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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 chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
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 chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
As previously announced, Variety will now host two days of programming at CES in Las Vegas. Its annual Entertainment Summit at CES will take place on Jan. 7, and the new Business of Creators Summit, presented by Samsung Ads, will take place on Jan. 8. New Additions to the Business of Creators Summit Presented by Samsung Ads on Jan. 8 are […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
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 chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
Netflix is aiming to bolster awareness of its new “Best Guess Live” mobile game, by giving away a total of $1 million over the course of next week. The daily jackpot, which normally stands at $15,000, will be bumped up to $50,000 on Monday, then escalate throughout the week until contestants will play for a […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s murders on Sunday were shocking for many reasons – their sheer brutality, the sad fact that it involved one of Hollywood’s gentlest souls, and that the couple’s son, Nick Reiner, is allegedly the killer. I had seen a brief glimpse into their father-son dynamic when I interviewed Rob and Nick when they were at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival with “Being Charlie,” […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
The board of E.W. Scripps Co. unanimously rejected the unsolicited acquisition proposal submitted by Sinclair, the second-biggest U.S. TV station owner group, Scripps announced Tuesday. Sinclair on Nov. 24 had offered $7 per share (in a mix of cash and stock) for stock in Scripps that it does not already own; it previously had acquired […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
The “M3GAN” Cinematic Universe might not be expanding after all. “Soulm8te,” a sci-fi spinoff about man who buys an android to cope with the death of his wife, has been removed from Universal’s release calendar. The film, which was set for Jan. 9, will be shopped around town to other Hollywood studios. “Soulm8te,” an erotic […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
Rob Reiner was many things — an accomplished comic actor before applying his talents to directing, and for decades an outspoken advocate for his beliefs. Above all, he was one of Hollywood’s great humanists. Think about the very best of his oeuvre — an astonishing run that included multiple films that Reiner lived to see […]
Published on: 12/16/2025
Universal Music Group has proposed a solution to the European Commission’s recently published objections over the major label’s acquisition of music services company Downtown Music Holdings. The deal, first announced in Dec. 2024 via UMG’s subsidiary Virgin Music Group, was struck for $775 million, the companies said at the time. UMG’s fix would be to […]
Published on: 12/16/2025