The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Oscars: Visual Effects — ‘Avatar 3’ Looks to Defend Its Franchise Crown Against Dinosaurs, Vampires, Wildfires and Fast Cars [26d]
• Nancy Seltzer, Veteran Publicist for Garth Brooks, Sean Connery and More, Dies at 79 [26d]
• New Hagrid Actor Nick Frost Says He Landed HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series After Watching All Eight Movies and Writing ‘Hagrid’ Down 7,000 Times [26d]
• Clive Davis Talks Pre-Grammy Gala, Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-ICE Song, and Leadership [26d]
• Amazon Game Studios Chief Christoph Hartmann Exits Amid Strategy Shift [26d]
• Bill Maher: ‘If Democrats Want to Win Elections’ Then Hollywood Celebrities Need to ‘Shut the F— Up’ Because ‘You’re Not Helping’ [26d]
• Motley Crue Wins Ruling in Case Against Mick Mars, as Arbitrator Finds His Firing From Band Was Legal… and He Owes Them Hundreds of Thousands [26d]
• Apple Revenue Pops 16% to Nearly $144 Billion in Year-End 2025 Quarter on iPhone 17 Sales Blitz, Services Biz Hits $30 Billion [26d]
• Disney Outlines Mega Marketing Group Leadership Structure Under Chief Marketing and Brand Officer Asad Ayaz [26d]
• Trump’s White House Slams Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-ICE Song as ‘Random With Irrelevant Opinions and Inaccurate Information’ [26d]
• Noah Centineo’s ‘John Rambo’ Prequel Begins Production in Thailand, Adds to Cast [26d]
• ‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ Review: Cultural Time-Capsule Doc Invites Us to a Once-in-a-Lifetime Party [26d]
• Unable to Stop AI, SAG-AFTRA Mulls a Studio Tax on Digital Performers [26d]
• Grammy Parties 2026: Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Addison Rae and More (PHOTOS) [26d]
• Mandy Patinkin Joins ‘God of War’ Series as Odin [26d]
• Olivia Wilde Says Filmmakers Need Backers Who ‘Believe in Your Insane Idea’ at Breaking Through the Lens Sundance Panel [26d]
• Charli xcx, Chappell Roan, Teyana Taylor to Present at 2026 Grammy Awards [27d]
• Jay Duplass on Returning to Directing, AI’s Ethical Dilemmas and His Sundance Film ‘See You When I See You’ [27d]
• LISTEN: Why NBC is Reviving Pilot Season; ‘Love Island USA’ Tops Luminate’s Year-End Streaming Originals Report [27d]
• Ruben Östlund on Seating Keanu Reeves Next to a Corpse in ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’ and Cannes Rumors [27d]
• Joe Rogan Says He Wasn’t Nominated for Golden Globes’ Best Podcast Award Because He Refused to Pay the $500 Entry Fee: ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Part of That’ [27d]
• How to Watch Detroit Pistons vs. Golden State Warriors Live Online With Sling TV [27d]
• ‘White Lotus’ Season 4 Casts Helena Bonham Carter, Chris Messina, Marissa Long [27d]
• Julian Schnabel, ‘Spy Kids’ and More To Be Honored at 2026 Texas Film Awards (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Beatles Movies Drop Photos of Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr and More in Stunt Marketing [27d]
• Michael J. Fox Says Retiring in 2020 Was ‘Non-Emotional’ and Finally Acting Again Is ‘Not the Beginning of Any Campaign to Reestablish My Career’ [27d]
• Paramount+ Sets True-Crime Docuseries ‘Wild Boys,’ About Two Young Brothers Who Claimed to Be Raised in the Woods (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Antoine Fuqua on His Nelson Mandela Sundance Doc ‘Troublemaker,’ ICE Crisis and Reuniting With Denzel Washington on Netflix Film: ‘It’s My ‘Lawrence of Arabia’’ [27d]
• ‘God of War’ Series Casts Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Thor [27d]
• ‘Impractical Jokers’ Scores Top-Rated Episode Ever in Adults 25-54, as Series Sees Big Growth on TBS [27d]
• Kara Swisher to Explore Longevity, Anti-Aging in New CNN Documentary Series [27d]
• WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham Signs With 3 Arts Sports to Expand Career Into Entertainment [27d]
• Jeff Probst and ‘Survivor’ Producers Talk Season 50 Casting, New vs. Old Era and Backlash From Fans and Cut Players: ‘It Feels Personal. It’s Not Personal’ [27d]
• Ruben Östlund Admits He Bought a Plane to Make ‘The Entertainment System Is Down,’ Cast Keanu Reeves as an Electrician and Says It’s About Today’s Society: ‘We’re Harming Ourselves and We Know It’ [27d]
• A$AP Rocky to Receive Vanguard Award for Fashion at NAACP Image Awards [27d]
• One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in 2025, GDC Study Reveals [27d]
• Charades and Former Studiocanal Exec Launch Classics Sales Label With Sundance Screening of Ryan Gosling-Starring ‘Half Nelson’ (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Variety Names Jeff Cooper as Group Senior Vice President of Consumer Partnerships [27d]
• TikTok’s Global Live Fest Sets Keke Palmer as Host, Demi Lovato as Headlining Performer (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Procter & Gamble Heads South for Super Bowl, Tapping Local Commercials in Southern U.S. [27d]
• Lady Gaga to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards [27d]
• Katt Williams Sets Fourth Netflix Special ‘The Last Report’ (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Ari Emanuel to Publish ‘Fiery’ Memoir ‘Roll the Calls’ in September [27d]
• Thessaloniki Documentary Festival’s Industry Arm Agora Unveils Lineup of Projects (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Wagner Moura on Making Oscars History With ‘The Secret Agent’ and His Warning to America: ‘Polarization Is Democracy’s Greatest Threat’ [27d]
• Berlin-Bound Chinese Film ‘Light Pillar’ Lands at Cercamon (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Buys Crowd-Pleasing Drama ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• A Night at the Movies With King Charles: Inside the Glittering and Surreal Windsor Castle Premiere of ‘Finding Harmony’ With Kate Winslet, Judi Dench and Rod Stewart [27d]
• Comcast Q4 Sees Fall in Cable Revenue, Wider Peacock Losses, Despite Boost in Ads, Theme Parks [27d]
• Berlinale Adds Xu Zao’s ‘Light Pillar’ to Perspectives Section [27d]
• ‘Inception,’ ‘Clueless’ and ‘Before Sunrise’ Among 25 Movies Added to National Film Registry [27d]
• There’s More to Rotterdam Than ‘Edgy and Unconventional Cinema,’ Say Festival Heads Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart: ‘We Want to Be Accessible’ [27d]
• ‘Demon Slayer’ Powers Japan’s Box Office to $1.79 Billion in 2025, Up 32% Year-on-Year [27d]
• ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Cast Guide: All the Characters New and Returning to Netflix’s Romance Series [27d]
• João Nicolau Talks Casting Portuguese Eurovision Star Salvador Sobral in Rotterdam Opener ‘Providence and the Guitar’ [27d]
• ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4 Part 1 Succeeds Despite Benedict and Sophie’s Lackluster Romance: TV Review [27d]
• Bendita Film Sales Acquires Welf Reinhart’s Rotterdam Premiere ‘A Fading Man’: ‘It’s About a Love Story’ (EXCLUSIVE) [27d]
• Wallace Huo, Ethan Ruan, Gigi Leung Lead Netflix’s Expanded Chinese-Language Slate [27d]
• Odessa A’zion Says She’s Exiting A24 ‘Deep Cuts’ Adaptation After Controversy: ‘I Hadn’t Read the Book’ [27d]
• Stephanie Hsu, Juliette Lewis, Rachel Dratch, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and More Join Broadway’s ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ [27d]
• Ice-T Changed ‘Cop Killer’ Lyrics to ‘ICE Killer’ Because America Is ‘Headed to Some Really Ugly Terrain’: ‘I’m Just Protesting’ [27d]
• ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals the Identity of Queen Corgi After She Prematurely Quits: Here Is the Celebrity Under the Costume [27d]
• ‘Shelter’ Film Review: Jason Statham Versus the World Again, Scottish Edition [27d]
• Los Angeles Explores $5 Million Subsidy for Microdrama Production [27d]
• Kid Rock Slams Ticketing Industry for Unfair Practices During Senate Testimony: It’s ‘Full of Greedy Snakes and Scoundrels’ [27d]