The Brutalist Report

Variety

• Disney+ Prepares to Embrace Microcontent in 2026 [2d]
• ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Connor Storrie Confesses He Dressed as a Twerking Miley Cyrus for Halloween When He Was 13: ‘It Was a Big Cultural Moment at the Time’ [2d]
• ‘Demon Slayer’: Haruo Sotozaki on the Challenges of Directing ‘Infinity Castle’ [2d]
• Matt Damon ‘Lost a Lot of Weight’ for ‘The Odyssey’ and Cut Down to 167 Pounds: ‘I Haven’t Been That Light Since High School’ [3d]
• Married Directors Were Scammed Out of $20,000. Their Bloody Revenge Comedy ‘Hacked’ Fantasizes How to Torture the Thief [3d]
• Live Nation and Ticketmaster Call FTC Lawsuit ‘Egregious Overreach,’ Request Dismissal [3d]
• Roku CEO Talks New $3/Month Ad-Free Streamer, Predicts First ‘100% AI-Generated Hit Movie’ Will Be Released in Next Three Years [3d]
• ‘Tangled’ Live-Action Movie Casts Teagan Croft as Rapunzel, Milo Manheim as Flynn Rider [3d]
• ‘SNL’ Sets Finn Wolfhard, Teyana Taylor and Alexander Skarsgård as Hosts [3d]
• Paramount+ Launches UFC Fight Archive Featuring Bouts With Georges St-Pierre, Chuck Liddell, Anderson Silva and More [3d]
• Sarah Jessica Parker Is Looking for Something New: Reprising Roles May Be the ‘Most Lucrative’ But It’s the ‘Least Satisfying’ [3d]
• Bruno Mars Announces New Album ‘The Romantic,’ His First in Nearly a Decade [3d]
• ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘SNL50’ Lead DGA Awards 2026 TV Nominations [3d]
• Golden Globes Final Predictions: ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and Brazil Aim to Make History [3d]
• Spike Lee Asks Ryan Coogler Why Studios Turned Down ‘Sinners’ as the Duo Champion Movie Theaters, Michael B. Jordan and More: ‘I Believe in Cinema’ [3d]
• BBC’s Huw Edwards Scandal Getting TV Drama Treatment From Paramount’s U.K. Network 5 [3d]
• Will Arnett Replaces David Harbour in Tony Gilroy’s Searchlight Drama ‘Behemoth!’ [3d]
• Inside the New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Concerns, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Producer Says They ‘Haven’t Figured Out’ a Sequel Yet and More [3d]
• First ‘Entertainment Tonight’ Producer and Former King World and CNBC Exec Andy Friendly Dies at 74 [3d]
• Why Directors Chloé Zhao, Alfonso Cuarón and Kelly Reichardt Love Doing Double Time as Editors, Composers and Cinematographers on Their Films [3d]
• Bill Maher’s ‘Real Time’ Renewed Through 2028 at HBO [3d]
• How ‘Zootopia 2,’ ‘Arco,’ ‘Little Amélie’ Used Design to Convey Big Ideas [3d]
• SAG’s Actor Awards Shut Out Cynthia Erivo, Wagner Moura and All Foreign-Language Performances in Shocking Snubs [3d]
• MusiCares Details $15 Million Distributed for Los Angeles Fire Relief [3d]
• Obscured Releasing Buys ‘Starman,’ Documentary About Space Engineer and Author Gentry Lee (EXCLUSIVE) [3d]
• ‘Stranger Things’ Surprise Final Episode Doesn’t Exist: Here’s Why Fans Thought ‘Conformity Gate’ Was Real [3d]
• Nick Reiner’s Defense Lawyer Withdraws From Murder Case [3d]
• Nikki Glaser on Golden Globes Host Prep and Roasting Ted Sarandos and Billionaires: ‘I Never Worry About Offending Them’ [3d]
• Variety Announces Golden Globes Red Carpet Pre-Show Presented by Fire TV [3d]
• Actor Awards Nominations 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ Earns Record-Breaking 7 Nods, ‘The Studio’ Leads TV With 5 Noms [3d]
• ‘The Lowdown’ Renewed for Season 2 at FX and Hulu [3d]
• Bowen Yang Explains ‘SNL’ Exit and Confronts Criticism That He Had ‘No Range’: ‘Anytime I Would Try’ Something Different, People Still Said ‘He’s Being Gay and Asian as Always’ [3d]
• Jodie Foster Knew Her Controversial 2013 Golden Globes Speech ‘Would Be Misinterpreted,’ but ‘I Had to Do It My Way’ [3d]
• ‘Bridgerton’ Stars Will Dazzle in Pandora Jewelry in Show’s Fourth Season, With Some Pieces Available to Shop Online [3d]
• Foo Fighters Guitarist Pat Smear to Miss Tour Dates Due to ‘Bizarre Gardening Accident’ [3d]
• One Year Into Fire Recovery With a Long Way to Go: ‘It Really Hit Us Hard’ [3d]
• Hannah Stocking, Amber Laird, Sophie Sumner Star in ‘Playback,’ Billed as First Musical Microdrama [3d]
• Jodie Foster on Rejecting Studio Movies, Revisiting ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and Whether She Came Out During Her Golden Globes Speech: ‘They Were Confused’ [3d]
• ‘Sinners,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ and Lady Gaga’s ‘Abracadabra’ Lead Art Directors Guild Nominations [3d]
• ‘Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir’ Getting Live Stage Show for 2027 World Tour (EXCLUSIVE) [3d]
• Fox Launches Creator Studios Venture to Develop Next-Generation Talent and Content [3d]
• Cinema United Warns Warner Bros. Sale Will Hurt Movie Business: ‘Theaters Will Close, Communities Will Suffer, Jobs Will Be Lost’ [3d]
• Netflix to Drop Docuseries on Italy’s ‘Paparazzi King’ Amid His Bombshell ‘Big Brother’ Allegations That Led to Sexual Misconduct Investigation [3d]
• Spread of ‘Misinformation and Disinformation’ Complicates the Recovery From L.A. Wildfires, Jacob Soboroff Says in New Book [3d]
• Tony Dokoupil Cries Over Love for Miami as New ‘CBS Evening News’ Host Visits Florida and Salutes Marco Rubio: ‘You’re the Ultimate Florida Man’ [3d]
• Resonator Awards to Honor Chaka Khan, St. Vincent, Haim, Amy Allen and Others During Grammy Week at Chaplin Studios [3d]
• Indian National Cine Academy Launches as Institution to Unite Country’s Diverse Film Industries (EXCLUSIVE) [3d]
• Lai Yuqing, ‘Whisperings of the Moon’ Director, Dies at 23 [3d]
• Sweden’s Göteborg Festival Announces Lineup Ahead of Transforming Into ‘Meeting Place for Film Lovers’ [3d]
• Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount’s Latest Takeover Offer, Says It’s Still ‘Insufficient’ Compared With Netflix Deal [3d]
• Vicky Krieps, Alex Lutz to Star in Elise Girard’s Romantic Drama ‘Emma Doucet’ With Totem on Board as Sales Agent (EXCLUSIVE) [3d]
• Asian Streamer Viu Launches Vertical Video Platform for Microdramas [3d]
• Emma Stone Won’t Be Playing Miss Piggy in Movie She’s Developing With Jennifer Lawrence and Cole Escola: ‘Are You Out of Your Mind? Miss Piggy Is Playing Miss Piggy’ [3d]
• Korean Classic ‘Take Care of My Cat’ Acquired by Kani Releasing for 25th Anniversary Re-Release (EXCLUSIVE) [3d]
• Annecy-Backed AniMela 2026 to Spotlight Animation, Gaming and Immersive Tech in Mumbai [3d]
• Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ Becomes Highest-Grossing Hindi-Language Film in India [3d]
• ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ Lead U.K., Ireland Box Office to $1.45 Billion in 2025, Best Post-Pandemic Result Yet [3d]
• Sarah Jessica Parker on More ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Hocus Pocus 3’ and Calls ‘The Family Stone’ Sequel a ‘Bittersweet Quandary’ Following Diane Keaton’s Death [3d]
• Chris Redd Says He Sold Pills to Fellow Cast Members While on ‘SNL’: ‘I’m Not Gonna Snitch on Y’all Motherf—–s’ [3d]
• Nivin Pauly Signs Multi-Film Deal With India’s Panorama Studios (EXCLUSIVE) [3d]
• David Harbour Exits Tony Gilroy’s Searchlight Drama ‘Behemoth!’ [3d]
• ‘Under the Flags, the Sun’ Review: Chilling Archive-Driven Doc Tracks the Rise and Fall of South America’s Longest Dictatorship [3d]
• Gwyneth Paltrow Says She Was ‘Fired Off’ a Movie After Her ‘Conscious Uncoupling’ With Chris Martin: ‘Might Be too Hot to Touch’ [3d]
• DGA, PGA and BAFTA Predictions: ‘Frankenstein’ Eyes Longlist Dominance, Josh Safdie on Director Bubble and ‘Sinners’ Faces Key International Test [3d]
• DreamWorks Remote Team, Netflix and ‘Ted’ Show Production Workers Vote to Unionize with The Animation Guild [3d]
• Béla Fleck Withdraws From Kennedy Center Concerts After Trump Name Change: ‘Performing There Has Become Charged and Political’ [3d]