her favorite locale, Maui, Hawaii, with her boyfriend, Sam Asghari, ahead of her birthday.“I’m doing that whole work on yourself thing at the moment,” the Grammy winner, 38, wrote via Instagram on Monday, November 16, alongside a photo of herself kicking back on a private jet.Spears went on to tell her 26.8 million Instagram followers that she felt like taking “a little trip to paradise for an early birthday celebration” (she turns 39 on December 2) before sharing a