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Clayton Davis The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will reveal its nominations tomorrow and we’re expecting anarchy, at least in the acting categories.Beefing up its membership considerably over the last few years, and instituting jury methods to the voting process in performance and director categories last year, yielded an unexpected field of contenders that may or may not have a rippling influence on the Oscars race.Notable actors are looking for boosts from the British voting bloc, including Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”), Andrew Garfield (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and “Tick, Tick … Boom!”) and Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”).Following the results of a diversity review, the group threw the awards season for a loop with surprise selections like Radha Blank and Adarsh Gourav last year. The top two vote-getters from Round One are automatic nominees, but we don’t know who those individuals are, nor is it clear if the jury knows either.Some leading contenders eyeing their first BAFTA nomination are Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), who, despite two Oscar wins with eight total noms, has never been recognized by his colleagues across the pond.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorVanessa Kirby didn’t go all Method for “Italian Studies,” but she didn’t need to in order for her character to seem a little out of sorts.“The Crown” actor filmed the Adam Leon-directed indie drama — she stars as Alina, a successful writer who finds herself wandering around New York City with a group of teens after she suddenly suffers severe memory loss — while doing a play in London.“Adam said, ‘I don’t want you to have a process. I want you to come as you are. If you are knackered, you come knackered,’” Kirby, who earned an Oscar nomination for her work in “Pieces of a Woman,” tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.When she was jet-lagged, which she was many times after coming to the New York set straight from a transatlantic flight, Leon told her to lean in.

Director Ridley Scott is coming off an impressive run in 2021, with both “The Last Duel” and “House of Gucci” receiving awards buzz. While it remains to be seen how those two films will fare at the Academy Awards ceremony, Scott likely doesn’t even care and is prepping his very next film project at Apple Studios.

After spending the past five years as president of Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, Kevin Walsh is leaving for a multi-year deal with Apple TV+ to produce film and television for the streamer.

Fathom Events presents Betty White: A Celebration in 1,529 locations nationwide, a one-day-only special event on Monday honoring the actress who died Dec. 31 just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. The star-studded reflection on White’s life and career, which had already been set by filmmakers Steven Boettcher and Mike Trinklein to celebrate her centennial Jan. 17, will run three showtimes at 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 pm.

This shimmering wisp of a drama — in theaters and on VOD this Friday — offers a breezy pre-pandemic portrait of the city, following an author who wanders its crowded sidewalks and falls in with its young minds after inexplicably losing her memory. As hazily directed and ever so slightly written by Adam Leon (“Gimme the Loot,” “Tramps”), “Italian Studies” is less about solving the mystery of Alina’s sudden amnesia than asking how her surroundings might fill the wiped-clean slate of her identity in with vivid details (read our review here).

Rooney Mara is set to star in and produce a biopic about one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars, Audrey Hepburn, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me By Your Name”) will direct the film that has landed at Apple Studios to produce.

Ridley Scott released two major films in 2021, including “House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel.” The latter of which marked the first time the filmmaker worked with actress Jodie Comer. They enjoyed the situation so much, the two were scheduled to reteam for the upcoming Napoleon epic, “Kitbag.” Well, it would appear Comer and Scott are going to have to wait a bit longer for an eventual reunion.

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Kirby is Ridley Scott’s choice to play Empress Josephine opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon in Kitbag, the historical drama for Apple that begins production this spring. She will replace Jodie Comer, who exited the project over scheduling. Her reps are negotiating a deal for Kirby, who is coming off an Oscar nomination for her gut-wrenching performance in Pieces of a Woman.

American indie director Adam Leon (“Gimme the Loot,” “Tramps”) makes street-wise, visceral films that feel of the moment, electric, alive, and often pounding the pavement in pursuit of some goal. His latest film, “Italian Studies,” starring Academy Award nominee Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces Of A Woman”), is of the same ilk but slightly different.

Emilia Clarke looks so chic in a coral colored dress at the Alexander McQueen SS22 Womenswear fashion show held at Tobacco Dock on Tuesday afternoon (October 12) in London, England.

Zeller revealed on Monday that Hopkins had joined the film’s cast, which includes Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby. Production wrapped on the film earlier this month in London with shooting also taking place in New York and France.

Just after winning the Best Actor Oscar for his role in The Father, Anthony Hopkins has signed on to star in the movie’s follow-up, The Son.

Vanessa Kirby strikes a pose in a hot pink suit at the Valentino Womenswear Spring/Summer 2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Friday (October 1) in Paris, France.

Netflix has inked a multi-year first look deal with actress and producer Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and her production company, Aluna Entertainment.

“The Crown” star Vanessa Kirby and her production company Aluna Entertainment have set a multiyear first-look film deal with Netflix, the streamer said Tuesday.

K.J. Yossman “The Crown” alum Vanessa Kirby has formed a creative partnership with former employer Netflix where she will develop and produce a slate of feature films.Kirby, who starred as Princess Margaret in the streamer’s royal hit, will work with former Film4 senior executive Lauren Dark under Kirby’s newly-incorporated Aluna Entertainment banner.

Studiocanal has clinched major territory sales across a powerful slate of new movies, led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby survival thriller “Suddenly,” and “Baghead” with “The Witcher’s” Freya Allan.“Boldangles” and “Cat Person,” starring “Succession’s” Nicholas Braun and “Coda’s” Emilia Jones, are also finding trading traction, as is Cannes Festival player “Peaceful,” headlining Catherine Deneuve, also has deal momentum.Multiple deals are in advanced negotiations, and will close by

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “The Son,” Florian Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” which will star Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman, Variety has learned. SPC, which previously worked with Zeller on “The Father,” acquired rights for North America and a string of international territories in Asia and Eastern Europe.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the U.S. rights to “The Son,” the next film from “The Father” director Florian Zeller that stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby.

Sony Pictures Classics has taken US, South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe and Turkey rights to Florian Zeller’s The Father follow-up, The Son starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby. Zeller is directing from the screenplay he co-adapted from his stage play with Christopher Hampton.

Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn, who took Supporting Actress in April for Minari, along with a number of her recent fellow acting nominees including Maria Bakalova, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Leslie Odom Jr., Paul Raci, and Steven Yeun, are among the new class of 395 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Helen Mirren returns as Magdalene Shaw aka Queenie in a cameo part in F9, and is opening up about her involvement in any future installments.

Vanessa Kirby‘s calendar is filling up as she’s joined The Son movie opposite Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern.

Though she’s hardly a new face in films, Vanessa Kirby’s rise to A-list status seems to have happened fairly quickly. Thanks to breakout performances in films such as “Mission: Impossible—Fallout,” “Hobbs & Shaw,” “Pieces of a Woman,” and the recent “The World to Come,” Kirby has established herself as one of the biggest stars and most acclaimed actors in the world.

Vanessa Kirby has joined the cast of “The Son,” Florian Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning feature debut “The Father,” Variety has learned.Kirby, who was Oscar-nominated for “Pieces of a Woman,” will star in the film opposite Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman. As with “The Father,” “The Son” was adapted by Zeller and Christopher Hampton (“Dangerous Liaisons”), from Zeller’s critically acclaimed stage play.

The lead-up to Cannes always means hot projects are coming out of the Cannes virtual market. One of the biggest of all the announcements thus far is “Suddenly,” a survival thriller starring two heavyweight Oscar nominees, Jake Gyllenhaal (“Brokeback Mountain”) and Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces Of A Woman”).

EXCLUSIVE: In some powerhouse two-hander casting, we can reveal that Oscar nominees Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) and Vanessa Kirby (Pieces Of A Woman) have been set to lead survival thriller Suddenly, which quickly becomes one of the must-have packages at the Cannes virtual market.

In the span of only three films, writer/director Adam Leon has proven to have a significant feel for New York City and those who populate its streets. His debut film “Gimme the Loot” premiered at SXSW and then the Cannes Film Festival; his follow-up “Tramps” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was picked up by Netflix.

Vanessa Kirby is fascinating to watch and follow in writer/director Adam Leon’s “Italian Studies,” a purposefully hazy but compelling survey of New York City and its young minds. The Academy Award nominee of “Pieces of a Woman” uses her celebrity presence among regular New Yorkers for something of a low-key “Under the Skin” as she wades through this crowded society with a blank slate perspective forcing us to see it all with the same new lens.

TribecaFilm.com.After wowing audiences — and scoring an Oscar nod — with last year’s “Pieces of a Woman” — Vanessa Kirby again showcases her phenomenal talent. This drama finds the British actress playing a writer who loses her memory in New York City.

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Tarzan Davis has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas. One of the most promising young actors today, Davis will next be seen starring opposite Tom Cruise in both Top Gun: Maverick from Joseph Kosinski along with Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, and Jennifer Connelly as well as Mission Impossible 7 from Christopher McQuarrie alongside Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, Angela Bassett, and Rebecca Ferguson.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMona Fastvold’s “The World to Come,” starring Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby, will open the hybrid summer component – running June 2-6 – of the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s 50th edition. Hirota Yusuke’s animated feature “Poupelle of Chimney Town” will close the event.“The World to Come” is a romantic drama about the forbidden love between two women, played by Waterston and Kirby, in 1850s Upstate New York.

Andra Day wore winning Chanel couture and high jewelry (including the house’s amazing “Brins de Diamants” earrings and “Légende de Blé” bracelet) to scoop a Golden Globe for her soulful turn in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”Zendaya was positively incandescent at the Oscars in more than $6 million of Bulgari diamonds and a neon yellow Valentino cutout gown.

One of our most anticipated films of the year? “Italian Studies,” the collaboration between Academy Award-nominated actress Vanessa Kirby “Pieces of A Woman“) and Adam Leon, the indie filmmaker behind the American indie writer/director behind acclaimed films like “Gimmie The Loot” and “Tramps.” And we’re fortunate enough to unveil the exclusive first-look image from the film.

the fashion we saw on Sunday night - Carey Mulligan in Valentino Couture and Vanessa Kirby in pale pink Gucci were among my favourite looks this year - but we’ve come to expect a certain level of flawlessness. We know the Academy Awards’ nominees and hosts are going to look good, as every element of their look has been analysed and discussed ad nauseam.