Oscar-Nominated ‘Spectres of the Shoah’ Director Launches COVID-19 Doc ‘The Curve’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Clayton Davis The most somber part of the best day of the year — the Oscars — is when the ceremony takes a pause to remember the artists that have left us. This upcoming Academy ceremony will likely be as devastating as ever with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging our country and industry.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIssa Rae has consolidated her entertainment production ventures for feature film, television and digital under the recently launched Hoorae label, Variety has learned exclusively.Formerly Issa Rae Productions, Hoorae includes HBO’s “Insecure” and “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Rae received Emmy nominations for comedy series and best actress in a comedy series for “Insecure” and best variety sketch series for “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Hoorae’s slate includes “Tre Cnt” and

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAt the 2019 Academy Awards, presenter Tina Fey cracked a joke about Netflix landing multiple nominations for “Roma.”“What’s next, my microwave makes a movie?” Fey asked.That day is here, Tina.

If you’re a person of a certain age, aka anyone that isn’t a Millennial or younger, you may not be super familiar with the work of pop star Billie Eilish. The young singer is one of the biggest names in music and has a devoted fan base that loves everything she does.

Ben Croll French outfit Atlas V, the production company behind the critically acclaimed “Gloomy Eyes” and one of the industry leaders in narrative VR, has just launched production on its newest animated project, a 20-minute standalone film called “The Little Mouse.”Sharing details of the project with Variety, Atlas V co-founder Antoine Cayrol called the film “a narrative driven fairy tale” that acts as the origin story for the Gallic equivalent of the tooth fairy (known in French-speaking

what airlines call “scenic flights” but are being colloquially called “flights to nowhere,” where people buy airline tickets for lengthy flights with no destination. These flights, which are supposedly chock full of COVID-19 safety precautions, actually depart from the airport and then, several hours later, returns all passengers back to their point of departure.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe U.K.’s Film and TV Charity is rolling out a new COVID-19 Recovery Fund that will distribute up to £2 million ($2.5 million) to film, TV and cinema workers who have been hit hardest by the pandemic.The fund is designed to support those impacted financially by the crisis and who are most likely to see a negative impact on their careers, resulting in a focus on talent from diverse backgrounds.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorMichael Chapman, a two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer for Raging Bull and The Fugitive whose dozens of credits also include fellow Best Picture nominees The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Jaws, has died. He was 84.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticMore than two and a half years after Gary Oldman took home the Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Joe Wright-directed and Anthony McCarten-penned Darkest Hour, a History Channel writer is suing the actor, NBCUniversal and others connect to the movie for allegedly ripping off parts of his script.“[Ben Kaplan] spent years developing, writing and refining Churchill,” says the complaint, seeking a jury trial, filed last week in Los

It has been ten years since Gabourey Sidibe was nominated for an Oscar for her debut performance in Precious and she’s opening up about her career over the last decade. The 37-year-old actress received a Best Actress nomination at the 2010 Oscars when she was just 26.

It has been ten years since Gabourey Sidibe was nominated for an Oscar for her debut performance in Precious and she’s opening up about her career over the last decade.

wanting to use a so-called “heat ray” on peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C.

Late night personality Stephen Colbert is getting in on helping Americans get out and vote with a newly launched state-by-state resource guide, which the Late Show hostdebuted during his Tuesday night show. Titled "Better Know a Ballot," the nonpartisan voter information campaign aims to eliminate the confusion around getting registered to vote and casting a ballot in the upcoming 2020 presidential election with its series of informational videos.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticA coronavirus relief fund for New York City’s small theaters was launched today by The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, the arts service organization dedicated to supporting nonprofit theaters.The Relief Fund for NYC Small Theatres, seeded by a gift by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, is designed for small stage venues based in or primarily produce in New York City with annual budgets under $250,000.

Oscar-nominated director Adam Benzine (Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah) is putting the final touches on The Curve, a feature doc that investigates America’s COVID-19 crisis and is being shopped at the virtual TIFF market by Jet Black Iris Productions. Shot during the pandemic, the investigative doc will feature public health experts and journalists like Dr.

Julien Christian Lutz — better known as Director X and his signature music videos for Drake, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa, Usher and Justin Bieber — has his own name for Canada's annual advertising award shows:The Whities. "The room is unreasonably White.

Naman Ramachandran Indian studio Yash Raj Films’ “Bunty Aur Babli 2,” starring Saif Ali Khan (“Sacred Games”) and Rani Mukerji (“Hichki”) has wrapped production with the shooting of a song and dance routine.The shoot, at Mumbai’s Yash Raj Films studios, adhered to the Indian government’s recently announced safety protocols that allow movies to restart production in the COVID-19 era.The film was essentially complete, save the song, by March, when the spread of coronavirus halted production

Also Read: Black Women 'Missing' in a Third of 2019's Top Grossing Films, New USC Report Shows“I remember when I went to South L.A. (for ‘Teach Us All’) and I spoke to a group of young Black men, and I was sitting there and realized I never ever spoke to young Black men when I was growing up,” Lowman said.