Oscars Predictions: Best Live Action Short – Riz Ahmed and a Student Academy Award Winner Lead the Field

A man who brandished a knife in a pub live-streamed himself on Facebook making threats which lead to an armed police stand-off.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

They say the best revenge is living well, and by the looks of her life right now, it would appear that Jordyn Woods is dishing out the most satisfying style of revenge possible!

EXCLUSIVE: Boutique streamer Topic has deepened ties with the African creative community by acquiring North American streaming rights to former Academy Award submissions from South Africa and Senegal, along with movies from Kenya and Ghana.

Multiple Emmy Award-winning actress and animal rights activist Betty White, who most famously starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, died Friday at her home, just weeks away from her 100th birthday, her agent Jeff Witjas confirmed to Deadline.

Clayton Davis Kodi Smit-McPhee has maintained a stronghold this awards season for his work as Peter Gordon in Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog.” Pundits and awards enthusiasts have to wonder: has a frontrunner emerged?Twenty-nine precursor awards have been announced thus far, with 14 naming Smit-McPhee’s darkly psychological turn the best of the year.

Clayton Davis Bradley Cooper is an established awards magnet, with eight nominations in the past nine years. Four of those have been in the acting category — for “Silver Linings Playbook” (2012), “American Hustle” (2013), “American Sniper” (2014) and “A Star Is Born” (2018).

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

Clayton Davis It’s time to have a serious conversation about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and what it can achieve at the Oscars this year.Looking at the Oscars shortlists announced on Tuesday, the third chapter in the Tom Holland universe showed up in two categories — sound and visual effects — despite its late release.Unlike most superhero pics, critical and audience opinion are aligned (at 94% and 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively) about the film.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists in 10 categories for the upcoming 94th Oscars ceremony.The shortlist voting concluded on Dec. 15, and the remaining ones will move on to the official phase one voting.

HBO has literally taken years to get its first “Game of Thrones” spinoff series up and running, with “House of the Dragon” expected to debut in 2022.

Finally, after what seems like a decade of speculation, leaks, rumors, and general social media debate, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is in theaters (you can read our review).

Clayton Davis In Variety‘s Up Next, we asked four Oscar winners to pick the one person who represents the future of Hollywood.Jared Leto loves a good transformation, as exhibited by his latest performance in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” — where he’s unrecognizable under layers of prosthetics as Paolo, the black sheep of the fashion family. The Oscar-winning actor (who won an Academy Award in 2014 for “Dallas Buyers Club”) is a fan of “dancing on the edge” as he’s building a character.

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing shortlists on Monday for 10 Oscar races.

Mattel Films is developing a live-action family drama titled “Christmas Balloon,” based on a real-life story involving Mattel toys, the company announced Thursday.Gabriela Revilla-Lugo (“A Million Little Things”) will write the original screenplay.“Christmas Balloon” centers on a young girl, Dáyami, living in a Mexican border town who tries to send her Christmas list to Santa tied to a balloon.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were quick to hail one partnership the best in the show's HISTORY following tonight's show.

K.J. Yossman “Quo Vadis, Aida?” took home the top prize at the European Film Awards on Saturday evening.

Disney Branded Television has given a series order to Meet the Mayhems, an original live-action comedy series from Lab Rats co-creators Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore. Production is underway in Los Angeles on the series about a family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town. The series is scheduled to premiere in summer 2022 on Disney Channel and Disney+ platforms worldwide.

Netflix's Cowboy Bebop has been cancelled after one season, just one month after it premiered, The Hollywood Reporter revealed.