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Yasmin McDonald has joined Creative Artists Agency as an Agent in the Books department after more than 11 years at the UK’s United Agents, where she was a Partner and led the Book to Screen department.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor With just four days remaining until final Oscar voting officially opens, the race has taken a few unexpected turns at the BAFTA Awards. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” a biographical drama about the father of the atomic bomb, has continued to surge ahead after seven wins, including best film and director. Its trajectory towards a triumphant night on the Dolby Theatre stage on March 10 seems assured.

The 2024 BAFTAs have kicked off, and we’re bringing you a list of the biggest VIPs in attendance!

Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Caitriona Balfe are celebrating with Chanel!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor In the history of Black leading actresses at prestigious award shows, Halle Berry’s triumph for “Monster’s Ball” at the Oscars stands prominently, while the BAFTAs lack a similar honoree, and the upcoming Sunday ceremony seems unlikely to change that. This year’s roster of lead actress nominees boasts a diverse array of talents.

Prince William will be attending the Bafta Film Awards in London, the palace has confirmed.

Elizabeth Taylor To mark the opening of their new flagship watches and fine jewelry boutique, Chanel hosted a whimsical that drew the likes of prolific Oscar nominees, fashion industry leaders, and New York City art society. Venerated architect and long-standing Chanel collaborator, Peter Marino, helped kick off the festivities with an intimate cocktail party toasting the first glimpse of his dreamy two-story design. The night of celebration continued next door, where America Ferrera, Carey Mulligan, Michelle Williams, Kerry Washington, Elizabeth Olsen, Katie Holmes, Seth Meyers, Natasha Lyonne, Amandla Stenberg, Rose Byrne, Zazie Beetz, Sadie Sink, Tommy Dorfman, Rachel Brosnahan, Chase Sui Wonders, Lucy Boynton, Francesca Scorsese, and Larry Gagosian gathered for a special pop-up dinner.

“The Holdovers” actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph, nominated for Best Supporting Actress.Sterling K. Brown, nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for “American Fiction”Best Actress nominee and “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone.“Maestro“ producer, director, writer, and actor Bradley Cooper nominated in the Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role and Original Screenplay categories with Best Leading Actress nominee Carey Mulligan.“Barbie” actress America Ferrera who is nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Spaceman has landed online ahead of its debut at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival in February.Adam Sander and Carey Mulligan lead the cast of the film which will be released on 1st March.Directed by Johan Renck and based on the novel ‘Spaceman of Bohemia’, the film also stars Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, and Isabella Rossellini.Six months into a solitary research mission to the edge of the solar system, an astronaut, Jakub (Adam Sandler), realizes that the marriage he left behind might not be waiting for him when he returns to Earth. Desperate to fix things with his wife, Lenka (Carey Mulligan), he is helped by a mysterious creature from the beginning of time he finds hiding in the bowels of his ship.

K.J. Yossman The BAFTA Awards won’t stream the final four categories live this year, the producers have confirmed. The star-studded ceremony, which will be hosted by former Doctor Who David Tennant, will be broadcast as-live on the BBC with a two-hour delay.

We’re just one month away from the 2024 Oscars and all of the nominees stepped out to celebrate their achievements together at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The 96th annual Oscar nominees luncheon gathered a vibrant crowd of celebrities, filmmakers and cinephiles at the iconic Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. DeVon Franklin, a Board of Governors member, kicked off the event by announcing the roll call of attendees, starting with the esteemed composer Laura Karpman of “American Fiction” and concluding with the talented Robert Downey Jr., nominated for his supporting role in “Oppenheimer.” Here are some of the key takeaways from the event.

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America Ferrera, Carey Mulligan and Kerry Washington stepped out for a Chanel cocktail and dinner event held on Wednesday evening (February 7) in New York City.

EXCLUSIVE: In another big Sundance deal upwards of $15 million, Amazon MGM is in final negotiations to acquire the Sundance buzz title My Old Ass. This was a hotly contested deal that today had several suitors in the mix for a crowd pleasing coming of age film that has garnered strong reviews and reaction since it launched in the Premieres category on January 20 at the Eccles Theatre.

Michaela Zee Variety is celebrating the 2024 Oscar nominees who have graced the magazine’s covers, participated in Actors on Actors and Directors on Directors, and spoken on the Awards Circuit podcast this season. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, with “Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Barbie” and “Maestro” among the best picture contenders.

Barbie have been left fuming by the absence of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig from the Oscar nominations.The film did receive a total of eight nods, announced earlier today (January 23), including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera.However, Gerwig missed out on the Director nominee list, with Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Yorgos Lanthimos, Justine Triet and Jonathan Glazer all getting in ahead of her.Similarly, Robbie was left without an acting nomination, with the spaces being filled by Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Annette Bening, Sandra Huller and Carey Mulligan. Margot does, however, receive a nomination for Best Picture for her role as a producer on the film.

The nominations for the 2024 Oscars are finally here, and we have the full list for you to see!

Golden Globes and Emmy Awards aired. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, marking his fourth time as emcee.“We are thrilled about Jimmy returning to host and Molly [McNearney] returning as executive producer for the Oscars,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang previously said in a statement.

The upcoming 74th Berlin Film Festival looks set to be its starriest edition in years with Kristen Stewart, Adam Sandler, Cillian Murphy, Lena Dunham, Sebastian Stan, Amanda Seyfried and Rooney Mara among the talent due to attend this year.

Berlin Film Festival is unveiling its full competition lineup. Berlin’s previously announced opener is Ireland-set drama “Small Things Like These” starring “Oppenheimer’s” Cillian Murphy and directed by Tim Mielants (“Peaky Blinders”).

The stars are stepping out for Paris Fashion Week!

It seems as if Adam Sandler is only really interested in making two types of films—his standard-issue, pretty terrible Netflix comedies and his every-so-often dramatic films that are beloved by most. Judging by the trailer, “Spaceman” firmly fits the latter category.

The 2024 Critics Choice Awards are happening now!

The cast of Saltburn looked so very chic on the red carpet at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards on Saturday night (January 14) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor When “Maestro” director, writer, and star Bradley Cooper wanted to meet with Carey Mulligan to talk about her joining his Leonard Bernstein biopic, it was “a quite dramatic” beginning. Cooper, who wanted Mulligan to play Bernstein’s wife, Felicia, attended the first preview of her one-woman play “Girls and Boys.” During the show, being staged in New York’s West Village, a piece of wood fell and hit Mulligan’s head. It gave Mulligan a concussion, which she now downplays, calling it a curtain because “it sounds fluffy.” On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Cooper and Mulligan discuss the process of getting into the mindset to play the Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre in Netflix’s “Maestro.” The two break down key scenes, and talk about their favorite acting works from one another.

The 2024 Critics Choice Awards show is happening this weekend and we’re here to remind you about the nominees!

The 2024 Governors Awards brought out so many stars for the big event!

the Wall Street Journal about the widespread Hollywood practice of actors’ close identificatiion with the role being played and why it is not her cup of tea.“The Black Swan” lead admitted that she has never tried Method acting before and that many women couldn’t undertake the process.“I’ve gotten very into roles, but I think it’s honestly a luxury that women can’t afford,” Portman said. “I don’t think that children or partners would be very understanding of, you know, me making everyone call me ‘Jackie Kennedy’ all the time,” the “May December” star added.Portman then explained how Method acting wouldn’t help her fulfill her duties as a mom to her kids Aleph, 12, and Amalia, 6.While Portman will avidly prep for a role, such as stunt training and even changing her diet, she is still able to distance herself from the character after filming a project has concluded.“Maestro” star Carey Mulligan also recently discussed the idea of going Method for films.The 38-year-old noted that she never attempted the technique until she starred in Bradley Cooper’s recent biopic, “Maestro,” about composer Leonard Bernstein.“There was a part of me as an actor that always felt like, ‘Well, I’m never going to be one of those actors that keeps their dialect in between takes,’ ” Mulligan told Variety. The “Great Gatsby” actress said she was “nervous of completely committing to something.” She added that Cooper — who directed and starred in the Netflix drama — told her before they started shooting: “If you’re going to do this, you just have to fully, fully do it.” “When he said that, I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to absolutely do it all.’ I’m going to do all the research.

Steven Yeun stepped up to the stage to accept his trophy for “Beef,” the din fell by several decibels. The emotion in his voice as he spoke of his feelings of “isolation and separateness” carried through the ballroom, causing silence followed by rapturous applause. The respect shown to Yeun was one of many notable moments that you had to be room where it happens to fully appreciate.

who was one of Variety’s Power of Women honorees in 2023, previously expressed to Variety her thoughts on awards recognition. “Awards recognition to me just means that people have seen the film that we were hoping we were making.

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actor-director’s performance in the musical biopic on social media, complaining that they couldn’t understand the film’s dialogue to Cooper’s “incessant mumbling. “The mumbling maestro,” one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

The Hollywood awards season kicks into full gear this weekend with Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, and actors are pondering how to enjoy the onslaught of attention and survive the ups and downs.Britain’s Carey Mulligan, a two-time Oscar nominee who is vying this year for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her role in “Maestro,” cuts to the chase: “Oh, just enjoy it and have fun and don’t take it too seriously.”Mulligan said she is delighted by what she calls “a lovely sisterhood” of actresses nominated this year, including Margot Robbie, Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone and Greta Lee.Oscar-winning Stone, nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for “Poor Things,” acknowledged that the awards season is both “very nerve-wracking and very exciting.”On the arrivals line at the Palm Springs Film Festival this week, Golden Globe nominees shared their mix of elation, disorientation, and the need to take care of one’s mind, body, and spirit. The season runs through the Oscars on March 10 and includes several awards show stops and countless interviews.“It is a lot of attention on the project, that’s good, but at the same time I can understand how someone can get a little sideways with this runaway circus,” said Jeffrey Wright, nominated for best actor for “American Fiction,” adding, “I want our film to be seen.”Colman Domingo, vying for his first Golden Globe for best actor in “Rustin,” said the advice he gets from actors who have been through the awards season is to focus on self-care.“So don’t think about who is winning, don’t think about those things,” Domingo said.

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