The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘The Lake’ Review: Climate Change Doc From Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi Raises Alarms About the Fate of the Great Salt Lake [34d]
• ‘Disneyland Handcrafted’: Director Leslie Iwerks on How ‘The Imagineering Story’ Inspired Her Latest Disney Doc and the Note Bob Iger Gave Her [34d]
• Disney CEO Bob Iger Pay Package Rose 11.5% in 2025 to $45.8 Million; Board to Announce His Successor Soon [34d]
• Chris Noth Says Sarah Jessica Parker Friendship Ended Over Her ‘Hurtful’ Response to Sexual Assault Claims Against Him: ‘It Was Sad’ and ‘Disappointing’ [34d]
• Vic Michaelis Talks ‘Very Important People’s’ Timely Cher Feud, Taking on Peacock’s ‘Ponies’ and Dropout’s Campaign to Stream ‘Avengers: Endgame’ [34d]
• Netflix Content Chief Bela Bajaria on ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Train Dreams’ Oscar Nominations, ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ and the Warner Bros. Deal [34d]
• ‘Barbershop’ TV Series Adds 8 to Cast, Including Zack Fox, Ego Nwodim, Ziwe, Tituss Burgess [34d]
• Oscars: Can ‘Sinners’ Win the Best Picture Battle? Yes, It Can. [34d]
• Ms. Rachel Apologizes for Liking Antisemitic Instagram Comment: ‘I’m a Human Who Makes Mistakes’ [34d]
• Sony Pictures Execs Caught Bashing Blake Lively in Baldoni Court Docs: ‘She Orchestrated All This Drama in a Totally Unsavvy and Amateur Way’ [34d]
• ‘The Last First: Winter K2’ Review: A Mountain-Climbing Documentary With More Tragedy Than Vertigo [34d]
• How Growing Up at Sundance and Around Robert Redford Taught Me That Art Could Shape Culture [34d]
• Karla Souza, Fernanda Castillo and Manolo Cardona to Star in New Netflix Titles as the U.S. Streamer Takes Global Rights to Upcoming ‘Canelo’ Álvarez Doc [34d]
• LISTEN: Investors Fret But Netflix Fights for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal [34d]
• Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Invokes ‘Heated Rivalry’ to Defend Improvised Intimacy With Blake Lively on ‘It Ends With Us’ Set [34d]
• Aidan Zamiri’s ‘Moment’: The Pop Culture Polymath on Making a Charli xcx Mockumentary, Working With Timothée Chalamet on His ‘Insane’ Press Tours and Kylie Jenner’s ‘Incredible’ Acting Debut [34d]
• James Blake to Release ‘Trying Times,’ His First Album as a Fully Independent Artist, in March [34d]
• James Cameron Torches America After Leaving the U.S.: ‘A Place Where Everybody’s at Each Other’s Throats, Turning Its Back on Science and Will Be in Utter Disarray If Another Pandemic Appears’ [34d]
• Raye Announces Sophomore Album ‘This Music May Contain Hope.’ [34d]
• Goodbye, Park City. Sundance Will Miss You and So Will I [34d]
• ‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Premiere Draws 6.7 Million Viewers in Three Days [34d]
• Alex Gibney on Salman Rushdie Sundance Doc ‘Knife’: It’s Really a Doc About Recovery’ [34d]
• 6 Reasons ‘Wicked: For Good’ Was Blanked at the Oscars [34d]
• ‘Matlock,’ ‘NCIS’ ‘Tracker,’ ‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,’ Among 10 Shows Renewed at CBS [34d]
• John Wilson Challenged Himself to Find Humor From a Boring Topic: Concrete. Shooting 140 Hours Helped Him Escape a Personal and Professional Slump [34d]
• Netflix Chief Ted Sarandos to Testify at Senate Antitrust Hearing About Warner Bros. Deal [34d]
• New ‘Fable’ Open-World Video Game Sets Fall 2026 Release for Xbox, PlayStation; Gameplay Teaser Revealed [34d]
• NBA Champ JR Smith Takes His Second Act to the Fairway With Oakley [34d]
• Can California’s Improved, $750M Incentive Really Revive Production in the Golden State? [34d]
• Ryan Coogler Feels ‘Really Fortunate’ After ‘Sinners’ Earns History-Making 16 Oscar Noms, Plus More Reactions From Teyana Taylor, Kate Hudson, Ethan Hawke [34d]
• Ian Tuason Felt Haunted Shooting Audio-Based Horror Movie ‘Undertone’ in His Home. Now, A24 and Blumhouse Are Betting Big on His Dark Visions [34d]
• ‘Shoresy’ Season 5 Sets February Release Date on Hulu; Season 6 Slated for 2027 [34d]
• X Briefly Goes Down Again: Thousands of Users Report Errors With Site [34d]
• Cannes Rocks the Oscars With 19 Nominations for Competition Movies, Venice Films Land 15 Noms [34d]
• Harry Styles Announces 2026 Tour Dates, Including 30 Nights in New York City [34d]
• Rinko Kikuchi on Dance, Grief and Multicultural Love in Sundance Drama ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ [34d]
• Clipse and Pharrell Williams to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards [34d]
• ‘Scrabble’ Host Craig Ferguson on Why Producers Have to Cut So Much From His Tapings, and Whether He’d Return to Late Night [34d]
• ‘Sinners’ DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw Makes Oscar History as First Woman of Color Nominated for Best Cinematography [34d]
• ‘Sinners’ Breaks All-Time Oscar Nomination Record With 16 Nods [34d]
• ‘The Secret Agent’ Star Wagner Moura Becomes First Brazilian Nominated for Best Actor Oscar [34d]
• Timothée Chalamet Makes Oscars History With ‘Marty Supreme’ as Youngest Man With Three Acting Noms [34d]
• ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Lands Two Oscar Nominations, Including Best Song for ‘Golden’ and Animated Feature [34d]
• Oscars First Casting Category Nominates Mostly Women [34d]
• Banijay’s A Fábrica Brasil, Behind Netflix Smash ‘Desperate Lies,’ Sets New Globo Sitcom, Drives Into Scripted, Movies [34d]
• David Ellison Isn’t Giving Up Warner Bros. Quest: Paramount Skydance Extends Deadline for Hostile Takeover Offer [34d]
• Telemundo Ratings Hit ‘Lord of the Skies’ Set to Return for Unprecedented 10th Season (EXCLUSIVE) [34d]
• Soccer Drama ‘Saipan,’ Starring Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke, Sets Theatrical Release in U.S. With Sunrise Films (EXCLUSIVE) [34d]
• How to Watch the 2026 Oscar Nominations Live [34d]
• Nike Releases New Kobe 1 Protro ’81 Points’ Sneakers: Here’s Where to Buy a Pair Online [34d]
• BAFTA Boss on Alan Cumming’s First Time Hosting Film Awards, the Logic Behind Longlists and Late Nominations Date: ‘It’s Nice to Have Oscar’ as a ‘Bellwether’ [34d]
• Angelina Jolie and Dr. Denis Mukwege on the Message Behind Biopic ‘Muganga, the One Who Treats’: ‘Men Can Be Part of the Solution to Fight Sexual Violence’ (EXCLUSIVE) [34d]
• Netflix Doc on Lucy Letby, British Nurse Found Guilty of Murdering Babies, to Premiere Next Month [34d]
• The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 Co-Produce Spanish-Language Thriller ‘The Blue Box’ [34d]
• Oscar Nominations 2026 (Updating Live) [34d]
• Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Among 700 Industry Backers of New Anti-AI Campaign: ‘Stealing Our Work Is Not Innovation’ [34d]
• Netflix Unveils Turkish Slate, Headlined by Series Adaptation of Nobel Prize-Winning Author Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The Museum of Innocence’ [35d]
• ‘The Rip’ Review: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Impressive Reunion Rivals Films They Made for Big Studios [35d]
• ‘The Rip’ Review: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Impressive Reunion Rivals Films They Made for Big Studios [35d]
• ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals the Identities of Handyman and Scarab: Here Are the Celebrities Under the Costumes [35d]
• Molly Ringwald, Danielle Brooks, Ali Ahn, Rain Spencer and Dawn Porter Join Variety Culture & Storytelling Panel at Sundance Film Festival [35d]
• ‘Percy Jackson’ EP and Courtney B. Vance Explain the Big Twist in the Season 2 Finale: ‘Thalia Has Real Beef With Zeus. It’s Not Theoretical’ [35d]
• AI Creator Behind Viral ‘Deadpool,’ ‘Harry Potter’ Christmas Clip Made His Film in a Ukrainian Bomb Shelter: ‘We Find Sanctuary’ While ‘Life Hangs by a Thread’ [35d]
• ‘Hanging By a Wire’ Director on Dramatic Attempt to Rescue 8 People Trapped in a Cable Car Dangling Above a Valley [35d]