Moderating press conference for the #JayKelly family -- Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Emily Mortimer. I think I got Baumbach to write Dern and Sandler a buddy cop comedy. Let's see if he follows through.

As of today — ahead of this weekend’s Governors Awards — these are the four predicted acting winners for the #Oscars in March. (Always subject to change -- and it will) variety.com/lists/2026-o... via @variety.com

Happy Birthday Leonardo DiCaprio! Here's a ranking of his 22 best film performances, which now accounts for #OneBattleAfterAnother. What are your top picks? variety.com/lists/best-l... via @variety.com

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Ruled Ineligible for BAFTAs — Here’s Why It’s Still Eligible for Oscars variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

The past two weeks have seen some of the most talented and insightful women on the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast! Emily Blunt ("The Smashing Machine") Jessie Buckley ("Hamnet") Laura Dern ("Is This Thing On?" and "Jay Kelly") Nina Hoss ("Hedda") If you haven't listened to the episodes yet...Go!

Laura Dern on Working With Adam Sandler and Will Arnett, Her Family Legacy and Teasing ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 3 variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Oscar Predictions: International Feature — Brazil, France and Norway Emerge as Early Frontrunners Among 86 Submissions variety.com/lists/2026-o... via @variety.com

‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Elio’ and ‘TMNT’ Directors Bring Animation Oscar Contenders to SCAD ‘Pixels and Pencils’ Event Helmers behind 'In Your Dreams,' 'Arco' and 'Little Amélie' talk animation's endless possiblities; 'Let's imagine things better,' says Ugo Bienvenu variety.com/2025/film/ne...

‘Superman’ Goes Serious: James Gunn’s DC Reboot Submits for Drama Categories at the Golden Globes (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

The spin by conservative pundits tonight is so bad... even by their own standards. Congrats to NYC, NJ, VA, and CA for showing how we must show up EVERY SINGLE ELECTION.

Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis Fight on Netflix Canceled variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

The long-awaited Emily Blunt podcast is here and she talks about #TheDevilWearsPrada2 Emily Blunt Teases ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and Why She Never Saw ‘The Rock’ While Filming ‘The Smashing Machine’ variety.com/2025/film/ne... via @variety.com

Jessie Buckley on Why ‘Hamnet’ Isn’t ‘Grief Porn’ and How She and Paul Mescal Channel Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Neon Tests the Academy’s Appetite for Subtitled Cinema With Five Ambitious Oscar Campaigns — Will It Work? The indie studio behind “Parasite” has five non-English language titles, betting the Academy’s love of global storytelling is here to stay. variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

LISTEN: New episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast is out, where I sit with the immensely talented Jessie Buckley! Jessie Buckley on Why ‘Hamnet’ Isn’t ‘Grief Porn’ and How She and Paul Mescal Channel Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

‘Is This Thing On’ Submits in Drama Categories at Golden Globes as Will Arnett and Laura Dern Seek Lead Acting Consideration (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

The hymns are alive with the sound of music. ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ With Amanda Seyfried Submits for Comedy/Musical at Golden Globes, Confirms Two Original Songs for Oscar Season (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Me, with Sydney Sweeney and the cinephiles of SCAD! This was at the Q&A for #Christy last night in front of a sold out crowd!

‘Wicked: For Good’ Poised to Cast Another Spell on the Oscars as First Reactions Call It a ‘Heartbreakingly Tender Conclusion’ With ‘Jaw-Dropping Performances’ variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com #WickedForGood

#WickedForGood flies high. Jon M. Chu helms an emotionally timely piece that deepens every spell cast by the first film. No surprise, Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande are SPECTACULAR (again). You're NOT ready for the “For Good” duet. A heartfelt end to Oz’s greatest friendship.

“[Bill] Skarsgård gives a career-best performance, grounding Tony Kiritsis’ volatility with flashes of humor and heartbreak, while Dacre Montgomery and Colman Domingo deliver richly textured performances.”

Why Kate Hudson Could Be the Oscar Comeback Story of the Year With ‘Song Sung Blue’ variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Gus Van Sant on His Comeback Film ‘Dead Man’s Wire’, the Unintentional Movies He’s Made and Why He Still Thinks About River Phoenix All the Time variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

It’s not always easy, but it’s always a great day to be Latino. And today was definitely one of those days with the Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television 2025. Proud, inspired, and grateful. Sí, se puede. #Latinos

Why ‘Train Dreams’ Could Be the Best Picture Sleeper of the Oscar Season Awards Circuit Column: Clint Bentley's meditative drama has been garnering momentum on the festival circuit. Could it break into the Oscars' top category? variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

‘Train Dreams’ Director Clint Bentley on Losing His Parents Before Filming: ‘They Didn’t Feel Like Dreams. They Felt Like Visitations’ Awards Circuit Podcast: Also on this episode, casting director Francine Maisler variety.com/2025/film/po... via @variety.com

Oscar Predictions: ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Rental Family’ Split Middleburg as AFI Fest and SCAD Bring More Contenders variety.com/lists/2026-o... via @variety.com

Netflix Submits Noah Baumbach’s ‘Jay Kelly’ in Comedy Categories at Golden Globes (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

‘Sinners’ Submits Two Original Songs for Oscars, Including Miles Caton Duet (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

I spoke with Jon M. Chu out of Middleburg Film Festival about #WickedForGood and what fans should expect and why he feels he directed "one" movie. Why Jon M. Chu Sees Both ‘Wicked’ Movies as One Epic, Like ‘The Lord of the Rings’ variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Adriana Barraza Joins Jonah Hill’s New Comedy ‘Cut Off’ at Warner Bros. (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/ne... via @variety.com

#TheVoiceOfHindRajab: I don’t know if I have the words. Masterpiece. One of the most important pieces of art created. Carries the technical precision and urgency of “United 93." The most haunting takeaway is none of us deserve to go to heaven after what we’ve done to our children.

#NowWatching: "The Voice of Hind Rijab" at the Middleburg Film Festival.

New episode of Awards Circuit Podcast is out! Sitting down with legends and heroes this week: Colin Farrell ("Ballad of a Small Player") and Mark Hamill ("The Life of Chuck"). Listen on your favorite podcast app, and read excerpts on @variety.com #podcasts #Oscars #movies #film

2025 can pack it up already. Redford. Hackman. Trachtenberg. Lynch. Kilmer. Madsen. Warner. Foreman. Ozzy. Brian Wilson. Roberta Flack. Jane Goodall. Armani. The Vivienne. And now, Diane Keaton. #RIP @variety.com

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79 variety.com/2025/film/ne... via @variety.com

Bradley Cooper gets real with #IsThisThingOn, his most vulnerable filmmaking yet. Will Arnett takes an audacious swing; Laura Dern channels the fire that made her so compelling in “We Don’t Live Here Anymore.” The film is funny, yes, but far more “Marriage Story” than expected.

Channing Tatum on ‘Roofman,’ Why the ‘Jump Street’ Sequel Keeps Falling Apart and His ‘Gambit’ Movie That Had Mutants Having Sex variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's Oscar campaigns for #WickedForGood are set. If both nominated again for playing Elphaba and Glinda, they would become the seventh and eighth performers in #Oscars history to be recognized twice for the same role. variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

‘Marty Supreme’ Makes Timothée Chalamet an Oscar Best Actor Frontrunner variety.com/2025/film/aw...

#MartySupreme is Timmy Supreme. A film set in the 1950s, but shot like it crash-landed out of the 1980s. Imagine if Karate Kid and Bloodsport had a baby, raised on the anxious energy of Requiem for a Dream and Whiplash. That child would be named Marty…and you’d love his madness.

SCOOP! Chase Infiniti to Campaign for Lead Actress Oscar for ‘One Battle After Another’ (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com #Oscars #OneBattleAfterAnother

Thanks to my Boricua sister Amanda Salas (@amandasalas) for having me on FoxLA (@foxla) to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and name our favorite movies. www.foxla.com/video/1719581

CIL opening for Dua Lipa! #DuaLipa

Tonatiuh on ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ and How He Wants Hollywood to See Him: ‘I’m Not a Latin Actor. I’m a Great Actor’ variety.com/2025/film/ne... via @variety.com

Hailee Steinfeld on Her Marvel and ‘Spider-Verse’ Future, and How Fans Awkwardly Quote ‘Sinners’ in Public: ‘It Can Get Weird Fast’ variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

With ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift Has Made Such a Contagiously Joyful Record, Even Her Score-Settling Detours Sound Sunny: Album Review variety.com/2025/music/a... via @variety.com

Oscar Predictions: Could ‘One Battle After Another’ Join the Most Nominated Movie of All-Time Club? variety.com/lists/2026-o... via @variety.com

The first Awards Circuit Column of the Oscar season from the magazine just posted online. Testosterone vs. Tears: How ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Hamnet’ Could Define This Oscar Season variety.com/2025/film/aw... via @variety.com

Emily Blunt reacts to the creation of AI "Actress" Tilly Norwood on an upcoming episode of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast! Listen to the clip. @variety.com #EmilyBlunt #AI