The Brutalist Report

Variety

• ‘Heated Rivalry’ Stars Hudson Williams and François Arnaud Say ‘Don’t Call Yourself a Fan’ If You Post Hate Comments: We ‘Are on the Same Side’ [8d]
• Film at Lincoln Center’s Daniel Battsek on Cultivating a New Generation of French Cinema Lovers [8d]
• ‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’ Pilot Ratings Jump More Than 100%, Reaching Nearly 13 Million Viewers Since Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Phil Rosenthal Signs Deal With Banijay, Moves ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ to YouTube [8d]
• Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford Go Time-Tripping With ‘Trixies,’ a Terrific New Concept Album They Wrote but Never Recorded in the 1970s [8d]
• Oscars 2026: The Ultimate Party Guide With Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Madonna, Dua Lipa, Teyana Taylor and More [8d]
• ‘The Peacock and the Sparrow,’ Award-Winning Spy Thriller, Being Made Into Film by Producers Scott Delman, Zanne Devine (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Ashley Judd Calls Out Her 1997 Movie ‘Kiss the Girls’ for ‘Making Entertainment Out of Sexual Torture’ Against Women: ‘It’s Traumatizing’ and ‘Why Is It Profitable?’ [8d]
• ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Casts Donald Glover as Yoshi [8d]
• Olivia Dean’s ‘The Art of Loving’ Now Available on Kid-Friendly Audio Platform Yoto [8d]
• ‘SNL’ and ‘Always Sunny’ Sketch Duo BriTANicK Are Drawing Comparisons to Jordan Peele and Zach Cregger With Two SXSW Comedies [8d]
• Doja Cat Plays Surprise Set at Opening of Members-Only Club Zero Bond at Wynn Las Vegas [8d]
• Senator Amy Klobuchar on ‘Weak’ Live Nation-DOJ Settlement: ‘It’s Absolutely Disrespectful to Fans’ [8d]
• Hilton’s La Jolla Torrey Pines Resort (Which Doubles as a Spot on the PGA Tour) Makes An Ideal Spring Getaway [8d]
• Noah Beck Joins ‘Baywatch’ Reboot as Rookie Lifeguard [8d]
• From Cheap Erotic Dramas to B-Movies to Weird Wave: ‘The Golden Grip’ Chronicles Half a Century of Greek Cinema Through ‘Tough Guy’ Kostas Stefanakis [8d]
• LISTEN: ‘Hoppers’ Tops the Box Office While ‘The Bride’ Gets Jilted; Vintage Variety Rewind to 1976 [8d]
• Michiel Huisman Joins NBC’s Dick Wolf Pilot ‘What the Dead Know’ [8d]
• Lena Karbe’s ‘Inner Emigrants’ Sells to Germany Ahead of World Premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Kanye West Announces Rare Los Angeles Show Ahead of New Album ‘Bully’ [8d]
• Final Oscar Predictions: Documentary Short — Can ‘All the Empty Rooms’ Hold Off ‘The Devil Is Busy’ and ‘Children No More’? [8d]
• Tinker Bell Live-Action Series in the Works at Disney+ [8d]
• ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ First Look Set for CinemaCon as Takashi Yamazaki Joins GKIDS Presentation [8d]
• Alief Swoops on Anticipated Málaga World Premiere  ‘Bad Beast’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Wasserman Agency Rebrands as ‘The·Team’ [8d]
• Final Oscar Predictions: Live Action Short — Is ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ the Film to Beat or Could Netflix’s ‘The Singers’ Upset? [8d]
• ‘Hoppers’ Star Piper Curda on How TikTok Got Her the Role of Mabel: It’s the ‘Most Insane Opportunity of My Life’ [8d]
• Variety and Gold House to Spotlight Asian Pacific Creatives in Entertainment With Third Annual 8 Up Next List [8d]
• BFI and British Consulate-General Toast Oscar Weekend as U.K. Scores Record 40 Nominations (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Timothée Chalamet Slammed as ‘Vapid’ and ‘Shallow’ on ‘The View’ After Dissing Opera and Ballet; Whoopi Goldberg Tells Him: ‘Be Careful, Boy… He Is a Boy to Me’ [8d]
• ‘You Have to Kill Every Single Time’: Jessica Alba, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Tatti Ribeiro on the Indie Film ‘Valentina’ and Latina Storytelling [8d]
• Music Industry Moves: Lucy Dickins to Join CAA [8d]
• Buffalo 8 Sets Political Thriller ‘PH-1’ for April Release (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Gets Two-Year Renewal, Remaining in Daytime Through 2028 [8d]
• Variety Announces Party at SXSW Celebrating Cover Star Keke Palmer and ‘I Love Boosters’ [8d]
• Arnold Schwarzenegger Says ‘Conan 3’ in the Works, Reveals New ‘Predator’ Movie Talks and ‘Commando 2’ Script: ‘The Studio Has Plenty of Money to Make Those Really Big’ [8d]
• Brooks Nader Joins ‘Baywatch’ Reboot [8d]
• ‘Saturday Night Live U.K.’ to Stream on Peacock in the U.S. [8d]
• Paramount President Jeff Shell Sued for $150 Million Over Alleged PR Contract [8d]
• ‘Gina Lollobrigida: Diva Contesa,’ HBO Max Italy Docuseries on Battle Over Iconic Actress’ Fortune, Sets April Release Date [8d]
• Razer’s VP of Software Quyen Quach Unveils ‘Fully Agentic’ Version of AI Companion AVA, Which Runs on Cloud and Locally on PC (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• XPrize Launches Sci-Fi Film Competition With $3.5 Million in Rewards [8d]
• Cardi B, Patti LaBelle, Brandy & Monica to Headline Essence Festival of Culture 2026 [8d]
• Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Look Back’ Acquired by Gkids for North America, U.K. and Ireland Distribution [8d]
• Corey Feldman Alleges Oscars Didn’t Invite Him to Be in Planned Rob Reiner Tribute With ‘Stand by Me’ Co-Stars: ‘They Don’t Need Me There’ [8d]
• Woody Norman Signs With UTA (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Sony Pictures Classics Hires John Z. Shahinian as Vice President of Sales; Tom Prassis Retiring After 29 Years (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘In the Grey’ Trailer: Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal Take on a Private Army in Guy Ritchie’s Long-Awaited Action-Thriller [8d]
• Erik Barmack’s Wild Sheep Content Backs Brazilian YA Mystery Thriller ‘Where Is She?’ From Fabricio Bittar, Creator of Netflix Hit ‘Unexplainable’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Crash Landing on You’ Outfit Studio Dragon Partners With Taiwan’s TAICCA on Teen Romances – Global Bulletin [8d]
• ESPN Hires Six Former Washington Post Sports Journalists [8d]
• Elijah Wood: I Do Not ‘Want Anybody Else to Play Frodo as Long as I’m Alive and Able’ [8d]
• Jill Scott Announces ‘To Whom This May Concern’ World Tour Dates [8d]
• Scott MacFarlane, CBS News’ Hard-Charging Justice Correspondent, to Exit [8d]
• ‘Halo’ Actor Demands Trump’s White House Remove Master Chief’s Voice From ‘Disgusting and Juvenile War Porn’ Video: I Don’t ‘Endorse’ This ‘Propaganda’ [8d]
• Bill O’Reilly Debuts Interview Podcast ‘We’ll Do It Live’ From Fox’s Red Seat Ventures [8d]
• Rashida Jones, Former MSNBC Chief, to Lead Piers Morgan’s Uncensored Content Venture [8d]
• New Ennio Morricone Doc to Delve Into Legendary Composer’s Concert Activity (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Live Nation Reaches Settlement With U.S. Department of Justice in Antitrust Case: Reports [8d]
• Paul Bettany ‘Hasn’t Heard Anything’ About Playing Voldemort in HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series but Says He’s a ‘Big Fan’ of the Franchise [8d]
• ‘Christiania’ Filmmaker on the Anarchic Commune That Battled With Drug Pushers, Biker Gangs and an Alcoholic Bear (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Latido Boards Sales on Ángeles González-Sinde’s Málaga Competition Player ‘Blue Lights of Benidorm’ [8d]
• Neeraj Pandey on ‘Taskaree,’ Franchise Strategy and Why 2026 Could Be Hindi Cinema’s Biggest Year Yet [8d]
• Rihanna’s Beverly Hills Home Targeted by Shooting While She Was Inside; Woman Taken Into Custody [8d]
• ‘Replica’ Director on Falling in Love With an AI Chatbot, and How AI Is Nurturing China’s ‘Affection Gap’ Generation (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Life of Fish’ Director Matías Bize Preps ‘The Last Stand’ With Jaime Vadell, Star of Pablo Larraín’s ‘El Conde’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘Argentina, 1985’ Producer Cindy Teperman Boards Lorena Muñoz’s MAFF Project ‘Why Did You Come Back Every Summer?’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Alberto Ammann and César Troncoso Lead Martin Aliaga’s ‘The Other Gómez’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• Korea Box Office: ‘The King’s Warden’ Surpasses 11 Million Admissions [8d]
• Málaga’s MAFF: Stars from Alberto Ammann to Catalina Sopelana and a Wave of Compelling First Feature Female Directors [8d]
• China Box Office: ‘Pegasus 3’ Cruises Toward $600 Million [8d]
• CPH:DOX Chiefs Discuss Festival’s Role as Denmark Approaches Elections: The Aim Is ‘to Be an Open Platform for the Democratic Dialogue’ [8d]
• Málaga Competition Title ‘Another League’ Recounts Triumph of Women’s Soccer Franco’s Dictatorship-Oppressed Spain [8d]
• Feel Sales Picks up Málaga Docs ‘This Body of Mine,’ ‘Filthy,’ ‘Coming Full Circle’ (EXCLUSIVE) [8d]
• ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘The Studio’ Among American Society of Cinematographers Award Winners [8d]
• Five Takeaways From the Joburg Film Festival and JBX Market: Rebate Woes, the End of Africa’s Streaming Wars and Politics in the Spotlight [8d]
• Kathleen Kennedy on Lucasfilm Handoff, AI Boundaries and the One Power Grogu Won’t Have in New ‘Mandalorian’ Movie [8d]
• Kathleen Kennedy on Lucasfilm Handoff, AI Boundaries and the One Power Grogu Won’t Have in New ‘Mandalorian’ Movie [8d]
• ‘Sinners’ Takes Top Honors at MPSE Golden Reel Awards [8d]