Oscar: Last News

Can you imaging A Real Pain without the award-winning performance from Kieran Culkin???

Walter Salles has revealed he is eager to work again with The Motorcycle Diaries star Gael Bernal García, and that an opportunity nearly arose ahead of his making Oscar-winning drama I’m Still Here.

A Real Pain (point) for Eric André is missing out on the eventually Oscar-winning role taken on by Kieran Culkin in Jesse Eisenberg‘s moving drama, about two cousins journeying through Poland while learning about their family roots and the Holocaust.

Jack Dunn If things had gone differently, Eric André could have walked away an Oscar winner at the 2025 Academy Awards. During a recent appearance on Andrew Santino’s “Whiskey Ginger” podcast, André said that writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg had originally offered him the role of his on-screen cousin, Benji Kaplan, before Kieran Culkin ultimately entered the picture. However, the comedian turned him down, thinking, at the time, that the dramatic project was too far out of his wheelhouse for him to sign on.

Chris Hemsworth has worked with some very famous stars over the years!

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Oscar-winner Walter Salles, fresh from scoring the best international feature statuette for “I’m Still Here,” discussed the impact of his political drama on youth audiences in Brazil and underlined the importance of cinema as “an extraordinary tool of resistance” while attending the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra workshop in Qatar. “I’m Still Here,” the story of Brazilian activist Rubens Paiva’s 1970 disappearance at the hands of the Brazilian military dictatorship and his wife Eunice Paiva’s subsequent search for justice, recently marked a historic first Oscar win for Brazil.

Filmmaker Paul Schrader is the subject of a lawsuit by a former personal assistant, who alleges that he sexually assaulted and harassed her during her time of employment, reports The Independent newspaper. 

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Those looking for homegrown talent and stories at the largest documentary film festival in Switzerland, Visions du Réel, will be spoiled for choice in 2025. This year’s edition, which runs April 4-13, features a whopping 31 Swiss productions or co-productions, including the festival’s opening film, Christian Frei’s “Blame.” Veteran Frei, the first-ever Swiss filmmaker to be nominated for an Oscar back in 2002 for “War Photography,” stands alongside a crop of new talent in feature debuts such as Agostina Di Luciano and Leon Schwitter’s “The World Upside Down.” On the healthy crop of Swiss productions and co-productions this year, Charlotte Ducos, documentary and marketing strategies consultant at the country’s national agency Swiss Films, says it is “incredibly important to have Swiss films across the program and to have the opening film of the festival not only be Swiss but also a very expected title by a renowned filmmaker.” Ducos also emphasizes how 43% of Swiss films are currently co-productions, a testament to the importance of collaborating with their European neighbors such as Italy, Germany and Austria.

After 20 years, Michelle Williams is just as confused as the rest of us by a major Academy Award injustice.

Concordia Studio has selected four filmmakers for its 2025 Documentary Filmmaker Fellowship, a prestigious artist development program cultivated within the independent film and television production studio co-founded by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director April is underway and at least one great movie from 2025 is already streaming. That would be “One of Them Days,” Sony’s delightful buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA that opened in January to strong reviews and a strong $49 million at the domestic box office. The film is now streaming on Netflix and should be a hit at home thanks to the star-power chemistry of its two leads.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The album title “Who Believes in Angels?” may or may not be a rhetorical question, but it’s OK to stick with that lofty circumlocution long enough to consider the idea that Elton John and Brandi Carlile may actually be a match made in heaven, figuratively or otherwise. These longtime friends share that sense of being touched by virtuosity and endless melodic capability on a level few of their pop-rock peers ever could be.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michelle Williams appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” to promote her new FX series “Dying for Sex.” During the interview, host Andy Cohen took a brief moment to call out one of her most acclaimed movies: Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain.” Willians earned an Oscar nomination for playing Alma, the increasingly isolated wife of Heath Ledger’s damaged cowboy. Cohen explained to Williams “what an important movie ‘Brokeback Mountain'” was to him and so many gay men at the time of its 2005 theatrical release, adding: “I think it’s still in my top two movies of all time. Did you realize at the time you were making that, what a profound impact it was going to have on people?” “Yes, because people were so open about it,” Williams answered.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Days ahead of the anticipated press conference unveiling the lineup, Cannes Film Festival‘s chief Thierry Fremaux has managed to keep a certain mystery around this year’s Official Selection, despite the numerous predictions flourishing on social media. Even “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” hasn’t been officially confirmed by neither Cannes nor Paramount, but Fremaux tells Variety in an exclusive interview that he’s hoping to get a final go from the studio soon.

The Matrix 4.Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was eventually cast as a different reiteration of the character in the 2021 movie The Matrix Resurrections, but Fishburne claims he was interested in returning.He told The View: “I offered my services to the fourth Matrix, and they didn’t respond well to that.

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are together again!

Wicked: For Good premiered at CinemaCon – here’s what you can expect from the forthcoming sequel to the 2024 blockbuster.Per Variety Fair, the clip made its debut at the week-long media event, which concludes today (April 3). Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo appeared onstage to introduce the trailer for the film, which is due for release November 21.“It has been quite a year since we joined you here last year,” Erivo said to the crowd, per the CinemaCon X/Twitter account.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events.

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events.

Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry are hitting the stage in Las Vegas!