Female-Led Revenge Movie ‘Animale,’ Starring Cesar Winner Oulaya Amamra, Closes Pre-Sales to Key Territories (EXCLUSIVE)

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic The sequels — or, in two cases, prequels — to “The Exorcist” have all been unqualified turkeys. There is now a movement at hand to declare that John Boorman’s crackpot insect-swarm fantasia “Exorcist II: The Heretic” (1977) was some sort of misunderstood masterpiece, but that’s an act of revisionism every bit as loony tunes as “Heaven’s Gate” revisionism.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce told his brother Jason on their “New Heights” podcast that the NFL is going a bit overboard when it comes to Taylor Swift coverage. The Grammy-winning pop star and Kelce have captured the media zeitgeist in recent weeks amid dating rumors. While neither of them have outright confirmed they are in a relationship, Swift has caused a media frenzy by recently attending two Kansas City Chiefs games.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Virgin River” fans looking for more while they await another season of the hit Netflix drama should consider the debut of The CW network’s “Sullivan’s Crossing.” Not only is it a fellow romance series, but it’s based on a book series written by the same author, Robyn Carr. So how do you know whether you’re a “Virgin River” viewer or a “Sullivan’s Crossing” viewer — or whether you’re both? Variety had Carr and “Sullivan’s Crossing” showrunner Roma Roth, who also is an executive producer on “Virgin River,” break down the similarities and differences between the two titles ahead of “Sullivan’s Crossing’s” U.S. premiere on Oct.

Ethan Shanfeld Forest Hills Stadium could have been a condominium. The legendary Queens, New York, tennis-stadium-turned-amphitheater — longtime home of the U.S. Open, which would later host outdoor concerts by the likes of the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles and the Rolling Stones — had gone decades without live music and was casually courting offers from developers to knock down the stadium and build housing units.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Finding the right candle(s) for your home isn’t a task to be taken lightly. The aroma you set is often the first impression you make on a guest — whether you want to be known as a woody cedar or fresh citrus is up to you.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Gael Garcia Bernal is set to preside over the jury of the upcoming Rome Film Festival. The Mexican actor, director and producer will be judging entries and bestowing prizes in the rebooted fest’s main section, which is now known as Progressive Cinema. Films competing for Rome prizes include Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s “Un Amor,” about a young woman socially and sexually exploited by a rural patriarchy; Iranian director Farhad Delaram, in which a former filmmaker turned medic decides to help a female political prisoner escape from a psych ward; and French director Mehdi Fikri’s “After The Fire,” which turns on a French woman of North African descent who seeks justice after her younger brother dies suspiciously after being stopped by the police.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter The 77th Tony Awards are moving to the Upper West Side and will take place at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. It’s the fourth location change in four years for Broadway’s biggest night, held in prior years at Washington Height’s United Palace Theater, Radio City Music Hall and the Winter Garden Theatre.

Candidates from the SNP and Labour have made a last call for voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West to back them in tomorrow's by-election.

Joe McFadden claims he won’t be jealous if Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones wins this year’s competition.

A Lazio fan has penned an open letter to Celtic fans defending the Roman club's supporters and insisting they are "not fascist."

It’s trick and treat over at Fat Hippo this Halloween as their BurgerLabs appear to have been possessed by the dark side and have summoned up a line-up of spooky specials that promise to get Halloween fans in the spirit!

Phillip Schofield has been spotted reuniting with wife Steph after his admission over his affair with a younger colleague on This Morning earlier this year.

Louise Redknapp has had a dramatic few weeks in the spotlight - from her first public appearance with new boyfriend Drew Michael to a bitter spat with her former Eternal bandmates.

The epic tree planting project which was set up by a group of eco conscious Outlander fans has now reached its fourth year.

Marks and Spencer shoppers have been left impressed with a jacket that is both "cosy" and "lightweight" for the changing weather.

People recently how the “Rocky” star, 77, would call him and ask: “Want to come on the yacht?”“What, do you think I’m going to ask, ‘When can I have dinner?’ It’s not going to happen,” Schwarzenegger joked. “I can get my own yacht. That’s not my trip.

Interim Rangers boss Steven Davis is playing his cards close to his chest as he was put on the spot over whether he wants the job permanently.

The Guardian. “I looked up to androgynous rock stars.” Bowie’s influence is visible and audible in Electra’s work.Throughout the years, Electra has teamed up with plenty of well-known musicians like Charli XCX, Mykki Blanco, Rebecca Black, Pussy Riot, and even the legendary Village People.Electra has been working hard on a new full-length for some time, and it’s almost here.The singer-songwriter’s third album Fanfare is scheduled for an October 6 release date.

It seemed too good to be true — and it was.In scenes akin to the ‘Fyre’ Netflix documentary, which follows a charming man conning partygoers into a fantasy luxury festival on a posh island, David Prince-Popovich flew a group of new friends on a private jet to enjoy the best weekend of their lives.But little did they know, he fraudulently booked the eye-watering $18,963 flight — and he was not who he made out to be.Court documents obtained by news.com.au reveal 23-year-old Prince-Popovich, from Waterloo in Sydney, Australia has been found guilty of a string of financial crimes in New South Wales, Australia — adding to his “extensive criminal history” for similar offenses in Queensland.While the multistate fraudster worked a mundane job as an administrative officer at recycling company Sell and Parker, he posed as a high-flying recipient of a lucrative family inheritance.That’s according to police facts tendered to Downing Centre Local Court, which state it all started when Prince-Popovich was a guest at the Vibe Hotel in Darling Harbour in November 2020 and “formed a relationship” with a staff member there named Daniel.Prince-Popovich told Daniel he “had a lot of money due to family inheritance” and offered to take Daniel and his mates on a trip as “he was in town alone and didn’t have anyone else to hang out with.”Meanwhile, Prince-Popovich contacted the sales and marketing manager of Navair Jet Services to book a return private charter flight from Bankstown in southwest Sydney to the New South Wales coastal town of Ballina.Going by the name of David Matahi, he purported to be the personal assistant of his company’s director, Morgan Parker, and said he was booking the flight on Ms.

an interview on UK daytime show, “This Morning on Wednesday,” Caitlyn said the state of their relationship is “really sad.” “Kris, I really never talk to anymore,” she said. “If there’s any communication, my manager kind of talks to her.”Caitlyn, 73, was married to Kris, 67, for 22 years from 1991 to 2015 (back when Caitlyn was former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner, before Caitlyn came out as trans in 2015). They had two kids together: Kylie, 26, and Kendall, 27, before they divorced.

no stranger to controversy, swiftly rushed to the singer’s defense Tuesday after slamming an internet troll who made a crude joke about Swift and Travis Kelce releasing a sex tape.“It’s not news that the media is particularly (and unwarrantedly) cruel to Taylor Swift,” Zegler, 22, posted on X (formerly Twitter). “But the way men feel entitled to speak about women, their bodies, and their sex lives needs to be seriously evaluated.”“You will never see people speaking this way about a man,” continued “The Hunger Games” prequel star. “That goes for a lot of different scenarios.

Sky News Australia where she claimed that Harry, 39, and his wife Meghan Markle are “so adamant that they want to curate their own public image.”“And unfortunately, the more they seem to do that, the more they actually fail,” she explained.Harry and the former actress, 42, departed from the royal family in 2020 and made the grand move to Montecito, California.Since arriving to the West Coast, they have tried to become big players in Hollywood, releasing a medley of content such as their Spotify podcast “Archetypes” and their Netflix doc “Harry & Meghan” last year.However, Krakue believes that the couple’s attempts to stay in the limelight are ineffective.She added: “Many people don’t understand but actually the royal family and their coverage of Prince Harry over the years, they really actually saved his public image.”“Ever since he’s left and he’s been completely in charge of his image, alongside [Markle], it’s completely tanked,” Krakue said.“And it just shows that sometimes actually having the protection of people you may not always agree with is a blessing more than a curse,” she noted.Despite the Invictus Games founder and the “Suits” alum making a home for themselves in the land of glitz and glamour, the prince is reportedly itching to get back to his old life in the United Kingdom.“Prince Harry’s social life has notably shifted over the past decade,” media expert Mark Boardman told OK! magazine recently, adding that Markle is “frustrated” that her husband wants to move back to his homeland.The professional claimed: “He appears to have distanced himself from his college friends and lacks a permanent UK residence.”“During his visits to London, he typically resides in hotels and avoids public appearances.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Multimedia Music has closed a deal to acquire the music publishing rights from the film music library of Millennium Media, which includes titles such as “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” “London Has Fallen,” “Angel Has Fallen,” “Hitman Wife’s Bodyguard,” “Hellboy,” “The Outpost,” “Mechanic: Resurrection,” “Rambo: Last Blood,” “Blackbird,” “Acts of Vengeance” and “The Expendables 4.” The deal follows Multimedia Music’s recent music partnership with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, and its acquisition of STX Entertainment’s music library. The Millennium Media library includes music from leading composers including Brian Tyler, Atli Orvarsson, Mark Isham, Trevor Morris, David Buckley and Benjamin Wallfisch.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor London- and Paris-based Film Constellation has boarded sales on 2D family animated feature “Carmen,” a contemporary adaptation of the opera, to be directed by 2023 Annecy Film Festival winner Sébastien Laudenbach. Variety revealed first details of the project last year exclusively.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Memento Distribution has picked up French distribution rights to Gabor Reisz’s ‘Explanation for Everything’ following its world premiere in Horizons competition at the Venice Film Festival. The deal was closed by Films Boutique.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor MPM Premium has acquired world sales rights to Ali Kalthami’s dark comedic crime thriller “Mandoob,” which will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery section, one of three Saudi films selected by the event. Set in Riyadh, the film centers on Fahad Algadaani, a mentally fragile man racing against time to pay for his ailing father’s medical treatment.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Variety is debuting an exclusive clip from Farah Nabulsi’s thriller “The Teacher,” starring Imogen Poots (“The Father”) and Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit,” “Wajib”). The film will have its world premiere on Saturday at the Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery section.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ukrainian director Anna Buryachkova, awaiting the Venice premiere of her new film “Forever-Forever,” will soon turn to documentary “Will We Feel Again,” she revealed to Variety in Italy. The film will see her reunite with Natalia Libet, producing for 2Brave Productions. “In Ukraine, this is the time when you make documentaries, obviously.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The international trailer for “A Whole Life,” which will have its world premiere in the Gala section of the Zürich Film Festival (Sept. 28 to Oct. 8), has debuted with Variety (below).

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Vicky Krieps, best performance prize winner in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard for “Corsage,” will star as Sophie Toscan du Plantier in six time-Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s “Re-creation,” which is being presented in the Venice Gap-Financing Market. The docu-drama, which centers on the brutal murder in 1996 in Ireland of French film and TV producer Toscan du Plantier, has been co-written and will be co-directed by Sheridan, best known for “My Left Foot” and “In the Name of the Father,” and Merriman.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Stella. A Life.,” which stars Berlinale best actress award-winner Paula Beer, has been sold to France, Scandinavia and Australia. The film will have a market screening at Toronto Film Festival, and will have its world premiere with a Gala Screening at the Zurich Film Festival.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Stage 32, the entertainment industry social network and educational platform, and Catalyst Studios, a U.S. production company supporting female-fronted projects, are partnering to launch a screenwriting contest for feature films with a focus on social impact, the companies announced Friday at the Venice Film Festival.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor In support of the SAG and WGA members, and those affected by the strikes, entertainment industry social networking and education platform Stage 32 is giving away $100,000 in free education so they can hone their skills and be in the best position when the work stoppages lift. Stage 32, which recently reached 1 million members, is offering free codes to the platforms webinars and workshops, which typically cost $49 each.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Fien Troch’s “Holly,” which world premieres in competition at the Venice Film Festival, has debuted its trailer. MK2 is handling world sales. Troch’s previous film, “Home,” won the Horizons best director award at Venice.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Triple Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border,” which will premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival, before going onto Toronto Film Festival and New York Film Festival, has sold to multiple territories. Variety has been granted access to an exclusive clip from the film, and Holland’s notes on the production, which we quote from below, again exclusively.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Not a Word,” which is being sold by international sales agency Beta Cinema, will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in the competitive Platform section. Variety speaks to the film’s writer-director, Hanna Slak, and debuts its trailer. “Not a Word” tells the story of a relationship crisis between a parent and her teenage son.