Meryl Streep Says ‘Barbie’ ‘Saved the Movies Last Summer and All of Our Jobs’

Masters Of The Air looks destined to become one of the biggest shows of the year.Based on the 2007 book of the same name by Donald L. Miller, the miniseries follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, nicknamed the Bloody Hundreth, who served under the Eighth Air Force for the US during World War II.The series, produced by Apple Studios, features a cast filled with the stars of tomorrow, including Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle, Barry Keoghan, Isabel May, Raff Law and Ncuti Gatwa.Masters Of The Air is pitched as a companion series to 2001’s Band Of Brothers and 2010’s The Pacific.

Kenough. Ryan Gosling is showing his support for his “Barbie” co-star Margot Robbie and the film’s director Greta Gerwig after they were both snubbed in the Best Actress and Best Director Oscar categories respectively.

Christopher Reeve’s children are telling his story and remembering his legacy. The actor, who played the beloved character Superman in 1978 with three sequels, left a mark on the entertainment industry and is known for his resilience and advocacy for spinal cord injury research and treatment after a horse-riding accident in 1995 left him paralyzed from the neck down.Christopher made his first appearance after the accident at the Academy Awards on March 25, 1996.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The 2024 Oscar nominations have arrived, and it was a huge morning for the likes of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” as predicted. Nolan’s atomic bomb epic led the pack with 13 nominations, further cementing its status as a best picture frontrunner after winning top prizes at the Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice Awards earlier this season. As is always the case on Oscar nominations morning, dozens of critically-acclaimed films found themselves with zero nominations.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jesse Eisenberg is officially giving his Lex Luthor advice to Nicholas Hoult, and it’s blunt: “Don’t watch me!” During an interview at the Variety Studio presented by Audible while attending the Sundance Film Festival, Eisenberg suggested Hoult should forge his own path and not pay attention to Eisenberg’s own work as Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder’s DC Universe. “Whenever you play a role you feel connected to it,” Eisenberg added to Variety‘s Matt Donnelly about playing the DC villain for a short time.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dana Carvey has returned to the “Fly on the Wall” podcast for the first time since his son, Dex, died last fall (via Entertainment Weekly). The podcast is jointly hosted by Carvey and David Spade and features the “Saturday Night Live” alums telling behind-the-scenes stories from their time on the NBC sketch comedy series. In Carvey’s absence, the podcast aired previously recorded interviews with the likes of Dan Aykroyd, David Byrne and more with only Spade as host.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer continued its commanding awards showing this morning, clocking a leading 13 BAFTA noms. Disappearing from the season’s leading pack, however, was Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which only clocked five noms after being longlisted in 15 categories. 

The sisterhood between Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks began on Broadway. That is, the sisterhood of the order of The Color Purple. Both women starred on stage in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer-prize winning novel. Barrino spent 10 months in 2007 playing Celie, the poor country girl who survives an abusive step-father and husband and realizes her worth.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Emma Stone has a dream, and not one you’d expect. The “Poor Things” star, coming off a Golden Globe win this week, tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that she wants to be a contestant on the classic game show “Jeopardy” — and no, not the “Celebrity” edition. “I apply every June,” she says.

Golden Globes took place this past Sunday, resulting in many viral moments. One of them was the close bond between Meryl Streep and Martin Short, who attended the awards together. The nature of their relationship is one that’s been questioned over the past couple of months, with there being some rumors claiming that the two are romantically involved.

told TMZ that he and “The Devil Wears Prada” actress are “just friends.” The two sparked dating rumors after they looked extra cozy at the 2024 Golden Globes. Fans took to X to post enthusiastically about this possible Hollywood romance. “My first tweet of the year is dedicated to the rumor that Meryl Streep and Martin Short may be an item.

Fans saw Martin Short and Meryl Streep together at the 2024 Golden Globes, and rumors ran rampant.

Barbie producer and star Margot Robbie offered a fittingly populist message in accepting the first-ever Golden Globe for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

Stand-up comic Jo Koy did his best to bring laughs back to the Golden Globes – or at least back to the opening monologue – with jokes about Meryl Streep, Succession, Oppenheimer, Ryan Gosling and even Hall & Oates.

Hollywood icon Meryl Streep has praised Greta Gerwig’s Barbie for "saving" the film industry and "all of our jobs".The Mamma Mia star attended the Palm Springs Film Awards, where Billie Eilish and her songwriter brother Finneas accepted the Chairmen’s Award for their song What Was I Made For? The popular song was featured in Barbie and was also shortlisted for the Best Original Song award at this year’s Oscars. Giving a speech from the stage, Meryl said: "I just want to say to Billie and Finneas that you have delivered the Barbie love bomb." She went on to speak about the success of the film, which was the highest-grossing movie of 2023 worldwide.

Meryl Streep is showing the Barbie movie, Billie Eilish, and Finneas some love!

It’s a Barbie reunion! Yes, Barbie herself, Margot Robbie, director Greta Gerwig, and co-star America Ferrera had a little impromptu reunion at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards, held on January 4 in Palm Springs, California. Sadly, handsome co-star Ryan Gosling (Ken) wasn’t in attendance.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie as being the film that “saved” the movies and “all of our jobs”.The triple Oscar winner was appearing at the Palm Springs Film Awards, where Billie Eilish and Finneas accepted the Chairmen’s Award for their song ‘What Was I Made For?’, which is also shortlisted for the Best Original Song award at this year’s Oscars.“I just want to say to Billie and Finneas that you have delivered the Barbie love bomb,” Streep said from the stage.Going on to talk about the runaway success of the film, she added: “You’ve saved the movies last summer, and all of our jobs. You’ve delivered joy to countless generations and genders of people, and you should surf that wave, kids, until you’re old and deserve to be jaded like me.”Barbie was the highest grossing film worldwide in 2023, with $1.4billion (£1.1billion), and is currently the 14th highest grossing film of all time.In her acceptance speech at the same awards show, Billie Eilish talked about the “dark episode” that she went through before writing ‘What Was I Made For?’.She said: “I would really like to say that this award and any recognition that this song gets, I just want to dedicate to anyone who experiences hopelessness, the feeling of existential dread and feeling like, what’s the point, why am I here and why am I doing this?”Eilish went on to discuss how she “was in a dark episode and things didn’t make sense in life” when she was asked to write a song for Barbie.

Meryl Streep praised the team behind Barbie as she took to the podium at the Palm Springs Film Awards last night, where she presented Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, Actress, for Maestro.

They aren’t always completely indicative of where The Academy is leaning, but, often, the BAFTA Awards longlists are better early indicators of potential Oscar nominations (and winners) than the BAFTA Awards nominations themselves. In that respect, the 2024 BAFTA Awards longlists are a very good sign for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” Each of those films had 15 mentions, followed by Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” with 14.