Lifetime Is Premiering 32 Holiday Movies This Year—Here's the Whole Schedule

The Black Lives Matter movement: The year began on a heartbreaking note when a video of the killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis surfaced on May 25, which in turn triggered a wave of protests against police brutality and systematic racism in the United States. Since then, setting aside concerns for their personal safety, in the midst of a global pandemic, hundreds of thousands have marched to support the Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM).

Yes, “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentRussian Film Week USA, which runs Jan. 23-29, is expanding its reach as it pivots to an online format, allowing audiences across the U.S.

Also Read: 'News of the World' Film Review: Tom Hanks Plays a Searcher Who Reads the Legends in Old-School Western“News of the World” was shot in New Mexico in late 2019 and features Hanks as a former soldier in post-Civil War Texas who travels from town to town reading stories from newspapers for gatherings of people.

The Midnight Skystar shared an optimistic outlook for the film industry despite movie theater closures, and the popularity of streaming outlets like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and HBO Max. “We should be giving federal aid to the theaters,” Clooney wrote. “The movie industry, Hollywood, which everybody loves to crap all over, is one of the largest exporters of original product in the United States.

Ahead of its 2021 Sundance Film Festival premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section, Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to Nikole Beckwith’s second feature, Together Together, starring Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres.

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.Variety first mentioned Charles Chaplin, as he was billed, in his American stage debut, before he had made any films.

A Georgia youth football coach who was seen in a viral video this week striking his player twice and knocking him to the ground has been banned for life from the world’s largest youth football organization. American Youth Football announced Gerrell Williams’ ban on Thursday, days after the Savannah football coach was captured in a video hitting a player.

After a Grammy nomination and two number-one songs, could a Hollywood takeover be next? BTS was asked if they would ever star in American movies, and they had some A-list co-stars in mind.

Ariana Grande has teased the release of a Sweetener tour movie on Netflix.

There’s a lot going on in “A Suitable Boy” — but the British import takes its time to unravel.And it’s worth the wait.The six-episode series, which premiered in July on BBC One, has now landed in the US on AMC-owned Acorn TV, which has exclusive American and Canadian rights.

first Asian American romantic comedy, , taking a major step forward in expanding its call for diversity by making way for stories that shine a light on previously underrepresented communities. StarringJacky Lai (), Tony Giroux () and legendary actor Tzi Ma (), the significance of -- on the heels of box office success  and critical darling -- isn't lost on Lai and Giroux.«I don't think I've been able to fully wrap my head around what this project is going to do or how it will affect people,» Lai,

Ozark Season 3 standout Tom Pelphrey has been tapped to star as the infamous conman and fugitive Jason Derek Brown in American Murderer, opposite Tony-winner Idina Menzel, Ryan Phillippe and Jacki Weaver. Matthew Gentile wrote the script and is directing the indie, which is shooting in Salt Lake City.

Trump supporters.The actor recently appeared on Russell Brand’s podcast Under The Skin, during which the pair reflected on the recent US election.Brand asked McConaughey if he had noticed a “condemnation” of “ordinary working people” by his fellow actors in Hollywood.The actor replied: “There are a lot [of people] on that illiberal left that absolutely condescend, patronise, and are arrogant towards the other 50 per cent.”“[There is] a kind of offhandedness, like, ‘Oh, they’re dumb, they’re

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorColonel Harland Sanders has for decades captured the fancy of the American public, usually over the course of dozens of 30-second commercials for KFC that break into TV programs.

Related: Aacta awards 2020: Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Ned Kelly gang vie for honours The show won an Aacta award last year for best documentary or factual program, as well as gold at the 2020 New York Festivals TV and Film awards for best social issues documentary.It was the only Australian show to win an award this year at the International Emmys, which specifically recognises excellence in television programming outside the US.“Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds combines the magical

Megan Fox seemed to take her relationship with Machine Gun Kelly to new heights at the 2020 American Music Awards.