What does Steve Carell have to do for Emmy voters to take notice? In recent years, he’s died in car accidents twice (Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” and Netflix’s “Four Seasons”), been a billionaire with incurable cancer (HBO’s “Mountainhead”) and a therapist held hostage by his homicidal patient (FX’s “The Patient”). Geez, hasn’t this guy
Italy remains Stanley Tucci‘s first love. But a man can travel, right? After winning three Emmys for CNN’s “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” followed by two nominations (including this year) for Nat Geo’s “Tucci in Italy,” the star is on the move. Tucci tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that he’s currently filming his new season
One of the unofficial rules of prestige television is that the penultimate episode is for the mess and the finale is for the cleanup. This is particularly true for limited series — or any series with ambiguous renewals. And “Task,” creator Brad Ingelsby’s Emmy-nominated HBO drama about the murky gray waters between avenging and forgiveness,
Gianluca Farinelli, who is head of Italy’s venerable Il Cinema Ritrovato festival dedicated to cinematic treasures of the past, has been appointed artistic director of the David di Donatello award, which is Italy’s equivalent of the Oscars. Farinelli, who is also founder and chief of the Bologna Film Archives and its film restoration lab – and is a
Madonna kicked off August with another “Club Confessions” appearance – this time, it was a performance at WorldPride in Amsterdam featuring surprise guest Kylie Minogue. Speaking of surprises, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock popped into the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to introduce the Cinespia screening of “Practical Magic” The appearance was nostalgic but also a nice
Hannah Einbinder says working with Gillian Anderson on the new film “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” has actually given her a new perspective on the end of “Hacks” and its legacy. “Doing all this press with Gillian for the movie, she talks about ‘X-Files’ constantly,” Einbinder tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “She’s asked
